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Outrage 86 – Why We Viscerally Resist Talking to the Other Side – Mónica Guzmán
David Beckemeyer
Bridge-Building, bridging the political divide, civil discourse in america, finding common ground, healing political polarization, how to be less angry about politics, how to have difficult conversations, how to talk to people with different views, overcoming political fear, political division in families, political empathy, surviving political arguments, talking across the aisle, understanding the other side, why politics is so toxic, why we hate our neighbors, why we strawman othersAired Apr 22, 2026 This episode explores why we’ve come to view curiosity as a threat and how our political labels have transformed from descriptions of our beliefs into shields that prevent us from seeing the humanity in our neighbors. By examining the “archvillain” of fear, we uncover how our systems are currently rigged to…
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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.


