"It helps me, I guess, now feel a lot of understanding and grace for people even when they're doing harmful things," she says. "That desire to do good is something that you can tap into." She adds: "Every crowd, every mob is made up of individuals ... reaching the individuals will change things for the best"
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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