Shame
Subject in Mental Health
Shame has come up in 6 episodes across 4 podcasts in TMT, including Digital Social Hour, The Mel Robbins Podcast, On Purpose with Jay Shetty. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Brené BrownAmerican research professor and author on vulnerability, shame, and courage
Brown argues shame underpins much of capitalism, advertising, and media by selling products that promise to make people lovable.
“Shame is how a lot of pillars of capitalism are built in work and certainly advertising and media”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: The Emotion Few Talk About, But Many Feel (Apr 23, 2026) · Listen from 30:23
Brown reports that most adults her team interviewed recall a shaming school experience that changed how they saw themselves as learners.
“85% of all adults we've interviewed over two decades can remember something so shaming that happened at school”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: The Emotion Few Talk About, But Many Feel (Apr 23, 2026) · Listen from 27:27
Brown frames shame with three premises: everyone has it, no one wants to talk about it, and not talking about it increases it.
“One, we all have it. Two, no one wants to talk about it. And three, the less you talk about it, the more you have it”
The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant: The Emotion Few Talk About, But Many Feel (Apr 23, 2026) · Listen from 3:46
Brian DavilaLas Vegas entrepreneur and Christian content creator, host of The Way with Brian Davila on YouTube
Davila recounts that a sermon on shame lifted a weight from him and he stopped watching pornography that day.
“And I felt like this huge weight was lifted off of me. And then from that day, I never watched porn again”
Digital Social Hour: Christian WARNS Me That My Psychic is Doing Something Much Darker Than I Think | DSH #1984 (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 58:32
Nadine Burke HarrisAmerican pediatrician, ACEs researcher and former Surgeon General of California
Burke Harris argues that shame both increases stress and isolates people from the connection they need.
“Shame doesn't only increase our stress, but it also isolates us. So it makes us less likely to connect to the thing that we actually need to be successful”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and Anxiety (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:06
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Digital Social Hour · 2 episodes
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 2 episodes
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 1 episode
- The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant · 1 episode
Episodes
OPRAH WINFREY: The Life Lessons That Changed EverythingOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 16, 2026 · 1 h 31 min
Oprah Winfrey tells Jay Shetty about her Mississippi childhood, surviving abuse, her rise in broadcasting, spiritual practice, legacy, and her upcoming Aha experience at the Sphere.
Why Desire Is Judged Differently For Men And Women... | Nadège | DSH #2005Digital Social Hour · Jun 7, 2026 · 52 min
Sex scholar Nadège tells Sean Kelly about shame, mismatched libidos, open relationships, the history of marriage, the manosphere, simps, masculinity, and astrology.
- Christian WARNS Me That My Psychic is Doing Something Much Darker Than I Think | DSH #1984
Digital Social Hour · May 28, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Sean Kelly and Christian creator Brian Davila discuss reading the Bible, Christian denominations, psychics, Islam, persecution, AI, marriage, fatherhood and Davila's conversion testimony.
You’re Not Broken: Why You People-Please, Feel Anxious, & Never Feel Good Enough – and How to HealThe Mel Robbins Podcast · May 21, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Mel Robbins talks with psychotherapist Kelly McDaniel about 'mother hunger,' the unmet childhood needs for nurturing, protection, and guidance, and how adults can heal them.
- Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and Anxiety
The Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 27, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Mel Robbins talks with pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke Harris about adverse childhood experiences, overactive stress responses, and buffering practices that help regulate the nervous system.
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.