Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir

A podcast by The Recount

62 Episodes

  1. Introducing a New Season of Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin

    Published: 1/20/2021

  2. "QAnon: Totally Detached From Reality" with Travis View

    Published: 1/18/2021

  3. "Bottom of the Moral Scale" with Michael Beschloss

    Published: 1/11/2021

  4. "It's Not Politics, It's Identity" with Jordan Klepper

    Published: 1/4/2021

  5. "Ground Zero for Misinformation" with Greg Bluestein

    Published: 12/21/2020

  6. Introducing: 'Uprising: A Guide From Portland'

    Published: 12/17/2020

  7. "What the Hell Have We Been Through?!" with Carl Bernstein

    Published: 12/14/2020

  8. "Democrats Ride the Data Train Into Absurdity" with Dr. Rachel Bitecofer

    Published: 12/7/2020

  9. The Month American Democracy was Poisoned: Listener Q&A

    Published: 11/30/2020

  10. "The Other Side is Feeding Them Jim Crow" with Majority Whip James Clyburn

    Published: 11/23/2020

  11. "This is Crazy and Should Stop!" with Mike DuHaime

    Published: 11/16/2020

  12. Post-Election Recap

    Published: 11/9/2020

  13. The Recount's Election Bonus Episode

    Published: 11/7/2020

  14. Matthew Dowd, Joel Benenson, and the Election Aftermath

    Published: 11/2/2020

  15. Stuart Stevens and James Carville

    Published: 10/26/2020

  16. Pennsylvania, Texas and the Suburban Backlash

    Published: 10/19/2020

  17. Dave Wasserman

    Published: 10/12/2020

  18. Arizona: The Replacement State

    Published: 10/5/2020

  19. SCOTUS Fight & Debate Fright

    Published: 9/28/2020

  20. Florida: The Checkmate State

    Published: 9/21/2020

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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.