

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 29, 2022 • 1h 24min
Building Shared Progressive Tech Infrastructure with Kate Gage of TMC and the Cooperative Impact Lab
Kate Gage joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career working at USAID, organizing the March for Our Lives, helping to build The Movement Cooperative and her current role at the Cooperative Impact Lab working on new ways to build progressive power.

Jun 27, 2022 • 55min
Building a Targeting App Company with Max Wood of Deck
Max Wood returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his continued path in political entrepreneurship and his app, Deck which provides Democratic campaigns information on who to reach and how to win.

Jun 24, 2022 • 57min
Leading Republicans away from Trump with Miles Taylor of the Renew America Movement
Former Republican Miles Taylor joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about authoring the anonymous letter to The New York Times saying he was part of the resistance inside The Trump Administration and now running the Renew America Movement, where they are trying to break Trump's hold on the Republican Party.

Jun 22, 2022 • 53min
Mobilizing the APIA Community with Christine Chen of APIAVote
Christine Chen joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and co-founding APIAVote where they are working to mobilize Asian and Pacific Islander communities to strengthen their political voices.

Jun 20, 2022 • 49min
The Authoritarian Playbook with Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University
Professor of History and Italian Studies, Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her book "Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present" which shows how authoritarian leaders around the world came to power and governed through propaganda, violence, corruption, and machismo.

Jun 17, 2022 • 1h 8min
Creating the First Really Ambitious Political Video Game with Eliot Nelson of Political Arena
Eliot Nelson joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a journalist at The Huffington Post and founding Wayside Press where they are developing Political Arena, the first video game universe set in U.S. politics.

Jun 15, 2022 • 51min
Journalist and Political Junkie Ken Rudin
Ken Rudin joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a journalist at NPR, hosting his podcast, The Political Junkie and why he's changed his nonpartisan orientation in the Trump era.

Jun 13, 2022 • 48min
Building Software for Union Workers and Organizers with Logan Lahive of Frank
Logan Lahive joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a tech entrepreneur and founding Frank, where they're building software for union workers and organizers.

Jun 10, 2022 • 1h 4min
Message Amplification on Social Media with Nick and Lori of DemCast
Nick Knudsen and Lori Coleman join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about founding and building DemCast, where they connect volunteers and causes to amplify messaging on social media.

Jun 8, 2022 • 1h 4min
Reforming Our Primaries with Larry Jacobs
Professor Larry Jacobs joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Political Scientist and his latest book "Democracy Under Fire: Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History".