Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir Podcast
1) Arizona: The Replacement State
David Plouffe and Steve Schmidt break down Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis and the first presidential debate. Then, they're joined by Representative Raquel Terán, who was elected in 2018 to the A...Show More
jhawthorne recommended:
I'm on a politcs kick. This show is a bit more straight forward, and interesting mix of backgrounds.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) ‘Speed Kills’ with Maggie Haberman and Addisu Demissie
Amanda brings Battleground fans a very special series finale, featuring guest co-host Addisu Demissie and a conversation with Maggie Haberman of The New York Times. Addisu is the CEO of More Than a Vo...Show More
3) Digging in the Dirt with David Brock
“In conservative media, there’s an incentive to put out misinformation, and to essentially lie.” David Brock, founder of Media Matters — a rightwing media watchdog group — knows exactly how the conser...Show More
4) Secret Contracts and Slow-Moving Coups with Luppe B. Luppen
Amanda’s Twitter fav, Luppe B. Luppen — also known as @nycsouthpaw — joins "Battleground" to analyze some of the biggest stories in politics. First, Amanda and Luppe dissect the secret agreement, betw...Show More
5) TX Republicans are Cavemen Living on Borrowed Time with Julián Castro
Julián Castro, former Mayor of San Antonio and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the Obama administration, joins the show this week to shed light on a range of issues troubling America. T...Show More
6) To Reach Young Voters, Try Giving a Sh*t with Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez
More than half of Americans are under the age of 40, and according to Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, President and Executive Director of NextGen America, they are facing three crises simultaneously — a cl...Show More
7) Follow the Money with Judd Legum of Popular Information
Judd Legum, author of the progressive newsletter, Popular Information, and former founder of ThinkProgress, can tell you with certainty that there’s too much money in politics, that legislators priori...Show More
8) Hacking the Democratic Primaries with Maurice Mitchell
Third parties are famous for siphoning off votes from the major parties and ruining elections. While this phenomenon, known as the spoiler effect, is real, America's two-party system makes for strange...Show More
9) QAnon: Coming to a School Board Near You with Mike Rothschild
America’s lack of media literacy and historical affinity for conspiracy theories have allowed QAnon to move from the dark corners of the web to violence at the US Capitol. Now, much like the Tea Party...Show More
10) The Tyranny of Merit with Michael Sandel
The American dream disappeared generations ago, but we still operate under the myth that ascending the socio-economic ladder is simply a matter of hard work. In reality, America has become a caste sys...Show More