Samantha Ettus: Why Parents Are Panicking About Their Kids’ Beliefs | DSH #1736
Digital Social Hour
Local Civic Action: School Boards and Curriculum
Samantha tells the story of organizing to replace school board members and the stakes of textbook influence.
Social media didn’t just change politics — it changed how truth spreads.
In this raw, wide-ranging conversation, Samantha Ettus explains why so many parents are calling her in panic, confused about why their kids are suddenly radicalized online, questioning Israel, Zionism, and even basic facts — and how disinformation now moves faster than reality.
From losing her home in the Pacific Palisades fires, to speaking out after October 7th, to fighting antisemitism online at massive personal cost — this episode explores propaganda, social media algorithms, broken institutions, campus activism, celebrity silence, and why media literacy may be the most important skill of the next generation.
📚 What You’ll Learn
🧠 How social media shapes political identity
📱 Why Gen Z absorbs narratives faster than facts
🔍 How disinformation outpaces corrections
🎭 Why celebrities stay silent on hard issues
🏫 How campuses became battlegrounds for ideas
🤖 Why AI makes discernment more critical than ever
🗳️ Why local elections impact daily life most
🧩 How to teach kids critical thinking skills
Chapters
00:00 Parents Calling in Panic About Their Kids
01:32 Losing a Home — and an Entire Community
03:58 October 7th Changed Everything
05:03 Becoming an Accidental News Source
07:10 Why Corrections Never Travel as Far as Lies
09:21 Losing Followers for Platforming Voices
12:33 Celebrity Silence and Social Media Fear
16:08 TikTok, Algorithms & Youth Radicalization
20:22 Why Institutions Can’t Be Trusted Blindly
47:59 Teaching Discernment in the AI Era
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