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Everyone Watched the Same Event and Saw Something Different – Alison Sher

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March 18, 2026

David Beckemeyer

activism, BLM, bridge building, critical thinking, culture war, echo chambers, ideology, journalism standards, media bias, media literacy, misinformation, moral psychology, outrage culture, political identity, political polarization, selective storytelling, social contagion, Special Focus / Current Events, tribalism, two-party system

Author and researcher Allison Sher spent years studying how outrage moves through media systems — and what it does to the people inside them. Her conclusion: the division we experience isn’t just a political problem. It’s a contagion, and most of us don’t realize we’ve been exposed. In this conversation, David and Allison explore the…
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Outrage 62 – How Systems Like Community Notes on Twitter/X Aim to Break the Cycle of Misinformation – Paul Resnick

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April 16, 2025

David Beckemeyer

Community Notes Twitter, echo chambers, Fact-checking tools, Filter Bubbles, misinformation, Recommender systems, Reducing online outrage, social media algorithms, Social media and democracy

Aired Apr 16 2025 Algorithms. Misinformation. Echo chambers. These buzzwords dominate conversations about digital media and political polarization. But what if the same technology that fuels outrage and division could also help us bridge divides and lower the temperature. In this episode of Outrage Overload, we dive deep into the role of technology in shaping…
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Outrage 61 – Outraged! The New Science of Morality – Kurt Gray

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April 2, 2025

David Beckemeyer

cancel culture, depolarization, digital media manipulation, echo chambers, Jonathan Haidt, Kurt Gray, media bias, moral outrage, moral psychology, outrage addiction, outrage culture, Outrage Industry, Outraged!, political discourse, political division, political polarization, psychology of outrage, social media algorithms, social media outrage, The Righteous Mind, toxic polarization

Aired Apr 2 2025 For over a decade, The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt has shaped how we think about political polarization and moral psychology. It introduced moral foundations theory, helping us understand why people on different sides of the political spectrum see the world so differently. But in today’s outrage-driven landscape, is that framework…
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Everyone Watched the Same Event and Saw Something Different – Alison Sher

Outrage 62 – How Systems Like Community Notes on Twitter/X Aim to Break the Cycle of Misinformation – Paul Resnick

Outrage 61 – Outraged! The New Science of Morality – Kurt Gray

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