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Facts About PACs Podcast — 241 episodes
The Pitch, Not the Apology
It's an Election, Not an Auction
A Poll No Human Ever Took
PAConomics: Why Good Economies Make PAC Fundraising Harder
Trust Recession
From Cutting Chicken to Capitol Hill
Uncapped: What the Coordination Ruling Means for Your PAC
America 250
Who Is Watching The Money?
Hill Day 2026: NABPAC Takes the Hill
Primary Notes with Jim Ellis
Who's Running Your PAC?
Don't Bury Your Lead: A Hill Veteran's Guide to Effective Advocacy
Leader of the PAC
Shifting Ground
What Goes in the Bag
Spring Forward
When the News Cycle Is Bigger Than Politics
Unplugged
First Primaries with Jim Ellis
Super PAC Facts with Brody Mullins
Inside the FEC with Chair Shana Broussard
Solutions in Action: Speak4's Joe Mansour on What Hill Staff Actually Want from Digital Advocacy
State Navigate: Democratizing Political Intelligence
Meet NABPAC's New Board Chair John Mason
Campaign Pressure Test with Eric Wilson
2026 PAC Director Glow Up
Bad Words with Amy Showalter
Hot Chocolate and Holiday Cheer: NABPAC's Year-End Lunch
Hard Dollars Rising: Why NRSC v. FEC Could Transform Party Fundraising
Thanksgiving Reflections and 2026 Prep
PAC Director's Guide to Election 2025 with Sharon Sussin
Halloween Spooktacular
Live from NABPAC Insight 2025
Compliance with Context
Candid Conversation on Political Realities
NABPAC Insight Conference Preview
Taking It to the Hill: NABPAC's First Legislative Summit
Back to School
Mid-Decade Redistricting: The Political Earthquake Nobody Saw Coming
Fresh Eyes on Campaign Finance
Celebrating 200 Episodes
AI's Political Revolution with Eric Wilson
Independence Day
Campaign Politics Update with Jim Ellis
A Summer Soirée To Remember
Momentum & Growth: A Conversation with NABPAC Board Chair Kipp Maloney
Sky's the Limit: A First Look at NABPAC's Blue Ribbon Panel
Reconciliation Update with Jennifer Belair | Atlas Crossing
FEC Update with Mark Renaud | Wiley
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Fundraising: Applying Behavioral Science to PAC Communications
In Full Swing
Your Exclusive Ticket to Capitol Hill Bipartisanship
Top PAC SWAG in 2025
Mastering the Fly-In: Effective Advocacy on Capitol Hill
2026 Political Landscape with Jim Ellis
PAC Leadership When Washington Seems Chaotic
Shared Experience: Signature Roundtables
AI, Advocacy, and the Future of Digital Campaigns with Shannon Chatlos
Prior Approval Preview
Fundraising Momentum
Our Issues: NABPAC's Legislative Priorities for 2025
Election Insights with Political Technologist Eric Wilson
Meet Alex Bolton (Atlas Crossing)
Annual Reports
Bad Words with Amy Showalter
How to Raise a Citizen with Lindsey Cormack
Top 5 Takeaways
Live from Palm Beach!
Showtime
Last Mile Briefing with Jim Ellis (Ellis Insight)
PAC Match and Disaster Recovery
State Compliance with Mark Renaud (Wiley)
Deepfakes and Deception
45-Days to Election Checklist
Political Overtime with Jim Ellis
DNC 2024
Intern Impact: TFAS
Congressional Campaign Forecast Update with Chaz Nuttycombe (CNalysis)
Do's and Don'ts with Rocky Krivijanski, Trine Strategies
RNC 2024
Chin Straps On
Election Ready with Amie Adams, Dunn Associates
Political Involvement and the PAC Director with Dan Ekstein (SAGAC)
IRL
Hurt Locker
Leadership Advice for PAC Directors
Election Update
School's Out for Summer
Solutions In Action: Speak4
Employees Vote
Public Opinion: Intersection of Business and Politics
PAC Insights with Lisa Strikowsky Gillman | T-Mobile
March Madness
Dark Money
Leap Day!
Senate Primaries with Punch
Love PACtually
What PAC Professionals Want
Campaign Analysis with Chaz Nuttycombe
PAC Resolutions
PAC in Session with Prof Steve Billet
PAC Presents
Bad Words with Amy Showalter
Different Types of PACs
Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Political Snapshot with Jim Ellis
All Systems Go
New Banking Risk
Shutdown Survival Strategies
What Next?
Your Biggest PAC Investment
Employee Voter Registration Week
The Long Game with PAC Expert Julie Schrei
Generative AI Reprise
Advocacy Insights with Austin O'Boyle (Aristotle)
The Big Picture 2024 with Jim Ellis
Relationship Fundraising
Suite Talk: General Counsel Edition with Carol Laham (Wiley)
Hands-on Learning in the PAC Space
Suite Talk: Comms Edition
PAC AI
Sean Joyce, Atlas Crossing
Suite Talk: CEO Edition
Google Results on PACs
No Labels Party
Summer Interns Available: TFAS Business and GR Summer Program
How It's Going with Prof Steven Billet
Solutions In Action: Evaluating Your Vendors
PAC Match Startup Success Story
Exposure. How safe are your PAC bank accounts?
The Farm Bill with Randy Dwyer, American Farm Bureau Federation
Results Are In
Let's Talk!
Capitol Hill Fly-In
Unplugged: Candidates in Crisis
ChatGPT and You
Policy and Politics with Paul Brathwaite | Federal Street Strategies
FEC Update with Lee Goodman | Wiley Law
Open Door Congress with Paul Miller
PAC Director's Guide to the 118th Congress
100th Episode Special - LIVE
Two Minute Drill
How to Fight Donor Fatigue with Katie Anderson | Aristotle
What A Win Looks Like
Backlash with Bruce Mehlman
PAC Match Programs with Betsy Strong, CVS Health
Top 3 Tips: Employee Voter Registration
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) with Eric Wilson, Center for Campaign Innovation
Top 10 Tips To Sharpen PAC Communications with Rocky Krivijanski | Trine Strategies
Solutions in Action with Jonathan Zucker | Democracy Engine
Labor Day Special with David Schild and Amie Adam
Balance of Power in Congress with Jim Ellis | Ellis Insight
PAC Insights with Lauren Colicelli, Meghan Everngam and Meaghan Joyce
PAC Insights with Mica Evans Hider | American Chemistry Council
Facts Unplugged
Fund for American Studies with Mark Vad
Solutions In Action with Peter Sherman | DDC
Voter Turnout with Jim Ellis | Ellis Insight
Business of Politics with Eric Wilson | Startup Caucus
PAC Insight with Sharon Sussin | NFIB
Facts Unplugged
Media Diet with Amie Adams and David Schild
PAC Insight with Lauren Colicelli | National Association of REALTORS®
PAC Insight with Kristine Kilbride | KPA
Audits & Compliance with Brian Bender | Withum
PAC Insight with Meghan Everngam | NAHB
Solutions in Action with Mike Richardson | Chain Bridge Bank
Ep 73 Leaders Speak Special
Ep 72 with Jocelyn Hong (NILE)
Ep 71 with Jamie Jones Miller, Northeastern University
Ep 70 with Bradley A Smith, Institute for Free Speech
Ep 69 with Dr. Casey Burgat - Director, Legislative Affairs program, GWU Graduate School of Political Management
Ep 68 Corporate Culture | DE&I with Tracy J Edmonds
Ep 67 with Dave Wasserman U.S. House Editor, The Cook Political Report
Ep 66 with Meaghan Joyce (International Paper)
Ep 65 Back to The Future
Ep 64 with Tim Riordan from BIPAC
Look Ahead to 2022 with Steven Billet, Ph.D.
Ep 62 Risk Management Forecast for PAC Directors with Andy Jones, Federal Street Strategies
REconnect Conference Special
Ep 60 with Courtney Schoenborn | New York Life Insurance Company
Ep 59 with Jim Ellis | Political Snapshot
Ep 58 with DaQuawn Bruce | College to Congress
Ep 57 Three Questions with Amy Showalter
Ep 56 with Angel Riley PAC Manager at LEIDOS
Ep 55 with Lauren Newhouse of Dogwood Public Affairs
Ep 54 Top 5 Questions
Ep 53 Political Science for PAC Managers
Ep 52 Professional Development with Amie Adams and David Schild
Ep 51 Adrienne Marks, PAC Director, Global Government Relations, VISA
Ep 50: Internal Dynamics of Business PAC Fundraising
Ep 49 with Joe Manion, American Waterways Operators' Director of Political Affairs
Ep 48 Dead or Alive with Andy Jones from Federal Street Strategies
Ep 47 with Trey Hawkins from Credit Union National Association
Ep 46 with Joe Joiner, PAC Manager, CTIA PAC
Ep 45 with Prof. Anthony Fowler, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago | 5.20.21
Ep 44 with Tommy Goodwin, President, National Institute for Lobbying and Ethics | 5.14.21
Ep 43 Correcting the record with BIPAC President and CEO Tim Riordan | 5.7.21
Ep 42 Transportation Intermediaries Association President & CEO Anne Reinke | 4.30.21
Ep 41 Inside Insuring America PAC with Bridget Sewell of American Property Casualty Insurance Association | 4.15.21
Ep 40 PAC Podcastiversary Special | 4.08.21
Ep. 39 Hard Data on the PAC Pause | 4.1.21
Ep. 38 Traditional PACs Moderate Politics with Dr. Mike Barber from BYU | 03.18.21
Ep. 37 Are Business PACs Relevant? with Dr. David K Rehr of George Mason University | 3.11.21
Ep. 36 The Politics and Policy of HR 1 with Andy Jones of Federal Street Strategies | 03.04.21
Ep. 35 Association PACs are Powerful with Ashley Jackson of National Asphalt Pavement Association | 02.18.21
Ep. 34 Campaign Finance and the NABPAC Legal Help Hotline with Carol Laham of Wiley | 02.11.21
Ep. 33 FEC in Action 2021 | 02.04.21
Ep. 32 The Focus on PACs is White Hot with Dr. Steve Billet and David Schild from GW’s Graduate School of Political Management. | 01.21.21
Ep. 31 Walking Back The No PAC Pledge | 12.18.20
Ep. 30 NABPAC 2020 Year in Review with Tim Foltyn of Walmart | 12.11.20
Ep. 29 NABPAC Trailblazer Award with Jennifer Brooks from Northrop Grumman | 11.20.20
Ep. 28 Election Special: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Tracy J Edmonds | 10.30.20
Ep. 27 Election Special: Creativity Matters More Now with Will Ritter from the Poolhouse Agency | 10.23.20
Ep. 26 Election Special: Unlocking New Results in Digital Advocacy with Jacquie Plunkett | 10.15.20
Election Special: How to Digital your PAC Campaign with Eric Wilson
Ep. 24 Election Special: Stakeholder Impact and the Power of Texts with Erik Rosedahl from Phone2Action | 10.01.20
Ep. 23 Going Virtual for Voter Registration with Shannon Aimone of Wells Fargo | 09.24.20
Ep. 22 Advocacy through Associations with Mary Kate Cunningham of ASAE | 09.18.20
Ep. 21 How CARES Act 4.0 Died with Paul Brathwaite & Making the Personal Ask in PAC Fundraising with Kristine Kilbride | 09.11.20
Ep. 20 Building Your PAC with Dan Ekstein | 08.28.20
Ep. 19 PACs Pivot To GOTV | 08.17.20
Ep. 18 NFIB's Candidate Support Criteria with Kipp Maloney | 08.07.20
Ep. 17 Mentoring young PAC professionals with Ellie Shaw of Amex | 07.30.20
Ep. 16 FEC Chairman Trey Trainor on Oversight, Compliance, and Transparency | 07.23.20
Ep. 15 COVID-19 PAC Industry Tracking Poll Results | 07.20.20
Ep. 14 PAC Money in Politics with Mary-Ryan Douglass of American Pharmacists Association | 07.10.20
Ep. 13 Tales from the NABPAC Legal Help Hotline | 07.2.20
Ep. 12 Electing Women to Congress with Julie Conway of VIEW PAC | 06.25.20
Ep. 11 Public Health and Politics with Jeanne Slade of National Emergency Medicine PAC | 06.18.20
Ep. 10 Work from Home and Reaching PAC Eligibles | 06.12.20
Ep. 9 PAC Management, Issue Advocacy, and GOTV Efforts with Trey Richardson | 06.04.20
Ep. 8 Election Integrity with American Strategies CEO Joe Goode | 05.21.20
Ep. 7 Virtual Fundraising During COVID-19 | 05.14.20
Ep. 6 Employee-Funded PACs Provide A Seat at the Table with John Mason of Altria | 05.07.20
Ep. 5 Problem Solver Caucus, Educating on Elections, and Turning Around the Anti-PAC Rhetoric with Tracy Winn from Anthem | 05.01.20
Ep. 4 Advocating for Renters during COVID with Kevin Cameron of NMHC | 04.24.20
Ep. 3 PAC Help Hotline with Trey Richardson & Amie Adams | 04.16.20
Ep. 2 PPP and the Associations Left Out with Derron Parks | 04.09.20
Ep. 1 Staying Connected and Effective During COVID | 04.02.20