Recent Media

The world is changing quickly, and we all need help understanding it. Check out Cory’s most recent work and interviews on AI, democracy, and politics. This list includes published articles, and does not include more than 30 live or pre-recorded TV and radio interviews.

To schedule an interview or discuss a publication, reach out to cory@southandwest.org

Interviews

• AAP - 5 July 2025 - ‘Cruel’ Trump move to shake Aussies’ trust in US

• Financial Times - 2 May 2025 - Anthony Albanese urges Australians to vote for continuity in poll overshadowed by Trump

• SBS - 2 Nov 2024 - INTERVIEW: Former Democrat election campaign organiser Cory Alpert

• 3RRR - 2 Nov 2024

• TVO - 22 Oct 2024 - Can American Democracy Stare Down AI?

• The Guardian - 21 Sept 2024 - a former White House staffer on if the US election will be won on vibes (podcast)

• Associated Press - 24 July 2024 - Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed

• Facing South - 8 Apr 2021 - Meet the South’s next wave of voter mobilization groups

• Business Insider - 22 Aug 2020 - Furloughed and laid-off workers are turning to political action and volunteering at unprecedented rates

• The State - 8 Apr 2017 - How a USC student brough the UN secretary-general to graduation

• USA Today - 9 Oct 2015 - Univ. of South Carolina student launches flood relief group

Public Events

• HEXPO - 24 September 2024 - Melbourne, Australia - Debating the future of AI and society

• In Pursuit of Knowledge (University of Melbourne) - 15 Oct 2024 - Melbourne, Australia - Looking at the US election

• The Treachery of Images Tour - 2025

Essays & Columns

Cory publishes a regular column with The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. You can find his author page HERE.

• Pursuit - 24 Oct 2024 - How Australians should watch the US election

• In Defense of Democracy - 28 Oct 2024 - Where we draw the line

• Pursuit - 29 Oct 2024 - Your social media feed is changing democracy

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 11 Nov 2024 - Trump made the men I grew up with feel heard

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 14 Dec 2024 - All Hail the Tech Right: Why Trump’s new bromances are worst than the last

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 21 January 2025 - Trump lines his pockets and leaves his supporters out in the cold

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 30 January 2025 - The tech race is a fight for control of the future. China is winning

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 5 March 2025 - America has just proven it is no longer defender of the free world

• Pursuit - 17 March 2025 - This election is a test of how AI-driven information could shape Australia’s democracy

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 25 March 2025 - The greatest threat to America’s security? Donald Trump’s inept inner circle

• Pursuit - 10 April 2025 - Is the US government handing its tariff decision making to AI?

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 23 April 2025 - Pope Francis’ care for others reflected the best of all of us

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 30 April 2025 - Canada’s prime minister schools the world: stand up to the bully, win the election

• Pursuit - 5 May 2025 - Like Canada, Australia has rejected Trump’s disruption

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 20 May 2025 - Trump dreamt of a global far right. Instead, he’s driving Europe to the left

• Pursuit - 21 May 2025 - ‘We can’t tell if we’re being persuaded by a person or a program’ (with David Adams)

• Haaretz - 30 May 2025 - How Romania’s Netanyahu-inspired, far-right flirtation betrays diaspora Jewry

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 3 June 2025 - I’ve spent time with tech oligarchs – you have no idea just how weird they are

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 16 June 2025 - Trump fantasises about being king and doesn’t care which rules he breaks to become one

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 22 June 2025 - Americans have seen this movie before. Trump playing the hero doesn’t fool anyone

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 8 July 2025 - America’s once kitschy obsession with Trump is no longer funny

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 9 August 2025 - Why we are heading into a new era of recession pop

• Haaretz - 9 August 2025 - Zionism, Yiddish, and a Yearning for a Private Jewish Conversation on Israel

• Pursuit - 15 August 2025 - ‘Just two men meeting for reasons that have little to do with ending a war’

• The Age & Sydney Morning Herald - 17 August 2025 - Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

• Kyiv Independent - 18 August 2025 - In Ukraine, democracy finds its fiercest defenders