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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

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All Episodes

81:11

Outrage Under the Pines 🌲🔥🍹🎙️ - 4/19/2025

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/04/21

This week’s show is an exception. We were traveling to a family event and had none of our recording equipment so we recorded directly on the trusty old iPhone in an outdoor Easter celebration setting, with a bunch of special guests and outdoor vibes. We’ll be back live on Yergz Radio and Youtube next Sunday 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET.David, Lisa, and the group discuss: MyPillow Guy financial collapse; DOGE unemployment fraud claims; Harvard anti-Semitism letter "mistake"; El Salvador "prison" &

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87:46

“Nobody F*****g Cares” — Lisa Lets Loose - 4/13/2025

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2025/04/14

This week, Lisa and David talk about tariff chaos (again), stock manipulation; April 20 Doomsday prophecies that the United States will invoke the Insurrection Act and irrevocably descend into chaos; how to protest safely; Viktor Orban as the model for Trump authoritarian playbook; Carole Cadwalladr “digital coup” TED talk; NC contested election update; Judge says Newsmax aired damaging falsehoods about Dominion; Florida teacher fired for calling student by ‘preferred’ name; US base commander in

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91:19

The "Hands Off" Protests and the Muted Media Response...

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/04/07

This week, Lisa and David talk about nationwide “Hands Off” protests view from the street, inadequate press coverage, counter-protests; updates on Maryland dad, judge says deportation was “wholly lawless”; Pam Bondi suspends lawyer after he admitted in court that the Trump administration made a mistake in deporting Abrego Garcia; TikTok sale extension; North Carolina appeals court ruled to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters; Musk loses big in Wisconsin supreme court race; Sen. Jim Banks

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86:46

Lisa Talks Tariffs, Signalgate, and 23andMe - 3/30/2025

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2025/03/31

This week, Lisa and David talk about S. Korea adoption scandal; Signalgate; 23andMe bankruptcy; Tesla protests and counter-protestor violence; DOGE; tariffs; U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy stepping down; ICE kidnapping and disappearing people; top vaccine expert, Dr. Peter Marks, forced out at FDA; discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic to head study of vaccines and autism at HHS; Rep. Keith Self refers to Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, as “Mr

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89:55

100th Episode Special: Storm of Dangerous Precedents...

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/03/24

This week, Lisa and David talk about March Madness; George Forman; Jesse Watters’ mom is mad now; Commerce Secretary Lutnick says only "fraudsters" would complain about missing a Social Security check; "Sin of Empathy" a Christian Nationalists meme; death of former U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber in charge of high-profile cases targeting CIA leaks, Russian fraud, stirring suspicions of foul play; man escapes alleged 20 year captivity by his stepmother; Paul Weiss law firm caves to Trump; Columbia

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81:18

Behold, the Comment Section 🐰 - 3/16/2025

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2025/03/17

This week, Lisa and David talk about Canada pulls Jack Daniels off store shelves; Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website; Ralph Nader criticizes influential American leaders for their silence; fans blast 'trad wife' Gwen Stefani for promoting Catholic prayer app; Senator Tommy Tuberville says The Pentagon should be made into a "Trigon”; new Trump travel-bans; Mahmoud Khalil status; Grafton New Hampshire libertarian “Free Town Project”; Rep. Marjorie Greene wants

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70:01

Guest Co-Host: Outrage with a Twist - 3/9/2025

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2025/03/10

This week, Lisa and David talk about… wait, there’s no Lisa this week. This week, David is joined by guest co-host Addison. We talk about Canadians being angry; DOGE actions; Supreme Court says Trump must unfreeze foreign aid payments; Democratic messaging problems; a quarter of startups in YC's current cohort have codebases written by AI; crypto and eliminating the dollar as the world reserve currency; Trump and ‘illegal protests’; Tesla facilities attacked because Elon Musk is widely unpopular;

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75:34

Lisa Respects Tesla Trolling: Cybertrucks Turn into...

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/03/03

This week, Lisa and David talk about Zelensky, Trump, Vance Oval Office catastrophe; FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's flu vaccine; shakeups at MSNBC; faux Epstein papers release; time-traveling Trump theory; measles outbreak and deaths; H5N1 bird flu spread; U.S government shifts from bureaucracy to active malice; middle of the night shuttering of 18f at GSA; TikTokers ‘hunting’ Tesla Cybertrucks to project anti-musk messages on the tailgate; Gene Hackman, wife Betsy

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70:26

You Can’t Just Go Back: The Future Won’t Play by Old...

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/02/24

This week, Lisa and David talk about misapplication of scientific research in disinformation campaigns; Lisa supports Kash Patel in rebuffing Musk’s email about five things; J6 pardoned proudboys getting newly arrested; Trump court cases work their way through the system; RFK Jr. orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads; CPAC comments; how immigration came to be a prominent concern in contemporary politics; minors showing up at the border unaccompanied; Operation Whirlwind, weaponizing the law to crush

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61:26

Outrage, FOMO, and how Lisa misses the Gossip -...

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/02/17

This week, Lisa and David talk about Lisa has FOMO about outrage; Musk’s kid X Æ A-Xii tells Trump to shush his mouth (probably); Pete Hegseth saying it is "unrealistic" to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders; Musk, DOGE, corruption, and division; DOGE taking steps shield its communications and records from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests; crisis and mass resignations at DOJ over the Eric Adams case, extortion a significant breakdown in the checks and balances designed to

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59:27

Lisa is done with Chris Cuomo and his...

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/02/10

This week, Lisa and David talk about the federal workforce; Cuomo on NewsNation; the Democrats’ version of opposition of sternly shaking their heads while the Trump admin bulldozer keeps rolling; NOAA targeted by DOGE; Lisa’s TikTok sacrifice; Lisa also deleted her Twitter/X account; Grammys and Kanye’s wife, Bianca Censori’s “naked dress”; the firing and eviction of Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant; and more.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastYergz RadioWait, exactly how many people

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73:35

Autocracy in America - 2/2/2025

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/02/03

This week, Lisa and David talk about how we woke up in an autocracy (see references below). The Trump administration's recent actions, which we characterize as autocratic and illegal. Elon Musk and his team have taken over the Office of Personnel Management and the Treasury Department, dismissing officials who opposed them and gaining access to sensitive information. They have also purged officials from the Department of Justice and the FBI, targeting those involved in prosecuting Trump and his

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76:07

Handshake Snubs and the Petty Parade - 1/26/2025

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/01/27

This week, Lisa and David talk about VP Harris snubbed by spouses during swearing in; Caitlyn Jenner brutally mocked online after executive order recognizing only two genders; performers at inauguration; Mel Gibson calls Trump “daddy”; Elizabeth’s Warren’s letter to Musk; Oscar nominations; Jan 6 pardons; purge of inspectors general; Lewis Hamilton and Sofia Vergara; immigrants deportation; Elon Musk Nazi salute and support for Germany’s far-right AfD; Hegseth confirmation; CNN laying off 6% of

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77:00

Houston, We Have a Rat Problem - 1/19/2025

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/01/20

This week, Lisa and David talk about Diet Coke and Inauguration Day cringe; TikTok ban and national security threats; MSNBC Rachel Maddow coming back to daily and president stepping down; UnitedHealth’s stock down nearly 20% since UnitedHealthcare's CEO was killed; military vax discharges; Aaron Rodgers documentary and ayahuasca retreats; drug-eating rats invade Houston PD evidence room; Giuliani settles with election workers; private firefighters controversy; Tesla Cybertruck seized in U.K. for

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64:37

Lisa’s Denny’s Story of Syrup and Sadness - 1/12/2025

This Week in Outrage ·

2025/01/13

This week, Lisa and David talk about LA wildfires; Meta eliminating fact-checkers; Giuliani held in contempt (again?); Biden extends legal status for nearly 1 million immigrants; 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES); ex-FBI informant sentenced to 6 years for lying about Biden-Ukraine connections; latest distractions by president-elect; John Fetterman plans Mar-a-Lago visit, citing duty to represent all Pennsylvanians and find common ground; Fani Willis seeks Georgia Supreme Court review of removal

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70:12

Welcoming 2025: Surviving the Holidays with a Broken...

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2025/01/06

This week, Lisa and David talk about holiday craziness; Elon Musk sock-puppet accounts cringe; Josh Hawley accuses credit card companies of monopolistic behavior; Tesla self-driving AI turns on AI Tech CEO Jesse Lyu; Meta reinvents "Tom from Myspace"; AI experts think AI will destroy all humanity; missing Rep. Kay Granger found in a memory care facility; Georgia Judge who lost re-election bid shoots himself in courtroom; Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warns about threats to rule of law by

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69:48

Eggnog, Rum, and Outrage: A Holiday Special - 12/22/2024

This Week in Outrage ·

2024/12/23

This week, Lisa and David talk about the continuing resolution to keep the federal government operating; Supreme Court declined to hear appeal from Peter Navarro; A New York judge says Trump cannot use presidential immunity to overturn his felony conviction; OpenAI Whistleblower dies at 26 in apparent suicide; FAA bans drone flights over New Jersey; Josh Hawley pushes increase to child tax credit; Nima Momeni convicted in the 2023 fatal stabbing of Cash App founder; Trump bristles at Musk’s rise as

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73:13

Lisa’s Outrage: No Women, No Progress in Congress -...

This Week in Outrage ·

2024/12/16

This week, Lisa and David talk about the complexity of Luigi's motives and political affiliations; Maria Alvarado switches to GOP; Trump prioritizes ending daylight saving time; UnitedHealth's AI claim denials; AI allegedly resists shutdown; ChatGPT can now access and report on information from a user's camera; Sam Altman's reported $76,000 salary; judge blocks Infowars sale; no women leading committees in new GOP House; unionized Amazon warehouse votes to strike; ABC to pay $15 million to Trump’s

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75:03

Lisa Takes on Privatized Prisons 👮 - 12/8/2024

This Week in Outrage ·

2024/12/09

This week, Lisa and David talk about dips in MSNBC viewership; reactions to UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting; Jay-Z facing child rape accusation; far-right influencer Nick Fuentes charged with battery; women's prison closure sparks abuse, privatization, and overcrowding concerns; Deacon Dave Christmas light display; California aims to protect schools from immigration raids; parallels with So. Korea coup attempt and the United States; TikTok looming US ban; road rage; new potential ancient human

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67:40

Bible Sales Boom: Lisa Jokes About Joining the Holy...

This Week in Outrage ·

2024/12/02

This week, Lisa and David talk about Thanksgiving; McCarthy demands probe into Gaetz; appointments of Massad Boulos and Charles Kushner, fathers-in-law of the president-elect’s daughters; recent Biden federal judicial appointments; H5N1 bird flu, mutations hit California dairy herds, raise pandemic fears; Hunter Biden pardon (it hadn’t happened when this was recorded); Black Friday spending; Australian bans social media for under 16; eighties TV shows; popular higher vibration trend pseudo-science;

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