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Hosted by Pete Altman · government · EN-US · 31 episodes
Dive into the world of advocacy with The Campaign Strategist. Each episode features in-depth conversations with activists and experts who break down their approaches to planning, executing, and winning campaigns. Learn about the strategies that have shaped policies, changed minds, and mobilized communities. Perfect for anyone looking to amplify their impact and drive meaningful change. New episodes on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month.
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The Campaign Strategist is hosted by Pete Altman. The show has published 31 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Colin Delany: You Can Microtarget Yourself to Death" (6 October 2026, 62 minutes), "Will Robinson: "Consultants are parasites"" (8 September 2026, 64 minutes), and ""Trust Scales Through People Now", Amanda Brink on Why the Old Organizing Toolkit Is Breaking" (11 August 2026, 45 minutes).
The Campaign Strategist publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 31 episodes.
Booking probability for The Campaign Strategist is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Campaign Strategist requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Campaign Strategist's contact route on record: verified email.
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Pete Altman hosts The Campaign Strategist, a government show with 31 episodes published.
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Episode #9
Campaigns keep pouring money into broadcast TV while their voters are on YouTube, and targeting people too narrowly can backfire. Digital strategist Colin Delany has watched every new political technology arrive since...
Episode #7
Will Robinson has made ads for Democrats for forty years. He opens this conversation by calling his own profession parasitic. We start with what artificial intelligence has done to political communication since late...
Episode #6
The tactics most campaigns were built on are quietly breaking, and the reason isn't messaging — it's trust. Host Pete Altman talks with Amanda Brink, executive director of The Empower Project, whose recent essay "The...
Episode #5
"If you're not focused on democracy and holding the line there, anything else you're doing is just busy work." That's movement strategist Dana Johnson, and it's the spirit of this whole conversation — clear-eyed about...
Episode #4
If you've ever used "narrative," "messaging," and "communication strategy" as if they meant the same thing, this episode sorts that out fast. Host Pete Altman sits down with Francesca Koe — a communications and advocacy...
Episode #3
<p>Anna Aurilio joins The Campaign Strategist to talk about the intersection of advocacy, economic security, and political power. Drawing on nearly four decades of organizing experience — from environmental campaigns to...
Episode #2
<p>Pete Maysmith has been doing this work for over 30 years — from Rocky Flats protests in fifth grade to leading one of the country’s most powerful environmental electoral organizations. As President of the League of...
Episode #1
<p>Kristen Grimm, founder of Spitfire Strategies, joins Pete to discuss what it really takes to win advocacy campaigns in today’s fractured media environment. Drawing from her updated campaign planning guide, Planning...
Episode #21
<p>In this episode, Pete talks with Dr. Jiggy Geronimo, a neuroscientist-turned-strategist and founder of JG Insights, about building powerful progressive narratives. Jiggy shares why poll-tested messaging often...
Episode #20
<p>In this episode of The Campaign Strategist, Pete talks with <b>Jenifer Fernandez Ancona</b>, Co-Founder and Chief Strategist at <b>Way to Win</b>, and co-host of Charting the Way Forward, about how progressives can...
Episode #19
<p>In this episode, Pete Altman talks with media strategist and Counter Stream Media founder <b>Shilpi Chhotray</b>, who makes a powerful case for rethinking how we build power for climate justice. Shilpi shares why...
Episode #18
<p>Tara Buss, Senior Director of Research at the Research Collaborative, joins The Campaign Strategist to unpack what she calls "competitive authoritarianism" in the U.S.—a state that mimics democracy while...
Episode #17
<p>What can Sun Tzu teach us about winning political power in 2025?</p><p>In this new episode of The Campaign Strategist, I talk with Eric Hensal—veteran progressive strategist, author of A Progressive Art of War and...
Episode #16
<p>Messaging maven and strategist Anat Shenker-Osorio joins Pete to unpack the mechanics of narrative, the seductive power of repetition, and why too much progressive messaging sounds like it came from a law school...
Episode #15
<p>Durrell Johnson helped lead the campaign to stop Mark Robinson’s run for governor in North Carolina—and in doing so, created a roadmap for defeating far-right extremism. </p><p>In this episode, he explains how local...
Episode #14
<p>Liz Kazal of the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy joins The Campaign Strategist to talk about why Republican members of Congress are starting to feel real political risk over their support for Trump’s tax and...
Episode #13
<p>Nick Ahamed, Deputy Executive Director of Priorities USA, joins Pete to break down the changing media landscape and what progressives must do to keep up. From the emotional resonance of abortion ads to why YouTube is...
Episode #12
<p>In this episode of The Campaign Strategist, Pete talks with Dani Negrete, National Political Director at Indivisible. Dani shares why “we don’t have four years to fix things,” drawing on lessons from recent campaigns...
Episode #11
<p>Pollster and strategist Saeed Mousavi joins The Campaign Strategist to explain why Democrats are losing emotional traction—and what it takes to reconnect. From risk-averse messaging to outdated research models, Saeed...
Episode #10
<p>Michael Podhorzer joins host Pete Altman to talk about what really happened in the 2024 election—and why the fight ahead isn’t about restoring the old order, but building a new one. From the failures of civil...
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messaging strategist, author, Words to Win By host, ASO Communications
messaging strategist, author, Words to Win By host, ASO Communications
Democratic strategist, senior adviser to Bernie Sanders' 2020 Presidential Campaign
The Empower Project
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