The Age of Outrage

Bradley Jay Fills In On NightSide with Dan Rea:It seems these days, many people are quicker to anger than they used to be. Perhaps it's due to a combination of chronic stress, deep political and social divisions, financial pressures, or the constant churn of social media. Frequent exposure to outrage, combined with declining face-to-face interaction and growing feelings of isolation, can make it easier for disagreements to escalate into hostility. Bradley talked with psychologist Alice Connors-Kellgren about how to handle either your own anger or someone else's.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.