Ep. 108: Across the Aisle in Scranton – Chris Kelly on Data Centers & Common Ground

Chris Kelly and I don’t see the world the same way. We’ve been on opposite sides of more than a few issues over the years. That’s exactly why this conversation needed to happen.In a country (and a region) that keeps hardening into tribes, too many people have stopped talking to anyone who doesn’t already agree with them. This episode is a deliberate refusal of that habit.Chris Kelly, longtime columnist and muckraker at the Scranton Times-Tribune, sits down with me to talk about the data center explosion hitting Northeastern Pennsylvania — the land, the power, the water, the noise, the political pressure, and the people who feel like they’re watching their home get auctioned off in real time.We don’t land in the same place on every point. But we do share something more important: a deep concern for this place and the people who actually live here.This episode isn’t about winning an argument. It’s about modeling something that’s becoming rare — two people from different corners of the ideological map sitting down, talking straight, and looking for the ground they still share.Because if we can’t do that, we’re finished.