The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast
Hosted by Mark Jacobson and Jim Ludes · The Pell Center at Salve Regina University
4.8from 11 ratings
- 104
- Episodes
- 37
- Transcribed
- 11
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast
From the Pell Center at Salve Regina University and the creators of the Active Measures Newsletter, a weekly dive into the latest trends in political warfare, influence, and information campaigns.
- Publisher
- The Pell Center at Salve Regina University
- Category
- government · history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 22 Apr 2024
- Latest episode
- 10 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
37 of 104 episodes have a transcript.
10 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Special Edition: Mark Jacobson on Effective Election Disinformation
3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
“We were here and we can come back again,” with Jim Ludes and Mark Jacobson
26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Everything Old is New Again: Russian Election Interference with Dustin Volz
Inside a recent episode
Special Edition: Mark Jacobson on Effective Election Disinformation
Published 10 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We often think about it as an effort to change someone's mind, to persuade, to influence, to convince a Democrat to vote Republican or a Republican to vote Democrat. But it's been noted many times in this podcast, that's not really been the Russian goal. Sometimes it's enough to sow just a bit of chaos or convince someone that neither side deserves their vote or the system doesn't work for them. Or simply, voting isn't worth the effort. The targeting of black Americans offers a particularly good example of how that works, and Russia certainly didn't invent the tactic. Long before Facebook, Instagram, or Russian troll farms, political operatives understood that suppressing your opponent's vote could be just as useful as winning it. […]
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- Dustin Volz
- Katelyn Chedraoui
- Caitlin Shadrawi
- Simeon Dukić
- Natalie Vela
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- 6 ratings
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- Engagement
- 32
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Who hosts The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast?
Mark Jacobson and Jim Ludes host the show. Published by The Pell Center at Salve Regina University.
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