Raising Alarm About the Mandate for Leadership with Anne Christine Stop The Coup 2025
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Release Date: 01/22/2024
Fighting Unreason with Reason with Seth David Radwell American Schism
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Seth David Radwell, author of American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing Our Nation, which won the International Book Award for Best General Nonfiction in 2023, characterizes the forces driving the schisms in our society. With a view of the past and an analysis of what supports a healthy democracy, part of the solution, he contends, is the election system needs structural reform. There is a need for more competitive races and open primaries, focusing on issues, not just the candidates trying to be the most extreme in the primaries. We talk about: Role social...
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Advertising Opportunities on CTV and OLV for Candidates and PACs with Jess Ellis VDX.tv
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Jess Ellis, Senior Specialist, Client Partnerships, Politics at VDX.tv, illuminates the CTV and OLV landscape for political and advocacy advertising. With the increasing shift to streaming and the use of apps to download and watch videos, targeted advertising opportunities are diverse and effective for reaching specific segments of voters. The length of the ads is also shrinking as voter attention spans shorten, requiring more imaginative use of words and images. We talk about: Applying advertising strategies used in the commercial sector to political outreach and persuasion Push for CTV...
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The Comstock Act of 1843 and the Anti-Abortion War with Anne-Christine Stop the Coup 2025
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Anne-Christine, investigative journalist and human rights activist Stop the Coup 2025, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to address the anti-abortion war and threat to women's health from Project 2025, a 900-page Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise from the Heritage Foundation. With references to the Comstock Act of 1843 and other state laws, this group is organizing campaigns that promote Christian nationalist values, intending to turn this country into a theocracy. Deepak and Anne-Christine talk about: How Christian Nationalists are using non-profits with...
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Targeting Voters in a Post-Cookie World with Bryan Miller Neptune Ops
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Bryan Miller, President of Neptune Ops, discusses how browser companies are changing their policies regarding the use of cookies to locate specific individuals and the need for new campaign strategies to find and persuade voters online. In the post-cookie world, political consultants must consider new identifiers based on other data, surgical contextual targeting, and geo-fencing. We talk about: What replaces cookies to identify and target specific voters or groups Voting propensity, voter turnout, and when people decide how they are going to vote Finding persuadable voters How voters...
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Standing Up to Hate and Racism with Patrice O'Neil Not In Our Town
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Patrice O'Neil, Founder of Not In Out Town, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to discuss gathering communities together to support conversations that drive understanding about fighting hate and racism. Patrice reports that screening their film Repairing the World in local gatherings has become a catalyst for people to share their stories about being harmed by hate and actions that can taken to fight racist attacks. NIOT has become a story center for communities who want to stand up together and learn from each other. Deepak and Patrice talk about: Inspiring people to take on hate...
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Benefit Screening Tool Cuts Through Eligibility Maze with Melanie Lavelle Benefit Kitchen
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Melanie Lavelle, Founder of Benefit Kitchen, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to discuss the impact of welfare reform and the creation of an app and database to empower people to understand what benefits are available. Benefit Kitchen is focused on working with people to overcome obstacles and gain insight into the eligibility rules for federal, state, and local benefits. Melanie has discovered that many rules and hard-to-find information are designed to keep people from enrolling and discourage participation in programs. The more these agencies hide, the more...
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Activists Focused on Regulating Ammunition Sales with Sandy and Lonnie Phillips Survivors Empowered
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, Founders of Survivors Empowered, join Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to discuss their reaction and activism as a result of the murder of their daughter Jessi, killed in the Aurora Colorado theatre 2012 mass shooting. Their organization is focused on regulating companies that sell ammunition and repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. Deepak, Sandy and Lonnie talk about: Who is selling ammunition and what information is being collected Who is building arsenals of ammunition, and the role of online sellers Addressing the trauma of...
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Changing Role of the Campaign Manager with Joe Fuld The Campaign Workshop
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Joe Fuld, Founder of The Campaign Workshop, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to consider how the role of political and advocacy campaign managers has changed over the last 20 years. The constants are the ongoing challenges for a campaign to refine the message, have the candidate or advocate's voice heard by the target audience, and find the pressure points to make the most short-term and long-term impact. Joe also emphasizes the need to keep innovating to build robust campaign strategies. Deepak and Joe talk about: Driving civic engagement Power mapping Need for training...
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Why Campaigns Need a Wikipedia Strategy with Rhiannon Ruff Lumino
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Rhiannon Ruff, Co-Founder of the digital agency Lumino, is a Wikipedia expert and author of the book Wikipedia & Crisis Comms. Increasingly, for voters and the media, Wikipedia is the go-to source for campaign and candidate information, and the accuracy of the information is critical for the site's moderators. While there are ways to get content edited, one presidential candidate's approach is a lesson in what not to do. We talk about: Why campaigns should care about Wikipedia What sources are used to create and update Wikipedia pages How content is moderated on Wikipedia Tips on how to...
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Fighting Christian Nationalists with Andra Watkins How Project 2025 Will Ruin YOUR Life
Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda
Andra Watkins, The New York Times best-selling author and speaker, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to discuss the threat of Christian Nationalists to the future of our democracy. Indoctrinated as a child in Christian Nationalism, Andra understands the language of the calls to action in Project 2025 and warns about the potential impact on families and communities in her Substack: How Project 2025 Will Ruin YOUR Life. Deepak and Andra talk about: How Christian Nationalists are different from other Christians The true meaning of the words Christian Nationalists...
info_outlineAnne Christine, investigative journalist and human rights activist Stop the Coup 2025, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to address the threat to civil rights from Project 2025, a 900-page Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise from the Heritage Foundation. The key is turning the Mandate into discrete components so people can understand this anti-diversity platform and plan to dismantle the Federal government.
Deepak and Anne Christine talk about:
- Lessons learned from other countries fighting oppression
- The need for a big tent to include more voices in our democracy
- Getting information into the hands of people who can amplify the message of the fight against Project 2025
- Overcoming voter fatigue
- Worst-case planning
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