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Charting the Way Forward
Research-informed strategy and intelligence from across the winning Democratic coalition, with Way to Win cofounders Tory Gavito and Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, and guest appearances from the broader center-left cinematic universe. Hosted by Kerry Eleveld.
Episodes
50 episodes
We Can Rebuild All of This 💩 (feat. Terrance Woodbury)
IT’S OUR 50TH EPISODE! And who better to celebrate it with than OG Friend of the Pod Terrance Woodbury of HIT Strategies. Join us for a look back at where we started the year, how Democrats are positioned as we approach 2026, and the transforma...
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Episode 50
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The Antidote to Crying in the Pasta Aisle 😢🍝
In this episode of Charting the Way Forward, guest host Maddie Medved sits down with political content creator Sylvia Salazar, founder of the bilingual platform Tono Latino. They unpack how she cuts through the noise to reach Latino audiences, ...
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Episode 49
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50:57
400K GEORGIA BLOWOUT!!! (feat. Melody Oliphant)
Continuing our series on understanding the November 2025 elections and how things became a tiny bit less doomy, host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Ancona are joined by Melody Oliphant of the GA Youth Justice ...
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Episode 48
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47:17
Decidedly Less Doomy
Host Kerry Eleveld brings together the in-house team for insights into last week's history-upending election results, with Way to Win President Tory Gavito, Political Director Joe Hamill and media and research consultant Dan Ancona.
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Episode 47
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1:03:16
"Hopefully I'll Get Another Jackpot" (feat. Diana Valles and NV Voters)
More focus group sound this week, this time from Democratic defector voters in Nevada, and two fantastic guests: Diana Valles, President of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Way to Win Director of State Partnerships Kendra Alvarez. Diana...
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Episode 46
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43:21
¡El Macho💪🏽Populismo💰Es Muerte☠️! (feat. Casey Clowes and AZ Voters)
New focus group sound this week! We talked to Democratic defectors in AZ and NV, and had Casey Clowes from Progress AZ on to help host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win President Tory Gavito sort through it all. Trust us: you are going to want to he...
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Episode 45
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1:07:46
This NYT Editorial Didn't Age Well and It's Only Been Three Days
Earlier this week the NYT Editorial Board sort-of-maybe attacked us with a very strange editorial claiming that because moderates have won in a few races, moderation is the true and only path to Democratic electoral salvation. Host Kerry Elevel...
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Episode 44
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55:04
Rebuild It From The Studs (feat. Rep. Lateefah Simon)
It's another Charting the Way Forward Democratic Party Home Makeover Edition! Host Kerry Eleveld and Chief Strategy Office Jenifer Fernandez Ancona talk to Rep. Simon about how why a massive California Prop 50 victory matters, her work in Congr...
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Episode 43
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30:43
Your Oversamples Tell Me Where Your Heart Is (feat. Esosa Osa)
Host Kerry Eleveld, Way to Win President Tory Gavito and Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Fernandez Ancona get to know Esosa Osa, a powerhouse activist and head of Onyx Impact, and discuss work in the AI and misinformation space.
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Episode 42
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1:00:04
Persuasion 2025 Wrap
Way to Win and the ad testing platform Swayable held a strategy convening, Persuasion 2025, on Tuesday September 30th, at the Wharf Dockmaster in DC. Join Way to Win President Tory Gavito, Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Fernandez Ancona and med...
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Episode 41
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48:44
Struck by the Beauty of America (Even With... Everything, feat. Heather Gardner)
Satirist, creator of the Star Spangled Banter tour, and all around amazingly funny person Heather Gardner joins Maddie Medved for a discussion about living the creator life and the work in this moment.
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Episode 40
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52:44
Finding a Higher Gear (feat. Simon Rosenberg)
Simon Rosenberg is both a consummate DC insider and has been doing fantastic work organizing a community of engaged and superinformed pro-democracy activists at Hopium Chronicles. He joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win Chief Strategy Office...
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Episode 39
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50:35
Make Them Fight for Every Inch (feat. Ron Brownstein)
Veteran political reporter Ron Brownstein joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win President Tory Gavito for a big picture discussion of this moment, including thoughts on the approach the Democratic leadership is taking to respond to MAGA autho...
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46:04
We Don't Do Off Years (feat. Dreama Caldwell and Britney Whaley)
If you think "the groups" are why Democrats are losing, you need to hear this one. Two top organizers -- Dreama Caldwell from NC and Britney Whaley from GA -- join host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win President Tory Gavito for reporting from the t...
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Episode 37
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47:13
Bubble Dynamite 🫧🧨 (feat. Joe Sudbay)
Newly dubbed Friend of the Pod -- the DC based feisty activist and State of the States host Joe Sudbay -- joins host Kerry Eleveld and the Way to Win brass (Jenifer Fernandez Ancona and Tory Gavito) for a conversation about how the DC bubble ha...
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Episode 36
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55:52
Getting it Together (feat. Aaron Parnas)
Maddie Medved hosts for a deep dive with Gen Z's Walter Cronkite (Rolling Stone's analogy, not ours, but it works): journalist, lawyer, master creator, writer of the #1 of news substack on earth, and genuinely nice and down to earth guy Aaron P...
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Episode 35
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31:29
Signs of Cracks (feat. Caitlin Jury)
Rising star ace researcher Caitlin Jury from Equis joins host Kerry Eleveld, President Tory Gavito and head of political Joe Hamill from Way to Win to discuss a fresh hot new Equis poll. Lots of rich data in this episode, including what may be ...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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51:48
Between Doom and Nirvana (feat. Philip Bump)
Data impresario Philip Bump joins host Kerry Eleveld, chief strategist Jenifer Fernandez Ancona and media strategist Dan Ancona for a discussion that starts with his latest piece, a strong and insightful read on how the dismal state of Democrat...
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Episode 33
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57:18
It's Not Cool!
Texas Republicans are rigging the midterms to escape accountability for the wildly unpopular agenda that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are enacting. It’s decidedly ‘not cool,’ as 7th generation Texan and Way to Win President Tory Gavito and...
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Episode 32
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49:22
How Things Fell Apart (feat. Celinda Lake)
NEW POLL: genius pollster Celinda Lake joins host Kerry Eleveld and the Way to Win brass, President Tory Gavito and Chief Strategist Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, to go through the findings from a comprehensively thorough study of the group of vote...
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Episode 31
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48:22
Moving Toward the Sound of the Guns
Host Kerry Eleveld returns for a strategy discussion about the disastrous immigration secret police funding in the Big Ugly MAGA Bill, with Way to Win chief Tory Gavito and media consultant Dan Ancona, who goes Full Kornacki on some of Way's im...
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Episode 30
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Awful, Awful, Awful (Update From the Hill)
As of recording time on Wednesday July 2nd, the fate of the Big Ugly Ass Murder Budget Bill was hanging in the balance. Kristian Ramos and Jenifer Fernandez Ancona join pinch host Dan Ancona to discuss the meaning and ramifications of this comp...
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Episode 29
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30:24
The Pain and the Promise (feat. Terrance Woodbury)
Zohranmania! Join First Official Friend of the Pod Terrance Woodbury for a show we recorded the day of the NYC Mayoral Primary. Terrance is joined by the Way to Win brain trust of host Kerry Eleveld, Jenifer Fernandez Ancona and Tory Gavito, wh...
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Episode 28
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53:30
Urgency and Agency (feat. Glennis Meagher)
Maddie Medved takes the reins while Kerry is out, for a discussion of all things internet with social media guru Glennis Meagher and Way to Win Chief Strategist Jenifer Fernandez Ancona.
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Episode 27
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43:48
Say Nothing and You Confirm Their Version of Events (feat. Molly Murphy)
MAJOR POLL DROP! We worked with Impact Research on a poll that should put a stake through the heart of the conventional wisdom that immigration is a "bad issue for Dems" that they need to avoid "raising the salience of." Impact President Molly ...
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Episode 26
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