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Outrage 83 – Can Dinner Fix a Divided Society? – Tim Jones

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March 4, 2026

David Beckemeyer

belonging, bridge building, Bridge-Building, civic life, community building, depolarization, dialogue, human connection, loneliness, outrage culture, polarization, psychology, social cohesion, social media, social trust, ways to connect

Aired Mar 4, 2026 Political polarization, social division, and declining trust are often blamed on media, algorithms, and social networks. But what if the problem is simpler, (but also more difficult), than that? What if we’ve forgotten how to sit down with people who aren’t like us? In this episode of Outrage Overload, we talk…
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Outrage 77 – Issue Salience Polarization: Why We Disagree About What Matters – Adrienne Kafka & Troy Campbell

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November 26, 2025

David Beckemeyer

outrage, polarization, politics, psychology, Psychology & Neuroscience, social science, solution aversion

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 Bonus – When “Listen to the Other Side” Isn’t Enough (Emergency Panel)

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July 24, 2024

David Beckemeyer

Bridge-Building, psychology

Aired Jul 24, 2024 Feeling burnt out by the constant outrage, amplified by recent events like the turmoil in the presidential race and unsettling court decisions? You’re not alone. Many of you have reached out, frustrated that attempts at civil discourse haven’t yielded the results you hoped for. We hear you. This special bonus episode…
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Outrage 26 – The Science of Changing Minds – David McRaney

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October 15, 2023

David Beckemeyer

neuroscience, psychology, Psychology & Neuroscience, research, science

Aired Nov 15, 2023 In this episode of the Outrage Overload podcast, we hear from David McRaney, a renowned science journalist, author, and podcaster. In this thought-provoking conversation, McRaney talks about his book “How Minds Change” and shares his wisdom on the art of changing minds and the challenges we face in an increasingly polarized…
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Outrage 24 – How Recognizing Fear and Pain Can Heal Our Divided Society – Phyllis Leavitt

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September 28, 2023

David Beckemeyer

bridgingthedivide, politicaldivide, politicalpolarization, psychology, Psychology & Neuroscience

Aired Oct 18, 2023 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…
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Outrage 19 – What do scams and outrage porn have in common? – Christopher Chabris

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August 9, 2023

David Beckemeyer

misinformation, psychology, Psychology & Neuroscience

Aired Aug 9, 2023 You might remember the internet sensation that was “The Invisible Gorilla,” a captivating experiment that became a viral meme and forever changed the way we see our own perceptions. Now, the two leading psychologists who brought us the invisible gorilla, Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris, have a brand new book: Nobody’s…
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Outrage 006 – How virality results in moral panics – Kurt Gray

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February 6, 2023

David Beckemeyer

ethics, morality, moralpanic, outrage, psychology, Psychology & Neuroscience, research, science, socialmedia, socialmediaimpact, socialmediapsychology, virality

Aired Feb 8, 2023 Moral panics are not uncommon. Back in the 1980’s there was a moral panic over the game Dungeons and Dragons. Some parents believed D&D was the work of the devil, a gateway to joining a Satanic cult. It wasn’t “but this didn’t stop people from worrying about it,” says my guest…
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Outrage 001 – How liberals and conservatives behave more like Sunnis and Shias than they do political parties and why that’s a problem – Peter Ditto

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December 8, 2022

David Beckemeyer

democracy, democracyincrisis, dialogue, morality, motivatedreasoning, OutrageOverload, peterditto, politicaldivision, politicaldysfunction, politicalhatred, politicaloutrage, politicalpolarization, politicalscience, politicalsectarianism, psychology, Psychology & Neuroscience, science, socialmedia, thebigsort

In this episode we speak with Peter H. Ditto, Professor of psychological science at UC Irvine who is an expert on motivated reasoning, and especially motivated moral reasoning. He worked with a team of all-star scientists to look at a major social problem in our society: political polarization. In this episode, we explore this groundbreaking…
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Outrage Bonus – When “Listen to the Other Side” Isn’t Enough (Emergency Panel)

Outrage 26 – The Science of Changing Minds – David McRaney

Outrage 24 – How Recognizing Fear and Pain Can Heal Our Divided Society – Phyllis Leavitt

Outrage 19 – What do scams and outrage porn have in common? – Christopher Chabris

Outrage 006 – How virality results in moral panics – Kurt Gray

Outrage 001 – How liberals and conservatives behave more like Sunnis and Shias than they do political parties and why that’s a problem – Peter Ditto

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