The Great Battlefield
Nathaniel G. Pearlman
THE GREAT BATTLEFIELD PODCAST - A PODCAST ABOUT THE PROGRESSIVE RESISTANCE
A great political battle is being fought right now for the soul of our country.
A great political battle is being fought right now for the soul of our country.
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Jun 23, 2023 • 53min
Stories from a Lifetime of Organizing with Arnie Graf
Arnie Graf joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as an organizer and shares one of the stories from his recent book "Lessons Learned: Stories from a Lifetime of Organizing".
Jun 21, 2023 • 54min
Activist and Professor Todd Gitlin of Columbia University
Todd Gitlin joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Professor and author of 18 books and how he's currently working against Trump.
Jun 19, 2023 • 55min
Helen Brosnan, Executive Director of Fight Corporate Monopolies
Helen Brosnan joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics and her role at Fight Corporate Monopolies where they work to ensure that our democracy and our economy work for regular people, not just big corporations.
Jun 16, 2023 • 1h 32min
Facebook and Politics with Crystal Patterson of FSB Public Affairs
Crystal Patterson joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics, working at Facebook's political arm, working on the internet presence of Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton, and her current role at FSB Public Affairs.
Jun 14, 2023 • 1h 6min
Politics on Social Media with Katie Harbath of Anchor Change, formerly of Facebook
Katie Harbath joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about running Public Policy at Facebook after joining them from the NRSC, starting Anchor Change and how she's working to solve the problems in the intersection of technology and democracy.
Jun 12, 2023 • 1h
Helping State Legislators Win with Digital with Gina Pak of Tech for Campaigns
Gina Pak joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and becoming the CEO of Tech for Campaigns, where they help progressive candidates at the state level get elected through help with digital communications.
Jun 9, 2023 • 59min
How the DCCC Helped the Democrats Take Back The House, with Dan Sena
Dan Sena, the outgoing Executive Director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, joins The Great Battlefield podcast to discuss how under his leadership the DCCC helped the Democratic Party retake the US House of Representatives in the 2018 Midterms.
Jun 7, 2023 • 56min
Winning in the Midterms, and Laying the Groundwork for 2020 with Priorities USA's Guy Cecil
Guy Cecil joins The Great Battlefield podcast to discuss his work as Chairman of Priorities USA, a key progressive super PAC founded in 2011 to support Barack Obama's re-election. He tells us how Priorities has altered their digital strategy since the election of Trump, their approach to supporting candidates in the midterms, and how they are laying the groundwork for 2020.
Jun 5, 2023 • 1h 5min
Combining Communications and Digital Fundraising with Zach and Jane of Liftoff Campaigns
Jane Hughes and Zack Carroll join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their careers in politics and building Liftoff Campaigns where they combine strategic communications with digital fundraising to help progressives win.
Jun 2, 2023 • 1h 27min
Strategist and Organization Builder Anna Galland of MoveOn
Anna Galland joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics, her 7 years as Co-Executive Director at MoveOn and transitioning out of that role to Chair of the Board and other projects.


