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The Battle Over Social Media Has Its Day In Court
Season 10
Meta and Google lost - and there are thousands more lawsuits coming. Zamaan Quereshi is the Co-Founder and Director of Campaigns and Policy of Design…
4 months, 1 week ago
Why Listening to this Special Episode About President Trump, The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch Is Important for Your Budget
Season 10
Maybe you already know. But it's something to think about when you’re fighting in court and Tanya can’t stop reminding you.
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Partisan Divide That Started it All: Hamilton, Jefferson and the Battle for America’s Soul
Season 10
Jeffrey Rosen, author of Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America, discusses the Supreme Court…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
From The People’s Court to Justice For The People: Judge Marilyn Milian’s First Podcast Ever
Season 10
The legendary television judge has overseen battles of every type. Listen as she and Tanya talk immigration, incivility (and worse) on the internet, …
5 months ago
Divided Now, Divided Then! The American Revolution as a Civil War (with David Schmidt)
Season 10
Tanya and David Schmidt discuss the PBS docuseries The American Revolution (produced and co/directed by David, Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein) and what…
5 months, 1 week ago
Challenging Power and Insisting On Our Own (with Senator Michael Bennet)
Season 10
A conversation about the Iran War, executive power, economic opportunity and the continuing fight for voting rights – with Senator Michael Bennet (D-…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
A Battle for a City’s Life - MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff discusses Firestorm: The Great LA Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster
Season 10
The Los Angeles Fires were a battle to contain one of the worst wildfire disasters in U.S. history. They were a battle for lives, for homes, for comm…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to Battletested with Tanya Acker
Season 10
We’ve all been hit by something hard when we didn’t expect it. We’ve come through battles of every kind - personal, professional, national - and stil…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Beth Macy (“Dopesick”) Decides to Tell the Whole Story
Season 8
I sit down with Beth Macy for an honest conversation about truth, empathy, and finding common ground in divided times. We talk about how to navigate …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Congressman Jake Auchincloss Decides To Correct False Narratives
Season 8
In this conversation, Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss and I discuss the government shutdown, the abundant falsities in modern media, the true val…
10 months, 3 weeks ago