Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media

94. Making Politicians Accountable to Voters – Ramon Perez

August 12, 2026·28 min
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Reimagining Democracy: Using AI and Mobile Tech to Break the Outrage Machine Congress currently sits at a near-record low approval rating, yet individual lawmakers are reelected over 90% of the time. Why is our political system so resistant to public accountability? In this episode, David Beckemeyer sits down with Ramon Perez, Executive Director of the Digital Democracy Project, to unpack the structural incentives that keep our political system locked in hyper-partisanship and outrage.&...

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