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This Week in Outrage

David and Lisa Beckemeyer

An informal chat where Lisa and David from Outrage Overload discuss items from the news and other topics of outrage. The main podcast is Outrage Overload, a science podcast, recorded and mixed in the highest quality, where David interviews scientists, researchers, authors, and other experts about outrage in society & politics and lowering the temperature. outrageoverload.net outrageoverload.substack.com

society & culture

All Episodes

71:20

Don't Talk About a No-Hitter in Progress ⚾️ - 09/03/2023

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2023/09/05

This week, Lisa and David talk about: voter fraud; 12-yo kid kicked out of school for backpack with “don’t tread on me” Gadsden Flag; parental rights vs. student privacy in the age of transgender identity; burning man; more former Proud Boys leaders sentenced for January 6th attack; Truth Social financing; conservative activists pushing ‘trafficking’ laws to prevent women from traveling for an abortion; France tossing $200 million in wine; the first rule about no-hitters is that you don't talk about

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79:48

We got a dog 🐶 - 08/27/2023

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2023/08/30

This week, Lisa and David talk about: customer service; Yevgeny Prigozhin killed; Covid pandemic divisiveness; our new rescue dog; more concerts; naming the Fulton County 19 gang; Oliver Anthony; Ohio abortion ban; 2024 election cycle; sleep horoscopes; AI tech for enabling speech for people with paralysis; and more.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live

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63:14

Pay your taxes, rich people 💵 - 08/20/2023

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2023/08/20

This week, Lisa and David talk about: buoys in the Rio-Grande; Giuliani is broke; hurricane watch in So Cal; no Trump press event; fake Melania? Utah man suspected of threatening Biden killed by FBI; pig kidney transplant; Michael Oher ‘The Blind Side’ lawsuit; FTX crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried back in jail; AI is better than humans at solving image-based CAPTCHAs; popular wedding songs; 4000 steps a day is enough to extend one's lifespan; Alec Baldwin may still face charges; Florida retirement

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72:38

Fifty Years of Rap, people - 08/06/2023

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2023/08/08

This week, Lisa and David talk about: new nuclear reactor goes live; Paul Reubens, Pee-Wee Playhouse; crazy state-fair food; sex-ed in school; Kyle Davis tried to secretly video an underage family friend while she was using the bathroom; TikTok trend drinking borax; Pac-12 exodus; Kanye and the new X (formerly Twitter); Jaylen Brown is smart; DeSantis and Newsome debate? leprosy on the rise in Florida; the legacy of Henrietta Lacks; most iconic diners in America; American Gladiators TV show

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63:30

Lisa's Yellowstone PSA 🐃🦌🌋- 07/30/2023

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2023/07/31

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about their bout with Covid; history and practices of forced sterilization in the United States; Congregations leaving United Methodist Church over LGBTQ bans; UPS Union deal; Kevin Spacey not guilty; hazing in college sports; Sinéad O'Connor's death; Elon Musk infatuation with the letter X; Michigan charges participants in 2020 fake elector plot; Lisa rages about Yellowstone; and more.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions

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58:01

Mama got lost in the mail - 07/16/2023

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2023/07/22

Note: I screwed up and didn’t get this episode out until now. COVID is running through our household so episodes of “This Week in Outrage” are in limbo for a while.In this episode, Lisa and David talk about the Iowa abortion ban; new Schoolhouse Rock; cocaine in the White House; MTG, the Freedom Caucus, and throwing lawsuits at the wall; Ninth Circuit homelessness ruling; followup on causes of increased pedestrian deaths; Florida refusing to recognize some driver’s licenses; cities choosing to

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60:08

Fourth of July - 07/02/2023

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2023/07/05

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about the Supreme Court; Moore v. Harper; Bipartisan cooperation; hedge funds; Rust movie charges; Wheel-of-Fortune; Harvard body parts scandal; free-lunch programs in schools; high level of pedestrian deaths; teen medical abortion prison sentence; Netanyahu criminal case; Pepsi Colachup; aspartame cancer risk; Tom Brady Raiders ownership; ESPN layoffs; Bobby Bonilla day; Fox News settles for $12 million with former producer Abby Grossberg; Apple valuation hits

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62:07

Let's talk conspiracy theories - 6/25/2023

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2023/06/28

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about Desantis banning direct car sales; Santos and who paid his bail; MGT and Lauren Boebert feud and civility in politics; Hunter Biden and conspiracy theories. Then we go off into a deeper dive into conspiracy theories in general, where they start, the psychology behind them, how to speak to people about them, Musk’s Twitter, and more.We conclude with a list of the most historic bars in America (according to Fifty Grand).Links:Outrage Overload PodcastMost

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72:13

Happy Father's Day - 6/18/2023

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2023/06/19

Lisa and David, along with some special guests, talk about Minneapolis police violations; Golden Globes; Mass shootings; local New York state politics; Silvio Berlusconi who died; AI can fix climate change?; unusual special requests from hotel guests; Cava restaurants raise IPO funds; Dolly Parton new album “Rockstar”; Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue mass shooter convicted; Hot Coffee 2011 documentary; second amendment and gun safety; more flag code outrage; Daniel Ellsberg dies; AI assists to

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99:48

Just keep swimming 🏊‍♂️ - 6/11/2023

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2023/06/12

This week, David and Lisa talk about Chris Licht leaving CNN; thou doth protest too much; four kids survive plan crash in Amazon; links between viral infection and neurological disorders; mosquito repellent deters 99% of mosquitoes; Showtime pulls 'Vice' episode about Ron DeSantis' time at Guantanamo; sharks looming near swimmers; American flag code; Voting Rights ruling; Trump indictment highlights political polarization; PGA tour is a non-profit?'; predicted summer cocktails; Radio host sues

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69:48

Don't wrestle the bear - 6/4/2023

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2023/06/04

This week, David and Lisa talk about how folks define woke; Minnesota reforms; Wear clothes for your driver’s license photo; spelling bee winners; Danny Masterson rape conviction; Bill Cosby new sexual assault charges; Study shows seeing stories of kindness can counteract negative stories; Migrants flown to Sacramento and dropped off in front of a church; molecular skeletal editing breakthrough; Prisoner iPads; Q Anon Shaman released and unapologetic; Best wedding songs; America birth rates are

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68:57

Do you know where your children are? - 5/19/2023

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2023/05/22

This week, Lisa and David talk about the debt ceiling and fourteenth amendment; Congressman Swalwell and former San Francisco 49er Bruce Miller “harmless game of would you rather”; Lisa is mad at grapes; Montana bans TikTok; Durham report; Elizabeth Holmes must report to prison; Deutsche Bank $75M settlement for facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring; lab-grown money embryos; habits to stay mentally sharp in retirement; and more.Update on Steve Bannon case - USA today May 3, 2023”Bannon

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75:28

Robert De Niro, 79, has a newborn - 05/14/2023

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2023/05/15

In this episode, David and Lisa talk about the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation liability judgement compared to OJ liability that has never been collected - there are no consequences; Shawn Ryan lies (surprise) shouting something must be done about a “Democrat Politician” child porn offender, when it turns out the offender was actually a “red-pill libertarian” who was already convicted and serving time and is now deceased; Cash-only breaks supermarket; Pulitzer Prizes awarded; trust in

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104:28

Top news from Seymour Butz - 5/7/2023

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2023/05/08

This week, David and Lisa talk about transgender teen poet laureate; gun violence, what the majority of Americans want; education fails; sedition and choosing to die on the hill that January 6 was not an insurrection; Title 42 expiring; E. Jean Carroll case; credit scores and bank fees clickbait; insider trading in Congress; January 6 sentences; horse deaths at Kentucky Derby; ChatGPT and The Dignity Index; Fani Willis agreeing to immunity deals with a number of fake electors in her Georgia election

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57:07

Can You Enjoy Good Art by Bad People? - 4/30/2023

This Week in Outrage ·

2023/05/01

This week, Lisa and David talk about Washington State banning assault weapons; USA is categorized as a “flawed democracy” based on the 2022 Global Democracy Index; Can You Enjoy Good Art by Bad People? Celebrities calling co-workers the C-word; Disney vs. Desantis; Wrexham getting promoted; Tucker Carlson and his anti-trans noxious father; Idocracy and Crocs; Barry Humphries ‘Dame Edna’; OpenAI Researcher says: There’s a 50% Chance AI Ends in 'Catastrophe' and AI guardrails.Links:Outrage Overload

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90:45

What about the weed? - 04/23/2023

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2023/04/24

This week Lisa and David talk about how the My Pillow guy must pay $5 million over brag; Space-X Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly; Alex Baldwin charges dropped; Dominion settlement; students excluding colleges over state-level politics; ChatGPT and LLM AI; Buzzfeed shutting down Buzzfeed News; NRA and Gun Safety; Behind the accusation about Swalwell and the Chinese spy; Supreme Court kick the can down the road on Mifepristone case; two-party politics; California super-bloom; STDs running rampant;

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81:24

Lisa loves Katie Porter - 4/16/2023

This Week in Outrage ·

2023/04/18

Note: the audio quality on this episode is not great. The phone app we use for these is not compatible with my studio gear. We tried some external mics but it didn’t turn out too well. I did what I could to improve the audio, but it’s still not great.On this episode, David and Lisa talk about Jack Teixeira leaked secrets; Military using Discord to recruit Gen-Z; Congress is old; Lisa loves Katie Porter; NPR quits Twitter; How to tell if wine has gone bad; aging and memory loss; Mad Magazine;

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59:10

I'm listening - 4/9/2023

This Week in Outrage ·

2023/04/11

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about book bans, concerns about civil war in America, life before the pandemic, poisonous birds, and more.Harvard-trained psychologist: If you use any of these 9 phrases every day, ‘your relationship is more successful’ than most:1. “I appreciate your effort.”2. “I like you.”3. “Help me better understand this.”4. “I’m listening...”5. “I’m sorry.”6. “I forgive you. Can you forgive me?”7. “I am committed to you.”8. “Let’s have some fun!”9. “I love you.”🎧 The

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90:53

The eye of the beholder - 4/1/2023

This Week in Outrage ·

2023/04/03

Lisa talks about personality tests and self-awareness; a guest talks about generational gaps. We talk about the indictment, particularly reactions; controversy over Michelangelo’s statue of David; 30,000 school board seats on the ballot; Kevin Bass wants scientists to admit they were wrong about Covid; partisan sorting; hypocrisy; AI updates; NBA finals; Baseball is back.Outrage Overload PodcastOn a brand new BONUS episode of the Outrage Overload podcast I speak with Kevin Bass, an M.D./Ph.D

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79:18

Raccoon dogs and more - 3/24/2023

This Week in Outrage ·

2023/03/26

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about Flint Michigan water settlement award; who’s freaking out about the word “woke”; Afroman getting sued by the officers that raided his house; now COVID originated in a wet market again, not a lab; hypocrisy and trust in institutions; more local vs national politics; more AI news; healthcare challenges; polarization and trust in science; California outlawing gas stoves; and more.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastListen live on the Wisdom app. Follow me, David

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