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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May 31, 2023 • 60min
Holding Power Accountable with Ryan Grim of The Intercept
Ryan Grim joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in journalism, from covering Congress at Politico and The Huffington Post and now The Intercept. Ryan also discusses his book "We’ve Got People: From Jesse Jackson to AOC, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a Movement".
May 29, 2023 • 1h 9min
Building a Career as a Political Operative with Geri Prado
Geri Prado joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics working for ActBlue, EMILY's List, Hillary Clinton, the DSCC and AFL-CIO.
May 26, 2023 • 54min
Transforming Georgia with Nse Ufot of The New Georgia Project
Nse Ufot joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how The New Georgia Project is registering and engaging voters across Georgia.
May 24, 2023 • 51min
Six Decades of Political Activism with the Midwest Academy's Heather Booth
Heather Booth joins The Great Battlefield podcast to share stories and insights from her six decade career in political activism. She compares the Trump era to the fights for civil rights in the 1960's, and discusses her work with The Midwest Academy -- a school she founded to train progressive organizers.
May 22, 2023 • 1h
The Importance of the Courts in America with Caroline Fredrickson
Caroline Fredrickson joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as Chief of Staff for Senator Maria Cantwell, serving as President for the American Constitution Society and currently teaching at the Georgetown University Law Center.
May 15, 2023 • 1h 9min
The Intersection of Race and Politics with Ann Morning of NYU | Episode 910
Ann Morning, Professor of Sociology at NYU joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career studying race and her two books on the subject "The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach about Human Difference" and "An Ugly Word: Rethinking Race in Italy and the United States"
May 12, 2023 • 1h 1min
Leaving a Legacy in Progressive Political Technology with Mark Sullivan of NGP VAN
Mark Sullivan joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about founding and building the Voter Activation Network (the VAN side of NGP VAN) and what he's been up to since stepping back from the company.
May 10, 2023 • 55min
NGP VANs First Hire Louis Levine
Lou Levine joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how he was NGP's first hire and helped the company grow from two people in Nathaniel's attic to what it is now, over 350 employees. Lou also talks about how they're helping Democrats win by providing them with web-based software tools.
May 8, 2023 • 58min
Matthew Dallek Author of Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
Matthew Dallek, Professor at George Washington University joins The Great Battlefield podcast to discuss his book "Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right".
May 5, 2023 • 1h 3min
Leaving The Republican Party with Stuart Stevens
Stuart Stevens joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about running a Republican media consultancy and leading strategy for Mitt Romney and why he's left his party and written an upcoming book "IT WAS ALL A LIE: How The Republican Party Became Donald Trump".


