Mark Sump joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the ups and downs of his life in political entrepreneurship and his work at Sump's Phones in partnership with CyberDial, where they are able to make one million calls in a minute.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Gary Brown joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his journey at Political Data Inc, from an early employee to owner and CEO. PDI is a voter file data and political software company based in California.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Marshall Ganz joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and academia, starting in the civil rights movement, then with The United Farm Workers and at Harvard. His new book is "People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal".Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Regina Wallace-Jones joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in tech, politics and business and her current role as CEO of ActBlue, a nonprofit fundraising platform for progressives, and where she wants to take it.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Chris Figueredo returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her role at BISC and the ballot initiatives across the country for the 2024 election.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Jordan Wood joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics, as Chief of Staff for Katie Porter during January 6th and how democracyFirst is working to confront the anti-democracy movement and protect free and fair elections.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Bryan Bennett joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about polling in 2024 and his role as the lead pollster at Navigator Research, which is a message development resource for progressives.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

W. Joseph Campbell joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a journalist, professor at American University and his recent book "Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections".Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Aarti Sharma and Saul Balcarcel join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their experiences at Rhizome, a nonpartisan organization working to increase civic engagement among students.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Jacob Merkle joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about the founding and building of Rhizome, where they are working to activate young people's identities into action and help youth treat civic service as the work of a lifetime.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Kathleen Borschow joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics and the work she's done in voter protection services and elsewhere.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Garrett Gruener joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a successful entrepreneur (including ask.com) and venture capitalist, becoming a Democratic donor, and funding training for relational organizing for the 2024 election.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Dave Fleischer returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how he's using deep canvassing in Philadelphia to turn out voters.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Sri Kulkarni returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to give a tutorial using a relational organizing app.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Josh Cowen joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Professor of Education Policy at Michigan State and his book "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers."Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Leah Bae joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in tech and politics and her role at Higher Ground Labs, and their Progressive AI Lab, where they work on funding start-ups and improving the political tech ecosystem for Democrats and progressives.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Lorenza Ramirez joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and launching Blueline Fellows, where they're working to help progressive and social impact organizations recruit talented staff from out of season campaign workers.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Michele Hornish and Jonathan Zucker join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about how Every State Blue is working to create a basic funding floor for every candidate in the state legislature so that we can contest all the seats.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Lily Mason joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career path that led her to study how political parties have become so bound up in their identities and what she's been working on at SNF Agora Institute.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Rachel Kleinfeld joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career and her role at The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she advises governments, philanthropists and activists.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Craig Snyder joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in Republican politics and how Haley Voters for Harris is encouraging voters across the political spectrum to vote for Kamala Harris.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Dmitri Mehlhorn returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his work funding the defense of our democracy through his new project Oakland Corps. I also ask about his recent split with Reid Hoffman.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Scott Warren joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about founding Generation Citizen, a civics education group, advising leadership at non-profits and what he's up to at SNF Agora.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Myles Bugbee joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a political digital strategist and his firm Persuasion and Pixels, where they help digital campaigns use paid media effectively.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Hudson Munoz joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and his current role as Executive Director at Guns Down America, where they're working to build a future with fewer guns.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Carol Joyner joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics and how Family Values @ Work Action is advocating for workplace policies.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Chris Koob joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and his firm MBA Consulting Group, where they help campaigns and organizations follow state and federal laws around financial disclosure.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his latest book "The Hidden History of the American Dream: The Demise of the Middle Class―and How to Rescue Our Future".Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Shion Deysarkar returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about founding Unified, where they're building a social network with tools for activists.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Bradley Tusk joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a political strategist and venture capitalist and his recent book "Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy".Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Mark Jablonowski returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what they've been up to at DSPolitical, where they provide the tech and data to connect political advertisements to individual voters with targeted ads.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Audra Archuleta joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics, and her start up Luminarity AI, where they're working to leverage AI to help with political research.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Hahrie Han returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what she's been up to at the SNF Agora Institute and her recent book "UNDIVIDED: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church".Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Christina Coloroso joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics and her role at the Analyst Institute, where they study the impact of voter contact programs through experimentation and evidence.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Juri Schnöller joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics, both in the US and Germany and co-founding his digital communications firm Cosmonauts and Kings.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Aaron Berger and Will Schrepferman join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about founding DonorAtlas, a new company that uses technology and data science to provide fundraising data online and direct to Democratic campaigns.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Sarah Towle joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her book "Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands" where she writes about how unwelcoming our government is to people fleeing danger and seeking refuge at our border with Mexico.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Sara Gifford joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in commercial software and co-founding ActiVote, where they're building free software to engage low-propensity voters.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Chris Jones joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and founding PoliTemps, where they connect people with temporary jobs and political organizations.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

A.J. Carrillo joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and finance and founding Treasury Blue, where they help progressive causes grow their funds through earning interest.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Nic Zateslo joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in political technology and his role at Votivate, where they're building field software that incorporates AI for Political campaigns.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Brian Young returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about what he's been up to at Action Network, where they provide powerful, flexible tools to help progressives engage with theirOleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Andy Barr joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and starting and growing Uplift, a digital first agency that delivers creative content, ad buying services and strategic communications to Democratic campaigns.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Roger Stone joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his long career in politics and founding Advocacy Data, where he helps progressives with trusted political data and also now introducing Political Explorer.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Anna Scholl joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about moving from the state level with Progress Virginia to her role as President of ProgressNow at the national level, where they coordinate with 28 state hubs to build progressive communications infrastructure.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Rhiannon Ruff joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her role at Lumino, a digital agency, and her expertise in Wikipedia, an important platform for progressive candidates and organizations.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Julia Rosen joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her ups and downs in digital political entrepreneurship and co-founding Meadowlark Strategies, a full-service digital agency focused on storytelling.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Jordan Krueger joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and starting CampaignHelp, where he provides technology and help desk support for progressive organizations.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Debra Cleaver returns to The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about being ousted from Vote.org, which she founded and ran for a decade, and starting VoteAmerica where they work to increase voter turnout through the use of tech.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman

Kristin Turner joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics and founding the MisfitMinds Collective, a civic studio and lab that's working to facilitate a bigger political conversation.Oleh Nathaniel G. Pearlman