Doug ZOOMs with Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina to discuss the results of the election, challenges facing Joe Biden's upcoming presidency, and provides some history on his own story in politics and public service.

Doug is joined by "Against the Grain" host Josh Kraushaar to break down the results of the 2020 Presidential election.

Doug Thornell is joined by Anita Dunn, a senior advisor to the Joe Biden campaign and a fellow colleague at managing director at SKDKnickerbocker. They discuss the entire campaign from primaries to election night as well as the coming transition.

In this episode, Doug Thornell is joined by his longtime friends, actor John Bernthal of Ford vs Ferrari, and fellow political strategist Gareth Schweitzer, president of Material Company Action Division. They discuss their views on this election from the backdrop of growing up in DC and working in politics.

Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action. In this episode, Doug asks Shannon about how the organization is fighting for change and taking on the NRA.

What is the data telling us as we head into November? Doug Thornell interviews Tom Bonier, CEO of TargetSmart, to discuss election predictions with 5 days remaining.

Dominik Whitehead, NAACP Civic Engagement Director, joins Doug Thornell to discuss the national campaign run by the NAACP to drive strong turnout in the 2020 election.

Brianna Cayo Cotter leads Social Impact at MTV and Viacom and these days she is focused on getting the vote out. Doug and Brianna discuss what it takes to spread the word about the importance of voting and the responsibility corporations feel to create a social impact with their platform.

David Smick is a global macroeconomic strategist, investor, magazine editor, and author, most recently of The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone (PublicAffairs), David Smick which predicted the U.S. average working family economic anxiety that led to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. In 2008, he published The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy (Penguin Portfolio), which predicted the 2008 global financial crisis. Mr. Smick has...

Jim Papa joins Doug Thornell to discuss the job of a Staffer and how that role shapes a career. It is a unique job that provides new challenges everyday and sculpts a person into being resourceful and flexible. Jim's new podcast Staffer showcases interviews with former staffers and details how the job shaped their careers. STAFFER releases on all platforms September 1.

Amy Spitalnick, Executive Director of Integrity First for America, is committed to holding those accountable who threaten longstanding principles of our democracy. Her current mission is Sines v. Kessler, the lawsuit filed by a coalition of Charlottesville community members against the Nazis and white supremacists responsible for the violence. In this episode, we discuss the case and hear more about extremist groups and their tactics for spreading hate.

Candidates raise millions of dollars from donors looking to make an impact. But how does a campaign take those resources and decide what ads to buy and where? Laura Kollappallil and Will Flohr of Assembly take us into the details of media buying. We hear about traditional vs digital and other ways candidates are using media to reach voters.

Andre Banks, founder and CEO of A/B partners, and Ashley Bryant, principal at A/B Partners, discuss how they are leading the charge to combat a coordinated misinformation campaign against minority voters. They are producing free to use content to help people respond to bots with accurate and entertaining information. As the manipulation of social media continues to be a hard challenge for our democracy to handle, initiatives such as these present an interesting opportunity to drown out the...

On this episode of The Electables, Doug is joined by A'shanti F. Gholar. Ms. Gholar is the president of Emerge, an organization dedicated to recruiting and training Democratic women to run for office. They discuss what inspired her to enter politics, the mission of Emerge, and her outlook for 2020 elections.

CEO of the 2020 Democratic National Convention Committee joins The Electables to discuss the changes to the convention due to Coronavirus, some of his favorite convention memories, and what to expect in August.

Cornell Belcher is the President of Brilliant Corners Research and Strategies. He joins Doug Thornell to discuss several topics ranging from the 2020 presidential election to race and politics. They touch on the messaging around defunding the police and how that will translate at the polls.

On this episode of The Electables, top pollster John Anzalone discusses recent polling data on Trump and Joe Biden and how the Black Lives Matter movement and COVID-19 are impacting support.

On this episode of the Electables, Doug is joined by Jamal Simmons, CBS News analyst and reporter. Jamal worked for U.S. President Bill Clinton and was an advisor to President Barack Obama’s historic 2008 campaign and White House. Today, he and Doug discuss how the political landscape is impacted by recent Black Lives Matter protests and how race is present when working for a campaign or any organization.

Jason Rosenbaum is the president of SKDK Digital. He joins the Electables to discuss how digital outreach has changed political advertising and fundraising through years, which party has a stronger digital strategy, and how the Biden and Trump campaign are employing these strategies in their campaigns.

Guy Cecil, chairman of Priorities USA, joins the Electables to discuss the upcoming 2020 election and the strategies Priorities USA are taking to beat Trump.

Dawn Huckelbridge is the Director of Paid Leave for All, a new campaign that will provide the strategy and coordinated effort to turn paid leave into a political reality.

Election law expert and voting rights advocate Marc Elias talks with us about Democratic efforts to protect everyone's right to vote.

Reed Galen is an independent political strategist. He left the Republican Party in 2016 and has spent the last three years dedicated to the political reform movement, creating a better system for all voters. Today they discuss how the Lincoln Project is rolling out their strategy to hold our elected officials accountable.

Consultant and Democratic Strategist Jesse Ferguson joins the Electables to discuss the most recent polling about how the Coronavirus is impacting the national campaigns.