Educated

Educated is a book by Tara Westover, published in 2018. This Waffle podcast explores the book across 4 episodes.

How did your family’s ideal of self-reliance leave you without schooling or safety, and how did Tyler help make college an imaginable way out? From struggling with unspoken classroom rules at BYU to questioning revered books at Cambridge, how did education change your sense of your abilities and what a woman could become? Why did your family’s apparent willingness to acknowledge Shawn’s violence give way to threats and denial, and how did your life beyond the mountain change what you could accept? How did counseling, supportive relatives and your research on family obligation help you rebuild—and learn that protecting yourself could coexist with love and belonging?

These episodes are AI-generated adaptations grounded in the book. Listen to the first episode here and continue the series in the Waffle app.