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Outrage 79 – When We Stop Sharing the Same Reality – Stephen Maher

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January 7, 2026

David Beckemeyer

Canada politics, civic culture, democracy, Democracy & Civic Life, local journalism, Media & Technology, Media Trust, misinformation, Misinformation & Critical Thinking, news ecosystem, polarization, social media algorithms, Stephen Maher, U.S. politics

Aired Jan 7, 2026 What happens to a democracy when people no longer share the same set of facts?In this episode of Outrage Overload, veteran Canadian journalist Stephen Maher joins us to explore one of the biggest—and least understood—drivers of modern polarization: the collapse of local news and the rise of the algorithmic public square.…
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Outrage 62 – How Systems Like Community Notes on Twitter/X Aim to Break the Cycle of Misinformation – Paul Resnick

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April 16, 2025

David Beckemeyer

Community Notes Twitter, echo chambers, Fact-checking tools, Filter Bubbles, misinformation, Recommender systems, Reducing online outrage, social media algorithms, Social media and democracy

Aired Apr 16 2025 Algorithms. Misinformation. Echo chambers. These buzzwords dominate conversations about digital media and political polarization. But what if the same technology that fuels outrage and division could also help us bridge divides and lower the temperature. In this episode of Outrage Overload, we dive deep into the role of technology in shaping…
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Outrage 61 – Outraged! The New Science of Morality – Kurt Gray

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April 2, 2025

David Beckemeyer

cancel culture, depolarization, digital media manipulation, echo chambers, Jonathan Haidt, Kurt Gray, media bias, moral outrage, moral psychology, outrage addiction, outrage culture, Outrage Industry, Outraged!, political discourse, political division, political polarization, psychology of outrage, social media algorithms, social media outrage, The Righteous Mind, toxic polarization

Aired Apr 2 2025 For over a decade, The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt has shaped how we think about political polarization and moral psychology. It introduced moral foundations theory, helping us understand why people on different sides of the political spectrum see the world so differently. But in today’s outrage-driven landscape, is that framework…
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Outrage 79 – When We Stop Sharing the Same Reality – Stephen Maher

Outrage 62 – How Systems Like Community Notes on Twitter/X Aim to Break the Cycle of Misinformation – Paul Resnick

Outrage 61 – Outraged! The New Science of Morality – Kurt Gray

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