Oh hello! James McMahon here. It's been a time! I’m currently working on season 2 of Shame, a podcast about... shame, but I thought I’d share one episode of it early, mainly because the person I’m speaking to today - the journalist Christie Smy

An interview with Jon Ronson - he literally wrote the book on shame...

Jan 26th, 2022 46m 42s

And so to the Season 1 finale of Shame! When I started this podcast, I did it for three reasons. One, because I have my own experience with shame, and, at various points in my life, I’ve been gripped by it. This podcast was me working that out,

How shame changes us - with journalist Katherine Brodsky

Jan 17th, 2022 48m

Well, it’s been a time, has it not. Yeah, it’s been ages since a new episode of Shame… a podcast about shame. But now it’s 2022 and now it’s time for a rush of episodes to wrap up Season One of this episodic exploration of the emotion… shame.We

The brilliance (and cruelty) of gossip, with journalist Rachel Connolly

Nov 10th, 2021 1h 3m

I’ve had people gossip about me. And I’m no saint, I’ve probably gossiped about other people too. Sometimes when I’m bored I’ll Google ‘professional wrestling gossip’ – I can’t believe I’m telling you that – so I’m as bound to the rewards of ti

Life after Italy. Life after shame. The Amanda Knox interview

Nov 2nd, 2021 54m 51s

Fourteen years ago – yesterday in fact, on November 1st, 2007 – British exchange student Meredith Kercher was murdered in Perugia, Italy. She was just 21 years old. The truth about what happened that night isn’t hard to source, despite the hash

How to survive the internet mob - with author and journalist Kat Rosenfield

Oct 25th, 2021 39m 38s

On episode eight of Shame, I'm talking to the American author and journalist Kat Rosenfield about exactly why people shame – and what we can do about it. Kat’s got first hand experience of this – I invite you to listen to her interview on Episo

Don't do that. Do this. The rise of The New Puritans, with journalist Rachel Cunliffe

Oct 5th, 2021 41m 54s

On episode seven of Shame, I’m speaking to my fellow journalist Rachel Cunliffe, who serves as the Deputy Online Editor of the enduringly fascinating New Statesman. Rachel wrote an article a few weeks back under the headline, ‘Why New Age purit

Escaping God... and shame... with music journalist Jeremy Allen

Sep 30th, 2021 46m 25s

I guess it was only a matter of time before this podcast got to the subject of religion - and I’m sure it’ll revisit the subject further down the line - but I thought it might be nice to have a conversation with my fellow music journalist Jerem

Everything you ever wanted to know about cancel culture - but were too sure of your moral superiority to ask

Sep 4th, 2021 51m 55s

On episode five of Shame, I’m talking to noted US TV producers Rob Rosen and Desma Simon, the creators of a podcast I’ve been gripped by these last few months. It’s called Cancelled and I think it, and the podcast you’re here to listen to, shar

We need to talk (rationally) about incels. We need to talk about shame

Aug 20th, 2021 18m 57s

On this bonus episode of Shame, James McMahon speaks to investigative journalist Naama Kates about the tragic events that took place in Plymouth, England, last week [12/08/21]. And about how understanding shame can perhaps help us better under

They tried to shame Gail Porter. Gail Porter fought back

Aug 17th, 2021 43m 58s

On episode four of Shame, host James McMahon has a conversation with the British broadcaster Gail Porter. He's been watching Gail on the television since he was a teenager. He may even have had a poster of her on his wall during those formative

'Maura isn't here to defend herself from being shamed - that's my job now' - a conversation with Julie Murray

Aug 13th, 2021 41m 55s

If you have any interest in the true crime genre, you will know the name Maura Murray. She's the internet's favourite missing person, and you probably think you have an idea of who she is - certainly who she was. These are the facts; Maura was

Meet the man who curates Twitter's shame - a conversation with Rob Manuel, creator of @Fesshole

Aug 7th, 2021 44m 4s

This week, James McMahon is in conversation with Rob Manuel, who created and curates Twitter's dumping ground for shame, @Fesshole. Rob knows a lot about the internet. A fair bit about people too. The internet and the way we use it will be a re

'I was a victim of revenge porn — I won't live in shame'

Aug 2nd, 2021 32m 14s

Hello and welcome to episode one of Shame, a podcast about the wretched emotion that is… shame. I'm your host, James McMahon. I'm a journalist from London, via Yorkshire.This is a podcast about shame, yes, but it’s also a podcast about healing

COMING SOON! 'Shame'. A podcast about... shame!

Jul 19th, 2021 58s

Hello. My name is James McMahon, I’m a journalist – I host The OCD Chronicles podcast – and wanted to let you know about a new podcast that I’m launching on the Spoook Media network on August 3rd, 2021.It’s called Shame, and unsurprisingly it’s

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