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Not red. Not blue. Just curious.
For people who are tired of politics but still care about their community. Pull up a chair. This is where policy meets people, with a whole lot of Idaho heart.
Through stories and real conversations, The Purple Zone explores how decisions about education, healthcare, (other policy topics) and our communities shape everyday life, and what it means to show up for each other. It's less about hot takes and more about understanding. Rooted in Idaho, with conversations that reach far beyond it.
Hosted by Alexis Morgan, a PhD candidate in public policy, longtime advocate, mom, and civic storyteller.
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Send us Fan Mail What if helping the young people in your life had nothing to do with being an expert? Dr. Megan Smith, a professor at Boise State University and executive director of Communities for Youth, joins the show to talk about what adults can do to support Idaho's youth. The answer starts with understanding upstream prevention. Megan's team at Communities for Youth developed the Idaho Youth Well-being Survey, which is available free to every school in Idaho through the Idaho Departme...
Send us Fan Mail Alexis Morgan tells the story of The Civility Project. In 2019, after an opinion piece hurt the Nez Perce Tribe, three leaders of the Lewiston Tribune set out to confront incivility in their own community. They didn't have all the answers, and they were criticized along the way. They asked for help from the National Institute for Civil Discourse, held community conversations in five towns, brought former Governor Butch Otter and other leaders to a public forum, and changed ho...
Send us Fan Mail What does it take to turn an issue into legislation? Time? Relationships? Listening? The AI in Education workgroup is highlighted in turning an issue into public policy. In this episode, Alexis Morgan sits down with Idaho Senator Kevin Cook to talk about what goes into making quality legislation. They explore who needs to be at the table when a bill takes shape, and what happens when those voices aren't included. From there, the conversation covers a wide range of issues faci...
Send us Fan Mail Have you noticed that division in the United States feels higher than ever? What if conflict isn't the cause of our division, but rather the normalization of contempt within conflict? In this dual release, Matt Todd of The Ranch podcast invites Alexis on to talk all things Dignity Index. As a member of the Dignity Politics team at Dignity.US, Alexis takes listeners behind the scenes of the index: how it was developed, how research studies have verified and validated it, and h...
Send us Fan Mail Have you thought about the difference between transparency and targeting in our election process? Do you know what it means to choose curiosity instead of falling into contempt? And what does contempt actually look like when it comes to a ballot initiative? In this episode, Alexis pulls these questions apart through a recent incident: a Facebook post that shared the names of citizens who signed a ballot initiative petition. Rather than reacting, she digs in to understand what...
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