Well, Pod Squad, when we were dreaming up this season of We Can Do Hard Things, this conversation

that we're about to share with you was one of the most important tent poles to us of this entire

season. We knew in our bones that you needed to hear this conversation and I think it just blew every expectation

that I had for it out of the water. I feel changed. If you've ever felt like something is missing

that you can't quite identify, you are right. And during this conversation, you're going to find out what was missing

and how to reclaim it and change your life with it. I know that there are many like women

theologians of this world, but there is something about this conversation that

was really important in this moment of my life to hear from a woman about theology, about Christianity, about power, empire.

I just, I cannot, I cannot tell you how much that changed me.

Yeah. I think this is the conversation we need right now.

I stand by that, listen, and you can tell us what you think. So there's only one person who could

have a conversation this world and life changing with us in this moment about this topic, and that is

Megan Waterson. Megan Waterson is a Harvard-trained feminist theologian and the

best-selling author of Mary Magdalene revealed. Megan's most recent book, The Girl Who Baptized

Herself, is about the first century St. Thetla and how the scripture that contains her story

reads like a manual for defying the patriarchy and following the

voice of our own soul. Buckle up, Pod Squad. Let's go.

So Megan Waterson. Ugh.

So we were talking this morning. When we are planning a season of this show, we actually plan it pretty carefully.

And we have this idea that each episode will kind of speak to the last and speak to people where they are and sort of

be helpful, whether that's in a comforting, helpful way or a challenging helpful way, because

both are equally important.

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