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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 26 – The Science of Changing Minds – David McRaney
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 25 – How Crowdsourcing Identified Effective Strategies to Reduce Political Polarization – Jan Voelkel
Aired Nov 1, 2023 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…
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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 006 – How virality results in moral panics – Kurt Gray
David Beckemeyer
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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BONUS – Twitter and Mastodon with David Troy
David Beckemeyer
Aired Feb 3, 2023 In this bonus episode, I geek out with an old friend, David Troy. We talk about Twitter and the announcement today that they are shutting down free access to the API, the Twitter-alternative, Mastodon, along with some geopolitics and other things. From Ars Technica: Cash-strapped Twitter to start charging developers for…
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BONUS – ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence
David Beckemeyer
Aired Dec 28, 2022 I’m almost certain that you’ve heard of ChatGPT by now. It’s a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) chat bot that is taking the internet by storm, as they say. It’s free to use during a test period. Within days of launching, it soared to over one million users and now has several…
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