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Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media
If politics and media leave you feeling angry, overwhelmed, or exhausted, Outrage Overload is for you.In about 30 minutes every few weeks, we explore how outrage spreads, how polarization distorts perception, and how media and technology amplify emotional extremes.Through conversations with leading scientists, researchers, and authors, we unpack the psychology, incentives, and systems shaping today’s political climate — and offer practical tools to think clearly, stay grounded, and respond
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BONUS - There's a lot of pressure to conform -...
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26. The cascade process is a way that minds change at...
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25. So we thought we would do a tournament - Jan Voelkel
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BONUS 2023 Recap – Meet Austin Chen
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24. The good news is we really do know a lot about...
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23. For the most part, people are speaking into the...
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BONUS - If traditional medicine was doing a good job,...
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22. The Dignity Index - Tami Pyfer
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21. I don't try to make sense of it anymore -...
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20. Make Hondas fly across the news - Yevgeny Simkin
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BONUS - Samizdat Online's Battle Against Censorship -...
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19. About half the people simply don't notice the...
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BONUS - Step one: storm the capitol - Ben Hamilton
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18. You can't necessarily just vote your way out of...
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BONUS - Secret docs Trump indictment - Jon Marshall
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17. The billion dollar question for democracy -...
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16. The biggest conspiracy of all is that nobody...
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BONUS - Street Outrage - Unfiltered Trio
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15. Validation is the WD40 of our world - Hesha Abrams
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14. The danger is, of course, when Dennis Nedry...
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