Background Podcast
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsBackground is about the real people involved politics on both sides of the aisle and around the world. These are the people and stories that you likely have never heard from before. These are the Chiefs of Staff, the Constituent Services Reps, the Precinct Captains, Campaign Managers and the County Party Chairs. You may not know their names but they have some truly amazing stories to tell and lots of knowledge to give. We hear from politicians and pundits all the time but these are the people that actually know what is going on.
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Background Roundtable with Austin Cook
January 13, 2022 12:33 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBToday’s show is going to be a little different. We have on Austin Cook, who is a student at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is studying political science and communications and wants to work in politics as a career. Austin reached out through a mutual friend about how to get her start in a political career, so I invited her on today to guest host and ask some questions from a panel of very astute political professionals. Today’s panel features: Olivia Bergen, who has wor...
Matt Duco
January 06, 2022 13:13 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBMatt Duco graduated from the University of Illinois where he was active with the College Democrats and then went on to work for the Democratic Party of Illinois for a number of years before deciding to pursue a career in law. While in law school at Northern Illinois University, he volunteered with the Obama 2008 campaign and Bill Foster’s first campaign for Congress as well as his re-election. Since graduating law school and moving into private practice, Matt has primarily worked as a volunt...
Brian McDonagh
December 16, 2021 13:19 - 49 minutes - 34 MBBrian McDonagh is a Labour Party Counselor in Fingal County, Ireland. In addition to being an elected official he also works in politics in his day job as a Parliamentary Assistant to Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD and was previously a regional organizer for the Irish Labour Party. Labour Party: https://labour.ie Cllr Brian McDonagh: https://labour.ie/people/brianmcdonagh Brian’s Twitter: @brianmcdonagh Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD: https://labour.ie/people/aodhanoriordain
Scott Redenbaugh
December 09, 2021 13:38 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBIn today's episode we flip the script and have Andy Quarnstrom interviewing Scott Redenbaugh. Andy is the City of Champaign Township Supervisor in Champaign, IL and a former client of Scott Redenbaugh. Scott is the usual host of the Background Podcast. We get to hear how Scott got his start in politics, the reasons for starting the show, and his thoughts on the 2022 election. Check it out for a different type of show!backgroundpodcast.com
Scott Jamison
December 02, 2021 12:13 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBScott Jamison is the Head of Press for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. He has also previously served as a Senior Constituency Worker for the Northern Ireland Member of Parliament, Naomi Long. She is now the Alliance Party Leader and a member of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly and the Alliance Party has seen a steady rise in the polls and in number of seats since Scott came on.Prior to working in politics, Scott was a journalist with articles published in the South Belfast T...
Mark Liebow
November 18, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBMark Leibow is a Doctor and Chair of the Senate District 26 DFL in Minnesota. Mark is originally from Chicago and lives in Rochester, Minnesota with his wife, State Representative Tina Leibling and their family. His first campaign was for Abner Mikva’s Congressional campaign in 1974. He has continued his political activism in a volunteer capacity as Party Chair, member of the State DFL Party Affairs Committee, and was an official Presidential Elector in the 2020 electoral college. Mark h...
Andrew Adamski
November 11, 2021 12:28 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBAndrew Adamski is a partner at New Guard Strategies, a political consulting firm providing direct mail, digital advertising, and general consulting. New Guard is primarily focused on state and local campaigns. Andrew graduated from Catholic University in Washington D.C. but has spent most of his career outside the beltway. He has worked on campaigns all over the United States including Bernie Sander’s 2016 campaign, Phil Bredesen’s campaign for the US Senate in Tennessee, and Mike Bloomber...
Jim Nowlan
November 04, 2021 12:25 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBJim is a jack-of-all-trades in Illinois public affairs. He has been an Illinois legislator, statewide candidate, state agency director, senior aide to three unindicted Governors, Campaign Manager for U.S. Senate and Presidential Candidates, Professor, Newspaper Publisher and Columnist. Jim received his BA, MA and PhD degrees in political science, with minors in economics, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Whenever kicked out of government or politics, Jim has taken refuge...
Bill Houlihan
October 28, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBBill Houlihan recently retired as Illinois Senator Dick Durbin's Chief of Staff, where he served for 25 years. He has spent his life in public service and has more institutional knowledge of Illinois politics than anyone I have ever met. Learn about his prolific life and time working at the highest levels of politics. Bill Houlihan's Campaign Site for the Illinois State Central Committee: https://www.billhoulihan18.com/about-bill Sangamon County Democrats Webpage (Bill currently serves as ...