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PODCAST 110: Psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed on His New Book In Defence of Shame

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11 Sep 2020 · 1 min read

Quillette Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann talks to Dr. Tanveer Ahmed about how we should accept the presence of shame in our lives without succumbing to despair or outrage mobs.

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