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Nonfunction books and authors. Nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Youre watching booktv. Coming up next, Jennifer Jacquet says the public shaming of governments and corporations can be a powerful tool in creating social and economic change. This is about an hour, 15 minutes. Welcome to the brook runs Public Library brooklyn Public Library. This is usually on when i start. Please welcome Jennifer Jacquet. Hello. [applause] were here to discuss her first book, is t is shame necessary,. And only book. Say that again . And only book. Only book so far. Many yet to come. L...

This is about one hour and 15 minutes. Welcome to the brooklyn public library. This is usually where i start. Please welcome jennifer. [applause] youre here to discuss her first book is a shame necessary. What may give you a sample of the biography. Do you just want to start in on the discussion when i do the biography . Im happy to start i am happy to start right in. Shes an assistant professor and works at the intersection of conservation and cooperation focusing on the Human Dimensions of largescale social dilemmas. Once again shes crossing the river and lets just give her one warm brooklyn...

Brooklyn welcome. [applause] thank you for having me. Pull that close up to your face so we can hear you. I just noticed that the guilty planet blog this is the book about shame you have a career that draws you to these negative emotions and creating works around is that true . It is true. I think that there are reasons that well continue to draw negative emotions to especially for largescale problems involving the environment or Animal Welfare or labor abuses anything like that. I mean, when i first heard about this book i was curious because when we think about shaming, we think about all th...

The changeover weve been talking about has now arrived as we get you situated to head into the weekend tonight. This socalled arctic blast has now taken twothirds of the nation, and tonight that includes part of the south where they broke a record today in atlanta. The northeast is dealing with freezing precip. Fullon ice is the problem in parts of the northwest while parts of wisconsin are dealing with 55, fivezero, inches of snow. And none of this includes the next weather system expected to roll in across the country. We begin tonight with nbcs Gabe Gutierrez in atlanta. Reporter from coast...

But almost condone something like this. >> how often -- there are photographs of you guys together in sort of group situations. the governor said maybe he had met you at a group situation but he couldn't have picked you out of a lineup. did that surprise you? how often had you actually met him? >> in defense of the position he's taken, i'm sure he meets thousands of people. so i certainly -- i guess i'm a guy that's relatively forgettable. i'm not so sure anymore. but back then i guess i wasn't noteworthy. >> he could certainly pick you out of a lineup now. that's sort of an odd choice of term...