881: Tara Westover - Author of "Educated: A Memoir" Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2018
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
We are excited to release our interview with Tara Westover, author of the New York Times bestseller “Educated.”
“[A] searing debut memoir… Westover recounts her upbringing with six siblings on an Idaho farm dominated by her father…who tried to live off the grid, kept four children (including the author) out of school…and stockpiled supplies and guns for the end-time…When she finally escaped the toxic atmosphere of dogma, suspicion, and patriarchy to attend college and then grad school at Cambridge, her identity crisis precipitated a heartbreaking rupture. Westover’s vivid prose makes this saga of the pressures of conformity and self-assertion that warp a family seem both terrifying and ordinary.”
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| 0:57.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Warmest Stories podcast. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm your host John DeLin. |
| 1:05.0 | It is March 13th, 2018 and we are so incredibly excited to be interviewing Dr. Terro Westover, |
| 1:14.0 | author of this phenomenal book which is sweeping the nation by storm. |
| 1:20.0 | The book is called Educated a Benoit by Dr. Terro Westover. |
| 1:25.0 | It is published by a random house, Penguin Random House, |
| 1:31.0 | who is not an insignificant author or publisher. |
| 1:36.0 | It's a very big book and Terro has been on all the big shows. |
| 1:43.0 | She's been on like 30 different podcasts and we're not offended at all that we're number 31. |
| 1:49.0 | We're honored. We're honored that you would join us. |
| 1:53.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:55.0 | Terro Westover, where are you joining us from? |
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