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SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to Episode 51: Money Tree before you listen to this one. While working on our last episode, we became curious about the nature of psychopathy -- how it is defined, and what to do if someone close to you meets the criteria. We spoke with Dr. Ronald Schouten, author of Almost a Psychopath, and Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test.
posted by bq on Oct 24, 2016 - 3 comments

In 2012, a woman named Lindsey Stone posted a picture she took as a joke to her Facebook page. A month later, she was under attack from all corners of the internet, out of a job, hounded by the press. The internet had targeted her for a public shaming. Jon Ronson, journalist and author of the new book "So You've Been Publicly Shamed", walks us through Lindsey's story and introduces us to the sometimes sketchy world of online reputation management. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Apr 2, 2015 - 6 comments

Based on author Jon Ronson's time spent playing keyboard as part of Frank Sidebottom's band. [more inside]
posted by Sheydem-tants on Sep 7, 2014 - 5 comments