James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider how anger affects one’s ability to think, the types of actors in a society that have an interest in using anger to manipulate others for their own benefit, and whether people could be angrier now than in years past (1:19). The guys also react to the recent arrest of a suspect for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur and take a look at the circumstances of the arrest, especially considering how long ago the murder was (44:58).
Links:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/09/29/anger-management-techniques/
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/11/all-fired-up-are-we-really-living-angrier-times
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anger
https://fee.org/articles/the-media-needs-to-keep-you-angry-dont-feed-into-it/
https://theconversation.com/angry-americans-how-political-rage-helps-campaigns-but-hurts-democracy-145819
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/friction/201807/why-social-media-makes-us-angrier-and-more-extreme
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/30/us/tupac-shakur-killing-suspect-arrested-what-we-know/index.html
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-30/la-me-tupac-killing-explainer
