Outrage Overload

A Connors Forum podcast

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Outrage 011 – Put your oxygen mask on first – Alex Korb

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April 18, 2023

David Beckemeyer

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This is part-two of a two-part series on “The Neuroscience of Outrage Porn.” We’re talking with Dr. Alex Korb, a neuroscientist and best-selling author. If you haven’t listened to part-one yet, it’s time to go listen because you don’t want to miss it. In part one, we learned about some of the brain systems involved…
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Outrage 007 – How the outrage industry has evolved in the past decade – Jeffrey M. Berry

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February 13, 2023

David Beckemeyer

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The term “outrage industry” is fundamental to this podcast. It comes up on basically every episode. On the podcast website, I introduce the podcast as follows: “in each episode we explore a different aspect of the outrage industry and lowering the temperature.” It’s such a key concept that the website has a separate page defining…
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Outrage Overload is a podcast about the outrage industry, my journey to discover what it is, how it affects us, and what we can do about it.

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