The Great Battlefield

Reverend Susie Hayward joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as a peace scholar, activist and serving as Minister for Justice Organizing at the Creekside United Church of Christ and being in the middle of the resistance to the ICE surge in Minneapolis.

David Janovsky joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his role as Director of The Constitution Project at POGO (Project on Government Oversight), where they're working to counter the corruption and constitutional challenges posed by the current administration.

Alan Khazei joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career co-founding City Year, which became the model for Clinton's AmeriCorps program, running for US Senate and is currently the Co-Chair of More Perfect, where they're focused on renewing democracy through five pillars including service, bridge building and trusted information.

Chris Talbot, Democratic media and technology strategist and founder of Talbot Digital, discusses translating tech lessons from Google into campaign practice. He covers building digital teams, the rise of streaming/CTV in paid media, challenges of the streaming marketplace, and efforts to unify planning across traditional and digital channels.

Leena Barakat and Rajasvini Bhansali join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about their funding group's The Women Donors Network and Solidaire, and coming together to lead a new funder coalition called Block and Build, where they're taking on authoritarianism.

Liz Purdy joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in New Hampshire politics, working on campaigns for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Jeanne Shaheen and starting Reconciliation Media Lab, where she's working to build progressive media infrastructure.

Mike Vlacich joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a Political Operative in New Hampshire, including Senior Advisor for Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Executive Director for the New Hampshire Democratic Party and now Principal at Cornerstone Government Affairs.

Julie Scelfo joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as a reporter, media ecologist and founding Mothers Against Media Addiction, where they're fighting to prevent the poisoning of our kids with cell phones and addictive media platforms.

Liz Walters, CEO of TargetSmart and former Ohio Democratic leader, brings campaign-to-tech perspective. She discusses voter data systems, how campaigns use voter files and analytics, TargetSmart’s ad platform and product choices, and modernizing infrastructure for fast, ethical data. Short takes on Ohio politics, team building, and integrating tools for progressive organizers.

Qasim Rashid, a human rights lawyer, immigrant from Pakistan, author and radio host, discusses progressive content and movement work. He talks about founding Just Win to fund values-aligned creators. Conversation covers law, campaigns, confronting Christian nationalism and anti-Muslim bigotry, secular governance, economic justice, and balancing moral conviction with content strategy.