Introducing... Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech

There’s so much new technology to adapt to these days: automation, and AI. It’s overwhelming! But Black technologists, philosophers, care practitioners, and theologians can help us navigate these changing waters. On Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech, hosts Annanda Barclay and Keisha McKenzie talk with tech and spiritual leaders. They explore technological innovation and hazard while showcasing practical wisdom from the African continent and diaspora to nurture wellbeing for all. Moral Repair is for people creating, using, and being shaped by tech, wondering about its implications, and questioning what they can do about it. We expand mainstream tech narratives, celebrate profound insight from Black philosophy and culture, and promote technology when it serves the common good. Together, we’ll leave each episode with new ways to think about tech’s impacts and apply practical wisdom to our everyday lives. Starting October 4th, new episodes drop every 1st and 3rd Wednesday—wherever you listen to podcasts. Moral Repair is part of PRX’s Big Questions Project, which supports new podcasts exploring discourse with exemplary thinkers focused on humanity's most profound questions. This season is supported by the John Templeton Foundation and produced by PRX Productions.

An episode of the Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech podcast, hosted by Moral Repair, titled "Introducing... Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech" was published on September 27, 2023 and runs 2 minutes.

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Summary

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 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 about tech’s impacts and apply practical wisdom in their own lives. Starting October 4, new episodes launch every 1st and 3rd Wednesday wherever you listen to podcasts. Moral Repair is for people creating, using, and being shaped by tech, wondering about its implications, and questioning what they can do about it. Rev. Annanda Barclay is a death doula who explores life well-lived, a non-sectarian chaplain, and a Stanford researcher of moral injury and repair as it relates to tech. Dr. Keisha E. McKenzie is a technical communicator, strategist, and advocate who applies humanism and systems thinking to questions of well-being, public good, and ecology. In Season 1, episode themes range from recommendation algorithms and a Black ethical standard for evaluating tech to interactive holograms and hip hop as cultural memory tools. Other episodes explore moral repair, ideologies and philosophies shaping Silicon Valley, AI ethics, inclusive design, and tech well-being. Guests include Aral Balkan (Small Tech Foundation), Dr. Scott Hendrickson (data scientist), the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III (pastor, filmmaker, storyteller), Stewart Noyce (technologist and marketer), Zuogwi Reeves (minister and scholar), the Rev. Dr. Sakena Young-Scaggs (Stanford University’s Office of Religious & Spiritual Life, Judith Shulevitz (culture critic), and Dr. Damien Williams (professor and researcher on science, technology, and society). Moral Repair is part of PRX’s Big Questions Project, which supports new podcasts exploring discourse with exemplary thinkers focused on humanity's most profound questions. This season is supported by the John Templeton Foundation and PRX Productions.

Episode Description

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 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 about tech’s impacts and apply practical wisdom in their own lives.

Starting October 4, new episodes launch every 1st and 3rd Wednesday wherever you listen to podcasts. Moral Repair is for people creating, using, and being shaped by tech, wondering about its implications, and questioning what they can do about it.

Rev. Annanda Barclay is a death doula who explores life well-lived, a non-sectarian chaplain, and a Stanford researcher of moral injury and repair as it relates to tech.

Dr. Keisha E. McKenzie is a technical communicator, strategist, and advocate who applies humanism and systems thinking to questions of well-being, public good, and ecology.

In Season 1, episode themes range from recommendation algorithms and a Black ethical standard for evaluating tech to interactive holograms and hip hop as cultural memory tools. Other episodes explore moral repair, ideologies and philosophies shaping Silicon Valley, AI ethics, inclusive design, and tech well-being.

Guests include Aral Balkan (Small Tech Foundation), Dr. Scott Hendrickson (data scientist), the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III (pastor, filmmaker, storyteller), Stewart Noyce (technologist and marketer), Zuogwi Reeves (minister and scholar), the Rev. Dr. Sakena Young-Scaggs (Stanford University’s Office of Religious & Spiritual Life, Judith Shulevitz (culture critic), and Dr. Damien Williams (professor and researcher on science, technology, and society).

Moral Repair is part of PRX’s Big Questions Project, which supports new podcasts exploring discourse with exemplary thinkers focused on humanity's most profound questions. This season is supported by the John Templeton Foundation and PRX Productions.