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Outrage 77 – Issue Salience Polarization: Why We Disagree About What Matters – Adrienne Kafka & Troy Campbell
David Beckemeyer
Aired Nov 26, 2025 What if our biggest disagreements aren’t about what we believe—but about what deserves our attention? In this episode of Outrage Overload, we explore a fascinating new concept in political psychology: issue salience polarization — the idea that we’re not only divided by ideology or values, but by which problems we think…
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Outrage 53 – How Social Media Hostility Impacts Democracy – Ariel Hasell
David Beckemeyer
Aired Dec 4, 2024 In this episode of the Outrage Overload Podcast, we examine the fascinating and troubling world of social media hostility and its effects on our political attitudes. Social media platforms are rife with political attacks, but what do these posts really do to us? How do they shape our emotions, fuel political…
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Outrage BONUS – Why We Need Conservative Perspectives to Combat Polarization – Michael Anderson
Aired Aug 7, 2024 In this episode we address concerns about the podcast’s perceived political bias by featuring conservative researcher and author Michael Anderson. Anderson, known for his work on tribalism, offers a conservative perspective on issues like toxic polarization and the impact of social media on public discourse. Anderson explains how social media influences…
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David Beckemeyer on the Overcoming the Divide Podcast
I made an appearance on the Overcoming the Divide podcast. The podcast is about mending political and societal fractures through conversation, civil discourse, & empathy. Episodes published bi-weekly on Tuesdays. Together, we navigate the tightrope of the modern political landscape, where labels are quick to stick, and accusations fly for those not conforming to the…
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Outrage 012 – How relationship counseling can help us heal political divisions – Tiffynee Terry Thomas
David Beckemeyer
Aired May 3, 2023 Some scientists have made the analogy that our left / right politics in the United States are like a toxic marriage. In our opening series about political sectarianism, UC Irvine psychologist Peter Ditto, told us to buckle up: We’re in a very tenuous situation and it’s not one of these things…
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Outrage BONUS – How ChatGPT AI Can Persuade Humans on Political Issues – Hui Bai
David Beckemeyer
Aired Apr 26, 2023 The AI landscape is changing extremely fast. ChatGPT was first released to the public only a few months ago. We did an episode about it fairly early on. This new AI is being used already across many industries and applications, including writing code, policies, legal briefs, plans, job descriptions, analysis, and…
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Outrage 004 – Why political parties in America cater less to moderate and independent voters – Sean Evans
David Beckemeyer
Aired Jan 25, 2023 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…
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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.


