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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 hyper-partisanship 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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17. The billion dollar question for democracy -...
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34:48
16. The biggest conspiracy of all is that nobody...
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51:04
BONUS - Street Outrage - Unfiltered Trio
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39:32
15. Validation is the WD40 of our world - Hesha Abrams
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42:42
14. The danger is, of course, when Dennis Nedry...
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37:43
BONUS - An anthropologist goes to CPAC - Alexander...
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37:31
13. This is really primal stuff - Ritsaart Reimann
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34:19
12. Not everybody wants to talk to a sexologist, yet...
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33:19
BONUS - ChatGPT vs. Human Political Persuasion - Hui Bai
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36:47
BONUS - We dismissed him as a buffoon - Kevin Bass
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9. A lot of angry reactions - Steven Rathje - Part Two
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8. A lot of angry reactions - Steven Rathje - Part One
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28:01
7. What took us five years of research he understood...
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BONUS - Ninety-nine percent were so nice
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33:21
6. Stealing their dishwasher - Kurt Gray
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46:28
BONUS - Twitter and Mastodon - David Troy
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34:59
5. Holocaust Denial - Luke Berryman
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32:24
4. We've Met the Enemy. And it's Us. - Sean Evans
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