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Those Forced Out: Conservatives who Never Supported Donald Trump and the Contemporary Republican Party and its Implications for Presidential Elections – Full Interview with Kyle Morrison (Interview #1 in a New Series)

(Full Interview. Here is the first part if you’d prefer listening in sections.)

What is it like to feel kicked out of one’s party? What role does social media play in dividing people politically in the United States and Canada, and what can we do to bridge these gaps? And finally, what are the implications of all of these on presidential elections?

I interviewed Kyle Morrison to talk about these questions. He’s an anthropologist who has studied conservatives or those leaning conservative who have felt disgruntled with Donald Trump and the contemporary Republican party (sometimes also called Never Trumpers). Here, he talks about what he learned from talking with them about how they navigate the current divisive political world in the United States and what that may mean for the upcoming 2024 election.

He also describes how through his research with this group, he learned to listen to and engage with people he does not agree with politically and ways to do that in the current political landscape. He is not a conservative but wanted to use this research to seek to understand those on the “other side.” We in the United States live in one of the most politically divided eras of our history, making such initiatives all the more important to foster empathy and understanding with those one disagrees with.

This is the first interview in a new podcast interview series where I talk with others from around the world to learn how different people navigate life. This first interview focuses on a political anthropology expert in US politics, but my interviews will be of people from different cultures around the world – some experts, some not – to learn more about humanity and the different ways people navigate our complex contemporary world.

Note: We recorded the interview a few days before Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Kamala Harris became the Democratic Party candidate for the election, so you will hear us talk about Biden as the Democratic candidate.

Links for the Materials We Discuss

The Atlantic Monthly Podcast Episode I Mention:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TJ42eHo6xE&pp=ygUkdGhlIGF0bGFudGljIGhvdyB0byBoYXZlIGFuIGFyZ3VtZW50

Those Forced Out: Conservatives who Never Supported Donald Trump and the Contemporary Republican Party and its Implications for Presidential Elections – Part 2 of an Interview with Kyle Morrison (Interview #1 in a New Series)

(You can find Part 1 here.)

What is it like to feel kicked out of one’s party? What role does social media play in dividing people politically in the United States and Canada, and what can we do to bridge these gaps? And finally, what are the implications of all of these on presidential elections?

I interviewed Kyle Morrison to talk about these questions. He’s an anthropologist who has studied conservatives or those leaning conservative who have felt disgruntled with Donald Trump and the contemporary Republican party (sometimes also called Never Trumpers). Here, he talks about what he learned from talking with them about how they navigate the current divisive political world in the United States and what that may mean for the upcoming 2024 election.

In this second part, he describes the ways the current political landscape has created divisive and the alternatives he sees to that.

He also describes how through his research with this group, he learned to listen to and engage with people he does not agree with politically and ways to do that in the current political landscape. He is not a conservative but wanted to use this research to seek to understand those on the “other side.” We in the United States live in one of the most politically divided eras of our history, making such initiatives all the more important to foster empathy and understanding with those one disagrees with.

This is the first interview in a new podcast interview series where I talk with others from around the world to learn how different people navigate life. This first interview focuses on a political anthropology expert in US politics, but my interviews will be of people from different cultures around the world – some experts, some not – to learn more about humanity and the different ways people navigate our complex contemporary world.

Note: We recorded the interview a few days before Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Kamala Harris became the Democratic Party candidate for the election, so you will hear us talk about Biden as the Democratic candidate.

Links for the Materials We Discuss

The Atlantic Monthly Podcast Episode I Mention:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TJ42eHo6xE&pp=ygUkdGhlIGF0bGFudGljIGhvdyB0byBoYXZlIGFuIGFyZ3VtZW50

The Promises and Failures of Current Artificial Intelligence Technology: An Interview with Gemma Clavell at Eticas (Part 2 of 3)

Here is the second part of three in my conversation with Gemma Clavell. We compared various corporate models – good and bad – for artificial intelligence and how to foster responsible corporate practices in this field.

Dr. Gemma Galdon-Clavell is a leading voice on technology ethics and algorithmic accountability. She is the founder and CEO of Eticas, where her multidisciplinary background in the social, ethical, and legal impact of data-intensive technology allows her and her team to design and implement practical solutions to data protection, ethics, explainability, and bias challenges in AI. She has conceived and architected the Algorithmic Audit Framework which now serves as the foundation for Eticas’s flagship product, the Algorithmic Audit.

Here is Part 1 and Part 3 of our interview.

To learn more about Gemma’s and Eticas’s work:

For more context on my interview series in general, click here.