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Hosted by Pete Altman · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 28 episodes
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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.
Pete Altman hosts The Campaign Strategist, a government show with 28 episodes published.
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 Rul
"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 th
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
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 lea
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 Conse
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 to Wi
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 fails—and h
In this episode of The Campaign Strategist, Pete talks with Jenifer Fernandez Ancona , Co-Founder and Chief Strategist at Way to Win , and co-host of Charting the Way Forward, about how progressives can thrive in a radic
In this episode, Pete Altman talks with media strategist and Counter Stream Media founder Shilpi Chhotray , who makes a powerful case for rethinking how we build power for climate justice. Shilpi shares why she’s stepped
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 systematically u
What can Sun Tzu teach us about winning political power in 2025? In this new episode of The Campaign Strategist, I talk with Eric Hensal—veteran progressive strategist, author of A Progressive Art of War and host of the
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 textbook
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. In this episode, he explains how local groups buil
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 budge
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 ess
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 and
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 mak
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 institution
In this episode of The Campaign Strategist, Rich Schrader and Kate Sinding Daly take us inside the eight-year campaign that led New York to ban fracking—making it the first state with significant gas deposits to stop the
What happens when clean energy jobs face a political headwind—and how can business leaders fight back? In this episode of The Campaign Strategist, Bob Keefe of E2 joins Pete for a two-part conversation. First, they discu
Anat Shenker-Osorio
messaging strategist, author, Words to Win By host · ASO Communications
1 appearance on this show
Anat Shenker-Osorio
messaging strategist, author, Words to Win By host · ASO Communications
1 appearance on this show
Chuck Rocha
Democratic strategist, senior adviser to Bernie Sanders' 2020 Presidential Campaign
1 appearance on this show
Amanda Brink
The Empower Project
1 appearance on this show
Pete Maysmith
League of Conservation Voters
1 appearance on this show
Kristen Grimm
Spitfire Strategies
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Jiggy Geronimo
JG Insights
1 appearance on this show
Tara Buss
Research Collaborative
1 appearance on this show
Liz Kazal
Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy
1 appearance on this show
Nick Ahamed
Priorities USA
1 appearance on this show
Dani Negrete
Indivisible
1 appearance on this show
Kate Sinding Daly
NRDC
1 appearance on this show
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