Sorry, Not Sorry: Apologizing in the Age of D...

Amanda Hirsch posted a Polymarket ad about the Lindsay Clancy trial on the Friday that trial ended in a mistrial. By Sunday there was a Notes App apology on Instagram, three paragraphs, comments turned off. Most of the internet read the apology as the story. Molly's argument is t ...  Show more

Callaway spent three days saying it was disappointed by an ad. Then its CEO admitted Callaway approved that ad before it was posted.This episode is about the gap between those two statements, and what a company reveals when it comments on its own conduct as though it were in the ...  Show more

In the week Boris Johnson finally said sorry for the mistakes made by his government during the COVID-19 pandemic, host Aggie Chambre explores the art of the political apology — and asks how politicians can redeem themselves after completely screwing up. Johnson's former Downing ...  Show more

Our society is saturated in apologies. They're scripted, they're public, and they often feel less than sincere. Political, corporate, celebrity apologies – they can all feel performed. It's not even always clear who they're for. So what purpose do these apologies serve? Because r ...  Show more

Our society is saturated in apologies. They're scripted, they're public, and they often feel less than sincere. Political, corporate, celebrity apologies – they can all feel performed. It's not even always clear who they're for. So what purpose do these apologies serve? Because r ...  Show more

Why do politicians find it so hard to say sorry? After Nadhim Zahawi declined to apologise following his sacking by the Prime Minister, Matt discusses the art of the political apology with US author Marjorie Ingall and The Times' Matthew Parris.

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