Jon Ronson

Jon Ronson

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Jon Ronson is an award-winning writer and documentary maker. He is the author of two bestsellers: Them: Adventures with Extremists and The Men Who Stare at Goats, and two collections, Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness and What I Do: More True Tales of Everyday Craziness. He lives in London.  

Rosanna Boscawen

Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test on This American Life

Posted By Rosanna Boscawen on Tuesday 15th May 2012
 

Listen to Jon Ronson read from his book The Psychopath Test, and find out more about the test's uses and abuses in justice systems around the world.

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Thursday 10th May 2012: An Evening With Jon Ronson

Jon Ronson discusses the wonderful world of weird happenings that inspired the The Psychopath Test.
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Thursday 10th May 2012: Jon Ronson at the Daphne du Maurier Festival

Jon Ronson discusses his journey through the madness industry.
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Friday 24th Jun 2011: Jon Ronson at the Humber Mouth Festival

Jon Ronson discusses his book in this illustrated talk.

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James Long

Is your boss a psychopath? Take the test

Posted By James Long on Wednesday 15th Jun 2011
 

Is Your Boss a Psychopath?
 
The standard clinical test for psychopaths, Robert Hare’s 20-point PCL-R checklist, evaluates 20 personality traits, but a subset of eight traits defines what Hare calls the corporate psychopath, the non-violent person prone to the selfish, callous and remorseless use of others.

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