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Outrage 99 – The Hidden Structural Trap Behind Our $40 Trillion Dollar Debt – Eugene Steuerle
Aired Oct 21, 2026 When headlines broke that the U.S. national debt officially crossed the $40 trillion milestone—and the Treasury announced bond buybacks to manage the yield curve—the media reaction was immediate: Are we on the verge of a fiscal cliff? Is the Treasury quietly panicking? In this episode of Outrage Overload, we step away…
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Outrage 97 – Is Academic Research Compromising Its Own Standards – Ashley Rubin
Aired Sep 23, 2026 When we talk about political polarization and the collapse of public trust, attention usually focuses on social media algorithms, news commentary, or partisan politics. But what happens when trust breaks down in the institutions responsible for producing knowledge itself? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Ashley Rubin, Professor of…
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Spotlight Series – Decoding Democratic Socialism vs. Social Democracy
Aired Sep 16, 2026 What is the actual difference between a Social Democrat and a Democratic Socialist? In this experimental bonus episode of the podcast, hosts David and Lisa break down the definitions, public perceptions, and political realities surrounding these frequently misused terms. The discussion centers on the distinction between formal socialism—where the community or…
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Outrage 95 – The Legal Glitch That Engineered Our Political Rage – Larry Lessig
Aired Aug 26, 2026 We often treat political rage as a failure of human empathy or the inevitable result of social media algorithms. But the endless outrage cycling through our elections is being systematically financed by a legal loophole most people completely misunderstand. In this episode, Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig breaks down the hidden…
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Civic Voices: What Occupy Taught Us About Grassroots Power – Mila Atmos
Aired Aug 5 2026 When public movements erupt, media attention almost immediately centers on the spectacle—the street confrontations, the viral headlines, and the rapid-fire political commentary. But once the news cycle moves on and the crowds disperse, we rarely stop to analyze how the information ecosystem shaped what we saw, or what actually happens to…
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Bonus: “Occupy! An Unfinished Uprising” (from Future Hindsight)
Aired Jul 8, 2026 Today we have a special bonus episode for the Outrage Overload community. We are sharing the premiere episode of a brand-new, six-part documentary series from our sister show in The Democracy Group network, Future Hindsight. The series is called Occupy! An Unfinished Uprising. About This Special Episode: In 2008, a Wall Street crash gutted millions of…
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Outrage Bonus – Reclaiming the Narrative at America 250
Aired Jul 2 2026 As we approach the United States’ 250th anniversary, many citizens feel understandably conflicted, torn between recognizing the nation’s foundational promise and grappling with the stark realities of our polarized present—where national pride has hit a 25-year record low. Look no further than the milestone itself: what was meant to be a…
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Outrage Bonus – When the State Loses Moral Legitimacy
Aired Jun 10 2026 We tend to think of a nation’s strength in concrete terms—the size of its military, the reach of its laws, or the stability of its economy. But this special audio documentary episode of Outrage Overload pulls back the curtain on the illusion of government permanence to reveal a terrifyingly fragile truth.…
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Outrage 87 – The Human Need to Make the World Make Sense
Aired May 6, 2026 A Case Study in the Search for Truth What draws someone away from the mainstream consensus and into a completely different information ecosystem? In this episode, we take a departure from our usual format to conduct a deep-dive analysis of an interview with Sidney Pines. Rather than debating factual claims, we…
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Outrage Bonus – An Island with No Plan B – Caleb Scharf
Aired Apr 15, 2026 In 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi sat down for lunch and asked a deceptively simple question that has haunted scientists ever since: Where is everybody? In a galaxy filled with hundreds of billions of stars, the universe should be teeming with life. And yet, when we point our most sophisticated telescopes at…
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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.
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