Note: I screwed up and didn’t get this episode out until now. COVID is running through our household so episodes of “This Week in Outrage” are in limbo for a while.In this episode, Lisa and David talk about the Iowa abortion ban; new Schoolhouse Rock; cocaine in the White House; MTG, the Freedom Caucus, and throwing lawsuits at the wall; Ninth Circuit homelessness ruling; followup on causes of increased pedestrian deaths; Florida refusing to recognize some driver’s licenses; cities choosing to selectively enforce laws (or not) based on Constitutionality; Desantis fires his campaign staff; Lisa Marie Presley cause of death; “No Labels” third party presidential run and our two-party duopoly lock; cremated remains lost in the mail; and more.Fact check update on the story mentioned about Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who returned home after she went missing for two days: "We've been unable to verify most of Carlee's initial statement made to investigators and we have no reason to believe that there is a threat to the public safety related to this particular case," Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis said, according to ABC News.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live.Recent Outrage Overload Episodes:Thanks for reading Outrage Overload Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about the Supreme Court; Moore v. Harper; Bipartisan cooperation; hedge funds; Rust movie charges; Wheel-of-Fortune; Harvard body parts scandal; free-lunch programs in schools; high level of pedestrian deaths; teen medical abortion prison sentence; Netanyahu criminal case; Pepsi Colachup; aspartame cancer risk; Tom Brady Raiders ownership; ESPN layoffs; Bobby Bonilla day; Fox News settles for $12 million with former producer Abby Grossberg; Apple valuation hits $3T; fireworks effects; and moreNote: No episode next week. We will be back July 16.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live.Special Outrage Overload episode coming soon!Watch for an all new episode of the Outrage Overload Podcast coming July 12, with Tobias Rose-Stockwell about his forthcoming book: OUTRAGE MACHINE: How Tech Amplifies Discontent and Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About ItCheck out this video of some of the feedback the podcast has received from guests appearing on the show: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com

In this episode, Lisa and David talk about Desantis banning direct car sales; Santos and who paid his bail; MGT and Lauren Boebert feud and civility in politics; Hunter Biden and conspiracy theories. Then we go off into a deeper dive into conspiracy theories in general, where they start, the psychology behind them, how to speak to people about them, Musk’s Twitter, and more.We conclude with a list of the most historic bars in America (according to Fifty Grand).Links:Outrage Overload PodcastMost historic bars in AmericaListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com

Lisa and David, along with some special guests, talk about Minneapolis police violations; Golden Globes; Mass shootings; local New York state politics; Silvio Berlusconi who died; AI can fix climate change?; unusual special requests from hotel guests; Cava restaurants raise IPO funds; Dolly Parton new album “Rockstar”; Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue mass shooter convicted; Hot Coffee 2011 documentary; second amendment and gun safety; more flag code outrage; Daniel Ellsberg dies; AI assists to produce a new Beatles song; and moreLinks:Outrage Overload PodcastHot Coffee 2011 documentary (NPR)Daniel Ellsberg an American political activist (Wikipedia)Listen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com

This week, David and Lisa talk about Chris Licht leaving CNN; thou doth protest too much; four kids survive plan crash in Amazon; links between viral infection and neurological disorders; mosquito repellent deters 99% of mosquitoes; Showtime pulls 'Vice' episode about Ron DeSantis' time at Guantanamo; sharks looming near swimmers; American flag code; Voting Rights ruling; Trump indictment highlights political polarization; PGA tour is a non-profit?'; predicted summer cocktails; Radio host sues OpenAI after ChatGPT accuses him of fraud; Republicans take a discredited informant tip as absolute proof that Biden is guilty of taking payments as vice-president; Biden family vs. Trump family accusations; and moreLinks:Outrage Overload PodcastListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com

This week, David and Lisa talk about how folks define woke; Minnesota reforms; Wear clothes for your driver’s license photo; spelling bee winners; Danny Masterson rape conviction; Bill Cosby new sexual assault charges; Study shows seeing stories of kindness can counteract negative stories; Migrants flown to Sacramento and dropped off in front of a church; molecular skeletal editing breakthrough; Prisoner iPads; Q Anon Shaman released and unapologetic; Best wedding songs; America birth rates are stagnating; Bear wrestling, and more.Note: Sorry no episode last week. We had a problem with the audio file.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com

This week, Lisa and David talk about the debt ceiling and fourteenth amendment; Congressman Swalwell and former San Francisco 49er Bruce Miller “harmless game of would you rather”; Lisa is mad at grapes; Montana bans TikTok; Durham report; Elizabeth Holmes must report to prison; Deutsche Bank $75M settlement for facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring; lab-grown money embryos; habits to stay mentally sharp in retirement; and more.Update on Steve Bannon case - USA today May 3, 2023”Bannon was convicted in July 2022 of defying a subpoena for documents and testimony to the House committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. He remains free while appealing the case … The Justice Department's reply is due June 2.”Note: We usually record these live on Sunday evenings but weren’t able to do that Sunday this week, so this was recorded on Friday evening.Also, the source for the Marjorie Taylor Greene saying the FBI locked up Seth Rich's laptop for 66 years provided a correction: UPDATE 5-18-2023: I misinterpreted Greene's comments. She said FBI director Wray has requested to withhold the contents of Rich's laptop for a period of 66 years.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com

In this episode, David and Lisa talk about the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation liability judgement compared to OJ liability that has never been collected - there are no consequences; Shawn Ryan lies (surprise) shouting something must be done about a “Democrat Politician” child porn offender, when it turns out the offender was actually a “red-pill libertarian” who was already convicted and serving time and is now deceased; Cash-only breaks supermarket; Pulitzer Prizes awarded; trust in media; pancreatic cancer vaccine shows promise in small trial; army sergeant promised pardon by Texas Gov. Abbott sentenced to 25 years in BLM protester’s murder; Texas House unanimously votes to expel GOP State Rep. Bryan Slaton over inappropriate sexual conduct with teenage intern; who paid George Santos’ bail? CNN’s right-shift strategy; quantum entanglement; pet psychics; Disney vs. DeSantis; everybody hates Ted Cruz; octogenarians everywhere in politics; Robert De Niro welcomes his seventh child.Correction: I kept saying “Trump Org” when I was referring to “Trump Foundation” (the pretend charity) that was shut down by New York for engaging in “a shocking pattern of illegality” that included unlawfully coordinating with Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign (link below).Thanks for reading Outrage Overload Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastWill Dissolve, Accused of ‘Shocking Pattern of Illegality’ Trump Foundation - NYT Dec. 18, 2018Judge fines Trump $2 million for misusing charity foundation - AP November 8, 2019Listen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com

This week, David and Lisa talk about transgender teen poet laureate; gun violence, what the majority of Americans want; education fails; sedition and choosing to die on the hill that January 6 was not an insurrection; Title 42 expiring; E. Jean Carroll case; credit scores and bank fees clickbait; insider trading in Congress; January 6 sentences; horse deaths at Kentucky Derby; ChatGPT and The Dignity Index; Fani Willis agreeing to immunity deals with a number of fake electors in her Georgia election probe; abortion laws vs. hippocratic oath; Snoop Dogg’s bid to purchase NHL Ottawa Senators; news sites publishing stories using generative AI and the profession of news editor.What’s coming up on the Outrage Overload podcastThe next few episodes that I’m working on now are related to misinformation, disinformation, and news literacy. I’m doing my best to stay upbeat on this, but to be honest, researching this, going through clips and so on, has taken a toll.The research we talk about is really quite interesting, going beyond basic fact checking to the very nature of obtaining knowledge, how trust and testimony are very important in how we come to know things about the world. The Dignity IndexI’ve mentioned the Dignity Index a few times on This Week in Outrage including in this very episode. The brainchild of former Republican policy advisor and Mormon grandmother of ten, Tami Pyfer, it scores political speech on an eight-point scale from “contempt” to “dignity.” On the low end is dehumanization and violence and at the high end is the sentiment that one's political opponents are just as worthy as us.It’s important to note that although the project was started in a Red state by a former Red politician, it employs a balanced group of Red and Blue raters. This will hopefully help to establish trust with those on both sides.I’ve started using this model to rate the speech of those that wish to appear on the show.Tami Pyfer will appear on a future episode of the Outrage Overload podcast.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastThe Dignity IndexListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com

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 Researcher says: There’s a 50% Chance AI Ends in 'Catastrophe' and AI guardrails.Links:Outrage Overload PodcastListen live on the Wisdom app to ask questions via chat or speak with us live. Follow me, David Beckemeyer, on Wisdom to get notifications when we go live. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit outrageoverload.substack.com