Shame and the Function of Shame

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Jennifer is the author of Is Shame Necessary? A book that came out last year, right? Yep And we, this came up organically On our discussion of the Dan Kahan paper. The what he actually wanted Or what he was recommending or what is the shaming punishment That's not something that was really fleshed out Your book fleshes out the concept of shame And shame and the function of shame Tell us so, this is perfect RightYeah, first of all I want to ask you How the hell an environmental studies professor Who studies fish made her way to shame? Yeah, I mean a lot of, I'm interested inEnvironmental issues like overfishing and climate change

David and Tamler welcome author and environmental science professor Jennifer Jacquet to the podcast to discuss the pros and cons of shame. What's the difference between shame and guilt? Is shaming effective for generating social progress or getting tax cheats to pay up? Is twitter shaming on the rise or on its way out? And what does David do when he's alone in the dark?

But before all of that, David and Tamler introduce a new way to support the podcast--through our Patreon account (patreon.com/verybadwizards). Plus, we discuss the retraction of a press release announcing that a professor agreed to referee a journal article (!) And can one passage get Tamler, the eternal optimist, to hate philosophy?

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