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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
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 that’s gonna resolve itself.…
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Outrage BONUS – How ChatGPT AI Can Persuade Humans on Political Issues – Hui Bai
David Beckemeyer
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 many others. Researchers realized…
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Outrage 004 – Why political parties in America cater less to moderate and independent voters – Sean Evans
David Beckemeyer
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 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.