Outrage Overload
Navigate outrage, reclaim reason: rethink politics and media
Outrage Overload
Navigate outrage, reclaim reason: rethink politics and media
About Outrage Overload
Navigate outrage, reclaim reason: rethink politics and media
If you're angry, frustrated, or scared about the state of politics and media and looking for thoughtful, balanced discussions, this podcast is for you. About 30 minutes every few weeks. It will change your life.
Why Join Outrage Overload as a Guest
Depolarization-Focused Audience
You reach listeners actively seeking tools to navigate outrage, misinformation, and political division with clarity and calm.
Science-Driven Interviews
You'll join in evidence-based conversations with researchers, authors, and thought leaders tackling media bias and extremism.
Expert Guest Roster
You'll be in good company-past guests include acclaimed scientists, political psychologists, and communication scholars.
Apple & Spotify Reach
Your episode is distributed on all major podcast platforms, helping you amplify your message to a broad, informed audience.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
The Mechanics of Outrage
Break down what fuels outrage culture and how it manipulates public perception.
Toxic Polarization & Its Costs
Explore how division impacts democracy, mental health, and civil society.
AI, Tech & Misinformation
Unpack how algorithms and artificial intelligence drive disinformation and outrage.
Bridging the Divide
Share tools and stories that foster empathy, critical thinking, and productive dialogue.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Your episode helps listeners reduce outrage fatigue, think critically, and engage in healthier political dialogue.
Hot Topics
Why Trust Me
The Ideal Guest
You're a great fit if you specialize in political psychology, media literacy, disinformation, civic engagement, or conflict resolution-and want to reach thoughtful listeners ready for change.
Recent Episodes
75. The Hidden Power of the Politically Homeless - Lura Forcum
Outrage Overload • Oct 29, 2025
DOCUMENTARY - The Manosphere: A Shadow Network of Influence – Havana Mohr-Ramirez
Outrage Overload • Oct 22, 2025
74. When Polarized Communities Work Together – Kira Hamman
Outrage Overload • Oct 15, 2025
BONUS - A lot of angry reactions (remix) - Steven Rathje
Outrage Overload • Oct 8, 2025
73. Rethinking Autism Advocacy – Ari Ne’eman
Outrage Overload • Oct 1, 2025
72. The Fight to Make Online Spaces Civil Again - Yevgeny Simkin
Outrage Overload • Sep 17, 2025
DOCUMENTARY - What’s Pulling Young Men to the Right?
Outrage Overload • Sep 10, 2025
71. Do Facts Really Change Minds? – Nick Stagnaro
Outrage Overload • Sep 3, 2025
70. Is There Still Hope for the Internet? - Kristin Hansen
Outrage Overload • Aug 20, 2025
BONUS - Teaching Civics in the Age of Outrage - June Klees
Outrage Overload • Aug 13, 2025
69. America’s Connection Opportunity - Kate Carney and Calista Small
Outrage Overload • Aug 6, 2025
68. Is Our Democracy Failing Because We’re Not Thinking Enough? - James Fishkin
Outrage Overload • Jul 23, 2025
Outrage on the Mic – Part 3: Rage Sells, But We Don’t Have to Buy It
Outrage Overload • Jul 16, 2025
Outrage on the Mic, Part 2: Outrage Has Always Been With Us
Outrage Overload • Jul 9, 2025
Outrage on the Mic – Part 1: Laughing Through the Outrage
Outrage Overload • Jul 2, 2025
67. AI vs. Ancient Hatreds: Can Tech Ease the Israeli-Palestinian Divide? – Adam Boaz Becker
Outrage Overload • Jun 25, 2025
BONUS - Are We Witnessing a Democracy in Crisis? - Lucan Way
Outrage Overload • Jun 18, 2025
66. What It Really Takes to Fix the Division in America – Rich Harwood
Outrage Overload • Jun 11, 2025
DOCUMENTARY - How ‘Natural Living’ Becomes Extremism: Inside the Crunchy-to-Radical Pipeline
Outrage Overload • Jun 4, 2025
65. Grief, Fatigue, and the Aftermath of COVID - Zeest Khan
Outrage Overload • May 28, 2025
BONUS - Crisis in National Service Undermines Civic Engagement – Maureen Eccleston
Outrage Overload • May 21, 2025
64. Our Democracy Is Fraying—Here’s How We Start Repairing It - Karissa Raskin
Outrage Overload • May 14, 2025
BONUS - Crisis in Journalism with Michael Deas
Outrage Overload • May 7, 2025
63. Moral Psychology and the Harm-Based Roots of Political Polarization - Sam Pratt
Outrage Overload • Apr 30, 2025
62. Reducing Online Outrage: What Role Can Community-Driven Algorithms Play - Paul Resnick
Outrage Overload • Apr 16, 2025
BONUS - How Authoritarianism Creeps In: Lessons from Postcards to Hitler - Bruce Neuburger
Outrage Overload • Apr 9, 2025
61. Outraged! The New Science of Moral Outrage - Kurt Gray
Outrage Overload • Apr 2, 2025
BONUS - From Outrage to Reflection
Outrage Overload • Mar 26, 2025
60. PODCASTHON: How One Group Is Bridging Tech Gaps in Underserved Communities - Leonardo Sosa
Outrage Overload • Mar 19, 2025
Okay Boomer - Mental Health - Valerie Beck
Outrage Overload • Mar 12, 2025
59. Outrage, Fear, and Perception: Understanding Cultivation Theory - James Shanahan
Outrage Overload • Mar 5, 2025
DOCUMENTARY - The Imperial Presidency? Executive Overreach and the Constitution
Outrage Overload • Feb 26, 2025
58. The Truth Behind Political Division: Are We Really That Different? - James Coan
Outrage Overload • Feb 19, 2025
DOCUMENTARY - Beyond Male and Female: The Science—and Politics—of Sex Development
Outrage Overload • Feb 12, 2025
57. The Digital Detox: How Vinyl and Old Tech Became Cool Again - David Sax
Outrage Overload • Feb 5, 2025
BONUS - Behind the Curtain: A Conversation with DNC Chair Candidate Jason Paul
Outrage Overload • Jan 29, 2025
56. The Cost of Innovation: Who Pays for Silicon Valley’s Bold Experiments? - Émile P. Torres
Outrage Overload • Jan 22, 2025
BONUS - Aphantasia, Face Blindness, and the Diversity of Inner Worlds - Sadie Dingfelder
Outrage Overload • Jan 15, 2025
55. Surviving the Age of Misinformation - David Helfand
Outrage Overload • Jan 8, 2025
BONUS - Special: Behind the Mic: The Highs, Lows, and Surprises of Running This Show
Outrage Overload • Dec 25, 2024
54. How Local Communities Are Quietly Healing America’s Political Divide - Rich Harwood
Outrage Overload • Dec 18, 2024
BONUS - The Hate Next Door: Unmasking the New Face of White Supremacy - Matt and Tawni Browning
Outrage Overload • Dec 11, 2024
53. The Impact of Political Attacks on Social Media - Ariel Hasell
Outrage Overload • Dec 4, 2024
52. Nobody wants to be an idiot - Andrew Selepak
Outrage Overload • Nov 20, 2024
BONUS - Post-Election 2024 Special: What Are Voters Really Saying?
Outrage Overload • Nov 14, 2024
51. The complex interplay between burnout, outrage, and societal challenges - Gary Simonds
Outrage Overload • Nov 6, 2024
BONUS - Tech Bro Apocalypse Dreams - David Troy
Outrage Overload • Oct 30, 2024
50. I got to the point where I just didn't even want to consume the news anymore - Julie Rose
Outrage Overload • Oct 23, 2024
BONUS - How to Persuade People Who Disagree With You (Hint: It’s Not Facts) - Karin Tamerius
Outrage Overload • Oct 16, 2024
49. What would an environmental saint look like? - Roger S. Gottlieb
Outrage Overload • Oct 9, 2024
BONUS - We don't have for election day any particular culture - Jonathan Bernstein
Outrage Overload • Oct 2, 2024
48. The complex psychological effects of Twitter use - Victoria Oldemburgo de Mello
Outrage Overload • Sep 25, 2024
BONUS - Centrism is no longer viable - Steve McIntosh
Outrage Overload • Sep 18, 2024
47. People have already decided what is factual and correct - Samuel C. Spitale
Outrage Overload • Sep 11, 2024
BONUS - Rethinking Your News Diet: Two Approaches to a Healthier Information Intake - Drew Steigerwald & Alex Fink
Outrage Overload • Sep 4, 2024
46. The Enduring Grip of Trumpism on America - Robert Gutsche
Outrage Overload • Aug 28, 2024
BONUS - Project 2025 and Agenda 47 - Sean Evans
Outrage Overload • Aug 21, 2024
45. Why Smart People Disagree: The Hidden Tug-of-War Between Logic and Gut Instinct - Guy Burgess
Outrage Overload • Aug 14, 2024
BONUS - We're Different. You're Not Going to Turn a Conservative into a Liberal - Michael Anderson
Outrage Overload • Aug 7, 2024
44. Outrage Fatigue - Inoculating Our Minds Against Misinformation - Melanie Trecek-King
Outrage Overload • Jul 31, 2024
BONUS - When “Listen to the Other Side” Isn’t Enough (Emergency Panel) - Phyllis Leavitt and Lisa Swallow
Outrage Overload • Jul 24, 2024
43. Enemy at First Sight: Decoding the Neural Shortcuts of Political Division - Carsten Sander
Outrage Overload • Jul 17, 2024
BONUS - Think They’re Nuts? The Real Psychology Behind Political Opponents - Lisa Swallow
Outrage Overload • Jul 10, 2024
42. Maybe we were not ready - Michalis Mamakos
Outrage Overload • Jul 3, 2024
Okay Boomer - Housing - Cameron Lee Cowan and Jake Didinsky
Outrage Overload • Jun 26, 2024
41. You can't make something settled just by saying it's settled - Ilana Redstone
Outrage Overload • Jun 19, 2024
BONUS - Negativity Addiction - Travis Monteleone
Outrage Overload • Jun 12, 2024
40. You're funneled down this rabbit hole of extremist beliefs - Jack Wippell
Outrage Overload • Jun 5, 2024
39. The Poisoning of the American Mind - Lawrence Eppard (rebroadcast)
Outrage Overload • May 22, 2024
DOCUMENTARY - America on the Knife’s Edge
Outrage Overload • May 15, 2024
38. Was it social media in the living room with the candlestick? - Thomas Zeitzoff
Outrage Overload • May 8, 2024
BONUS - Believing pencils are charming becomes politicized - Dino Carpentras
Outrage Overload • May 1, 2024
37. There is an enormous amount of distrust and gullibility - Andreas Schedler
Outrage Overload • Apr 24, 2024
36. It's not as if there's only certain types of people that are affected by this – Åsa Wikforss
Outrage Overload • Apr 10, 2024
35. Challenging the Left vs. Right Paradigm - Hyrum Lewis
Outrage Overload • Mar 27, 2024
34. It has to be person to person for it to mean anything - Luke Nathan Phillips
Outrage Overload • Mar 13, 2024
BONUS - They're not evil. They just think differently than you - Tami Pyfer
Outrage Overload • Mar 6, 2024
33. There's been a lot of pushback against this - Alia Braley
Outrage Overload • Feb 28, 2024
BONUS - GuesSync! you don't need to know politics to play the game - Ashwin Rajadesingan
Outrage Overload • Feb 21, 2024
32. We just dig our heels in and make assumptions that are often wrong - Ken Futernick
Outrage Overload • Feb 14, 2024
BONUS - It doesn't seem as if we're all playing by the same rules - Shannon McGregor
Outrage Overload • Feb 7, 2024
31. In a democracy you get exactly the government you deserve - Kevin Smith
Outrage Overload • Jan 31, 2024
30. The History of Outrage TV - Robert Thompson
Outrage Overload • Jan 17, 2024
MLK Day Special - Hajar Yazdiha
Outrage Overload • Jan 15, 2024
29. This is basically trying to avoid civil war - Peter Coleman
Outrage Overload • Jan 3, 2024
28. Listening is more important than talking - Matt Levendusky
Outrage Overload • Dec 13, 2023
BONUS - One-year Anniversary Special – Peter Ditto
Outrage Overload • Dec 6, 2023
27. Make sure that you're not getting high on your own supply - Dannagal G. Young
Outrage Overload • Nov 29, 2023
BONUS - There's a lot of pressure to conform - Lawrence Eppard
Outrage Overload • Nov 22, 2023
26. The cascade process is a way that minds change at scale - David McRaney
Outrage Overload • Nov 15, 2023
25. So we thought we would do a tournament - Jan Voelkel
Outrage Overload • Nov 1, 2023
BONUS 2023 Recap – Meet Austin Chen
Outrage Overload • Oct 25, 2023
24. The good news is we really do know a lot about what we need to do - Phyllis Leavitt
Outrage Overload • Oct 18, 2023
23. For the most part, people are speaking into the void - Sanjay Jolly
Outrage Overload • Oct 4, 2023
BONUS - Desperate for Relief: How Outrage at the Medical System Fuels the Rise of Alternative Medicine - Britt Hermes & Michael Lenz
Outrage Overload • Sep 27, 2023
22. The Dignity Index - Tami Pyfer
Outrage Overload • Sep 20, 2023
21. I don't try to make sense of it anymore - Courtney Heard
Outrage Overload • Sep 6, 2023
20. Make Hondas fly across the news - Yevgeny Simkin
Outrage Overload • Aug 23, 2023
BONUS - Samizdat Online's Battle Against Censorship - Yevgeny Simkin
Outrage Overload • Aug 23, 2023
19. About half the people simply don't notice the gorilla - Chris Chabris
Outrage Overload • Aug 9, 2023
BONUS - Step one: storm the capitol - Ben Hamilton
Outrage Overload • Aug 2, 2023
18. You can't necessarily just vote your way out of this - David Troy
Outrage Overload • Jul 26, 2023
BONUS - Secret docs Trump indictment - Jon Marshall
Outrage Overload • Jul 19, 2023
17. The billion dollar question for democracy - Tobias Rose-Stockwell
Outrage Overload • Jul 12, 2023
16. The biggest conspiracy of all is that nobody really knows what they're doing - Michael Serazio
Outrage Overload • Jun 28, 2023
BONUS - Street Outrage - Unfiltered Trio
Outrage Overload • Jun 21, 2023
15. Validation is the WD40 of our world - Hesha Abrams
Outrage Overload • Jun 14, 2023
14. Erosion of trust in traditional media institutions - Lawrence Eppard
Outrage Overload • May 31, 2023
BONUS - An anthropologist goes to CPAC - Alexander Hinton
Outrage Overload • May 24, 2023
13. This is really primal stuff - Ritsaart Reimann
Outrage Overload • May 17, 2023
12. Not everybody wants to talk to a sexologist, yet everybody has sex - Tiffynee Terry-Thomas
Outrage Overload • May 3, 2023
BONUS - ChatGPT vs. Human Political Persuasion - Hui Bai
Outrage Overload • Apr 26, 2023
11. The neuroscience of outrage porn - Alex Korb - Part Two
Outrage Overload • Apr 19, 2023
10. The neuroscience of outrage porn - Alex Korb - Part One
Outrage Overload • Apr 5, 2023
BONUS - The Pandemic Divide: How COVID Shattered Trust in Science and Fueled Outrage - Kevin Bass
Outrage Overload • Mar 29, 2023
9. A lot of angry reactions - Steven Rathje - Part Two
Outrage Overload • Mar 22, 2023
8. A lot of angry reactions - Steven Rathje - Part One
Outrage Overload • Mar 8, 2023
7. What took us five years of research he understood intuitively - Jeffrey M. Berry
Outrage Overload • Feb 22, 2023
BONUS - ATM Robbery, Outrage, and the Toxic Side of Nextdoor
Outrage Overload • Feb 15, 2023
6. Stealing their dishwasher - Kurt Gray
Outrage Overload • Feb 8, 2023
BONUS - Twitter and Mastodon - David Troy
Outrage Overload • Feb 3, 2023
5. Holocaust Denial - Luke Berryman
Outrage Overload • Jan 25, 2023
4. We've Met the Enemy. And it's Us. - Sean Evans
Outrage Overload • Jan 11, 2023
BONUS - ChatGPT weighs in on outrage porn
Outrage Overload • Dec 28, 2022
3. It Just Said "See Incivility" - Russ Charvonia
Outrage Overload • Dec 21, 2022
BONUS - Outrage porn's impact on the midterms - Sean Evans
Outrage Overload • Dec 7, 2022
2. Political Sectarianism: The Role of Outrage Porn - Peter Ditto - Part Two
Outrage Overload • Dec 7, 2022
1. Political Sectarianism: The Role of Outrage Porn - Peter Ditto - Part One
Outrage Overload • Dec 7, 2022
Outrage Overload Trailer
Outrage Overload • Oct 7, 2022
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