Episode 81 – Navigating Anger & Disinformation in Times of Conflict

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The experience of the last few weeks since the conflict escalated in Gaza has brought out a lot of emotions: grief, shock, fear, confusion, and prominently, anger.

For many experiencing civil unrest from afar, it’s challenging to know how to respond, especially in the age of social media.

In this episode, we focus on the constructive and destructive power of anger and sharing information.

We break down how to check your impulse (and your facts) before sharing on social media, whether staying silent is acceptable, and how to stop misinformation in its tracks.

Story #1: The Power of Anger (Olivia)

Lama Rod Owens: Love and Rage – The Path of Liberation Through Anger and his book: Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger
Signs of Life, Etgar Keret, October 19, 2023
Etgar Keret NPR interview, October 20, 2023

In Gaza and Israel, side with the child over the gun, Naomi Klein for The Guardian, October 11, 2023
Three free ebooks for a Free Palestine, Haymarket Books

Story #2: Disinformation, Misinformation, and Malinformation (Elise)

Get The 411 On Misinformation, Disinformation And Malinformation, Forbes, January 2023
A false post on Iran’s protests went viral. Social media can’t get it wrong again, The Guardian, November 17 2022
Israel-Gaza war: How to spot fake news on social media, BBC, October 21, 2023
Fake news: How to spot misinformation, NPR, October 31, 2019
Tips for spotting fake news online, BBC
Fake news, disinformation and misinformation in social media: a review, Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2023

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Ep. 82 – Cheese Caves and Banana Republics – World Is Burning

We’re digging into America’s deepest darkest secrets — when it comes to food, that is. Elise tells us how one president’s cheese became the next president’s problem, which might lead you to Google “American government 1.4 billion pounds of cheese in caves.” We explore how the cheese caves of yesteryear became the weird milk ads of our present. Then Olivia gives us a brief history of bananas, which involves quite a lot of railroad tycoons, bare minimum union demands, and good old American capitalism. Plus, our theory as to why slipping on banana peels was more common a century ago, and our next book club pick. Subscribe/follow/press the button to keep up with new episodes every Wednesday! You can also follow us @worldisburnin on Instagram and Twitter, and check out our website worldisburning.com for extended show notes including sources and photos. World Is Burning is hosted by Olivia Hamilton and Elise Nye. Our theme music is by Kaycie Satterfield, and our logo was made by Sonja Katanic.

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