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We’ve all been hit by something hard when we didn’t expect it. We’ve come through battles of every kind - personal, professional, national - and still are fighting some of them. What have we learned f... more
FAQs about Battletested with Tanya Acker:How many episodes does Battletested with Tanya Acker have?The podcast currently has 208 episodes available.
November 14, 2023People Lie. When to Make them Pay. When to Move On.Tanya talks to the lawyers who helped Dominion Voting Systems achieve a $787 million settlement in its defamation case against Fox News over false claims of a “stolen” election. When is the lie someone tells, or spreads, worth money? When should you just move on?...more36minPlay
November 10, 2023Tanya Talks to Justice Kyra Harris Bolden of the Michigan Supreme CourtTanya talks to the history-making justice about the family tragedy that led her to the bench, and busting through other people’s assumptions to do what you must.(Original air date: 3/22/23)...more25minPlay
November 07, 2023Crypto for Beginners, FTX, and One of the Biggest Financial Frauds on RecordSam Bankman-Fried, founder of the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, faces up to 100 years in jail for his role in one of the biggest financial frauds on record. In this re-release, Tanya talks to journalist Sylvan Lane, Finance and Economic Policy Reporter at The Hill, about how cryptocurrency works and what happened at FTX. (Originally aired: 12/22)...more25minPlay
November 02, 2023Fentanyl Poisoning Took Her Sons - How She Fights BackTanya talks to Rebecca Kiessling about loss, healing, and fighting the fentanyl crisis. ...more29minPlay
October 31, 2023Special Re-Release: Triumph in UvaldeWhile Uvalde remains a community that mourns, heals, and remembers its victims, it is also a community that moved Albert Martinez to drive 140 miles to teach music at Uvalde High School. This is the story of how he got a group of unlikely musicians to open up, and how they all brought victory and triumph to Uvalde....more18minPlay
October 26, 2023Tanya Talks Music with Kelefa Sanneh (The New Yorker)Tanya talks to the author of Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres, about the significance of musical genres; our fandom and our tastes; and some of music’s most powerful moments....more40minPlay
October 19, 2023Great Hoaxes: The Time People Believed A Woman Gave Birth to RabbitsTanya talks to Karen Harvey, author of The Imposteress Rabbit Breeder: Mary Toft and Eighteenth-Century England ...more23minPlay
October 17, 2023Great Hoaxes: The Time People Believed There Were Praying Man-Bats on the MoonTanya talks to Matthew Goodman, author of The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth Century New York. The story is crazier than you can believe and no description here will do it justice. Enjoy the show. ...more28minPlay
October 12, 2023Adulting When GoverningTanya talks to Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels about voting rights, building relationships across party lines, and new ideas for helping working people get a leg up. ...more26minPlay
October 05, 2023Great Mom, Great Vision, and a Lemonade Stand9-yr old Grayson Roberts was born with little sight but great vision and an extraordinary mother, Terica. Listen as they talk about what it means to be “limitless.” ...more14minPlay
FAQs about Battletested with Tanya Acker:How many episodes does Battletested with Tanya Acker have?The podcast currently has 208 episodes available.