Ground Game
Lucia Barnum
As a Muslim, Indian American daughter of immigrants, Nabeela Syed might not be the first person you'd expect to run for office in a Republican-held district in suburban Illinois. But at just 23 years old, she's shaking up local politics in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
Ground Game follows Nabeela's life, the recent history of her district, and how it culminated in her running for office. From school board battles to debate competitions to door knocking, hear how she’s reshaping grassroots politics in her hometown.
Reported, written, and produced by Lucia Barnum.
Podcasts Similar to Ground Game
Simoncast (87.72%)
John Shaw, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Civil War Or Civil Discussion (86.68%)
Interactivity Foundation
Popcorn and Politics (86.3%)
Alexandria Hiroh
Stride: Organizing with Purpose (86.27%)
Blue Future
The 21st Show (85.89%)
Illinois Public Media - WILL
Race and Democracy (85.64%)
Dr. Peniel Joseph
Education for Sustainable Democracy (85.4%)
Brett Levy
The Middle with Jeremy Hobson (85.11%)
Jeremy Hobson
Immigration and Democracy (85.03%)
IIH
History 605 (84.98%)
Ben Jones
October (84.47%)
American Family Association
Lectures in History (84.28%)
C-SPAN
Delib (84.26%)
Delib
The Last Negroes at Harvard (84.25%)
Kent Garrett
Leron 9 (84.24%)
Leron
Young & Informed (84.17%)
Ric Blackwell
Pizza, Pod, & Politics (84.13%)
NDVotes
ELN Civics for Life (84.13%)
Sandra Day O'Connor Institute Emerging Leaders Network
Main Street Speaks (84.08%)
Main Street Speaks
Off The Stage Podcast (84.05%)
The Hauenstein Center
The Hauenstein Center Collection (83.98%)
The Hauenstein Center at Grand Valley State University
Learning from the Past (83.81%)
Tim Chapman
The Columbia Political Review Podcast (83.77%)
The Columbia Political Review
Mike Johnson, Kevin McCarthy, Dan Forest, Madeleine Kearns (83.76%)
American Family Association
The Public Morality (83.6%)
Byron Williams
Humanities Conversations (83.58%)
Wyoming Institute For Humanitites Research
AskNBN (83.56%)
North by Northwestern
The Vanguard (83.5%)
Gavin & Zac
Fronteras with Hector H. Lopez (83.49%)
Hector H. Lopez | beNeXT Global
The Mirador Podcast with Ania (83.41%)
Ania
JFK Library Forums (83.39%)
Kennedy Library Forums
Princeton Tory Podcast (83.29%)
The Princeton Tory
Politics of Peterborough (83.25%)
Dave Adcock
The Future of Democracy (83.23%)
Knight Foundation, Sam Gill
2022 Illini Media Hall of Fame (83.23%)
Illini Media Company
This Is Iyanna Jones (83.18%)
Archive
IPPH On Air (83.16%)
Sharon Pratt
The Roundtable (83.11%)
Joe Donahue, Sarah LaDuke
Amsaidit (83.11%)
Amber Green
Mga Kwentong CADUA (83.1%)
Campus Alliance for Dedicated and Unified Action
Keeping Relevant (83.08%)
CUNY TV
Ethiopian Politics Blog Podcast (83.07%)
None
What's AAP? (83.04%)
Whats Aap
The New Politics Podcast (83.03%)
New Politics
A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale (82.97%)
Soniya Gokhale
The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour (82.93%)
Hillsdale College
Working Historians (82.9%)
Robert Denning and James Fennessy
Swarthmore College - Featured Events News (82.89%)
Swarthmore College
What's Good 206 (82.85%)
What's Good 206
Listen, Organize, Act! Community Organizing & Democratic Politics (82.84%)
Luke Bretherton
The 172 Review (82.84%)
The Berkeley Beacon
Why Not U.S.? (82.82%)
Porter Bowman
New Books in Latino Studies (82.81%)
Marshall Poe
Experience Hispanic Heritage (82.76%)
None
Getting to the Bottom of It (82.74%)
The GW Hatchet
That Said With Michael Zeldin (82.74%)
commpro.biz
Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi (82.65%)
iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries
Love You Like A Brother (82.6%)
Morrison
This is Democracy (82.6%)
Jeremi Suri
13 Colonies (82.54%)
Freire
Red, White, and Confused (82.53%)
WEHC
The Academic Freedom Podcast (82.48%)
AcademicFreedom
The Journalism Salute (82.47%)
Mark Simon
A&A Podcast (82.47%)
Adrian Condell & Al Sarker
Rose City Politics (82.45%)
James BRUCE Sheridan
SVNCast (82.38%)
Student Voting Network
The Cornellian at Cornell College (82.37%)
Cornellian
Then & Now (82.36%)
UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy
The How to Podcast (82.33%)
Laurabeth
Black Agenda Radio (82.3%)
Progressive Radio Network
CUNY TV's City Talk (82.29%)
CUNY TV
The Word (82.29%)
The Word News
Harvard IOP Fellows and Study Groups Podcast (82.27%)
IOP FSG
In The Milkweeds (82.22%)
One Illinois
Notable Lectures and Performances at Colorado College (82.16%)
Colorado College
Connected Conversations (82.12%)
Idaho Humanities Council
Seeking Refuge (82.11%)
SRPA Team at the University of South Carolina
Areas of Agreement (82.11%)
Elia Powers
All Politics with Jack Spillane (82.11%)
Gannett
State Of Play (82.07%)
Sharon Pratt
Who Belongs? A Podcast on Othering & Belonging (82.06%)
Who Belongs? Podcast
OBSCENE (82.05%)
Authentic Podcast Network
The Epigram Podcast (82.04%)
Epigram
Red Rift (82.02%)
Red Rift
Core of the Matter (82.02%)
James Boyle
JFK 35 (82.0%)
JFK Library Foundation
Learn Right (82.0%)
Leadership Institute
Disrupted (81.98%)
Connecticut Public Radio
Free Spirits (81.98%)
Free Spirits
District 34 Podcast (81.94%)
District 34 Podcast
Journalism 101 (81.94%)
SNO Sites
The Youth Vote (81.94%)
Isaac Mitchell
Political Evolution (81.93%)
Political Evolution
The American Idea (81.89%)
Ashbrook Center
American Democracy Project (81.86%)
None
1050 Bascom (81.85%)
1050 Bascom
Through the Gates at IU (81.83%)
Through the Gates at IU
Payne on Politics (81.82%)
Dr. Gregory Payne
The Justin Amash Podcast (81.81%)
Justin Amash