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The Jordan Harbinger Show

302: Megan Phelps-Roper | Unfollowing Westboro Baptist Church Part One

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Talk Radio, Business, Science, Education

4.812.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Megan Phelps-Roper joins us to discuss the true story behind her first book, Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church. (This is part one of a two-part episode.)

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0:00.0

Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger.

0:05.8

As always, I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo.

0:08.6

On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's

0:12.3

most brilliant and interesting people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that

0:16.8

you can use to impact your own life and those around you.

0:20.2

We want to help you see the matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think and

0:23.6

behave.

0:24.6

We want to help you become a better thinker.

0:26.3

If you're new to the show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes and authors,

0:30.9

thinkers and performers, as well as toolboxes for skills like negotiation, public speaking,

0:36.4

body language, persuasion and more.

0:38.1

So if you're smart and you like to learn and improve, you'll be right at home here

0:41.7

with us.

0:42.7

Today, Megan Thelps-Roper started her life in one of the most infamous churches in the

0:47.8

world, the Westboro Baptist Church, known for protesting soldiers, funerals and children's

0:53.6

funerals with signs like pray for more dead soldiers, God hates fags, thank God for

0:58.4

September 11th, etc.

1:00.2

Her and her family were in the news constantly and one of the most visible images of hate

1:05.1

in America.

1:06.1

Now having left the church, Megan is speaking freely in a way that will surprise everyone.

1:11.1

I found this conversation and Megan herself to be absolutely fascinating and I just got

1:15.7

sucked right into this episode just as I'm sure you will be.

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