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Outrage 84 – I Bought a Bar – K Scarry
David Beckemeyer
Advocacy, Bridge-Building, civic engagement, Civic Grace, community building, Conflict Resolution, Democracy & Civic Life, dialogue, Hospitality, media literacy, Narrative Storytelling, outrage culture, Relationship Building, Resilience, social cohesion, Special Focus / Current Events, Third Spaces, Urban Sociology, Washington D.C.Aired Mar 25, 2026 “I know a woman who literally purchased a bar in downtown DC because she was concerned about the lack of third spaces in her community.”– Kira Hamman After seven years working in the formal “bridge-building” industry, K Scarry realized that the people who most needed to talk to one another were…
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Everyone Watched the Same Event and Saw Something Different – Alison Sher
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 systemAuthor 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 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.


