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Outrage BONUS – One-year Anniversary Special – Peter Ditto
In this one-year anniversary episode of the Outrage Overload podcast, we reflect on the past year of diving deep into the outrage machine and searching for ways to lower the temperature. We’re thrilled to welcome back Dr. Peter Ditto, our very first guest, as we reexamine the ongoing challenges of political polarization and the erosion…
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Outrage 25 – How Crowdsourcing Identified Effective Strategies to Reduce Political Polarization – Jan Voelkel
In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that Americans are deeply divided along political lines. Democrats and Republicans often perceive each other as more extreme and different than they actually are, leading to a range of harmful consequences for our democracy. The Strengthening Democracy Challenge (SDC) seeks to address this issue by identifying short,…
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Outrage 24 – How Recognizing Fear and Pain Can Heal Our Divided Society – Phyllis Leavitt
Americans are genuinely hurting, and they are looking for someone to speak to them and for them. In this episode of the Outrage Overload podcast, we speak with psychotherapist and author Phyllis Leavitt. We discuss her new book, “America in Therapy” in which she describes the anger and division in American society, the importance of…
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Outrage 22 – How the Dignity Index Offers Hope for More Productive Political Discourse – Tami Pyfer
Join us as we explore the disconnect between the pleas for civil dialogue and the ever-growing divisiveness in political conversations. From social media clashes to fiery exchanges on the news, it’s clear that something went awry. Our guest, Tami Pyfer, a leading voice in the quest for a more dignified discourse, shares insights from their…
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Outrage 004 – Why political parties in America cater less to moderate and independent voters – Sean Evans
I first reached out to Sean Evans because he wrote an article about Ways to Stay Out of the Culture of Outrage. However, when we met I got interested in hearing from a political scientist to get the political science perspective regarding some of the themes we often discuss on the podcast, such as political…
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Outrage 002 – How democracy runs counter to almost all of our evolutionary tendencies – Peter Ditto
In this episode we conclude our interview with Professor Peter H. Ditto, where we continue our discussion of political polarization and “outrage porn” including how we overestimate the extremism of the other side and their hatred of us and various other distortions that get in the way of productive dialogue, as well as things like…
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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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