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August 11, 2024
The Wilderness

Kamala Harris’s Winning Message (Ep. 7)

Jon is joined Democratic message guru Anat Shenker-Osorio and longtime political strategist Michael Podhorzer to talk about how swing voters are reacting to a Harris-Walz ticket and what message the campaign will need to win them over in November. They break down why Tim Walz has been a uniquely effective messenger, how Kamala Harris is reclaiming freedom from Republicans, and how Minnesota’s 2018 “Greater than Fear” campaign set the stage for this moment.

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March 8, 2024
Amanpour / CNN International

Communications Expert: Biden making election a contest between two potential futures

Analyst Anat Shenker-Osorio says voters may be turned off by another Trump vs. Biden race, but are focused on where their futures are headed.

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May 18, 2023
Crooked Media

Pod Save America: Democrats Go Off In An Off Year

Democrats worry about the debt ceiling deal Joe Biden might make with Kevin McCarthy. The party gets good news in Tuesday’s elections. Ron DeSantis will announce his presidential run next week because he’s tired of the Republican culture of losing. And the most definitive report on the 2022 midterms give us clues about the 2024 electorate. Then Democratic messaging guru Anat Shenker-Osorio stops by to talk about how Dems should be talking about the budget negotiations. And Jon and Dan play another round of Take Take Don’t Tell Me.

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November 21, 2022
Crooked Media

Political Experts React to the 2022 Midterm Results, MAGA Republican Ads + Lessons for Democrats

Former Barack Obama Communications Director and Pod Save America host Dan Pfeiffer is joined by Ad maker and messaging guru Anat Shenker-Osorio analyze Political Ads about MAGA Extremism, Election Denialism, and what messages worked and didn’t work for Democrats in the 2022 Midterms.

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August 3, 2022
MSNBC with Ali Velshi

High stakes abortion vote, key primaries drive huge voter turnout

Ali Velshi and a panel of experts talk about the significance of the defeat in Kansas of an anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution and how the presence of fringey Donald Trump-endorsed candidates is also drawing greater voter turnout.

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July 30, 2022
MSNBC with Ayman Mohyeldin

Democrats Finally Get Their Messaging Act Together

Democrats have long struggled to play on an equal playing field with Republicans when it comes to messaging campaigns. Between the power of Fox News and the brazenness of GOP fear-mongering, Democrat talking points rarely get through to voters. However, some new progressive figures are developing new ways to connect with the American people. As MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin explains, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman and California Governor Gavin Newsom have, in recent weeks, displayed uncanny messaging savvy. Their strategies are bold, clever, and – most importantly – they seem to be working.

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May 15, 2025
The.Ink

WATCH: The leaders we need

Anat Shenker-Osorio and Amanda Litman on the problem with centrists, next-generation leadership for Democrats and everywhere else, and making the future by doing.

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April 18, 2025
That Trippi Show

“If you want to touch a nerve, you have to touch a nerve” with Anat Shenker-Osorio

Special guest Anat Shenker-Osorio joins Joe and Alex for one of our favorite shows to date. You won’t want to miss the energy. What is the entire Democratic political ecosystem getting wrong? What’s broken about “testing?” And how do we take the fight more directly to Trump – with what Anat calls “the only thing that truly fells an autocrat?” Plus: How do we avoid “process words” and unintentionally defending the status quo? How we can break through with the voters who really need to hear it?

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April 16, 2025
Weekend Reading with Michael Podhorzer

Fascism and the English Language

A conversation with Anat Shenker-Osorio

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April 4, 2025
People in Common

‘Fabulously Fighting Fascism’ with Anat Shenker-Osorio

Anat Shenker-Osorio examines why certain messages falter where others deliver. We talk about why fabulously fighting fascism – together – is the thing that matters most right now. She emphasizes the importance of direct political action and the need to promote positive messaging rather than just reacting to opposition narratives. Anat discusses effective communication strategies, the flaws of conventional polling, and the power of social proof. She also highlights the 3.5% rule: “no government has withstood a challenge of 3.5% of their population mobilized against it” (credit to Erica Chenoweth of the Harvard Kennedy School) and the significance of local involvement and visible resistance in dismantling authoritarian regimes. She calls for living your beliefs openly.

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April 3, 2025
The.Ink

WATCH: The lesson of Cory Booker’s stand

Messaging guru Anat Shenker-Osorio on why explanations don’t help, and how to make people feel, not just think.

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March 20, 2025
The.Ink

WATCH: The messaging game, with Anat Shenker-Osorio

We challenged political strategist and wordsmith Anat Shenker-Osorio to come up with winning arguments about the hardest issues of our time — on the spot.

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March 20, 2025
Charting the Way Forward

Absurd! Not True! Feat. Anat Shenker-Osorio

Join host Kerry Eleveld and messaging and strategy guru Anat Shenker-Osorio for a rich and not very doomy conversation on the strategically critical and awesomely fun direct action scene, some hot sizzling fresh focus group results, and how the 2024 results are shaping tactical decisions of activists across the US trying to persuade DC Dems to save our democracy.

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March 18, 2025
The Bill Press Pod

SAY: “MAGA is a death cult.” With Democratic Message Maven-Anat Shenker-Osorio

In this episode, Bill talks with Anat Shenker-Osorio. She is a strategist, pollster and messaging consultant for progressive politicians. organizations and causes in the United States and around the world. Shenker-Osorio argues that progressives are not even “losing” the messaging war but rather failing to participate effectively.

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March 15, 2025
The MeidasTouch Podcast

How to Fight Back with Messaging Guru Anat Shenker-Osorio

On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast, Ben sits down with political messaging powerhouse Anat Shenker-Osorio for a must-hear conversation about how we defeat the MAGA regime—not by playing defense, but by reframing the entire debate. From exposing the GOP’s “pain is good” Ponzi scheme propaganda to laying out the messaging blueprint for real, people-powered progress, this episode is packed with insight, strategy, and motivation for the fight ahead. Tune in and get fired up.

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March 6, 2025
The.Ink

Free America!

Tired of Democrats doing nothing? Political sage Anat Shenker-Osorio has some marching orders for the people — you! — to take this crisis into your own hands.

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