The Power of Shame

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The mother of one of the Columbine shooters has her book out in memoir. That seems like the especially powerful kind of shame. I mean, to me, that's a very must be a very heavy, burdened carry. By the way, it's much more likely that I will do something to shame my daughter. But it's very... Well, we'll put her on here. Embarrassment. Sometimes I think like, you know, for kids here, all the shit we said,. I don't think they'll ever listen to any of their kids.

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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