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🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: How Gen Z Is Rewriting Politics—Building Influence, Winning Young Voters, & Making America Talk Again

How do you build political influence before ever running for office?

Why did Generation Z move sharply toward Donald Trump and Republicans in 2024?

And in an age of algorithms, outrage, and social media, can America learn how to talk to each other again?

Join Dustin Olson and Brilyn Hollyhand&mdas...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: The Legacy of Congressman Tim Murphy: The Late Psychologist, Navy Reserve Officer, Author, & Mental Health Reformer Shares Wisdom on Navigating Congress, Trauma, & Faith in a Life of Public Service

Join host Dustin Olson and guest Dr. Tim Murphy—licensed psychologist, former Pennsylvania Congressman, former Pennsylvania State Senator, former commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, mental health...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets | Back-to-School Political Playbook: Empowering Parents, Navigating School Boards, & Protecting Your Child's Education

What should parents know about how to get involved before their kids head back to school?

Join host Dustin Olson and guest Alexandra Bougher—Moms for Liberty Media Ambassador, Newsmax contributor, and mother of three—as they reveal how parents can navigate school boards, cu...

🎙️Political Trade Secrets’ America 250 Series | Johnny Appleseed: Born of the Revolution, Legend of America’s Pioneering Spirit

What is the real story behind Johnny Appleseed, and how did John Chapman become one of America’s most enduring legends?

In this special America 250 episode of Political Trade Secrets, host Dustin Olson pulls back the curtain on the real John Chapman with Howard Means, best-selling author o...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets’ America 250 Series | Midnight Ride: How Paul Revere Saved the American Revolution

As America marks 250 years, do we truly understand the dangerous night that launched a revolution and helped make independence possible?

In this special America 250 episode of Political Trade Secrets, host Dustin Olson sits down with best-selling author Kostya Kennedy, author of The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets’ America 250 Series | David Barton on the Declaration of Independence, the Founders, and the Faith Behind 1776

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, do we still understand what made the Declaration of Independence possible?

In this special America 250 episode of Political Trade Secrets, host Dustin Olson is joined by David Barton, best-selling author, founder of WallBuilders, host of The WallB...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: The Human Cost: Broken Borders Forcing Political Realignment Worldwide

Join host Dustin Olson and guest Nicole Kiprilov—Republican strategist, media commentator, and Executive Director of The American Border Story—as they reveal why human stories are now the most powerful force reshaping politics on immigration.

From Angel Families and fentanyl victims to ranchers whose land has been destroyed...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: Winning Local Elections | Campaign Playbook for Municipal Races, Ballot Questions, & Local Government

Join host Dustin Olson and guest Bill Ray—political and public relations consultant and owner of WR Communications—as they pull back the curtain on how local elections are really won.

From ballot questions and city council races to the collapse of local journalism and the rise of social me...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: Politics Across the Pond: Brexit, Reform’s Rise, Starmer’s Fall, and What Britain’s Political Realignment Reveals for America in '26 & '28

Join host Dustin Olson and guest James Johnson, British pollster, former Senior Opinion Research Adviser to Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing, and co-founder of J.L. Partners, for a behind-the-scenes look at the political realignment resha...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: First in the South Politics: South Carolina’s 2026 Primaries, Trump, Redistricting, Murdaugh & the Road to 2028

President Trump’s endorsement of Pamela Evette just rocked South Carolina’s wide-open governor’s race, but the fallout may be even bigger than the endorsement itself.

In this episode of Political Trade Secrets, Dustin Olson is joined by Will Folks, founding editor of ...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: Last Full Measure of Devotion—Stories Behind Memorial Day

Join host Dustin Olson and guest J. Mark Powell—author, syndicated columnist, and former television network journalist—for a thoughtful Memorial Day conversation honoring Americans across generations who gave what Abraham Lincoln called the “last full measure of devotion” for our country.

Drawing from Powell’s ne...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: 📊 PART TWO: Data-Driven Field Strategy: From the 2000 Florida Recount to the 2013 RNC Autopsy

Join host Dustin Olson and guest Chris McNulty—Fmr. RNC Political Director and National Sales Director at In Field Strategies—for part two of their conversation as they pull back the curtain on some of the most consequential behind-the-scenes moments in modern Republican campaign history.

From the ch...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: Brand Politics—How Democrats Lost the Working Class & Why Latinos Are the New Soccer Moms

Join host Dustin Olson and Chuck Rocha—Democratic strategist, founder of Solidarity Strategies, former Labor organizer, and leading expert on Latino marketing—as they pull back the curtain on cutting-edge campaign messaging and advertising techniques.

From connecting with minority voters through...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: 📊 PART ONE: Data-Driven Field Strategy: The Mechanics of Winning Elections & The Role Parties Play

Join host Dustin Olson and Chris McNulty—Fmr. Political Director at the RNC and National Sales Director at In Field Strategies—as they pull back the curtain on how Republicans won back the US Senate in 2014, how Ohio transformed from purple to red, and what running campaigns is actually lik...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: Controlling the Narrative: What Politics Can Learn From Trial Attorneys | Why would a Democrat say Trump understands commanding attention and shaping narratives better than other politicians?

Join Dustin Olson and Donte Mills—national trial attorney, Temple law professor, and Democrat analyst—as they pull back the curtain on how persuasion actually works in courtrooms, campaigns, and the medi...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: 👥 Winning with Field Operations: Plus Organizing Presidential Debates, National Conventions, & Ballot Access | How do you knock 2.4 million doors in 10 weeks?

Join Dustin Olson and Ryan Price—Veteran, GOP Strategist, and President of Echo Canyon Consulting—as they pull back the curtain on the real field-organizing mechanics of winning campaigns, from ground game to the biggest stages in ...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: Can Independents Break the Two-Party System? Join host Dustin Olson as he talks with Todd Achilles—Army veteran, former Idaho state legislator, and Independent U.S. Senate candidate—for a candid conversation on the growing Independent movement and what it might take to break the two-party gridlock in Washington.

From the incentives shaping the political system to the growing overlap between u...

🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: The Dem They Didn't Know What to Do With—What Really Happens

Inside Southern Democrat Party Politics? Join host Dustin Olson as he sits down with Dr. Aditi Bussells—former Columbia, SC City Council member, Democrat strategist, and healthcare policy expert—for a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the realities of running, governing, and surviving in today’s political system.

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🎙️ Political Trade Secrets: Politics in the Age of Algorithms, Tech, & Media Fragmentation—Join host Dustin Olson and Eric Wilson, executive director at the Center for Campaign Innovation, for how these forces are reshaping modern political campaigns. Drawing on years of campaign experience and new research into voter behavior, they unpack why the old campaign playbook needs a system update—and what campaigns must ...