How We Win
212 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 245 ratingsThe Official Podcast of the Persistence!
For the past 4 years, we’ve been making history in critical elections all over the country, and last year we made history again by expanding our majority in the Senate, beating election-denying republicans in crucial statehouse races, and fighting back a non-existent red wave. But our freedoms are still under attack and we must keep fighting to build a just and equitable America for us all. Every week we take you behind the lines and inside the "rooms where it happens" with strategy, and inspiration from progressive change makers all over our country! And we give you the tools you need to make an immediate impact on our most critical races.
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Episodes
How We Cross the Aisle with Congressman Harley Rouda
November 06, 2019 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBWe hear how Representative Harley Rouda navigates this partisan congress and Republicans in his own district, and gives us some hot tips for healthy Holiday conversations. Interview at 14:08
How We Win Virginia with Tori Taylor
October 30, 2019 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBIt’s Get Out The Vote time in Virginia! We chat with Tori Taylor, the head of Political and Organizing at Swing Left. Tori is a campaign veteran who will take us through the tactics and strategies to help Democrats win the majority in all three branches of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Interview at 11:32
How We Organize Young People (or How They Organize Us)
October 23, 2019 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBOn today’s episode you’ll learn how to support the young activists who are leading the way, making change, and bringing us all hope. We sit down with March for Our Lives co-founders Lauren Hogg and Delaney Tarr. They tell us how they’ve turned tragedy into a social movement. Interview at 14:15
How We Make Trouble with Cecile Richards
October 16, 2019 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBWe are joined by powerhouse activist and organizer, Cecile Richards. President of Planned Parenthood from 2006 to 2018, she recently co-founded Supermajority, a new women’s advocacy organization dedicated to getting more women elected to office. We caught up with her in Las Vegas at the end of Supermajority’s cross country bus tour. Interview at 12:12
How We End Gun Violence with Senator Chris Murphy and Peter Ambler
October 09, 2019 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBToday’s episode is an inside look at the recent Gun Safety Forum in Las Vegas, featuring interviews with Senator Chris Murphy, and Giffords Executive Director Peter Ambler. Interview at 13:26
How We Stay Sane with Kathryn Hahn
October 02, 2019 11:56 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBKnown for her work as an actress on shows and movies like Crossing Jordan, Revolutionary Road, Parks and Recreation, Step Brothers, Transparent, Bad Moms, and the upcoming Mrs. Fletcher (among many others), Kathryn Hahn has been active off screen lending her voice and time to progressive causes like Planned Parenthood and Swing Left. Interview at 7:43
How We Sea Change with Representative Karen Bass
September 25, 2019 09:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBFive-term Congressmember Karen Bass is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, a leader in the resistance movement, and started her career as a community organizer. We talk about how she got her start, what moved her to run for office, and yes, we talk about Trump’s latest criminal acts and impeachment. Interview at 9:32
How We Register Voters with Ethan Todras-Whitehill
September 18, 2019 09:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBToday’s guest is our own Ethan Todras-Whitehill, the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Swing Left. Ethan talks about how Swing Left evolved from an idea, to an organization that has empowered hundreds of thousands of volunteers to help win critical elections. Interview at 12:20 TW:SA
How We Amplify our Voices with Omar Rivero, Founder of Occupy Democrats
September 11, 2019 09:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBToday our guest is Omar Rivero, the founder of the biggest grassroots political media website in the country, Occupy Democrats. Omar talks about how he started with one like and one share, and built a facebook page with over 7.8 million followers. Interview at 10:02
How We Get Started with Emiliana Guereca
September 04, 2019 09:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBOn today’s episode, a conversation with the founder and Executive Director of Women’s March Los Angeles, Emiliana Guereca. She’s got an incredible story that starts as an undocumented immigrant living in the Chicago projects and culminates with her helping to organize 700,000 people in the streets of LA, and working to win Democratic victories all over the Country. Interview starts at 9:16
How We Step Up! with Congressmember Katie Hill
August 28, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBFor our debut episode, we are joined by rising star freshman representative for California’s 25th district, Katie Hill. She shares her story about running and winning her first race for a seat in Congress, the difference grassroots volunteers made for her campaign, and how we can all step up to help win in 2020. Interview starts at 6:24 TW: SA
Welcome to How We Win
August 19, 2019 04:15 - 1 minute - 1.01 MB2016 changed us. We woke up, and now we’re fighting back. In 2018 we took back the House in a massive blue wave, but that was just the beginning. Now, we’re looking ahead to how we’ll win in 2020. Every week you’ll hear inspiring frontline stories from activist leaders, politicians, celebrities, and political insiders. And we’ll give you the tools you need to make an immediate impact on 2020’s most critical races.