#314 - The Cancellation of J.K. Rowling

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Harris speaks with Megan Phelps-Roper about her new podcast series, &ldquo;The Witch trials of J. K. Rowling.&rdquo;</span></p> <p><strong>Megan Phelps-Roper</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is an author, and host of </span><a href="https://www.thefp.com/witchtrials" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">made with Andy Mills and Matt Boll for </span><a href="https://www.thefp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Free Press</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Megan was born and raised in the Westboro Baptist Church and left a life of religious extremism in 2012. She has spent the past decade using her experiences to work with schools on anti-bullying campaigns, with law enforcement organizations investigating deradicalization, and with tech companies on the intersection of safety, free speech, and the value of dialogue across ideological divides. Her journey has been chronicled in a trio of BBC documentaries, a TED talk, and her memoir </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3Ma8fbH" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfollow</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Podcast: </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-witch-trials-of-j-k-rowling/id1671691064" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/meganphelps" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@meganphelps</span></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That&rsquo;s why Sam Harris created the <a href="http://wakingup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noop