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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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November 12, 2026
Mostly Economics

Mostly Economics #60: A Blue Tsunami or Repudiation of Republicans with Anat Shenker-Osorio

Last week’s election wasn’t a blue wave or tsunami, but a repudiation of Republicans argues ASO Communications founder Anat Shenker-Osorio. Anat joins Dean Baker to unpack what voters really mean by “affordability,” how the response to ICE pulled new voters to the polls, why “pay what they owe” beats “fair share” messaging, and why it’s essential to keep organizing with Democrats coming back into power.

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November 8, 2026
The Left Hook

This Was a Republican Repudiation, Not a Political Realignment

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali and Anat Shenker-Osorio

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November 6, 2026
Weekend Reading with Michael Podhorzer

Midterms Debrief with G. Elliott Morris

Meeting the Moment with Michael Podhorzer, G. Elliott Morris, and Anat Shenker-Osorio

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October 27, 2026
Anat Shenker-Osorio, Michael Podhorzer, and Pedro Telles

Three Weeks to Save Brazil: How Lula Won and What Comes Next

From last minute efforts to keep people from voting by shutting off public transit, to Meta manipulations, to judicial foot-dragging, civil society groups, content creators and political leaders managed to overcome extraordinary odds to deliver a resounding victory for democracy and working people in Brazil.

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October 14, 2026
Anat Shenker-Osorio, Kate Catherall, and Jiggy Geronimo

Anat Shenker-Osorio, Jiggy Geronimo and Kate Catherall On “Feelings Over Facts”

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October 4, 2026
The Populist

The Populist: The social contract | Episode 4

One Nation was the first Australian political party with a website, and its online game today is recognised as some of the most effective in the business. The party specialises in shareable anti-immigration messaging – and in bypassing traditional media to reach voters directly. ‘She tells it like it is,’ Pauline Hanson’s supporters say. But her tactics come straight from the populist right playbook: harvesting fear and grievance for political power.

In the final episode of The Populist, Sarah Martin traces Hanson’s journey from her beginnings as Australia’s first ‘cyber politician’ to her leading role in the rightwing nativist movement that is sweeping the globe

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June 30, 2026
The Bill Press Pod

The Right Messaging and Messengers for the Midterms

Bill talks with political strategist and messaging consultant Anat Shenker-Osorio about what Democrats should say—and who should say it—heading into the midterms to check Trump 2.0.

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June 10, 2026
Anat Shenker-Osorio, Michael Podhorzer, and Rebecca Solnit

Meeting the Moment with Anat Shenker-Osorio and Rebecca Solnit

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May 28, 2026
Weekend Reading with Michael Podhorzer

The Autopsy Industrial Complex

Meeting the Moment with Anat Shenker-Osorio

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May 22, 2026
Weekend Reading with Michael Podhorzer

On Louisiana and “Ragency”

Meeting the Moment with Anat Shenker-Osorio and Stasha Rhodes

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