The Ground Game

By Caroline Stack

Caroline Stack is interviewing those doing the hard work of democracy from the ground up during these challenging times.

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The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.

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March 18, 2025 005 David Comfort: Democracy is something you do
Monday, March 17, 2025 Release
David Comfort sits down with Caroline Stack to discuss the group he started after the November election – Democracy Action Network (DAN). David discusses how his upbringing and previous work to overturn Prop 8 informs his worldview, how the only way to get rid of Trump is through grassroots action, and how DAN is organized to be a small democracy where each member steps up to lead in turn.
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2008 California Proposition 8
Democracy Action Network
West Hollywood, California February 22, 2025 Anti-Trump Protest
Citizens United v. FEC
Couldn’t find the exact article about America becoming a nation of homebodies, but I found another article from The New York Times.
Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert government shutdown
The ‘3.5% rule’: How a small minority can change the world
50501
SpaceX Hawthorne, California March 1, 2025 Protest
Indivisible Groups Finder
Democracy Action Network (DAN) BlueSky Handle
March for Our Constitution link
How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s response to a physical attack uplifted the civil rights movement.
“Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, jr.]”
Mobilize link for the March for our Constitution
My fundraising link for Abigail Spanberger for Governor of Virginia (100% goes to campaign)
E.B. White on "The Meaning of Democracy."
Democracy Action Network
Mobilize Indivisible Events in Los Angeles Area
Democracy Action Network (DAN) BlueSky Handle
Democracy Action Network email address:
[email protected]

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1h 7min
February 28, 2025 OO4 Call for economic boycott
Caroline pivots from her usual interview format to encourage American citizens to join the economic boycott or blackout on February 28, 2025.
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The folks calling for the boycott: The People's Union USA
If you like this content pivot, please reach out at [email protected].
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3min
November 19, 2024 003 Kamala Lopez: Equal rights for women are overdue
Kamala Lopez sits down with Caroline Stack to talk politics. Kamala discusses how she first became aware women don’t have equal protection under the law in the United States, how she set out to do something about it, and how despite incredible wins, the effort has been stopped at every turn. And yet there is a window opportunity to push the ERA across the finish line.
Trigger Warning:
Mentions of violence against women and children
from 54 minutes to an hour and 30 seconds
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Kamala Lopez Bio
Equal Means Equal film
Supreme Court Dobbs Decision
ERA Explained
Intermediate Scrutiny Wikipedia page
Misogyny “should become a hate crime in England and Wales”
Women of Our Time Exhibit
Women are not “community property,” a Georgia judge rules
Twenty-seventh Amendment Wikipedia page
ERA Deadline Debunked: Wendy Murphy explains it all to Alice Crenshaw
The Equal Rights Amendment: Why the Era Remains Legally Viable and Properly Before the States
Pat Spearman Wikipedia bio
ERA Coalition – Press Conference, Update on Equal Rights Amendment
Virginia Approves the E.R.A., Becoming the 38th State to Back It
If you want to volunteer with Equal Means Equal email Kamala Lopez at [email protected]
E.B. White on "The Meaning of Democracy."
Princeton 2020 Commencement Featured Speaker – Maria Ressa
Michael Moore’s Bucket List Joe
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1h 13min
October 22, 2024 002 Steven Borne: Building civic culture in New Hampshire
Steven Borne sits down with Caroline Stack to talk politics. He discusses how he got involved in fostering local non-partisan citizen engagement and representation, how he came to bolster and amplify civic engagement in his community of Rye, New Hampshire, and how he hopes his work leads to a less polarized New Hampshire.
SHOW NOTES
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Steven Borne Short Bio
New Hampshire Presidential Primary
Correction: Doug Burgum’s Name (Apologies to the Governor of North Dakota for this mistake.)
Interesting Article on Pronouncing Gerrymandering
Tradition of New England Town Meetings – Small d democracy
Correction: My friend lives in Massachusetts and not New Hampshire. (Sorry, Andi!) Sometimes I think one thing and say another.
Third Spaces or Places
Congressional Continuing Resolutions
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis book
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis eBook
The People (the organization) in New Hampshire
Rules for Voting in NH Primary as of 2024
Rank Choice Voting
Primary System Creating Polarization
Correction: Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007.
Consume Government Website
Rye Civic League
Rye Civic League Newsletter Sign Up
Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam book and eBook
“Grace in our politics” by Sam Borne
Why Nation’s Fail Book by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson book and eBook
Robert’s Rules of Order
Open Secrets
Winston Churchill Quote: ...democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others which have been tried from time to time...
E.B. White What Democracy Means to You?
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1h 17min
September 17, 2024 001 Katie Fahey: The idea that sparked a movement
Katie Fahey sits down with Caroline Stack to talk politics. She discusses what brought her to the successful campaign to reform gerrymandering in Michigan, how things have changed in Michigan since Proposal 2 passed, and how her experience led her to lead The People, an organization driving non-partisan political change.
SHOW NOTES:
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Katie Fahey’s Wikipedia Page
Michigan Proposal 2 Wikipedia Page
Katie Fahey’s Ted Talk
Elbridge Gerry Wikipedia Page
Gerrymandering Wikipedia Page
Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission
The People website
or email The People at:
[email protected]
Operation Vote America has Peace at the Polls Toolkit and Election Education Video Series (Prebunking Series)
Margaret Hoover PBS documentary on Counting the Vote
E.B. White What Democracy Means to You?
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1h 13min
June 04, 2024 The Why of The Ground Game Podcast
On THE GROUND GAME, host Caroline Stack interviews those folks doing the hard work of democracy from the ground up ahead of the 2024 election.
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FAQs about The Ground Game:

How many episodes does The Ground Game have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.