Humiliation
Subject in Social Sciences
Humiliation has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Brené BrownAmerican research professor and author on vulnerability, shame, and courage
Brown criticizes the current U.S. administration for publicly humiliating European allies.
“Look at the current administration in the U.S. humiliating every day for the last three weeks, Europe, our allies”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: The Emotion Few Talk About, But Many Feel (Apr 23, 2026) · Listen from 50:20
Brown defines humiliation, based on recent studies, as internalized public shaming.
“what I think is the definition of how I would think about humiliation based on these studies is internalized public shaming”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: The Emotion Few Talk About, But Many Feel (Apr 23, 2026) · Listen from 17:24
Brown says new evidence overturned her earlier views about humiliation.
“So we have new evidence and everything I said before about humiliation was wrong”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: The Emotion Few Talk About, But Many Feel (Apr 23, 2026) · Listen from 10:13
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The Emotion Few Talk About, But Many FeelThe Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant · Apr 23, 2026 · 60 min
Brené Brown and Adam Grant discuss shame, guilt, humiliation, and embarrassment, how shame fuels violence and control, shame resilience, and imposter syndrome.