Sasha Issenberg

The midterms are very much underway. Over 10 million people have already cast their vote as of this week - numbers that are on par with presidential elections. 

Investigative journalist Sasha Issenberg talks about his case study of how Hungary became the go-to spot for Europeans in search of dentists.

Sasha Issenberg, contributor to Slate, Washington correspondent for Monocle, and author of the book The Victory Lab, on how the Obama administration harnessed technology and mined data in winning the 2012 election.

Sasha Issenberg shows how cutting-edge social science and analytics are reshaping the modern political campaign, upending the way political campaigns are run in the 21st century. In The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns Issenberg writes about the techniques—including persuasion experiments, innovative ways to mobilize voters, heavily researched electioneering methods—and shows how they’re being used.

The way campaigns are run is changing rapidly and it's up to reporters to catch up. OTM producers PJ Vogt and Chris Neary talk about what the modern campaign looks like from the inside with Sasha Issenberg, author of the book Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns. You'll also hear from political consultant Hal Malchow and Columbia Professor Don Green - each of whom helped change the way campaigns are run.

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Boston Globe reporter Sasha Issenberg talks about the fallout from the use of a taser on a heckler at a John Kerry talk at the University of Florida. He’s joined by investigative journalist Greg Palast. The heckler was holding a copy of his book Armed Madhouse.
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