The broadcaster and writer on life in New York, his new podcast on the death of a porn star and the many perils of social media
Jon Ronson is a British writer and broadcaster who lives in New York. He’s known for his bestselling books, including The Men Who Stare at Goats (which was made into a film), The Psychopath Test, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, as well as screenwriting (Frank, Okja) and TV and audio documentaries. In 2017, he released The Butterfly Effect, a seven-episode podcast on how free internet porn changed the adult film industry. His second podcast series, The Last Days of August, about the porn star August Ames, who killed herself in December 2017 after she was Twitter-shamed for an allegedly homophobic tweet, is out on 4 January on Audible.
What’s the premise of The Last Days of August?
The initial reason for me contacting Kevin, August’s husband, was that I’ve written about public shaming and I’ve also spent a lot of time in the porn world. August Ames’s death seemed to fall into both categories. I had a pretty clear idea – I wanted to do a story that brought August to life in a humanistic way, as well as the people who piled in on her, who took her apart on Twitter. In So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, I felt I could have spent more time on the shamers, on what was happening in their lives. But, anyway, straight away, the story changed…
from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2GMyqVM
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