The Practivist Pod

There are only 4 days left before the midterms! To get you motivated and inspired to get out there and knock on doors this weekend, we are dropping our last interview from our Blue Wave Nation Live! event last Friday, and it’s a great one! In case you missed it, the event featured MSW media’s own Allison Gill, XM Radio’s own, John Fugelsang and Sexy Liberal Network’s own Stephanie Miller, intervie...

Fascists are losing around the world, Trump and MAGA are desperately trying and failing to mess with our elections, and we are heading into GOTV weekend. It’s our last chance to reach out to everyone we can and make sure they vote! And today we will hear another interview from our Blue Wave Nation Live! Event last Friday, this time from the San Diego City Councilmember who is going to flip CA48, M...

The countdown continues with just 6 days left before the midterms! We are dropping an interview every day from our Blue Wave Nation Live! event last Friday. In case you missed it, we were joined by amazing leaders in progressive media including MSW media’s own Allison Gill, XM Radio’s own, John Fugelsang and Sexy Liberal Network’s own Stephanie Miller! The event also featured interviews with 4 of...

With just 7 days left before the election, we’ve got another interview from our Blue Wave Nation Live! event last Friday. In case you missed it, we were joined by amazing leaders in progressive media including Allison Gill, John Fugelsang and Stephanie Miller, and the event featured interviews with 4 of our dynamic Congressional candidates, and Senator Alex Padilla, and the always inspiring Speake...

We are continuing our release of interviews from our Blue Wave Nation Live! Event last Friday, October 23rd. In case you missed it, we were joined by amazing leaders in progressive media including Allison Gill, John Fugelsang and Stephanie Miller, and the event featured interviews with 4 of our dynamic Congressional candidates, and Senator Alex Padilla, and the always inspiring Speaker Emerita Nan...

Last Friday October 23rd, Steve had the great honor of hosting Blue Wave Nation Live! We were joined by amazing progressive media voices including Allison Gill, John Fugelsang and Stephanie Miller, and the event featured interviews with 4 of our dynamic Congressional candidates, and Senator Alex Padilla, and the always inspiring Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. This was all in support of the MSW - Bl...

With less than two weeks before the midterms, things have never looked bleaker for Trump and the Republicans. Races keep moving in Democrats favor but control of the House and the Senate still remains within the margin of effort. As Trump and his corrupt cronies do everything they can to generate a cloud of chaos around this election, we must do everything we can to make this a blowout win that is...

We’ve got 19 days before the midterms! Trump is doing everything that he can to distract from his unprecedented corruption and historic low approval, while Republican candidates are doing everything they can to distance themselves from Trump’s stink. We break down which of the October distractions you should be paying attention to, and give you your weekly action items to make sure that we make th...

What does actually influence our decisions? And most importantly right now, how can we effectively communicate around the midterm election to make sure we win? To answer these questions we are thrilled to welcome two foremost experts in this field. They have joined forces to launch a communications project called, “Feelings Over Facts: Embracing an emotions-first narrative strategy” Dr. Jiggy Gero...

It’s no secret that we are passionate about alternative media and the dire need for Democrats to invest in and support creators who are seeking to disrupt the stranglehold that the right has in this space. We are woefully underinvested and it shows. Of the top 400 political podcasts, 300 of them are right wing. We are also way behind in supporting cultural influencers who share our values and can...

Today we are one month away from the midterms and Republicans are flailing through the final stretch. Jack Smith testified in the Senate, and reminded us all of Trump's crimes, and the newly launched government chatbot is reminding us all of Trump’s lies. And Americans don’t need reminding, but in a refreshing twist, Trump himself said out loud that he was a shitty president! Steve Linktree Ja...

We’ve all been watching the rapid development of AI and while it is now ever present in our lives, we’ve been worried about job losses, deep fakes and disinformation, intellectual property breaches, its effect on the creative community and so on. But in recent weeks, there have been even more existential concerns about the rapid development of AI that has led all of the AI CEO’s to call for Intern...

With 40 days until the midterms there is so much to talk about. A bombshell Susan Collins corruption scandal, another unhinged ICE shooting in Texas, Trump’s ever sinking approval ratings, and his authoritarian press pool purge. But there is a lot of hope and a lot of work for us to do to make sure we build an undeniable midterm rout! We will tell you how you can help make it so! Steve Linktree Ja...

We are so grateful for all of the leaders in the gun violence prevention space that keep moving us forward and making progress and we are honored to be joined by one of those leaders today. After a distinguished and prolific career working on Democratic campaigns and organizing, Emma Brown became the executive director of GIFFORDS in January 2024. She oversees the organization’s work to save lives...

Today we have 47 days until the midterm elections that will truly decide the fate of our American democratic experience. Democrats have the wind at our back and the Trump regime is as popular as a sewer rat. But to overcome the Republican’s desperate efforts to stay in power we will need every bit of effort we can muster to build an undeniable victory. We will tell you how we can make it too big t...

From the beginning of his presidency in 2016 there have been very few people who have been as effective in organizing people power to stand up to the Trump regime than today’s guest. Once again, to meet this moment, Indivisible is taking the lead in organizing the largest nationwide voter protection campaign in our history. Leah Greenberg is the co-founder and co-Executive Director of Indivisible....

We are 61 days away from the most important election of our lives and while we have the momentum, the Trump regime and his enablers in the postal service are doing everything they can to disenfranchise our vote. Today we are going to talk about how we fight back and make sure we win with an indisputable blowout. Steve Linktree Jason Linktree Blue Wave MSW Impact Fund Indivisible Hands Off our Vote...

Today Trump’s grift keeps getting exposed, he keeps losing in court and his popularity continues to fall to historic lows. And on the 106th anniversary of the 19th amendment being ratified, we talk about how we can continue to protect our vote and build the Blue Wave we need in November. Steve Linktree Jason Linktree indivisible.org Mobilize.us   www.practivistpod.com Hosted by Steve Pierson and J...

Today while Trump is hiding in a catering van, we talk about the lives he continues to put at risk both here and abroad. But the midterms are coming and despite his best efforts to disenfranchise voters, we talk about how you can help us make it the undeniable blowout win we need in November! Steve Linktree Jason Linktree Take Action!: Mobilize.us   www.practivistpod.com Hosted by Steve Pierson an...

Today we’ve got a huge progressive victory in Michigan in a very close senate race with results that will send pundits punditing all over the Democratic party. So we will try not to do that but also… we are going to talk about it all… Also, with just less than 90 days to go, Trump’s approval rating hits another historic low as he craps his pants right into the midterms. Steve Linktree Jason Linktr...

We are a deeply divided country that is increasingly isolated from each other. One of the most effective ways that we can break through our bubbles is through the arts. My guest today is a successful producer who is supporting storytellers and productions that break through and build awareness and empathy. Scott Budnick is CEO of the Film and TV company 1Community, co-founder and CEO of digital me...

Today as we inch ever closer to the midterms, our field is becoming clearer as primaries enter the final stretch around the country. We have the wind at our backs but are being met with Trump’s massive voter disenfranchisement campaign, so we can’t get comfy for a second. We talk about that, some drama within the DNC, how you can help us win the House AND the Senate, and also… where’s Mitch??? Ste...

With less than 100 days until the midterms, the Trump regime is ramping up their attack on voting rights with continued false claims of fraud, unconstitutional executive orders, and threats to send law enforcement to polling places. So we are glad to be having this important and timely conversation about how we can fight back against these suppression tactics and make sure that all Americans have...

Today we are almost 100 days out from the midterms so we will talk about where we stand in the fight to win back Congress and how we can all help including in Maine where we have a great new Senate candidate! Also… Trump is a big fat embarrassing loser and everyone knows it. (Especially Spain’s soccer team.) Steve Linktree Jason Linktree National Day of Action - Justice for Lorenzo and Johan - Sat...

We are really excited for you all to hear this great conversation about how we can all build power and yes, win these existential fights. For more than two decades, Rashad Robinson’s strategic campaigns, media expertise and movement leadership have played a critical role in winning real change for real people. Rashad led Color Of Change for nearly fourteen years, transforming it from a start-up in...