Tech Companies and American Manufacturing have a history of booming and busting towns. The Big Question for this last episode of the season is, will this AI chip factory scheduled to open in a suburb just north of Syracuse, NY actually provide reasonable, sustainable increased quality of life, or will it be the latest iteration of the boom and bust cycle? Annanda and Keisha ask key Syracusans to find out. SHOW NOTES Talk to us at Instagram (@moralrepairpodcast), on X (@moralrepair), and on Linke...
Aug 21, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This week, Keisha and Annanda explore AI and tech from the perspectives of the African diaspora in North America, in Europe, and continental Africa. We ask: Where’s Africa in the story of AI? What does the diaspora have to say about inclusion in tech? Our featured guest is Mutale Nkonde (AI For the People), and we get into inclusion, colonialism, and what we can all learn from the Maori. SHOW NOTES Talk to us at Instagram (@moralrepairpodcast), on X (@moralrepair), and on LinkedIn: https://www.l...
Jul 31, 2024•40 min
This Episode Annanda and Keisha Explore The Big Question of, is it worth the expense to go to Mars given the needs on Earth? And what would it be like to live on Mars or in space? They interview Kai Staats, Director of Research for SAM at the University of Arizona to get the space tea.
Jul 17, 2024•36 min•Season 2Ep. 6
This week we’re sharing an episode with you from Heather Freeman at Magic in the US. Magic in the US is a PRX show that explores America’s magical communities. In this episode, we hear how pagans in the 1980s used the early internet to find each other. Enjoy the episode! Follow Magic in the US wherever you listen.
Jul 03, 2024•29 min
Keisha and Annanda talk to Sarah Nahar of Community Peacemaker Teams and Buddhist Peace Fellowship about technologies of public safety and conflict in the United States and how communities can organize themselves to repair the harms of oppression and policing. We look at the history and values of public safety in the USA, specific policing tech, and ways communities in and out of tech are responding.
Jun 19, 2024•35 min•Season 2Ep. 5
How do the profits from Big Tech impact family farmers, food-ways and the environment in the United States? Annanda & Keisha talk to Jamie Fanous, Director of Policy for Community Alliance with Family Partners and Dr. Amina Darwish, the Associate Dean and Advisor for Muslim Life at The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at Stanford University. SHOW NOTES We’re excited to be live in Oakland on June 11 for a live in-person show at Kinfolx in the East Bay. Join us in person @4pm PST or onli...
Jun 05, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Always-on technology has amplified distraction and overwhelm, disconnection, and cultural polarization. What ancient and emerging tools can help us put tech in its rightful place? Keisha and Annanda talk to Judith Shulevitz and Joe Hollier about what can we learn from Sabbath traditions about community, connection, and thriving. SHOW NOTES Talk to us online: at Instagram (@moralrepairpodcast), on X (@moralrepair), and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moral-repair-podcast/ We’ll be i...
May 22, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 3
It’s a major election year in American politics. This episode explores the big question, how is AI used in American political decision-making? What are the tools out there? How do they impact the political process? While this episode will not be political, it will touch on the evolution of political culture via AI and the impact it has the everyday person. Our episode features special guest, Cyber Security expert Bruce Schneier of the Harvard Kennedy School. Talk to us on Instagram ( @moralrepai...
May 08, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 2
What do we need to know about recent regulatory guidelines on AI trust and safety? What does one recent federal regulator think still needs attention? How could critical Black digital perspectives reshape the conversation? Annanda and Keisha talk Afrofuturism and equity with Dr. Alondra Nelson, deputy director for science and society at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2021-2023. SHOW NOTES Talk to us online: at Instagram (@moralrepairpodcast), on X (@moralrepair), an...
Apr 24, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 1
On Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech , hosts Annanda Barclay and Keisha McKenzie talk with tech and wisdom leaders. Their conversations inspire curiosity about tech while showcasing practical wisdom from the African continent and diaspora to nurture wellbeing for all. Moral Repair expands mainstream tech narratives, celebrates profound insight from Black philosophy and culture, and promotes technology when it serves the common good. Listeners leave each episode with new ways to think abo...
Apr 17, 2024•3 min
This is an episode we think you’d enjoy of TED Tech, a podcast from the TED Audio Collective. "Democracy is more fun and inviting when you take it into your own hands," says creator and activist Sofia Ongele. Sharing how she's using coding and social media to defend democracy, Ongele invites us to identify our own creative superpowers — whether it's community organizing, making music or telling stories — and use them to cause a ruckus and bring movements to life. TED Tech is a podcast that guide...
Apr 15, 2024•13 min
Have you ever considered the moral dilemma of a hologram narrating someone's life story for them? We interview Otis Moss III about the interactive AI hologram of his father Civil Rights Leader Otis Moss Jr. showcased at the Maltz Museum in Ohio. We interview Public Theologian Zuogwi Earl Reeves on how the black wisdom of hip-hop plays a pivotal role in the moral repair of narrating our tales authentically. Tune into the episode and embark on this thought-provoking journey with us.
Feb 14, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Nov 2023, Prime ads expected to “ reach 115M viewers per month .” Aral Balkan ( Small Tech Foundation ): “ We didn’t lose control. It was stolen .” Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste (2020) is now a film . Marjorie Kelly: Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises . Marjorie with Laura Flanders (Dec 2023). Toni Morrison’s “A Humanist View”, The Source of Self-Regard (Knopf, 2019). Transcript and audio . Prof. Jeffrey Sachs at the United Nations Food Sy...
Jan 10, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Join us for a holiday celebration episode on Moral Repair! We talk about our nostalgia around tech that brings up all the good feels. Tune in to find out who Annanda and Keisha deem the tech ghosts of holidays past, present and future. We’ve even pointed out this years Scrooge, Bob Crotchet, and Tiny Tim! Enjoy a special holiday nostalgia session, and join our discussion on the true tech meaning of this holiday season.
Dec 27, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Tech companies have access to an immense amount of data about each of us. How are we all being affected in a world where no one can be anonymous? Keisha McKenzie and Annanda Barclay talk to data scientist Scott Hendrickson, PhD, about data and consent, ways colonialism shows up in tech development, and more cooperative ethics we can learn from nature. SHOW NOTES For the next episode: tell us about your nostalgic tech memories! Find us at @moralrepairpodcast on instagram, @moralrepair on Twitter/...
Dec 13, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 6
SHOW NOTES Check out our Guest Professor Jane Gordon The Californian Ideology Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come Film “ All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace ” an Adam Curtis Documentary Series...
Nov 29, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5
How has the American Dream transformed in the wake of the Great Recession? Annanda & Keisha examine the impact of the Great Recession on the American Dream focusing on the rise of Bitcoin and blockchain. Through the lens of bell hooks’ philosophical perspectives, they explore the deeper moral stakes. Featuring a captivating conversation with Adorable Earthangel, a web3 entrepreneur and spiritual technologist, who offers unique insights on how to navigate this new landscape. Work with our Gue...
Nov 15, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Is it possible to control AI? If so, how can we make it more ethical? Damien Williams, PhD, a philosopher of science, technology, and society, has some ideas. Annanda and Keisha chat Marvel movies, Ultron’s bad manners, and what lessons machine learning could take from the world of plant medicine and harm reduction. SHOW NOTES NEW: Come talk to us on social media! We’re at @moralrepairpodcast on Instagram and @MoralRepair on X (Twitter). You can also reach us by email: moralrepairpodcast at gmai...
Nov 01, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Have you ever considered the moral dilemma of a hologram narrating someone's life story for them? Dive into the latest episode of Moral Repair as we interview Otis Moss III about the interactive AI hologram of his father Civil Rights Leader Otis Moss Jr. showcased at the Maltz Museum in Ohio. Discover Zuogwi Earl Reeves how the black wisdom of hip-hop plays a pivotal role in the moral repair of narrating our tales authentically. Tune into the episode and embark on this thought-provoking journey ...
Oct 18, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 2
What do we do about recommendation algorithms? What ethical standards could we use to reshape technology? Hosts Annanda and Keisha talk to Stewart Noyce, a technologist who helped develop the internet, and Rev. Dr. Sakena Young-Scaggs, an Afrofuturist scholar and philosopher, to understand how we can all navigate recommendation algorithms in a life-giving way. SHOW NOTES Learn more about Stewart’s work in marketing and consulting at StewartNoyce.com See IBM promoting their work at the 1994 Winte...
Oct 04, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 1
How can we all thrive as we navigate technology, automation, and AI in the Information Age? What have technologists, philosophers, care practitioners, and theologians learned about the innovations and worldviews shaping a new century of unprecedented tech breakthroughs and social change? On Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech , hosts Annanda Barclay and Keisha McKenzie talk with tech and spiritual leaders. Their conversations inspire curiosity about tech while showcasing practical wisdom f...
Sep 27, 2023•2 min
How can we all thrive as we navigate technology, automation, and AI in the Information Age? What have technologists, philosophers, care practitioners, and theologians learned about the innovations and worldviews shaping a new century of unprecedented tech breakthroughs and social change? On Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech , hosts Annanda Barclay and Keisha McKenzie talk with tech and spiritual leaders. Their conversations inspire curiosity about tech while showcasing practical wisdom f...
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