303: Megan Phelps-Roper | Unfollowing Westboro Baptist Church Part Two

Megan Phelps-Roper (@meganphelps) grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church, an organization widely monitored as a hate group for its anti-gay, anti-Jewish, anti-American protests. She left WBC in 2012 and has since written about her experiences in Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church. This is part two of a two-part episode. Listen to part one here!

What We Discuss with Megan Phelps-Roper:

• What catalyzed Megan and her sister's departure from the Westboro Baptist Church in 2012 • , and how do the family members left behind feel about their decision?

• The logistics Megan and her sister faced when they decided to leave the home and family they'd known their entire lives • to start anew in the outside world.

• What Megan learned • about the human capacity for empathy, generosity, forgiveness — and general good • ness — by revisiting people she'd formerly picketed in WBC. •

• What Megan's experiences have taught her about the cognitive biases we all have • — about everything from religion to politics — no matter how smart we think we are. •

• The four steps others used to break through to Megan • and get her to have real conversations, and how we can use them to connect with people who disagree with us • on a fundamental level.

• And much more…

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