Black Voters Matter works to increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities. LaTosha and Roger discuss the impact of the race protests in the wake of the George Floyd murder, the untapped potential to motivate rural...
pisode 18 - Joe Trippi, CNN Commentator and Strategist for Senator Doug Jones
Joe Trippi is a well-known Democratic strategist who has worked with/for Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Jerry Brown and Alabama Senator Doug Jones, among many others. Joe and Roger discuss Joe’s legendary career, the...
Episode 17 - Sherrie Matula & Diana Patino from Sisters United Alliance
Sisters United Alliance (SUA) specifically targets Texas women who have registered in the past but did not vote. Roger talks with Sherrie & Diana from SUA about how they target these women, their success in...
Future Now gets progressive candidates elected at the state level but they are also an advocacy organization that helps those elected candidates enact their agenda once in office. Aaron and Roger discuss the key states...
Sarah Longwell, Strategic Director, Republican Voters Against Trump
Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) collects video testimonials from Republicans across the country who do not support Trump. Sarah Longwell co-founded the group. She and Roger discuss why Trump is losing support from Republicans; the...
Amanda Litman is the Executive Director of Run For Something, which recruits and supports young progressives running for office at all levels across the U.S. Roger and Amanda discuss how she went from being Hillary...
Episode 13 - David Weissman, former die-hard Trump supporter turned Democrat
David Weissman was a right wing Republican and die-hard Trump supporter. A self-described troll, he was part of the MAGA army on social media and built up a Twitter following of over 100,000. A chance...
Episode 12 - Rick Wilson, Former Republican Strategist and well-known Never Trump Conservative
Rick Wilson is one of the most well-known Never Trump Conservatives in the country, through his many TV appearances and NY Times best-selling book, “Everything Trump Touches Dies”. Rick and Roger discuss his new book...
Episode 11 - Rachel Bitecofer, Asst. Director of the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University
Rachel Bitecofer predicted the exact number of House seats the Democrats would win in the 2018 midterms before any other political analyst and she is already on the record as saying Trump will lose in 2020....
Episode 10 - Jonathan Rodden, Author of "Why Cities Lose" and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University.
Why Cities Lose traces the deep roots of the Urban-Rural divide in the U.S. and shows that geography is the main reason the left loses many key elections. Roger and Jonathan discuss how Democrats are...