# The Brief Life of Public Outrage: Why Corporate Scandals Matter—Until They Don't

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Podcast: [Talk Cocktail](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-cocktail-15520)
Published: 2026-03-25T18:12:44+00:00
Episode link: https://jeffschechtman.substack.com/p/the-brief-life-of-public-outrage
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## Resource

On this recent TalkCocktial podcast I’m joined by Oxford political scientist Pepper Culpepper, who has spent a decade studying when corporate scandals force actual change—Dieselgate, Cambridge Analytica, Goldman Sachs—and when they just fade away. His book Billionaire Backlash argues scandals briefly overwhelm corporate lobbying when they tap simmering public resentment. He pushes back hard on whether billionaire wealth reflects value creation for society or corruption, and whether making policy through outrage is democracy working or failing. Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe

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