Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir

A podcast by The Recount

62 Episodes

  1. ‘Speed Kills’ with Maggie Haberman and Addisu Demissie

    Published: 11/4/2021

  2. Digging in the Dirt with David Brock

    Published: 10/28/2021

  3. Secret Contracts and Slow-Moving Coups with Luppe B. Luppen

    Published: 10/21/2021

  4. TX Republicans are Cavemen Living on Borrowed Time with Julián Castro

    Published: 10/14/2021

  5. To Reach Young Voters, Try Giving a Sh*t with Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez

    Published: 10/7/2021

  6. Follow the Money with Judd Legum of Popular Information

    Published: 9/30/2021

  7. Hacking the Democratic Primaries with Maurice Mitchell

    Published: 9/23/2021

  8. QAnon: Coming to a School Board Near You with Mike Rothschild

    Published: 9/16/2021

  9. The Tyranny of Merit with Michael Sandel

    Published: 9/9/2021

  10. ICYMI

    Published: 9/2/2021

  11. ‘You Can’t Out-Organize a Gerrymander’ with David Daley

    Published: 8/26/2021

  12. Why the Market Can’t Solve Our Care Crisis with Ai-jen Poo

    Published: 8/19/2021

  13. Voting is Not a Constitutional Right with Jessica Huseman

    Published: 8/12/2021

  14. Why You Shouldn’t Run Elections on Windows 7 with Tiana Epps-Johnson

    Published: 8/5/2021

  15. How to Undo GOP Control of the Courts with Brian Fallon

    Published: 7/29/2021

  16. Why ‘No Climate, No Deal’ Makes Sense with Jamal Raad

    Published: 7/22/2021

  17. How to Spend Ad $$ with Danielle Butterfield of Priorities USA

    Published: 7/15/2021

  18. Anti-CRT is the New Tea Party with Tyler Kingkade

    Published: 7/8/2021

  19. Introducing: The Recount Daily Pod

    Published: 7/6/2021

  20. 'Should the Dems Pick a Fight?' with Michelle Goldberg

    Published: 7/1/2021

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Battleground brings you inside the fight for political power. Hosts Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir aren't your typical pundits – in fact, they're not pundits at all. They're doing the work day-in and day-out, and have the inside scoop on what's really happening behind the tweets and headlines. Every week, Amanda and Faiz have a wide-ranging, unguarded, and occasionally profanity-laden conversation with reporters, activists, organizers, political scientists, campaign operatives – and even some conservatives – in order to shine a light on the problems we face and figure out how we can fix them. Both bring deep knowledge and experience building grassroots movements for change. Amanda is the co-founder and executive director Run for Something, which recruits and supports young progressives running for local state and local offices, and host of the Run for Something podcast on Dear Media. Faiz was the campaign manager for Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign, and he's the founder of the progressive media non-profit, More Perfect Union. Listen to new episodes each Thursday on your favorite podcast app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.