Always-on Brands

You can't build a brand in 107 days. You shouldn't run a campaign once every 2 years. But also: you don't need to run weekly brand trackers.

Nov 7 • 

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"when the city they love finally loves them back"

Brands are vehicles for emotions. You can't build those vehicles with surveys.

Nov 6 • 

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September 2025

Weekend Reading Live with Farrah Bostic

A conversation with Mike Podhorzer about <waves hands> all this.

Sep 17 • 

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Michael Podhorzer

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58:24

August 2025

People Like Me

A democracy indicator, as good as any other.

Aug 14 • 

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July 2025

Representative Democracy is an Interface

Some reflections on my conversation with G. Elliott Morris, all while reading a book literally called Oligarchy.

Jul 28 • 

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June 2025

Political Market Making

The key to matching voters with ideas is mobilization

Jun 27 • 

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Say What You're For

My conversation with Anat Shenker-Osorio

Jun 26 • 

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Gatekeepers v. Barbarians

A second attempt at last week's post about "being a Democrat"

Jun 23 • 

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You are not a Democrat.

And neither am I.

Jun 20 • 

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What should pollsters do in the absence of a horse race?

A new episode of Cross Tabs, featuring Ariel Edwards-Levy

Jun 18 • 

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May 2025

Why does all this ambition & abundance seem so... small?

A few half-formed thoughts on what I suspect is getting in the way of leadership.

May 14 • 

Farrah Bostic

A Post-Truth Economy Built for the 1%

My conversation with Faris Yakob of Genius Steals about the YOLO economy, diverging demographic destinies, and why there is no "average" American for…

May 8 • 

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