Ep. 92 - William Shunn, Author of The Accidental Terrorist

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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William Shunn is the author of The Accidental Terrorist, a book about his time as a Mormon missionary. He was supposed to preach in Alberta, but it wasn’t long before he was convicted of felony mischief after making a false bomb threat. He’s still not allowed to return to Canada. We spoke with Bill about what it's like to be a Mormon missionary when your heart's just not into it, how the Mormon Church catches escaped missionaries, and the extreme length he went to to prevent his mission partner from leaving the base. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.6	William Shun is the author of the Accidental Terrorist, a book about his time as a Mormon missionary.
0:36.0	He was supposed to preach in Alberta, but it wasn't long before he was convicted of felony mischief after making a false bomb threat.
0:42.0	He's still not allowed to return to Canada. felony mischief after making a false bomb threat.
0:43.0	He's still not allowed to return to Canada.
0:45.1	We're going to find out what the hell happened.
0:46.9	Bill, thank you so much for joining us today.
0:48.8	Oh, it's my pleasure to be here.
0:50.3	I love the work that you do.
0:52.1	Thanks so much.
0:53.0	Bill, before we get to the whole bomb thing, can you give us a little background on what your upbringing was?
0:59.0	On what my, I'm sorry.
1:02.0	Your upbringing, what did you grow up in what religion were you part of and kind of what led up to this incident
1:09.0	I was raised in a fairly devout Mormon household.
1:13.0	I was born in LA in the late 60s,
1:16.4	the oldest of eight children,
1:18.6	as it would eventually turn out.
1:21.0	And my parents were, as I said, very devout, and we were all raised with the expectation,
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