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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May 30, 2025 • 53min
Class and Politics with Joan C Williams
Joan C Williams joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career as a Professor of Law, the Director of the Equality Action Center and her recent book "Out-classed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back".
May 28, 2025 • 1h 22min
Improving Political Tech with Sunil Sadasivan, Newly of NGP VAN
Sunil Sadasivan joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in political tech, serving as Deputy CTO on Cory Booker's campaign and accepting the role as VP of Enineering at Bonterra, where he's responsible for all the products at the progressive political software company.
May 26, 2025 • 1h 3min
Fighting DOGE and for Humane Immigration and Criminal Justice Systems with Insha Rahman of Vera Action
Insha Rahman joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in criminal justice reform at Vera and how they're fighting back at the recent DOGE attempts to infiltrate the organization.
May 23, 2025 • 54min
How Unions Fit into Our Politics with Grant Williams of the SEIU
Grant Williams joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a long time leader at the SEIU and how he's recently been working on close elections in Michigan and Wisconsin.
May 21, 2025 • 58min
Relational Organizing Programs, Tech, and Training with Amanda Brink of Empower Project
Amanda Brink joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her career in politics and her role at Empower Project, where they execute large relational organizing programs and provide free software tools and training.
May 19, 2025 • 57min
Working to Improve Democracy with Matt Leighninger of The National Civic League
Matt Leighninger joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career and his role at the Center for Democracy Innovation at The National Civic League, where they work to make democracy more participatory, equitable and productive.
May 16, 2025 • 59min
Improving Political Tech with Oluwakemi Oso & Leah Bae of Higher Ground Institute
Leah Bae and Oluwakemi Oso join The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about founding The Higher Ground Institute, where they're working to improve innovation and adoption in progressive political tech.
May 14, 2025 • 1h 12min
Seeding Democratic Organizations to Improve the Brand with Timothy Gaull of Advocacy Atlas
Tim Gaull joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his work in the LGBTQIA community, running for US Senate and founding Advocacy Atlas, where he's advocating the "church planting" model for establishing Democratic organizations in areas where the party has little presence.
May 12, 2025 • 50min
Building an AI Voter CRM with Tom Goldenberg of Victory Waves
Tom Goldenberg joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about teaching Sanskrit in India, working on tech startups, running for Mayor and founding Victory Waves, where they're building an AI Voter CRM.
May 9, 2025 • 59min
An AI Assistant for Fundraisers with Griff Bohm of Momentum
Griff Bohm joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a serial entrepreneur, starting a brewery in Chile, Defeat by Tweet (which was aimed at motivating fundraising against Trump) and co-founding Momentum, a new AI fundraising firm.


