The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling | Chapters 4-7 | ELITE PICK of June 2023

This Podcast has got to be one of the best I've ever listened to. My mom started listening to it and recommended it to me. I absolutely LOVE IT. I am more empathetic towards trans people now too. I love how JKR stook to her beleifs. I love how you got the other side of the story also. Although i don't agree with Natalie as much, i can still respect her. I agree that some of this is a step too far. For me, this podcast checks pretty much all the boxes for me. It challenged my beleifs but also proved me right in my beliefs. Highly recommend this podcast, not only for JKR's defense, but also for the good of the people. For people to see some of the problems in todays world. Thank you for this amazing podcast!! 💗💗💗

Oh wow. Noah!! What a wonderful thoughtful young person. I wish more people were as sensible and thoughtful as you. I wish you all the best for your future!! I sincerely hope you will find happiness!! JK Rowling you are amazing!! You are so much deeper and so much more nuanced than I ever thought. I wish our society was less polarised and there was more listening, less shouting. Thank you for caring!! Thank you all for making this podcast. A masterpiece!!

JK Rowling is an amazing woman.

Bravo team! Coming from a place of despair at the increasingly polarised irrationality in most every corner I'm moved to tears of relief just for hearing reasonable, reasoned discussion. Of course I'm also much enlightened by the balanced coverage. Thankyou so very much ❣️👏

Thank you for this thoughtful, careful work. After the description of Ms Rowling standing in front of the graduating class at Harvard as a proponent of failure, we're brought to the critical idea (and hope) that many of the people who've screamed the foulest, basest abuse at the face of reason will accept, that in direct controversion to the choice of the people who've made this podcast, they've chosen to deploy their right to expression by making fools of themselves and by harming others. Grace is what happens when we accept failure by forgiving ourselves for being fools and can see others as we see ourselves. Rowling and Phelps-Roper lead us there, each by the example of their own examined lives. Thank you again.

I loved this series. I reflected on my own position and i'm now more empathetic towards trans people . Thank you

The worst thing about this podcast is that it is highly editorialized with lots of commentary. Would have preferred minimal editing with a lengthy conversation with Jo Rowling. I dont know why Megan decided to follow the 60 minutes model here...

Has trans men ever fought for the right to be in male prisons?

I do think Natalie is being a bit disingenous here. She seems to think that detransitioners are very rare and waves it off as if it's not a big deal. I think so much of the 'moral panic' as she calls it comes from the fact that if a young person does get rushed into transition, that person may be permanently sterile, sexually imputent and changed other in irreversible ways. The consequences of getting it wrong are so high and not to be taken lightly, especially with minors.

JK Rowling is my hero - and a wonderful writer.

I wonder who was the first to come up with this idea that sex and gender are a social construct 🤔. I wonder who could have done it.

I am a 67 year old geezer. When I finally got broadband around 2010, I quickly found Youtube. I have always been an atheist, and I liked that atheist programs helped me to improve my language in expressing why I feel as I do. In my real world, I rarely met atheists. But then at some point, atheist YouTubers bought big into outage over the perceived denial of rights to trans people.   As time passed, I began to see a consistent outrage and intolerance toward those who dared to wonder. Rowling and Dawkins are obvious celebrity victims of delusional outrage. I have always thought we humans were a bit tribal and dumb, but the internet really made clear that I had previously overestimated the wisdom of my species.   Adults, do as you choose, but a trans-woman can never be a woman. I am not angry or offended. I see it as elaborate cosplay. I don't wish to hurt feelings, just don't expect me to lie. So many atheist YouTubers seem unable or unwilling to recognize some irony in their dogma. Lastly, it saddens me that TERF is now a word in my vocabulary.

Our mantra back in the day was “we’re here, we’re queer, get used it to.” Our sense of self worth wasn’t determined by what others thought or by bigots, it was determined by our own sense of liberation. I assume it still is for the gay guys, anyway. To base your sense of self worth on how others respond to you sounds exhausting, and in some cases, it’s a hope too far. Don’t worry about what others think, because if you are chasing that, you are destined for disappointment.

Just amazing.

Go listen to the full podcast. It is excellent.

Only the last 30 minutes of the last chapter was listening to. What JK had to say was far more interesting than all the padding forced in by the makers of this .

So ...Harvard didn't change all that much, or is returning to it's roots...delivering "witch" hunters

Great podcast ..

The lack of self awareness of some of these vile tweet senders who use the most disgusting terminology is astounding.

Inappropriate to involve a minor in smtg that's going to be this high profile.