Reflector

Megan Phelps-Roper

Booking Overview

This is a narrative investigative journalism podcast focused on the history and implications of contentious social, scientific, ethical, and cultural issues, typically incorporating interviews with academics, researchers, and specialized subject-matter experts into reported episodes. Credible pitches would include researchers with original findings, authors, professors, and practitioners who can provide nuanced evidence on surprising or underexplored debates; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 31

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

matthew@longview.report

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Host

Megan Phelps-Roper - Writer, speaker, and former member and spokesperson for the Westboro Baptist Church whose work examines belief, religion, persuasion, and social division.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Academic researchers, professors, authors, and other specialized experts with strong subject-matter knowledge and evidence-based perspectives on contentious or underexplored issues.

Required Achievements:

Peer-reviewed research, University appointments, Published books or essays, Specialized expertise on complex social, scientific, or ethical questions

Recent Guest Discussions

Hal Herzog - Human Attitudes Toward Animals And The Ethical Questions Surrounding Canine Neutering.

James Serpell - The History, Ethics, And Scientific Evidence Surrounding Canine Neutering.

Lynette Hart - The Evidence And Long-term Effects Surrounding Spaying And Neutering Dogs.

Ben Hart - The Evidence And Long-term Effects Surrounding Spaying And Neutering Dogs.

Recent Topics

Social Issues, Ethics, Science, History, Religion

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Reflector

Book Keeper

July 20, 2026

Today on Reflector we are bringing you a very special episode from a new series that found its beginnings right here. It is called Book Keeper. Last year we released the episode Hallelujah, where Megan Phelps-Roper revisited the Bible to ask what still endures when belief is gone. That episode inspired us to continue telling these stories. In our first episode of this series Megan, more than 10 years after leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, returns to the Bible again. Eve...

Can Gambling Make Us Wiser?

June 04, 2026

⁠Visit the Longview website to learn more and support our reporting Prediction markets have exploded from a niche financial concept into a multibillion-dollar industry — one that's reshaping how we understand information, trust, and the future. But as these markets promise to make us wiser — cutting through noise, humbling the pollsters, giving us a cleaner read on what's actually going to happen — they're also raising a darker question: what happens to public trust when every event becomes ...

To Snip or Not to Snip

April 30, 2026

Katie Herzog never planned to become a dog person and she definitely never planned to agonize over her goldendoodle's testicles. But when it came time to neuter Moose, she couldn't find a good answer to a simple question: why? What follows is a reported journey through canine bodily autonomy, the surprisingly short history of spay/neuter as gospel, and what the best available science actually says about cutting off your dog's balls. Read the essay at our Substack Visit our website to suppor...

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