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Arena Talks — 54 episodes

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Where do we go from here

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Empowering communities with Majora Carter

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Two self-loathing meritocrats discuss inequality, with Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits

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COVID era campaigns with Hillary Clinton, Addisu Demissie, and Swati Mylavarapu

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The Future of NYC

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The fight for Wisconsin is the fight for America

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The future of philanthropy with Anand Giridharadas and Michael Tubbs

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Bringing filmmaking to politics with Sarah Ullman

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Hope and justice with Amber Goodwin

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Meg Ansara on firefighting, political campaigns, and leadership

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Why isn’t the NY State Senate blue?

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From Arena Community Member to NY State Senate Candidate with Alessandra Biaggi

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Reflecting on a year of resistance with Kate Catherall and Nathaniel Pearlman

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Empowering communities of color with Woke Vote and DeJuana Thompson

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From the Maine wilderness to Congress with Lucas St. Clair

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Protecting Arizonans with January Contreras

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How to make campaigning accessible to new parents

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Music City Mayor to Governor? A conversation with Karl Dean

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Building a better Colorado with Mike Johnston

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How to run (successfully) with substance with Lauren Underwood

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Can an Army Ranger flip a Trump +28 district?

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From Obama '08 to Cambridge Analytica with Michael Simon

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Let my people vote with Desmond Meade

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Change is coming to Michigan with Rashida Tlaib and Ian Conyers

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How to fight the Trump Tax Plan with Andrea Purse

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Jessica Ramos takes on Trump Democrats in New York

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Anthony Vitarelli helps make sense of the latest Mueller indictments

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Celinda Lake is polling civic engagement among millennials

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Graig Meyer is fighting for North Carolinians in the General Assembly

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Former Air Force Officer Gina Ortiz Jones is running for Congress in Texas

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Stacey Abrams is running to be America's first black woman governor

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Former Federal Prosecutor Anthony Vitarelli on Mueller’s first indictments

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Former Obama and Clinton Pollster John Anzalone on the AL Senate race and a life in politics

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Jessica Morse is a 5th gen Californian running for Congress in the Sierra foothills

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Michael Tubbs is the Mayor of Stockton, CA - and is one of the youngest in America

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US Senator Brian Schatz from Hawaii on running for office when you’re young and Medicaid for all

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Kevin Madden came to the Arena Summit - and now he's running for County Council in Pennsylvania

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Obama field guru Jeremy Bird on building a world-class grassroots campaign

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Debbie Matties and Will Friedman are connecting constituents with elected officials

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Campaign vet Addisu Demissie shares stories from the trail

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Shauna Daly is building the Progressive Security Corps to help campaigns lock down their digital accounts

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Legendary fundraiser Shomik Dutta on running call time with Obama, how to raise money, and why we must invest in political tech

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Rita Bosworth launched Sister District to match resources with races

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Ross Morales Rocketto is recruiting young progressives to Run for Something

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Abdul El-Sayed is running for Governor of Michigan

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Haley Stevens is running for Congress in Michigan

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Jimmy Dahman built The Town Hall Project

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Jason Kander is fighting for voting rights

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Brittany Packnett doesn't care how you got woke - she cares that you stay woke

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Brian Deese, Former Senior Advisor to President Obama, believes we can (literally) save the planet

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Buffy Wicks is running for California’s State Assembly in the 15th District

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Lacey Rzeszowski is running for New Jersey’s General Assembly

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Former Navy Pilot Ken Harbaugh is running for Congress in Ohio

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Andy Kim is running for Congress in New Jersey against Rep. Tom MacArthur