Jon Ronson meets writer Jonas Lehrer who has been through a very public shaming for plagiarism and falsification and sees how things only get worse when he tries to apologise.
In this episode of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed Jon Ronson meets former New Yorker writer Jonas Lehrer, someone who has been through a very painful and public shaming for plagiarism and falsification and watch how things only get worse when he tries to publicly apologise.
Jon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of many bestselling books, including So You've Been Publicly Shamed and Them: Adventures with Extremists.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Karen Holden
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So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
Writer Jon Ronson reads his account of his journey into the lives of the publicly shamed.
