Charting the Way Forward

Charting the Way Forward

Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, Tory Gavito, hosted by Kerry Eleveld and produced by the Way to Win team

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Episodes 60
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Highly Active
Since Oct 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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About This Podcast

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.

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Recent Episodes

S1E59 There's No Money In Uncertainty (feat. G. Elliott Morris)

Mar 05, 2026 59m

G. Elliott Morris has been putting up banger after banger of polls, studies and analyses at Strength in Numbers. Host Kerry Eleveld and Strategist Dan Ancona invited him to come by the show and…

S1E58 Short Take: Texas Primarypalooza

Mar 04, 2026 21m Bonus

Host Kerry Eleveld has on Way to Win Texas experts President Tory Gavito and  Political Director Joe Hamill for a short discussion of the seismic shifts happening in Texas, as viewed through the lens…

S1E58 Introducing: Who's Got the Juice?🧃

Feb 26, 2026 45m

A little tweak to our format this week: Host Kerry Eleveld is joined by President Tory Gavito and Chief Strategy Officer Jenifer Fernandez Ancona to go over some clips of the public figures who did…

S1E57 Expanding Our Imaginations (feat. Amanda Litman)

Feb 19, 2026 46m

"There is no one in charge anymore. That is both incredibly scary and part of why the last year has felt so discombobulating for so many people, but it is also so freeing. We have this incredible…

S1E56 Tough on Crime? What is this, the '90s? (feat. Insha Rahman)

Feb 12, 2026 44m

In our long odyssey encouraging Democrats to update their thinking, we have been lucky to find allies doing fantastic and deep work in specific issue areas. Insha Rahman, the Vera Institute's VP of…

S1E55 Hats, Cattle, and Unicorns in Texas

Feb 05, 2026 40m

The results of last Saturday's special election in Texas Senate District SD-09 are still sending shockwaves out through the state and nationally. Host Kerry Eleveld and two of the biggest Texas…

S1E54 Making Repression Backfire (feat. Leah Greenberg)

Jan 29, 2026 43m

Indivisible head Leah Greenberg joins host Kerry Eleveld and Way to Win President Tory Gavito for an urgent conversation on moving Democrats to maximal opposition, our current best chance at stopping…

S1E53 Not Whether to Abolish ICE. How.

Jan 22, 2026 43m

In the past few weeks, abolishing ICE has become an unambiguous and urgent moral imperative. Democrats aren't used to winning arguments like this but stopping the ongoing harassment and terror of our…

S1E52 Towards Strength: Way to Win's 2024-25 Research

Jan 15, 2026 53m

Happy 2026 everyone! We're back with an episode on Way to Win's conventional wisdom shattering research summary that went out last December. By focusing on the time honored tradition of talking to…

S1E51 Pizza, Sports, and Ballots (feat. NV Sec. of State Cisco Aguilar)

Dec 18, 2025 37m

Secretaries of State are on the front lines of protecting our democracy, and next year their jobs are going to be particularly difficult and crucial. This interview with Nevada Secretary of State…

S1E50 We Can Rebuild All of This 💩 (feat. Terrance Woodbury)

Dec 11, 2025 47m

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…

S1E49 The Antidote to Crying in the Pasta Aisle 😢🍝

Dec 04, 2025 50m

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…

S1E48 400K GEORGIA BLOWOUT!!! (feat. Melody Oliphant)

Nov 20, 2025 47m

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…

S1E47 Decidedly Less Doomy

Nov 13, 2025 1h 3m

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…

S1E46 "Hopefully I'll Get Another Jackpot" (feat. Diana Valles and NV Voters)

Nov 06, 2025 43m

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…

S1E45 ¡El Macho💪🏽Populismo💰Es Muerte☠️! (feat. Casey Clowes and AZ Voters)

Oct 30, 2025 1h 7m

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…

S1E44 This NYT Editorial Didn't Age Well and It's Only Been Three Days

Oct 23, 2025 55m

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…

S1E43 Rebuild It From The Studs (feat. Rep. Lateefah Simon)

Oct 16, 2025 30m

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…

S1E42 Your Oversamples Tell Me Where Your Heart Is (feat. Esosa Osa)

Oct 09, 2025 1h

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…

S1E41 Persuasion 2025 Wrap

Oct 03, 2025 48m

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…

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How many episodes does Charting the Way Forward have?

Charting the Way Forward has published 60 episodes since October 2024, covering topics in News, Politics.

Is Charting the Way Forward still active?

Charting the Way Forward is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 48m.

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