The Great Battlefield

On this episode Host, Nathaniel Pearlman shares his thoughts about The Great Battlefield podcast after producing 900 episodes and temporary changes to the podcast going forward.

Pollsters Ed Goeas and Celinda Lake join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their book "A Question of Respect: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation".

Rakim Brooks joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his leadership story and his current role as President of the Alliance for Justice, a national association of progressive organizations advocating for a fair and independent justice system.

Melody Oliphant, Myla Williams and Harrison Tran join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their roles at GYJC, a coalition of students ages 14-22 working to build power from the classroom to the capitol.

Zack Exley joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the use of the internet in political organizing and fundraising, including on several Democratic presidential campaigns and at Wikipedia as well as founding Justice Democrats and now New Consensus, a think tank that works to achieve economic renewal and transformation.

Elias Crim joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and founding Solidarity Hall, a podcast, publishing project and community of people with interests in localism, municipalism and the solidarity economy.

Michael Thatcher joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and becoming CEO of Charity Navigator, where they evaluate and rate nonprofits and help donors align with the causes they care about.

Karthik Ganapathy joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics, working on the Bernie Sanders campaign and co-founding Left Flank Strategies where they help progressives with communications and strategy.

Michael Michaelson joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about starting Progressive Pipeline, where they work to recruit students and place them in paid fellowships at progressive organizations.

Ashwath Narayanan joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his start in political entrepreneurship and co-founding Social Currant, a platform that connects progressive organizations with mission aligned creative influencers.