Vet the News
Should We Celebrate Leopards Eating Faces?
DHS Funding: The Long Game of Rebuilding Trust
Charlie Kirk: A Case Study in Better Conversations
Renee Good & Maduro Raid: Why Can't We Agree on What We See?
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Episode Summary In this episode, I discuss how online trolling and "Schadenfreude" are driving us deeper into ideological bubbles, using a viral Reddit post about a fake ICE tip hotline as a case study. I explore why mocking others' reasoning, even when we find it harmful, often backfires by destroying the trust necessary for genuine persuasion. Should we really celebrate when leopards eat faces? Episode Page https://rss.com/podcasts/vet-the-news/2548177/ Links Fake Ice Call-in - Reddit Original Leopards Ate My Face - Twitter (X) Leopards Ate My Face - Reddit Right Whale Calving Season - Environment America Ropeless Fishing Gear - NOAA Passive Whale Monitoring - NOAA Contact the Show Email: podcast@newsvet.net | Bluesky: @newsvet.bsky.social Credits SFX: Freesound.org | Music: Pixabay.com (P. Krasnoshchok, V. Krotov, I. Poltavskyi)
Episode Summary I'll be honest, the escalating situation in Minnesota is weighing heavy on me, it's really feeling like a big moment in history like the Civil Rights protests of history. But today I want to look past the immediate headlines to the political firestorm happening in D.C. with the DHS funding bill and the backlash against the Democratic "defectors" who signed onto it. I explore how representatives like Marie Glusenkamp Perez might vote the way they do, and why the "name and shame" culture might actually be making our problems harder to solve. Join me as I try to find commonality in a time when it feels like we’re being pushed into a "house on fire" moment of constant outrage. Episode Page https://rss.com/podcasts/vet-the-news/2516095/ Links Alex Pretti Fact Check - Minnesota Star Tribune Alex Pretti Witness Testimony - The Guardian ICE Support Resolution - Newsweek DHS Funding - The Hill Gluesenkamp Perez Press Release - House.gov Podcast Listening Club - NY Times Artemis 2 Launch - Nasa Andrew McCarthy (@cosmic_background) - Instagram https://cosmicbackground.io/ Contact the Show Email: podcast@newsvet.net | Bluesky: @newsvet.bsky.social Credits SFX: Freesound.org | Music: Pixabay.com (P. Krasnoshchok, V. Krotov, I. Poltavskyi)
Episode Summary This episode, I explore an event that served as the catalyst for this show: the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the media firestorm that followed. What I learned in conversations following that event can be used as a case study in how we can break the outrage cycle we're all trapped in. Through a personal story about a conversation I had with my neighbor, a Kirk supporter, I relate how we can move past trying to prove each other wrong to find genuine shared values. Episode Page https://rss.com/podcasts/vet-the-news/2492035/ Links Charlie Kirk Views - NY Times Jimmy Kimmel Monologue - Youtube Brenden Carr Response and Clarification - Youtube Children Living with Dads - National Fatherhood Initiative Motivational Race - Youtube Domestication of Raccoons - Scientific American Contact the Show Email: podcast@newsvet.net | Bluesky: @newsvet.bsky.social Credits SFX: Freesound.org | Music: Pixabay.com (P. Krasnoshchok, V. Krotov, I. Poltavskyi)
Episode Summary In this episode, we dive into the polarizing media coverage surrounding two major recent events: the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis and the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. I explore how our individual media bubbles dictate not just our opinions, but how we perceive objective facts. By examining rhetoric from figures like JD Vance, Kristi Noem, and the Mayor of Minneapolis, we look past the rage bait to understand the underlying psychology of our reactions. This is a case study in finding shared values, like community safety and government accountability, even when we can’t agree on what we see with our own eyes. Episode Page https://rss.com/podcasts/vet-the-news/2464936/ Links Video Analysis of ICE Shooting New York Times BBC Mayor Statements - Youtube Vance Statements - Youtube Noem Statements - PBS Father in Law Interview - Fox Maduro Capture Timeline - PBS Maduro Capture - AP News Pete Hegseth CBS Interview - Youtube Parading Maduro Through NY - Instagram Final Penny Minting - Business Insider 1943 D Bronze Penny - Coin Week Contact the Show Email: podcast@newsvet.net | Bluesky: @newsvet.bsky.social Credits SFX: Freesound.org | Music: Pixabay.com (P. Krasnoshchok, V. Krotov, I. Poltavskyi)
Episode Summary Welcome to the very first episode of Vet the News. Like a lot of you, I’ve felt frustrated by the constant cycles of outrage and the superficial arguments that dominate our social media feeds. I'd like to create a space where we can try to move past the soundbites and actually understand the reactions to the news we consume. This episode lays out why I want to start this show, the philosophy for the podcast, and how we might start to find a better way to talk about the world together. Episode Page https://rss.com/podcasts/vet-the-news/2453126 Links Polarization Visualization - Vox Polarization Roots - Pew Research Social Media & News - Pew Research Republican No Kings - Common Dreams Hamtramck Flag Ban - The Guardian Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party - The Bulwark Christian Picciolini - TED Nano Artists - BBC David Lindon - Instagram Mini Lisa - Wiki Learn Something New - XKCD Contact the Show Email: podcast@newsvet.net | Bluesky: @newsvet.bsky.social Credits SFX: Freesound.org | Music: Pixabay.com (P. Krasnoshchok, V. Krotov, I. Poltavskyi)