Pro Politics with Zac McCrary
Political pollster Zac McCrary interviews interesting people who work in and around the political industry. Guests come from a multitude of backgrounds and specialties within the political industry, and span the partisan spectrum. This is not a podcast for partisan squabbling or punditry about the latest issue in DC - it is hearing directly from successful people in the industry...their stories, experiences, and advice. This is a podcast for anyone who works in politics, hopes to work in politics, or wants to get up close to see how things really work in the world of professional politics.
Episodes
181 episodes
Documentary Filmmaker Yoav Attias & The American Housing Crisis
Yoav Attias is a documentary filmmaker whose projects include Brick City chronicling the inner-workings of Newark, NJ under then-Mayor Cory Booker and CNN's Chicagoland featuring then-mayor Rah...
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Karen Defilippi, Democratic Campaigns, & The Launch of Versus Media Group
Karen Deflippi is launching Versus Media Group, after nearly 20 years in politics - including running campaigns, being a House Chief of...
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Taegan Goddard, Founder of Political Wire, on the Intersection of Politics, Tech, & Media
Taegan Goddard is the founder and editor of Political Wire, one of the most widely-read political news sites over the last 25+ years. He created Political Wire in the late 1990s after stints as a Senate ...
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Remembering Peter Rodino, "Watergate's Unexpected Hero", with Staffer & Author Larry Spinelli
Dr. Larry Spinelli has worn numerous hats in and around politics...Hill staffer, senior positions in the federal bureaucracy, political science professor, histor...
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The Ballad of Mary Bono
Mary Bono served 15 years in the House, representing a Palms Springs-based seat in Riverside County, CA. She initially entered politics and the House after the tragic passing of her late husband Sonny Bono - ...
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Ryan Davis, Co-Founder of People First, on Why 2024 Was "The Influencer Election"
Ryan Davis, co-founder of the digital political firm People First, has long been at the cutting edge of digital politics and the rise of digital influencer...
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Mark Harris, General Consultant for Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania, on 2024's Lone Senate Upset
Mark Harris, co-founder of ColdSpark strategies, was the General Consultant for the successful Dave McCormick 2024 Pennsylvania Senate race - arguably the lone true upset of the '24 ...
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Inside the 2024 North Carolina Governor's Race with Josh Stein Senior Strategist Morgan Jackson & Campaign Manager Jeff Allen
Senior Strategist Morgan Jackson & Campaign Manager Jeff Allen helped guide Democrat Josh Stein to a historic win in the 2024 open-...
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Rebecca Katz, General Consultant for Ruben Gallego & John Fetterman, on Running & Winning Tough Races
Rebecca Katz, founder of New Deal Strategies, is coming off her second consecutive cycle as General Consultant on signature Democratic Senate wins - including Ruben Gallego...
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Election 2024 Recap with Nathan Gonzales of Inside Elections
Nathan Gonzales is the Editor and Publisher of Inside Elections, one of the foundations of American political analysis, and a frequent presence talking and writ...
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Pro Politics Re-Release: Maggie Haberman on the Political Rise of Donald Trump
[Originally released 11/22]Maggie Haberman is, of course, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who's covered the political rise of Donald Trump for the New York Times...and her book,
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Republican Pollster Patrick Ruffini on the Increasingly Multi-Racial GOP Coalition
[Initially Released 11/07/23]Patrick Ruffini, pollster at Echelon Strategies, returns to talk about his new book
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Election Day 2024 Preview with Amy Walter
With just hours until polling places open for the November 5th presidential election, this week's guest is analyst Amy Walter to provide her insights and instincts heading into ...
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2024 Election Panel: Andy Blunt, Jim Ellis, & Zac McCrary
This is a different type of episode this week as I have borrowed the audio from a panel I was part of last Thursday (10/24/24) to discuss the upcoming 2024 elections. This panel is hosted by the government affairs firm
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Forrest Claypool & A Master Class in Chicago Politics
Forrest Claypool has one of the most impressive and varied resumes in politics...early campaign and operative work with David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel, two-time Chief o...
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Senator Mark Udall & A Life in Politics
Mark Udall, former Democratic US Senator and House member from Colorado, comes from the famed Udall family of the Mountain West - including his father, Congressman Mo Udall, and uncle, former Interior Secre...
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Caleb Smith on Working for 3 GOP House Speakers
Caleb Smith may be the only political operative who's worked for three consecutive US House Speakers. During over a decade on Capitol Hill, he worked with Speakers Boehner, Ryan, and McCarthy. In this con...
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2024 Digital Trends & Best Practices with Mark Jablonowski, President & CTO of DSPolitical
Mark Jablonowski is the President and Chief Tech Officer of DS Political - one of the leading digital ad firms for Democratic campaigns and p...
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Bryan Bennett, of Navigator Research, on Findings from Recent Polling of 4,000 Young Voters
Bryan Bennett is the Senior Director for Polling & Analytics at The Hub Project and a pollster for Navigator Research who recently spearheaded a
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Re-connecting with Election Analyst David Nir for the Launch of The Downballot
Catching up this week with return guest David Nir, who for over a decade has been an influential election analyst and the creator of Daily Kos Elections. Within the past week, David has moved his analysis to...
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Tucker Eskew, Political & Corporate Comms Expert
Communications expert Tucker Eskew has been a participant in some of the most seminal moments in American political history over the course of the past 30+ years...a protege of the famed Rep...
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Deep Inside the World of Political Donors with David Callahan
David Callahan is a prolific creator and thinker within Democratic politics. He helped start the progressive think tank Demos in the late 90s, founded the media outlet
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Lisa MacLean, Founder of Moxie Media - the First Female-Founded Political Direct Mail Firm
Lisa MacLean, founder of Moxie Media - the first female-founded political direct mail firm in the U.S - talks her path to politics...starting in St Louis and then Vassar, to impactful DC internships, m...
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