Outrage Overload
Every day, we're bombarded with "outrage porn," material used to evoke anger, disgust or indignation – online, in the news, political campaigns, gossip, friends venting their frustrations.
I'm making a claim that the outrage machine has been too successful, like the dog that caught the bus. We've been telling ourselves the other side is "evil" and now we believe it. The baseline of constant and chronic outrage, a persistent background level, weighs on us, creating constant stress and anxiety individually and on society as a whole.
It's a journey, my journey. I'll take listeners along as witnesses. I'm not the expert. I don't know everything. I don't even know what I don't know. I have some hypotheses and now with each episode I'll find an expert I can talk to or some research or otherwise that I can talk about that informs these questions, and perhaps leads me to the next step along this journey.
Bridging Through Collective Meaning-Making -NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 3
Can We Make Outrage Less Rewarding? NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 2
What Even Is Bridging? NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 1
75. The Hidden Power of the Politically Homeless - Lura Forcum
DOCUMENTARY - The Manosphere: A Shadow Network of Influence – Havana Mohr-Ramirez
74. When Polarized Communities Work Together – Kira Hamman
Unpacking the Autism Tylenol Press Conference: Facts, Fears, and Fetal Health
International Podcast Day Live
73. Rethinking Autism Advocacy – Ari Ne’eman
Gen Z Men Moving to the Right
72. The Fight to Make Online Spaces Civil Again - Yevgeny Simkin
Agenda 47 Revisited: One Year Later
DOCUMENTARY - What’s Pulling Young Men to the Right?
71. Do Facts Really Change Minds? – Nick Stagnaro
70. Is There Still Hope for the Internet? - Kristin Hansen
BONUS - Teaching Civics in the Age of Outrage - June Klees
BONUS - ATM Robbery, Outrage, and the Toxic Side of Nextdoor
69. America’s Connection Opportunity - Kate Carney and Calista Small
68. Is Our Democracy Failing Because We’re Not Thinking Enough? - James Fishkin
Outrage on the Mic – Part 3: Rage Sells, But We Don’t Have to Buy It
Outrage on the Mic, Part 2: Outrage Has Always Been With Us
Outrage on the Mic – Part 1: Laughing Through the Outrage
Can George Washington Save Democracy? Paul Greenberg on ‘A Third Term’
Outrage, AI, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Full Interview with Adam Boaz Becker
67. AI vs. Ancient Hatreds: Can Tech Ease the Israeli-Palestinian Divide? – Adam Boaz Becker
BONUS - Are We Witnessing a Democracy in Crisis? - Lucan Way
66. What It Really Takes to Fix the Division in America – Rich Harwood
Outrage Overload Trailer
DOCUMENTARY - How ‘Natural Living’ Becomes Extremism: Inside the Crunchy-to-Radical Pipeline
65. Grief, Fatigue, and the Aftermath of COVID - Zeest Khan