Stephanie talks with Emily Cain, Co-Founder Copper Sky, former State Senator, Orono Maine, former Executive Director of EMILY's List, about women leading the way in politics today. She highlights the impact of organizations like EMILY's List in electing Democratic pro-choice women to office. Emily Cain is also a member of New DEAL leaders.

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This is the first episode of Freedom Over Fascism’s pivot to conversations with women who power political change for freedom. Stephanie chats with Michele Hornish, ED of Every State Blue about the need to redefine electoral success to mean running and supporting candidates for every level of the ballot. Every State Blue crowdfunds support for State House candidates in Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee, and provides funding to the candidates who need it the most. If you want to give money in downballot races across the US, you can go to www.blue24.org. Charles Gaba (E 57) has put together Act Blue pages for thousands of races in every state (at every level).

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Stephanie talks to Michael Podhorzer, author of Weekend Reading and one of the smartest political analysts in the country. They discuss WHY people vote—or not—and the actual state of the race, which is within the margin of our effort. Podhorzer hosts periodic briefings on the state of the race in cooperation with Research Collaborative and ASO Communications (Anat Shenker-Osorio). They publish a toolkit called Freedom Over Fascism, which isn’t affiliated with this podcast.

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Stephanie talks to independent journalist Scott Dworkin, author of the Dworkin report, about the failure of the corporate media to meet their journalistic obligations to truthful reporting. They discuss where the corporate media is failing, where engaged citizens can get accurate news, and how, ultimately to help people cut the cable news cord. They also focus on the need to engage and work toward electing pro-democracy officials to make truth an important part of the public square once again.

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Stephanie interviews David Callahan, founder of Inside Philanthropy and Blue Tent. Callahan emphasizes the importance of investing in progressive organizations that build long-term political power rather than contributing solely to candidates. He highlights the effectiveness of grassroots funding in battleground and traditionally overlooked states, and discusses how diversified political donations can lead to sustainable change and help flip crucial House seats.

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Do you ever wish you could magically create speeches, social media prompts, fundraising letters, and newsletters with your messaging and values already built in? YOU CAN! This is NOT an advertisement but Stephanie's conversation with Co-Founder and Co-CEO Aram Fischer of Change Agent AI, which is a generative AI tool imbued with democratic values and trained to use tested messaging narratives (Anat’s Race/Class Narrative, anyone?). Take a listen and see how Change Agent AI trains and tests its AI to align with pro-democracy values to help activists, campaign staff, and candidates create materials super fast. Listen for Change Agent’s translation abilities also! www.thechange.ai www.freedomoverfascism.us

Stephanie's conversation with Mayor Zeb Smathers, a New Deal Leader, on local politics in a mountain mill town, where your constituents know where you live, where you grocery shop, and how to find you. He talks about the focus on solutions rather than scoring partisan political points. We focus on the importance of local politics in the midst of a toxic national political environment.

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Since President Joe Biden stepped aside last week and endorsed VP Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President, the campaign has generated tremendous excitement and new energy. Humongous organizing calls have raised enormous amounts of money, and interest has spiked for races up and down the ballot.

When I spoke to Tara McGowan in April, we spoke about the need for pro-democracy media, since the mainstream corporate media is motivated by profit and not by informing the public of the stakes of this election.

Tara is the publisher of Courier Newsroom, which publishes locally in more than a dozen states. Its digital newsletters reach the whole country. Courier also specializes in a short vertical video format to reach younger voters on Tiktok and Instagram, and activates less engaged voters with its coverage.

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From the Freedom Over Fascism Archives: Stephanie speaks with Andra Watkins, author of the substack "How Project 2025 Will Ruin Your Life." We spoke earlier in the year about the coded Christian Nationalist language in Project 2025. Even with all the craziness over the democratic ticket, we need to be talking about Republican plans for governing, which is Project 2025. Don't talk about JD Vance's hypocrisy. Tell everyone you know about Project 2025. You can start with Andra's newsletter at https://project2025istheocracy.substack.com/p/project-2025-where-veterans-cannot?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

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This episode from the archive features Dr. Matthew Taylor, a senior scholar at the Institute for Islamich-Christian-and Jewish Studies. We talk about the batshit crazy beliefs of Christian Nationalists, particularly the New Apostolic Reformation and Seven Mountains groups, and their proximity to Jan 6 and institutional power. See more newsletters and episodes, and subscribe at www.freedomoverfascism.us