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Outrage Overload x The Politics Guys: Deconstructing Polarization

90. Can You Build a Political Tribe Out of the Moderates Left Behind? – Paul Chapman

DOCUMENTARY - When the State Loses Moral Legitimacy

89. The Mentalization Gap - Lura Forcum

88. The Cost of Purity and the Power of Pluralism – Allison K. Ralph

BONUS - Navigating the Outrage Industry with Corey Nathan

87. The Human Need to Make the World Make Sense

86. Why We Viscerally Resist Talking to the Other Side – Mónica Guzmán

BONUS - An Island with No Plan B - Caleb Scharf

85. Escaping the Filter Bubble: How to Find Consensus in a Divided World - Kristin Jackson

84. I Bought a Bar: An experiment in bridge-building - K Scarry

BONUS - The “Move to the Center” Strategy Is Distracting Us From What Matters – Frank A. Spring

83. Connection Is Slow, And That’s the Point – Tim Jones

82. Tribal Thinking Is Eroding Democracy – Timothy Redmond

81. My Omaha: A Story of Division, Trust, and Family – Nick Beaulieu

BONUS - America’s Lost Generation – Cameron Cowan

80. Small Acts Matter More Than We Think – Luke Berryman

79. When We Stop Sharing the Same Reality – Stephen Maher

BONUS - A Clear-Eyed Look Back at the Pandemic Divide

BONUS - The Congresspeople You’ve Never Heard Of Might Save Democracy – Brad Porteus

78. When AI Becomes the Most Persuasive Voice in the Room – Petter Törnberg

BONUS - The America You Don’t See on the News – Adam Mizel

77. Issue Salience Polarization - Adrienne Kafka & Troy Campbell

Okay Boomer – Drowning in Digital Overwhelm - Craig Mattson

76. The Revolt Against the Experts – Hillary Shulman

75. The Hidden Power of the Politically Homeless - Lura Forcum

DOCUMENTARY - The Manosphere: A Shadow Network of Influence – Havana Mohr-Ramirez

74. When Polarized Communities Work Together – Kira Hamman

73. Rethinking Autism Advocacy – Ari Ne’eman

72. The Fight to Make Online Spaces Civil Again - Yevgeny Simkin

DOCUMENTARY - What’s Pulling Young Men to the Right?

71. Do Facts Really Change Minds? – Nick Stagnaro

70. Is There Still Hope for the Internet? - Kristin Hansen

BONUS - Teaching Civics in the Age of Outrage - June Klees

69. America’s Connection Opportunity - Kate Carney and Calista Small

68. Is Our Democracy Failing Because We’re Not Thinking Enough? - James Fishkin

Outrage on the Mic – Part 3: Rage Sells, But We Don’t Have to Buy It

Outrage on the Mic, Part 2: Outrage Has Always Been With Us

Outrage on the Mic – Part 1: Laughing Through the Outrage

67. AI vs. Ancient Hatreds: Can Tech Ease the Israeli-Palestinian Divide? – Adam Boaz Becker

BONUS - Are We Witnessing a Democracy in Crisis? - Lucan Way

66. What It Really Takes to Fix the Division in America – Rich Harwood

DOCUMENTARY - How ‘Natural Living’ Becomes Extremism: Inside the Crunchy-to-Radical Pipeline

65. Grief, Fatigue, and the Aftermath of COVID - Zeest Khan

BONUS - Crisis in National Service Undermines Civic Engagement – Maureen Eccleston

64. Our Democracy Is Fraying—Here’s How We Start Repairing It - Karissa Raskin

BONUS - Crisis in Journalism with Michael Deas

63. Moral Psychology and the Harm-Based Roots of Political Polarization - Sam Pratt

62. Reducing Online Outrage: What Role Can Community-Driven Algorithms Play - Paul Resnick

BONUS - How Authoritarianism Creeps In: Lessons from Postcards to Hitler - Bruce Neuburger

61. Outraged! The New Science of Moral Outrage - Kurt Gray

BONUS - From Outrage to Reflection

60. PODCASTHON: How One Group Is Bridging Tech Gaps in Underserved Communities - Leonardo Sosa

Okay Boomer - Mental Health - Valerie Beck

59. Outrage, Fear, and Perception: Understanding Cultivation Theory - James Shanahan

DOCUMENTARY - The Imperial Presidency? Executive Overreach and the Constitution

58. The Truth Behind Political Division: Are We Really That Different? - James Coan

DOCUMENTARY - Beyond Male and Female: The Science—and Politics—of Sex Development

57. The Digital Detox: How Vinyl and Old Tech Became Cool Again - David Sax

BONUS - Behind the Curtain: A Conversation with DNC Chair Candidate Jason Paul

56. The Cost of Innovation: Who Pays for Silicon Valley’s Bold Experiments? - Émile P. Torres

BONUS - Aphantasia, Face Blindness, and the Diversity of Inner Worlds - Sadie Dingfelder

55. Surviving the Age of Misinformation - David Helfand

BONUS - Special: Behind the Mic: The Highs, Lows, and Surprises of Running This Show

54. How Local Communities Are Quietly Healing America’s Political Divide - Rich Harwood

BONUS - The Hate Next Door: Unmasking the New Face of White Supremacy - Matt and Tawni Browning

53. The Impact of Political Attacks on Social Media - Ariel Hasell

52. Nobody wants to be an idiot - Andrew Selepak

BONUS - Post-Election 2024 Special: What Are Voters Really Saying?

51. The complex interplay between burnout, outrage, and societal challenges - Gary Simonds

BONUS - Tech Bro Apocalypse Dreams - David Troy

50. I got to the point where I just didn't even want to consume the news anymore - Julie Rose

BONUS - How to Persuade People Who Disagree With You (Hint: It’s Not Facts) - Karin Tamerius

49. What would an environmental saint look like? - Roger S. Gottlieb

BONUS - We don't have for election day any particular culture - Jonathan Bernstein

48. The complex psychological effects of Twitter use - Victoria Oldemburgo de Mello

BONUS - Centrism is no longer viable - Steve McIntosh

47. People have already decided what is factual and correct - Samuel C. Spitale

BONUS - Rethinking Your News Diet: Two Approaches to a Healthier Information Intake - Drew Steigerwald & Alex Fink

46. The Enduring Grip of Trumpism on America - Robert Gutsche

BONUS - Project 2025 and Agenda 47 - Sean Evans

45. Why Smart People Disagree: The Hidden Tug-of-War Between Logic and Gut Instinct - Guy Burgess

BONUS - We're Different. You're Not Going to Turn a Conservative into a Liberal - Michael Anderson

44. Outrage Fatigue - Inoculating Our Minds Against Misinformation - Melanie Trecek-King

BONUS - When “Listen to the Other Side” Isn’t Enough (Emergency Panel) - Phyllis Leavitt and Lisa Swallow

43. Enemy at First Sight: Decoding the Neural Shortcuts of Political Division - Carsten Sander

BONUS - Think They’re Nuts? The Real Psychology Behind Political Opponents - Lisa Swallow

42. Maybe we were not ready - Michalis Mamakos

Okay Boomer - Housing - Cameron Lee Cowan and Jake Didinsky

41. You can't make something settled just by saying it's settled - Ilana Redstone

BONUS - Negativity Addiction - Travis Monteleone

40. You're funneled down this rabbit hole of extremist beliefs - Jack Wippell

39. The Poisoning of the American Mind - Lawrence Eppard (rebroadcast)

DOCUMENTARY - America on the Knife’s Edge

38. Was it social media in the living room with the candlestick? - Thomas Zeitzoff

BONUS - Believing pencils are charming becomes politicized - Dino Carpentras

37. There is an enormous amount of distrust and gullibility - Andreas Schedler

36. It's not as if there's only certain types of people that are affected by this – Åsa Wikforss

35. Challenging the Left vs. Right Paradigm - Hyrum Lewis

34. It has to be person to person for it to mean anything - Luke Nathan Phillips

BONUS - They're not evil. They just think differently than you - Tami Pyfer

33. There's been a lot of pushback against this - Alia Braley

BONUS - GuesSync! you don't need to know politics to play the game - Ashwin Rajadesingan

32. We just dig our heels in and make assumptions that are often wrong - Ken Futernick

BONUS - It doesn't seem as if we're all playing by the same rules - Shannon McGregor

31. In a democracy you get exactly the government you deserve - Kevin Smith

30. The History of Outrage TV - Robert Thompson

MLK Day Special - Hajar Yazdiha

29. This is basically trying to avoid civil war - Peter Coleman

BONUS - A lot of angry reactions (remix) - Steven Rathje

28. Listening is more important than talking - Matt Levendusky

BONUS - One-year Anniversary Special – Peter Ditto

27. Make sure that you're not getting high on your own supply - Dannagal G. Young

BONUS - There's a lot of pressure to conform - Lawrence Eppard

26. The cascade process is a way that minds change at scale - David McRaney

25. So we thought we would do a tournament - Jan Voelkel

BONUS 2023 Recap – Meet Austin Chen

24. The good news is we really do know a lot about what we need to do - Phyllis Leavitt

23. For the most part, people are speaking into the void - Sanjay Jolly

BONUS - Desperate for Relief: How Outrage at the Medical System Fuels the Rise of Alternative Medicine - Britt Hermes & Michael Lenz

22. The Dignity Index - Tami Pyfer

21. I don't try to make sense of it anymore - Courtney Heard

BONUS - Samizdat Online's Battle Against Censorship - Yevgeny Simkin

20. Make Hondas fly across the news - Yevgeny Simkin

19. About half the people simply don't notice the gorilla - Chris Chabris

BONUS - Step one: storm the capitol - Ben Hamilton

18. You can't necessarily just vote your way out of this - David Troy

BONUS - Secret docs Trump indictment - Jon Marshall

17. The billion dollar question for democracy - Tobias Rose-Stockwell

16. The biggest conspiracy of all is that nobody really knows what they're doing - Michael Serazio

BONUS - Street Outrage - Unfiltered Trio

15. Validation is the WD40 of our world - Hesha Abrams

14. Erosion of trust in traditional media institutions - Lawrence Eppard

BONUS - An anthropologist goes to CPAC - Alexander Hinton

13. This is really primal stuff - Ritsaart Reimann

12. Not everybody wants to talk to a sexologist, yet everybody has sex - Tiffynee Terry-Thomas

BONUS - ChatGPT vs. Human Political Persuasion - Hui Bai

11. The neuroscience of outrage porn - Alex Korb - Part Two

10. The neuroscience of outrage porn - Alex Korb - Part One

BONUS - The Pandemic Divide: How COVID Shattered Trust in Science and Fueled Outrage - Kevin Bass

9. A lot of angry reactions - Steven Rathje - Part Two

8. A lot of angry reactions - Steven Rathje - Part One

7. What took us five years of research he understood intuitively - Jeffrey M. Berry

BONUS - ATM Robbery, Outrage, and the Toxic Side of Nextdoor

6. Stealing their dishwasher - Kurt Gray

BONUS - Twitter and Mastodon - David Troy

5. Holocaust Denial - Luke Berryman

4. We've Met the Enemy. And it's Us. - Sean Evans

BONUS - ChatGPT weighs in on outrage porn

3. It Just Said "See Incivility" - Russ Charvonia

BONUS - Outrage porn's impact on the midterms - Sean Evans

2. Political Sectarianism: The Role of Outrage Porn - Peter Ditto - Part Two

1. Political Sectarianism: The Role of Outrage Porn - Peter Ditto - Part One

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