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Podcast: Richard Helppie's Common Bridge
Episode: Episode 305- Voices Beyond The Partisan Echo. With David Dennison
Description: When outrage becomes the default setting, thinking gets outsourced to the loudest tribe. We invited Substack writer and teacher David Dennison to help map a way back to clear thought, using real-world examples to show how independent journalism can resist the dopamine rush of instant certainty and invite deeper inquiry instead.We start with the state of media: why partisanship sells, how predictable framing keeps audiences hooked, and what reader-supported platforms like Substack make possible. David unpacks how dissenting takes can live without an editor’s gatekeeping, and how basic tools—public statutes, Google, even ChatGPT—let anyone...