Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media

95. The Legal Glitch That Engineered Our Political Rage – Larry Lessig

August 26, 2026·48 min
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Why Overturning Citizens United Isn't the Only Way to Stop Super PACs Host David Beckemeyer speaks with Larry Lessig, the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Together, they unpack the hidden legal architecture driving our hyper-polarized landscape and explore why fixing the structural money in politics is a necessary first step toward reining in the outrage machine. While the popular narrative blames Citizens United for making unlimited campaign money un...

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