Shifting Terrain

Shifting Terrain Season 1 Trailer

In Shifting Terrain, we explore race and class in politics, beyond the simplistic stereotypes in the news, and between election cycles. Voters, political strategists, organizers, and politicians will speak to the ways race and class are playing out in voting patterns, campaigns, the news, and election outcomes. And, ultimately, how we navigate America’s multiracial, cross-class democracy. We highlight voices across the country to interrupt misconceptions fueling political polarization in American politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Polls Are %&!* and Working Class Voters Will Decide Elections

Political strategists Jordan Berg Powers and Mike Lux discuss how major political campaigns have abandoned working class voters, the undeserved power of polls, and why you should never play Trump’s voice in a Democratic political ad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coastal Elites & Country Bumpkins: Bridging the Rural-Urban Political Divide

Damaging stereotypes about rural and urban voters abound in politics. What’s really going on in the charged landscape known as the rural-urban divide? Are rural voters actually voting against their interests when they elect a Republican? And are urban voters so immersed in the culture war they’re out of touch with the everyday concerns of working people? Is there any commonality across this geographical chasm?In today’s episode, Sarah Jaynes of the Rural Democracy Initiative, and Bonnie Dobson from Down Home North Carolina, share insights and anecdotes from long-term organizing with working class voters. Despite how it might feel out here, there is a way to bridge the rural urban divide for a more unified working class electorate.Down Home North Carolina https://downhomenc.org/Rural Democracy Initiative https://ruraldemocracyinitiative.org/Executive Producers: Amanda Cowper and Rachel RybaczukAssociate Producer: Emilce QuirozProduction Consulting and Audio Mixing: Karen GivenMusic from Blue Dot Sessions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How Right-Wing Media is Winning the Culture War

There’s a lot of finger pointing about which media outlet is to blame for the rise in political polarization, racism, and the class war. The brash boldness of Fox News is a likely target, but what about the hushed tones of liberal news? In this episode, researcher Reece Peck reveals what makes some media, like YouTube, a compelling place for news; how we can’t sidestep the culture war with facts; and why we can’t educate disinformation away.Show Notes:Find more of Reece Peck’s work at his website along with information about his book Fox Populism: Branding Conservatism As Working Class Also mentioned in this episode: Heartland TV: Prime Time Television and the Struggle for U.S. Identity by Victoria E. JohnsonShifting Terrain Executive Producers: Amanda Cowper and Rachel Rybaczuk; Assistant Producer: Emilce Quiroz; Production Consulting and Audio Mixing: Karen Given; and Music from BlueDot Sessions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mega Money, Messy Maps and Our Need For Working Class Candidates

 If you had to guess how many politicians are working class, what would you say? Ten percent? Five?In this episode we talk to Eric Hansen, a researcher who ran the data to determine how many working class politicians represent the working class majority. Along with the on-the-ground experience of Angelina Cruz and William Walter, two working class candidates who ran for state assembly in Wisconsin - a swing state with a reputation for having some of the most gerrymandered voting maps in the country. We learn why working class candidates are more rare than you’d imagine and a singular thing that could profoundly change politics. Shifting Terrain Executive Producers: Amanda Cowper and Rachel Rybaczuk; Assistant Producer: Emilce Quiroz; Production Consulting and Audio Mixing: Karen Given; and Music from BlueDot Sessions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.