Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18

Books mentioned on The Science Behind Mental Afflictions

1 book · With Sarah Manning Peskin, J. Kenji López-Alt, Alexander Jacobs, Jennifer Schuessler, John Williams · Watch on YouTube

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. So You've Been Publicly Shamed

    Jon Ronson · at 43:17

    So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson is a thought-provoking non-fiction exploration of modern digital outrage, the mechanics of internet mobs, and the severe psychological toll of public humiliation.

    Discussed
    “I also looked at more contemporary books like John Ronson's book so you've been publicly shamed which is a book that I think when it came out six or seven years ago it was a bestseller”
    Where to get it
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Passing Torch song trilogy
“he's best known perhaps for torch song Trilogy on stage”
Passing The Scarlet Letter
“as and The Scarlet Letter that you mentioned in the Scarlet letters dunce caps for students who were misbehaving in class”