At Outrage Overload, we’re proud to be part of a growing bridge building movement dedicated to lowering the temperature, healing divides, and strengthening democracy through empathy, dialogue, and curiosity.
While outrage dominates headlines, a quiet revolution of bridge-builders is working every day to help people listen, understand, and reconnect. Our podcast exists at the intersection of that movement — sharing their stories, amplifying their work, and joining them in creating spaces where disagreement doesn’t have to mean division.
Part of a National Bridge-Building Network
We’re honored to be a recognized part of the bridge-building community — a network of organizations, creators, and citizens working to replace contempt with connection.
Outrage Overload is featured on Conversation.US from the Listen First Project, and our content is re-shared by many organizations across the bridge-building space.
We’re in regular conversation with leaders and practitioners from many organizations. Below are just a few of them.
Each of these groups plays a vital role in helping communities navigate division — and we’re proud to help shine a light on their work.
Bridge Builders on the Podcast
The Outrage Overload Podcast has featured dozens of leaders from across the bridge-building and depolarization movement — researchers, founders, authors, and everyday citizens dedicated to bringing people together.
Our guests have included:
- Kira Hamman, Urban Rural Action
- Kristin Hansen, Civic Health Project
- Maureen Eccleston, Service Year Alliance
- Rich Harwood, The Harwood Institute
- Karissa Raskin, Listen First Project
- James Coan, More Like US
- Guy Burgess, Beyond Intractability
- Tami Pyfer, The Dignity Index
- Lisa Swallow, Crossing Party Lines
- and many more.
Each conversation helps reveal how bridge-building actually works — not just in theory, but in practice, in neighborhoods, schools, and families across the country.
🎧 Listen to episodes featuring bridge-building leaders here
In the Community
We don’t just talk about bridge-building — we take part in it.
Outrage Overload regularly collaborates with partner organizations on live events, panels, and listen circles that bring people together across differences. Whether online or in person, these events create the kind of human connection that no social media algorithm can replicate.
🗓️ Interested in partnering on an event or listening circle?
Let’s collaborate
Good News Worth Sharing
So much of what we see in today’s media reinforces division and outrage fatigue. But there’s another story unfolding — one of connection, understanding, and quiet progress.
By highlighting bridge-building organizations and sharing their stories, we aim to balance the outrage narrative with hope. Every person who listens, every small act of empathy, every conversation across a divide moves us a little closer to a calmer, more connected society.
Join the Movement to Lower the Temperature
We’re building a community of listeners, bridge-builders, and changemakers who believe in understanding over outrage.