Kristin Demoranville

This conversation sets the stage for part two, which will air on Kyle's podcast, Crisis Lab Podcast. In that episode, Kyle and I will discuss practical steps that communities can take to be more resilient in the face of food supply challenges and technology disruptions. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Let's get started. Kyle, thanks for being here.

I'm really excited to have you on the podcast. And I'm really excited to hear a lot about your background and things you're working on and how that impacts with technology and cybersecurity and food and all the good things that we love talking about here. I'm just going to jump straight into it before your intro. Let's talk about your favorite food and your favorite food memory.

I'm really excited to have you on the podcast. And I'm really excited to hear a lot about your background and things you're working on and how that impacts with technology and cybersecurity and food and all the good things that we love talking about here. I'm just going to jump straight into it before your intro. Let's talk about your favorite food and your favorite food memory.

They do not need to be the same thing.

They do not need to be the same thing.

I mean, you can't really go wrong with a good margarita pizza, I suppose.

I mean, you can't really go wrong with a good margarita pizza, I suppose.

So it was just the nostalgia of the place. That's the favorite memory.

So it was just the nostalgia of the place. That's the favorite memory.

Thanks for that, Kyle. Why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself?

Thanks for that, Kyle. Why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself?

Well, I think you made it less complicated because I'm sitting here going, whoa, wait, that's a lot. That's amazing. And the fact that you've gotten to travel the world and help people through crisis is, it's really admirable. So thank you for that work because we need it. We need more of it as well. Thank you. Appreciate that.

Well, I think you made it less complicated because I'm sitting here going, whoa, wait, that's a lot. That's amazing. And the fact that you've gotten to travel the world and help people through crisis is, it's really admirable. So thank you for that work because we need it. We need more of it as well. Thank you. Appreciate that.

So can you give me like a little bit of, I guess, day to day, like how does that work for you? Because people don't, sorry, I'm generalizing, forgive me listeners, but I think generally speaking, people don't understand what it means to deal with crisis management in these types of situations.

So can you give me like a little bit of, I guess, day to day, like how does that work for you? Because people don't, sorry, I'm generalizing, forgive me listeners, but I think generally speaking, people don't understand what it means to deal with crisis management in these types of situations.

So could you give us like a little snapshot just so people have a little bit more of a picture to go with?

So could you give us like a little snapshot just so people have a little bit more of a picture to go with?

Thank you for that. That's really enlightening. I think it's so important that people start to understand how these crises are going to be compounded by the amount of extra technology that's around them and the different types of human aspects in these situations.

Thank you for that. That's really enlightening. I think it's so important that people start to understand how these crises are going to be compounded by the amount of extra technology that's around them and the different types of human aspects in these situations.

Because they're obviously emotionally heightened a lot of times because you're dealing with displacement and migration and food and water. And that is very emotionally tied into being a human being because it's something that we need to survive. So I'm sure being level-headed really comes in quite handy at times. It can certainly help, yeah. Well, yeah.