The Great Battlefield

Ira Chaleff joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career including running the Congressional Management Foundation and his recent book "To Stop a Tyrant: The Power of Political Followers"

Shikha Dalmia joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in journalism from India to The Detroit News to founding The UnPopulist, a Substack publication defending free and open societies against forms of authoritarianism.

Haley Lickstein joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career, her podcast "Haley on the Go" and her social media platforms, where she aims to educate young women and others on the issues that matter to them.

Caleb Brock joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career, leading digital strategy for Ro Khanna and the changes he feels need to be made for the Democratic party to be successful.

Claire Shorall joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as a teacher, activist and now co-founder and CEO of Sway, a voting group platform that aims to mobilize people with shared views, a new social network for politics.

"Javier" (pseudonym) joins The Great Battlefield to talk about being an organizer at NYC ICE Watch, a community based network that does rapid response, cop watch and ICE watch.

Asli Aydintasbas joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the similarities between Erdogan in Turkey, Orban in Hungary, and Trump, in the backsliding of democracy but why she sees hope for United States.

Amy Pritchard returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what she's been up to at GAIN Power, leadership development, staffing pipelines and political consulting, including direct mail. And she has a health update.

Chris Torres joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and his role as Executive Director at Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, where they're building power with the next generation of leaders.

Heather Cronk joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her path that led her to progressive organizing and founding Project 21:12, which is building community and organizing capacity for millions of Exvangelicals.

Professor at The Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Joe Soss joins The Great Battlefield podcast talk about co-authoring "Disciplining the Poor", which connects the dots between welfare policy and the criminal legal system and his new book "Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice".

Gaby Pacheco joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career fighting for immigrants rights and her role at TheDream. US where they provide scholarships for undocumented immigrants.

Brianna Hutchison joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics, fundraising and now entrepreneurship with the founding of The Big Black Idea, where she's working to strengthen black political giving through strategy and collaboration.

Nicholas Buccola joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a political theorist and his book "One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal" which provides a new lens on red and blue notions of freedom.

Pamela Smith joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and her role at Verified Voting, where they're working to strengthen democracy by promoting the responsible use of tech in elections.

Max Levy joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Digital Consultant working for Stacey Abrams, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren and now starting his own digital communications firm Max Levy Strategies.

Dakota Hall joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and his role at the Alliance for Youth Action, where they work on student organizing to confront authoritarianism and build power to transform our future.

Alan Greenblatt joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a political journalist and resigning his position as Editor at Governing when they refused to publish his work for fear of angering the Trump administration.

Gaby Zutrau joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as a Digital Strategist working for MoveOn and the Mamdani Campaign, and how she turns social engagement into impact.

Emmet Sandberg joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and co-founding Mutuals Media, where they create viral vertical video shows with progressive values.

Bill Galston joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Political Theorist and Advisor and his book "Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech".

Alex Zakaras joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Political Theorist at The University of Vermont and his book "Freedom for All: What a Liberal Society Could Be".

EJ Juarez joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and his role as Executive Director at State Innovation Exchange (SiX), a progressive group working with state legislators across the country.

Rebekah Caruthers joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and her role as President and CEO at Fair Elections Center, a nonpartisan organization focused on voting rights, election reform and civic engagement.

Theo LeCompte joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and his role as Executive Director at LOFT, where they offer a paid fellowship for Senior Campaign and Capitol Hill Staff to improve their leadership skills.