Escaping Tribal Outrage with David Beckemeyer

Episode 58 of the The Purple Pawedcast podcast, hosted by Amethysta Herrick, Ph.D., titled "Escaping Tribal Outrage with David Beckemeyer" was published on February 14, 2025 and runs 67 minutes.

February 14, 2025 ·67m · The Purple Pawedcast

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Summary

Today's episode features David Beckemeyer discussing tribal identity and the outrage it brings. David is a bridge-builder and host of the "Outrage Overload" podcast. David and I consider topics as far afield as social media detox, street epistemology, and libraries lousy with drag queens.REFERENCES:“Outrage Overload” website: https://outrageoverload.net/Follow Outrage Overload on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OutrageOverloadFollow Outrage Overload on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outrageoverload/Follow Outrage Overload on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OutrageOverload?sub_confirmation=1Follow David on Mastodon: https://toad.social/@DavidBeckemeyerFollow Outrage Overload on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/outrageoverload.bsky.socialFollow David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbeckemeyer/Arnold Toynbee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_J._Toynbee(00:00) - Opening credits (00:37) - Show opening (01:30) - Introducing David Beckemeyer (02:38) - How Facebook fights inspired a podcast (08:26) - We love to be outraged, but we don't want to admit it (12:13) - Blind spots to our side's behavior (17:46) - A hot-button issue example with Ami! (22:09) - Street epistemology of vegetables (27:02) - Needing to change minds (31:00) - Fear of social death (36:27) - Enforcing social norms as the origin of outrage (39:47) - When outrage becomes recreation or profession (45:16) - And even when you're wrong, it doesn't matter (47:27) - Ending reliance on outrage with a larger cultural identity (54:49) - Building your own private echo chamber (01:04:02) - How to find David Beckemeyer on the internet (01:06:32) - Show closing (01:07:18) - Closing credits ★ Support this podcast ★

Episode Description

Today's episode features David Beckemeyer discussing tribal identity and the outrage it brings. David is a bridge-builder and host of the "Outrage Overload" podcast. David and I consider topics as far afield as social media detox, street epistemology, and libraries lousy with drag queens.

REFERENCES:
“Outrage Overload” website: https://outrageoverload.net/

Follow Outrage Overload on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OutrageOverload

Follow Outrage Overload on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outrageoverload/

Follow Outrage Overload on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OutrageOverload?sub_confirmation=1

Follow David on Mastodon: https://toad.social/@DavidBeckemeyer

Follow Outrage Overload on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/outrageoverload.bsky.social

Follow David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbeckemeyer/

Arnold Toynbee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_J._Toynbee

(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:30) - Introducing David Beckemeyer
(02:38) - How Facebook fights inspired a podcast
(08:26) - We love to be outraged, but we don't want to admit it
(12:13) - Blind spots to our side's behavior
(17:46) - A hot-button issue example with Ami!
(22:09) - Street epistemology of vegetables
(27:02) - Needing to change minds
(31:00) - Fear of social death
(36:27) - Enforcing social norms as the origin of outrage
(39:47) - When outrage becomes recreation or profession
(45:16) - And even when you're wrong, it doesn't matter
(47:27) - Ending reliance on outrage with a larger cultural identity
(54:49) - Building your own private echo chamber
(01:04:02) - How to find David Beckemeyer on the internet
(01:06:32) - Show closing
(01:07:18) - Closing credits

★ Support this podcast ★

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