"How do you know that the courage to call out an injustice isn't actually just a call to join an unjust mob?" "I had this moment in time and it lasted for many months where I was like, how can I ever trust my own mind again? Because I was so certain," he says. 'When we're getting that rush of adrenaline that says, God, I'm a good person...that's when we should most question ourselves'
Host Megan Phelps-Roper asks J.K. Rowling to respond to pushback from some of her critics. The two also discuss the difficulty of discernment—why it can be so hard to know what’s right.
Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.
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