The Great Battlefield

Spencer Kimball joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and his role as director of polling at Emerson College, where they work hard to be accurate and innovative in how they obtain their information on public opinion.

Nina Jankowitz joins The Great Battlefield podcast to tell her story of how she came to the fight against political disinformation and founding American Sunlight Foundation, where they work to educate the public about the threats and effects of disinformation.

Mark Strama joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and tech, his time as a Texas State Representative and his current role at the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at UT Austin.

Thomas Mills returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the changes at PoliticsNC.com and his thoughts about the 2024 election.

Garima Verma, a consultant with a rich background in political digital marketing, shares her journey from the entertainment industry to impactful campaigns for the Biden administration and Stacey Abrams. She discusses the nuances of engaging diverse voters through storytelling and the importance of data-informed strategies in digital outreach. Verma highlights the challenges of digital advertising, the creativity needed to connect with audiences, and the emotional weight of current reproductive rights issues, all while championing the role of BIPOC creators in these spaces.

Mark Sump joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the ups and downs of his life in political entrepreneurship and his work at Sump's Phones in partnership with CyberDial, where they are able to make one million calls in a minute.

Gary Brown joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his journey at Political Data Inc, from an early employee to owner and CEO. PDI is a voter file data and political software company based in California.

Marshall Ganz joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and academia, starting in the civil rights movement, then with The United Farm Workers and at Harvard. His new book is "People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal".

Regina Wallace-Jones joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in tech, politics and business and her current role as CEO of ActBlue, a nonprofit fundraising platform for progressives, and where she wants to take it.

Chris Figueredo, the Executive Director of BISC, discusses the transformative potential of ballot initiatives in the upcoming 2024 election. She highlights the evolving political landscape post-COVID and the role of grassroots efforts in championing reproductive rights and economic justice. The conversation dives into Ohio's proposed nonpartisan redistricting measure, emphasizing voter education and community involvement. Figueredo also underscores the importance of civic engagement and the power of ballot measures to bridge political divides and empower marginalized communities.