Podcasts

Join Karen Jagoda on her weekly Internet podcast Digital Politics posted every Thursday by 7 pm PACIFIC and soon to be available on iTunes.

This lively show draws on experts across the political spectrum to discuss local, state and national use of the Internet in political and cause related campaigns.

Archives of the all the shows can be found at Digital Politics Archives (unavailable at this time)

Show on June 18 Healthcare Under the Microscope with guest Glenn Kessler, CEO, HCD Research, focuses on perceptions of physicians and how they get information about health issues, and the role of social media in predicting health emergencies.

Show on June 11 Candidate as Comedian with guest Larry Ward, president, Political Media, focuses on what kinds of humor work best in political ads.

Show on June 4 Water Water Everywhere with guest Sara Katz, founder and president, Katz & Associates, focuses on how public agencies are using web outreach for issues related to water.  Mandatory water use restrictions started June 1 in San Diego and the debate heats up regarding conservation, water sources and recycling.

Show on May 28 California Campaigns in 2010 with guest Francine Busby, candidate for Congress in 2010 in the 50th District in San Diego, focuses on how candidates for Congress and governor as well as advocates have kicked off their campaigns using a variety of web tools.

Show on May 21 Voter Engagement with guest Colin Delany, founder and editor of epolitics.com, focuses on how political and cause related activities are increasingly engaging voters through social networks, Twitter and apps on social nets and mobile devices.

Show on May 14 Future of Political Advertising with guest Ira Teinowitz, freelance writer and the former Washington bureau chief of Advertising Age, focuses on how political advertising is changing in the age of direct communications between candidates and voters.

Show on May 7 Viral Growth of Social Networks with guest Michael Turk, VP of Industry Grassroots for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association focuses on how social nets are evolving, trends in social net functionality, and managing a presence on multiple social networks.

Show on April 30 Emergence of Ad Networks with guest Jeff Dittus, CEO and co-founder of CampaignGrid focuses on lessons learned by candidates in 2008, what kinds of targeting work best to find voters online, and performance based advertising.

Show on April 23 The Art and Science of Targeting Voters with guest Matthew Dybwad, Senior Director of Internet Strategy, emotive LLC, focuses on segmentation of voters, the power of data mining, and testing using online tools to find the most effective messages.

Show on April 16 Online Branding with guest Brian Keeler, VP of Politics and Advocacy, VShift, focuses on how candidates and advocates brand themselves online, the role of the web site and social nets in extending the brand, and how races in 2009 are applying the new rules of campaign engagement.  Brian is currently working on the soon to be re-launched site for the re-election of Jon Corzine for Governor of New Jersey in 2009 and he gives a peek into what to expect.

Show on April 9 Turning Point for Digital Media with guest Kate Kaye, Senior Editor, ClickZ and author of the just released book “Campaign ‘08: Turning Point for Digital Media” available from Amazon.  Topics include the use of online ads, search ads, and targeting strategies that had measurable impact for both Obama and McCain.

Show on April 2  Getting Some of That Obama Magic with guest Rob Kubasko, Campaign Solutions, pioneer in the use of the Internet in political and advocacy campaigns.  Topics include the role of the modern campaign web site, potential impact of social networks in state and local races, and how Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are all looking for some of that Obama magic for their next campaigns.

Show on March 19 RNC in Transition with guest Cyrus Krohn, former e-Campaign Director, RNC.  Topics include how the Republican Party used the web in 2007 and 2008, lessons learned, and predictions about how the RNC will be using the Internet in the next election.

Show on March 12  The Permanent Campaign with guest Ben Katz, CTO, Aristotle.  Topics include identifying contributors, maintaining email lists, building web sites and social network activities for candidates, elected officials and advocates with an eye on election 2010.

Show on February 26 Speaking Directly to the American People with guest Glenn Kessler, president, HCD Research.  Topics include the effectiveness of President Obama’s speech to Congress and the results of the HCD national survey of 1600 voters pre and post speech.  See the results at Media Curves.

Show on February 19 California 2010 Races Begin with guest John Marelius, political reporter for the San Diego Union-Tribune.  Topics include candidates for governor and the senate and how they are using the Internet to reach potential supporters.

Show on February 12 Privacy in the Age of Online Activism with guest Shaun Dakin, founder of Citizens for Civil Discourse.  Topics include privacy rights, impact of opt-in/opt-out and the First Amendment rights of candidates, advocates and supporters.

Show on February 5 Advocacy, Transparency and Online Activism with guests Alan Rosenblatt, Center for  American Progress Action Fund and Larry Irving, Irving Information Group.  Topics include expectations of the netroots nation, transparency in the digital age and changes activists might expect to see in the Obama administration.

Show on January 29 All Politics is Local with guests Tab Berg, TABcommunications and Brent Blackaby, founder, Blackrock Associates. Topics include trends seen in campaign 2008 that we will see in state and local races in 2009 and 2010 and how voters’ expectations have changed as a result of the 2008 presidential race.

Show on January 15 Past as Prelude to the Future with guests Randi Zuckerberg, spokesperson, and Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook, and Scott Heiferman, CEO and Founder, MeetUp.

Show on January 8 Communities of Interest with guests James Fowler, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego and Lee Brenner, Political Director, MySpace.

Show on December 18  Internet and Elected Officials with guests Jeff Mascott, Managing Director of Adfero, Glenn Kessler, President, HCD Research and Gary Arlen, Arlen Communications.

Show on December 11  In Search of Voters with guests Kevin Lee, noted authority in the search engine marketing field and Chairman and CEO of Did-It and Founder of we-care.com and Curtis Gans, top expert on voter turnout and Director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate at the American University.  http://www.american.edu/ia/cdem/csae

Show on December 4 News and Views You Can Use with guests Bernie Jones, editor of the opinion page, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Francine Busby, editor of the BUZZ e-newsletter to inform, motivate and  mobilize Democrats in San Diego, and David King, lawyer and producer of SanDiegoNewsRoom.com.

Show on November 20 Politics as Contact Sport with guests Ben Van Der Meer, senior staff reporter for PolitickerCA.com and James Pindell, National Managing Editor, Politicker.com

Show on November 13 Power to the People with guests Nat Kreamer, COO, Sun Run and Chris Nolan, founder Spot-On

Some recent guests include Glenn Kessler, HCD Research, David All, techrepublican.com, JP Ross, Sungevity, Ben Katz, Aristotle Int., Tony Winders, ValueClick Media, Shaun Dakin, Do Not Call Registry, Porter Bayne, Ameritocracy, Don Larson, Re-Elect Governor Hoeven ND, Christopher Borick, Public Policy Institute Muhlenberg College, Sarah Granger, FutureCampaigns, and Bill Hillsman, North Woods Advertising.

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