Show Notes
In 2015, bestselling author and podcaster, Jon Ronson, published 'You've Been Publicly Shamed', a book exploring how social media changed the way we shame people publicly, while fostering a culture of 'casual cruelty' in which we were all too happy to participate.
In this episode, Emma sits down with Jon to discuss how this phenomenon of public shaming has evolved in the 8 years that have passed since the publication of the book, and what Jon makes of our present day public discourse.
Invariably, the conversation veers down fascinating rabbit holes as Jon explains how he continues to repeatedly churn out bestsellers, what inspires him to embark on a new investigation and the art of writing non-fiction like fiction.
It is truly one of our favourite podcast episodes to date.
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*Trigger warning* we discuss issues around sexual violence, rape and assault in this episode, so please take care while listening. As always, I’ve put resources in the show notes for anyone who has been affected by the topics discussed.
On this week’s live recording of the podcast, Emma-Louise was joined by journalist, presenter, podcaster and author, Josh Smith to discuss his brand new book: Great Chat.