Podcasts by Words To Win By
Words To Win By* takes listeners on a journey around the globe with renowned communications researcher and campaign advisor Anat Shenker-Osorio as she unpacks real-world narrative shifts that led to real-world victories.
*Formerly called Brave New Words
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Greater Than Fear - Minnesota from 2022-02-21T08:38:48.219924
In Minnesota, GOP operatives read in Clinton’s slim victory an opportunity to gain ground with their racially coded, anti-immigrant, Islamophobic appeals. Yet in 2018, progressives in the state not...
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Together For Yes - Ireland from 2022-02-21T08:38:48.218675
With abortion at a flashpoint in the U.S. and states practically or literally banning the procedure, we unpack how Ireland went from total ban to public acceptance. We learn how campaigners avoided...
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People Seeking Asylum - Australia from 2022-02-21T08:38:48.185698
The Australian government has crafted and carried out an immigration policy so abusive that it earned President Trump’s praise. Yet, over the last few years, facing a conservative and openly xenoph...
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Police Reform - Washington from 2022-02-21T08:38:48.184934
Advocates in Washington state, confronting one of the most permissive standards for justifiable use of deadly force in the country, brought police reform to the ballot and won. We explore the strat...
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Let's Do This - New Zealand from 2022-02-21T08:38:48.184106
In 2017, despite voter attitudes indicating the conservative National Party would retain control of the government, Jacinda Ardern became Prime Minister of New Zealand. We look at how she and the L...
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Winning in WI 2020 from 2022-02-21T08:38:48.181041
In 2020, all eyes were on Wisconsin, a state that paved Trump’s way to the White House when he won there in 2016 by just 0.77% of the vote. This time around, organizers and strategists both from wi...
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Striking for Public Education - West Virginia and Arizona from 2022-02-21T08:38:48.173145
As we witness today’s rightwing attacks on our public schools, we consider what the 2018 educator strikes can teach us about formulating an effective response. This movement to secure better health...
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Changing the Narrative About First Nations - Australia from 2021-12-28T10:00
Starting in 2019, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advocates began an ambitious two year effort to flip the script on sovereignty, self-determination and justice for First Nations. Now, after ...
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Flipping the Senate through Georgia Runoffs - United States from 2021-12-21T10:00
In 2020, Georgia selected a Democrat for president for the first time since 1992. But the organizers who made this happen, having registered 800,000 new voters, had an arguably more daunting task a...
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Legalizando el aborto - Argentina from 2021-12-14T10:00
A las 4 de la mañana del 30 de diciembre del 2020, mientras las multitudes estaban reunidas al frente del Congreso esperando el voto final, Argentina legalizó el aborto. Se hicieron realidad las ex...
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Legalizing Abortion - Argentina from 2021-12-14T10:00
At 4 a.m. on December 30th 2020, as crowds gathered in front of Congress awaiting the final vote, Argentina legalized abortion. This realized the hopes and validated the hard work of organizers and...
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Buena Política - La República Dominicana from 2021-11-30T10:00
En el 2020, un grupo tenaz de organizadores y activistas veteranos propulsaron a José Horacio Rodríguez desde la oscuridad hasta ganar un escaño en el Congreso, con más votos que ningún otro candid...
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Buena Política - Dominican Republic from 2021-11-30T10:00
In 2020, a steadfast crew of veteran organizers and activists propelled José Horacio Rodríguez from obscurity to win a seat in Congress with the most votes of any candidate from his constituency in...
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Protecting the Election Results - United States from 2021-11-23T10:00
While many Americans looked on in disbelief as Donald Trump refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 election, others had been reckoning with this scenario for months. Lawyers battled frivolous su...
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Operation Libero - Switzerland from 2021-11-16T10:00
In 2016, fresh off dual victories in a referendum criminalizing immigrants and a parliamentary election that brought them nearly 30% of seats, the far-right Swiss People’s Party seemed destined to ...
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Coming Soon: Season 2 of Words to Win By from 2021-10-26T09:00
On season 2 of Words to Win By, we're going from Switzerland to Arizona and from the Dominican Republic to West Virginia to unpack some of the fiercest fights - and biggest come-from-behind victori...
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Brave New Words Trailer from 2019-08-27T03:36:21
An early listen to some of the stories you'll hear on Brave New Words.
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Brave New Words Trailer from 2019-08-27T03:36:21
An early listen to some of the stories you'll hear on Brave New Words.
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