The podcast episodes highlight the role of media and news consumption in exacerbating the 'blue dot effect', where people expand their definition of problems as positive conditions improve, leading to a persistent sense of dissatisfaction despite objective progress.

In Episode The Blue Dot Effect: Why Things Always Seem Worse Than They Are, the host discusses how negativity bias and distorted perceptions can arise from media and news consumption. Similarly, in Episode Steve Harvey: Living Your Purpose, the discussion touches on the vision of Merit Street Media as a platform for open discussions and debates without pushing specific narratives.

These episodes emphasize the need for media and news sources to provide balanced and objective reporting to help maintain perspective and combat the blue dot effect.