Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media
Sep 16, 2026 · 32 min · 10 segments
Are you confused by the constant mix-up of political terms in modern headlines? Is Sweden socialist? What does the DSA actually want? Are Social Democrats and Democratic Socialists the same thing? In…
David BeckmeyerHost
Lisa BeckmeyerGuest
Welcome to Outrage Overload, a science podcast about outrage and lowering the temperature.
I'm your host, David Beckmeyer, and today we're trying something a little different.
I'm joined today by Lisa Beckmeyer for an unscripted exploratory dialogue diving into a topic that gets thrown around a lot in current politics.
The difference between social democrats, democratic socialists, and where the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, fits into the bigger picture.
Because this is a raw experimental conversation, you'll hear us push back on each other, look up facts on the fly, and wrestle with how these political labels are actually perceived versus how they operate on paper.
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Welcome to Outrage Overload, a science podcast about outrage and lowering the temperature.
I'm your host, David Beckmeyer, and today we're trying something a little different.
I'm joined today by Lisa Beckmeyer for an unscripted exploratory dialogue diving into a topic that gets thrown around a lot in current politics.
The difference between social democrats, democratic socialists, and where the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, fits into the bigger picture.
Because this is a raw experimental conversation, you'll hear us push back on each other, look up facts on the fly, and wrestle with how these political labels are actually perceived versus how they operate on paper.