This Week in Outrage

This week, Lisa and David talk about Washington State banning assault weapons; USA is categorized as a “flawed democracy” based on the 2022 Global Democracy Index; Can You Enjoy Good Art by Bad People? Celebrities calling co-workers the C-word; Disney vs. Desantis; Wrexham getting promoted; Tucker Carlson and his anti-trans noxious father; Idocracy and Crocs; Barry Humphries ‘Dame Edna’; OpenAI Re...

This week Lisa and David talk about how the My Pillow guy must pay $5 million over brag; Space-X Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly; Alex Baldwin charges dropped; Dominion settlement; students excluding colleges over state-level politics; ChatGPT and LLM AI; Buzzfeed shutting down Buzzfeed News; NRA and Gun Safety; Behind the accusation about Swalwell and the Chinese spy; Supreme Court kick the can dow...

Note: the audio quality on this episode is not great. The phone app we use for these is not compatible with my studio gear. We tried some external mics but it didn’t turn out too well. I did what I could to improve the audio, but it’s still not great. On this episode, David and Lisa talk about Jack Teixeira leaked secrets; Military using Discord to recruit Gen-Z; Congress is old; Lisa loves Katie...

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about book bans, concerns about civil war in America, life before the pandemic, poisonous birds, and more. Harvard-trained psychologist: If you use any of these 9 phrases every day, ‘your relationship is more successful’ than most: 1. “I appreciate your effort.” 2. “I like you.” 3. “Help me better understand this.” 4. “I’m listening...” 5. “I’m sorry.” 6. “I fo...

Lisa talks about personality tests and self-awareness; a guest talks about generational gaps. We talk about the indictment, particularly reactions; controversy over Michelangelo’s statue of David; 30,000 school board seats on the ballot; Kevin Bass wants scientists to admit they were wrong about Covid; partisan sorting; hypocrisy; AI updates; NBA finals; Baseball is back. Outrage Overload Podcast...

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about Flint Michigan water settlement award; who’s freaking out about the word “woke”; Afroman getting sued by the officers that raided his house; now COVID originated in a wet market again, not a lab; hypocrisy and trust in institutions; more local vs national politics; more AI news; healthcare challenges; polarization and trust in science; California outlawin...

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about local vs. national politics; how AI is moving fast; Silicon Valley Bank CEO; research showing how social media is a cause of mental illness in girls; Meta (Facebook) to layoff another 10,000 workers; Russian jets engage U.S. drone; Trump voters if he is indicted; the Pope considers allowing priests to marry; neuroscience; COVID origins (again); and more L...

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about the Silicon Valley Bank failure; grizzly bears; Daylight Saving Time; new COVID antiviral from Japan; Marjorie Taylor Greene acting House Speaker; sobering shot; fake news and AI; AI replacing workers; humans pretending to be AI; libraries; and other random stuff. Links: Outrage Overload Podcast Connors Forum Guide to Trustworthy News Outlets Media Bias F...

In this episode, Lisa and David discuss COVID origins; eating bats; The Big Lebowski anniversary; Iranian schoolgirl poisonings; Kobe Bryant photo leak case; extreme weather; insulin prices; Fox News free speech vs. defamation; norm breaking; anti-science / anti-education trends; stress in mice; DNA in space; space junk; a cure for hiccups; Shark Tank; live sports; and other such. Links: Outrage O...

In this episode, we talk about binge drinking; spin on Georgia case disclosures; more UFOs shot down; train derailment in Ohio; child labor violations in meat packing industry; Buffalo shooter sentenced; Jimmy Carter in hospice; Teslas driving into buildings; loading the dishwasher; ten pieces of well-worn advice you need to hear right now; the dignity index; Sydney Powell; and more. Links: Outrag...

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about “Chinese balloons”; Space Force; more top-secret documents; Night to Shine; Florida rejecting African American AP class, making female athletes answer questions about menstrual cycles, and banning books; Michigan allows kids to possess guns; Texas abortion pill case and "judge shopping”; earthquake in Turkey; alligator DNA in a catfish; Rihanna's Super Bo...

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about paying it forward, more top-secret documents, Ron Desantis, Montery Park shooting, Alec Baldwin charges, conspiracy mindsets, cyber sleuths, and ape gestures, among other random things. Links: Outrage Overload Podcast Connors Forum Guide to Trustworthy News Outlets Media Bias Fact Check Listen live on the Wisdom app . Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdo...

In this episode we talk about George Santos, secret documents, Ghislaine Maxwell, attention media, false-information campaigning, big-money in small elections, news literacy, ethics in journalism, editorial biases, tendencies toward authoritarianism, Hunter Biden, and a bunch of other stuff. Recorded live on an iPhone in the Wisdom app at our kitchen table. Follow David and listen live most Sunday...