Mormon Land
By The Salt Lake Tribune
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Mormon Land explores the contours and complexities of LDS news. It's hosted by award-winning religion writer Peggy Fletcher Stack and Salt Lake Tribune managing editor David Noyce.
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Will a top LDS women’s leader ever again be seen as a ‘13th apostle’? | Episode 336
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May 01, 2024 |
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How near-death accounts became apocalyptic and why they attract Latter-day Saints | Episode 335
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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What happens inside LDS families when a loved one leaves the faith | Episode 334
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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A conversation about General Conference | Episode 333
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Who should decide when, where and how often Latter-day Saints wear temple garments? | Episode 332
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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What LDS women want — in the wake of a controversial ‘priesthood power’ speech | Episode 331
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Preserving the Kirtland and Manti temples — through the eyes of LDS historians | Episode 330
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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A look at the Kirtland Temple’s past and its future under a new owner | Episode 329
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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The Huntsman case, ‘copycat’ tithing lawsuits and expanding LDS Church wealth | Episode 328
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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BYU’s racial history | Episode 327
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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The life and legacy of historian D. Michael Quinn | Episode 326
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Finding love in today’s Latter-day Saint dating scene | Episode 325
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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How Latter-day Saints can add other Christian traditions to Easter | Episode 324
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Abuse and forgiveness — How gender imbalances sometimes protect LDS predators | Episode 323
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Why can’t Latter-day Saint girls pass the sacrament? | Episode 322
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Benjamin Park on a fresh take of 200 years of Mormon history | Episode 321
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Why believers and critics miss the complexities of the Book of Mormon | Episode 320
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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A look at LDS Church growth and what the membership stats really reveal | Episode 319
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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The LDS army that made its mark in history without firing a shot against a foe | Episode 318
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Remembering a Latter-day Saint humanitarian who truly lived his religion | Episode 317
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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What to expect from Patrick Kearon, not your typical LDS apostle | Episode 316
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Booting women’s leaders off the stand was ‘hurtful’ and ‘heartbreaking’ | Episode 315
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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The woman who runs the church’s most visible publisher and retailer: Deseret Book | Episode 314
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Apostle vacancy spurs questions about men who run the church — for life | Episode 313
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Steve Young lays out a new game plan for life: the law of love | Episode 312
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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We aren’t perfect. Life isn’t perfect. The church isn’t perfect. Why that’s OK. | Episode 311
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Can Latter-day Saints become as good at peacemaking as they are at proselytizing? | Episode 310
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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McKay Coppins on Mitt Romney — his faith, his politics and his legacy | Episode 309
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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A Palestinian Latter-day Saint's view on the Israel-Hamas war | Episode 308
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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The rise and fall of Brigham Young’s wine mission | Episode 307
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Only 3 women spoke at General Conference — what they said and why it matters | Episode 306
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Tim Ballard uproar reveals divisions between LDS Church and its far-right members | Episode 305
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Live with eminent scholars Richard and Claudia Bushman | Episode 304
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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‘September Six’ ousters were in the past, but the tug of war isn’t over | Episode 303
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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‘E.T.’ meets Joseph Smith? A new book shows the intersection between religion and UFOs | Episode 302
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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LDS singles sing, dance and rock out. Will such connections keep them in the church? | Episode 301
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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All about the tithing lawsuit facing the church | Episode 300
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Fighting hunger among Latter-day Saints in developing nations. Can the church do it? | Ep. 299
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Is ‘Barbie’ an allegory of Mother Eve in LDS theology? | Episode 298
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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From temple divorce to a thriving interfaith marriage | Episode 297
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Meet Eli McCann — lawyer, writer and humorist on LDS culture | Episode 296
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Gordon Monson talks tithing, politics, patriotism and his new beat: religion | Episode 295
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Should an ‘inspired’ but imperfect Constitution be celebrated? | Episode 294
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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How British Latter-day Saints swayed their church on background checks | Episode 293
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Voice and views of LDS historian Kate Holbook live on after death | Episode 292
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Deconstructing Carthage — Why Joseph was slain and why it was about more than religion | Episode 291
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Ben McAdams' high hopes but low expectations for a politically balanced LDS electorate | Episode 290
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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How temple garments affect LDS women spiritually, physically, socially | Episode 289
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Why LDS couples should — or shouldn’t — marry ‘younger’ or ‘older’ - Episode 288
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May 31, 2023 |
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LDS growth — where it’s up, down and how many are actually active | Episode 287
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May 24, 2023 |
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Mountain Meadows Massacre — What did Brigham Young know and when did he know it? | Episode 286
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May 17, 2023 |
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The richness of religious diversity and what kids and adults can learn | Episode 285
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May 10, 2023 |
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A sex abuse survivor details his painful path to healing | Episode 284
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May 03, 2023 |
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Why all R-rated movies need not scare away faithful Latter-day Saints | Episode 283
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Church’s internet presence — how and why it changed | Episode 282
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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The General Conference gender gap — why it should change and how it can | Episode 281
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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How to heed Russell Nelson’s plea to be a peacemaker and why it isn’t easy | Episode 280
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Two former missionaries open up about their mental health challenges | Episode 279
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Writers discuss their identities as Indigenous scholars and Latter-day Saints | Episode 278
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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So Americans don’t view Latter-day Saints favorably. What that means? Does it matter? | Episode 277
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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How Latter-day Saints can immerse themselves in Easter | Episode 276
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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How Brigham Young instituted a racist policy that lasted for more than a century | Episode 275
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Would Latter-day Saints be upset if they knew all about their church’s wealth? | Episode 274
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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A Valentine’s Day special — How couples can build a marriage like God’s | Episode 273
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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What Latter-day Saints and their church can do to save the Great Salt Lake | Episode 272
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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The way forward for Latter-day Saints who aren’t all-in or all-out | Episode 271
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Did Joseph use a ‘seer stone’ or other ‘interpreters’ to translate the Book of Mormon? | Episode 270
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Could a return to ancient Christian practices improve women’s status in LDS Church? | Episode 269
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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How President Russell M. Nelson has put the ‘latter’ back in Latter-day Saints | Episode 268
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Why the LDS Church is ‘underperforming’ and how to revive growth | Episode 267
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Recapping Mormon Land's biggest stories of 2022 | Episode 266
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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How a ‘radiant’ faith can change the world through giving | Episode 265
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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What a newlywed learned about marriage on a yearlong backpacking honeymoon | Episode 264
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Why these members say their church is wrong on the Respect for Marriage Act | Episode 263
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Is the church shifting on same-sex marriage or stuck in neutral? | Episode 262
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Why those ‘I’m a Mormon’ ads worked and how they could help today | Episode 261
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Will LDS voters back or buck Trump? Could he chase them away from the GOP? | Episode 260
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Director of Canadian documentary about LDS finances discusses a church ‘in crisis’ | Episode 259
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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How modern LDS men view marriage, divorce, sex and more | Episode 258
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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The ‘hidden’ wives of Joseph Smith and how they viewed polygamy | Episode 257
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Why this LDS-palooza on the screen? ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ ‘Cheer’ directors weigh in. | Episode 256
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Affirmation leaders discuss the future for queer Latter-day Saints | Episode 255
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Are top LDS leaders simply getting too old? | Episode 254
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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What Joseph Smith looked like and why it mattered to his followers then and now | Episode 253
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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A special dispatch from Spain: How religious freedom is at risk around the world | Episode 252
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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All about Brigham Young’s most famous daughter — writer, suffragist, dynamo | Episode 251
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Why a racist past haunts BYU and the LDS Church — and what can be done about it | Episode 250
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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BYU’s rough week: what does it mean now and what might it portend for the future? | Episode 249
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Expert sees a better approach than the church’s abuse ‘help line’ | Episode 248
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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The reporter of ‘Spotlight’ fame discusses his exposé on sex abuse in the LDS Church | Episode 247
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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A law professor explains “temple divorces,” and how they changed through the years | Episode 246
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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What a cartoonist learned about Joseph Smith and his own childhood faith | Episode 245
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Historian explains why he is convinced the Joseph Smith photo is for real | Episode 244
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Why kids leave the faith and how parents can respond with less guilt | Episode 243
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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How new monuments to Black pioneers may help heal LDS racial divides | Episode 242
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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The LDS author of ‘Ejaculate Responsibly’ says says abortion focus should be on men | Episode 241
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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A ‘divinely inspired’ Constitution — where such talk began and why it matters now | Episode 240
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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How even a patriarchal faith still can bless women | Episode 239
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Dustin Lance Black on “Under the Banner of Heaven” | Episode 238
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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MomTok: ‘Soft swinging,’ monogamous intimacy and LDS sexuality | Episode 237
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Are firearms and gun violence a moral issue the LDS Church needs to address? | Episode 236
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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BYU’s Black Menaces talk about their mission to raise awareness and wipe out racism | Episode 235
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May 25, 2022 |
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How, where and why LDS membership is booming in some places and shrinking in others | Episode 234
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May 18, 2022 |
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How Orrin Hatch transformed the political loyalties of Latter-day Saints | Episode 233
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May 11, 2022 |
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Is ‘Under the Banner’ over the top? Religion scholars weigh in. | Episode 232
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May 04, 2022 |
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LDS leaders talk a lot about religious liberty, but is it really at risk? | Episode 231
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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The co-founders of MormonLeaks discuss their four-year ride exposing secrets | Episode 230
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Interview from the Holy Land with the director of BYU’s Jerusalem Center | Episode 229
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Sonia Johnson and Kate Kelly on their excommunications and the long fight for the ERA | Episode 228
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Gordon Monson shifts gears, discusses what he likes about the LDS Church | Episode 227
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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A look back at scholar D. Michael Quinn and his devotion to honest LDS history | Episode 226
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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When righteousness becomes a debilitating obsession | Episode 225
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Going to bat for Biden in a church that swings Republican | Episode 224
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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The stories of Latter-day Saints in Ukraine | Episode 223
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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The feds have cleared BYU, but is BYU in the clear? | Episode 222
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Brad Wilcox’s speech spurs a key question — How can the church eliminate racism? | Episode 221
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Why politics, done right, is a ‘religious activity’ | Episode 220
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Kristine Haglund on the work of Eugene England, the ‘last Mormon liberal’ | Episode 219
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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The latest on Tongan relief and how the islands resemble Utah in at least one big way | Episode 218
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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LDS writer discusses his landmark book on Emmett Till and his faith’s racial history | Episode 217
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Britain Covey talks about football, his faith, his family and his future | Episode 216
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Gordon Monson discusses his 20 church reforms | Episode 215
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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The sealing change and Woodruff ‘revelation’ most Latter-day Saints know little about | Episode 214
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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A conversation with Denver Snuffer about the Remnant movement | Episode 213
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Christine Durham examines abortion and a nation without Roe v. Wade | Episode 212
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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How the fight against climate change aligns with LDS teachings | Episode 211
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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A prominent architect examines the best and worst of Latter-day Saint temples | Episode 210
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Peggy Fletcher Stack recounts 30 years at The Tribune | Episode 209
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Tom Christofferson reflects on the church’s evolution on LGBTQ issues | Episode 208
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Why factions embracing QAnon are springing up among Latter-day Saints | Episode 207
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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How the Community of Christ differs from its larger sister LDS sect | Episode 206
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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"LuLaRich" and why Latter-day Saint women are drawn to multilevel marketing | Episode 205
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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The Genesis Group and how Black members navigate a mostly white church | Episode 204
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Liberals vs. conservatives — the tug of war within the church | Episode 203
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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What inspired and disappointed at General Conference | Episode 202
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Is the church in the midst of sea change — and how might it navigate the rocky waters? | Episode 201
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Experts explore Mormonism and sex | 200th episode live
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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The new push to get BYU to trim its beard ban | Episode 199
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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The life of a previous professor forced out at BYU | Episode 198
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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How to debunk LDS myths — from Brigham’s temple elevators to Elvis’ Book of Mormon | Episode 197
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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How Jeffrey Holland’s talk on LGBTQ issues could have consequences for BYU | Episode 196
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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A Latter-day Saint ICU physician's experience battling COVID-19 | Episode 195
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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The latest on Temple Square's makeover | Episode 194
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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‘The Mormon Hippie’ sounds off on her faith and its culture | Episode 193
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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An unlikely monastery in Utah and an author's life among Saints and monks | Episode 192
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Why we might need to view Pioneer Day differently | Episode 191
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Should post-pandemic Sunday services adopt a new normal? | Episode 190
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Puncturing the mystery of Emma Smith, who loved Joseph but loathed polygamy | Episode 189
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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The NAACP president and the unlikely alliance with the LDS Church | Episode 188
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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What it means for the church that more than a fifth of young members are queer | Episode 187
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Historians gather to discuss polygamy, the Hofmann bombings and church historic sites | Episode 186
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Why Joseph Smith ran for president and how his platform still resonates today | Episode 185
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Why so many Latter-day Saints believe in QAnon | Episode 184
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Religious scholar explains why the church should stick with the word ‘Mormon’ | Episode 183
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May 26, 2021 |
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How modern missionary work is changing | Episode 182
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May 19, 2021 |
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A Unitarian pastor reflects on his 34-year ministry in Salt Lake City | Episode 181
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May 12, 2021 |
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How to teach kids about Heavenly Mother and why it matters | Episode 180
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May 05, 2021 |
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Remembering D. Michael Quinn — his contributions, his conflicts and his legacy | Episode 179
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Latter-day Saint therapist discusses the sexuality issues that Natasha Helfer tackled | Episode 178
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Richard Turley and the life of Dallin H. Oaks | Episode 177
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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General Conference recap with Jana Riess | Episode 176
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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The Huntsman suit, the church’s $100B account and the state of LDS finances | Episode 175
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Why Latter-day Saints should back universal health care | Episode 174
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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What the Salt Lake Temple loses with renovation | Episode 173
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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'Murder Among the Mormons' co-director Jared Hess on the Mark Hofmann bombings | Episode 172
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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A deeper look at BYU’s report on campus racism and how the school can fix it | Episode 171
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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They're engineers from NASA and the Navy, these Black converts now lead an LDS mission | Episode 170
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Robert Kirby reflects on his career as a religion humorist | Episdoe 169
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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He’s devout. And he’s gay. Now he’s sharing his personal journey. | Episode 168
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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A deeper look at #DezNat tweeters | Episode 167
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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How the LDS Church can adapt as it enters its third century | Episode 166
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Former Sen. Harry Reid on the Capitol riot, impeachment, and the Biden presidency | Episode 165
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Historian Richard Bushman explores faith, doubt and feminism | Episode 164
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Recapping 2020 for the LDS Church | Episode 163
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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Is confronting church critics through satire effective or offensive? | Episode 162
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins on the LDS Church’s quest for approval and its future | Episode 161
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Are Latter-day Saint anti-maskers guilty of not ‘following the prophet’? | Episode 160
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Latter-day Saints and their love-hate history with vaccines | Episode 159
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Why giving thanks is healthy — even amid COVID | Episode 158
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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One of Wyoming’s ‘Black 14’ on his story and new partnership with the LDS Church | Episode 157
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Did Latter-day Saint voters help Biden win Arizona? Will they stick with the GOP? | Episode 156
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Reflections on 12 years as an LDS bishop in the United Kingdom | Episode 155
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Ezra Taft Benson and his influence on Latter-day Saint politics | Episode 154
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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How abortion and the Supreme Court might affect Latter-day Saint voters | Episode 153
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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McKay Coppins on the role LDS voters may play in the election | Episode 152
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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How founder Joseph Smith may have translated the Book of Mormon | Episode 151
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Matthew Gong discusses his LGBTQ journey with his faith, his family and himself | Episode 150
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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How the media use the church's preferred name | Episode 149
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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The thousands of LDS women united to clean up politics | Episode 147
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Affirmation and support for LGBTQ Latter-day Saints | Episode 146
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Finding Mother God with poet Carol Lynn Pearson | Episode 145
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Latter-day Saints make the case for Trump or Biden | Episode 144
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Therapist discusses what’s right with bishops’ interviews | Episode 143
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Rabbi Sam Spector on life in an LDS Zion | Episode 142
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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The lesser-known legacy of Emmeline B. Wells | Episode 141
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Latter-day Saints and the end times | Episode 140
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Mette Ivie Harrison on the ‘five doctrines of ex-Mormonism' | Episode 139
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Church historians discuss the legacy of Eliza R. Snow and her 1,200 sermons | Episode 138
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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How Mormonism embraces the Founding Fathers | Episode 137
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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How views on sexuality and gender evolved and what that might mean in the future | Episode 136
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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BYU activists discuss why the Smoot Building needs a new name | Episode 135
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Joanna Brooks on past LDS leaders’ racist views and how white supremacy took root | Episode 134
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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LDS historian Ardis Parshall shedding light on souls lost during a previous pandemic | Episode 133
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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What society and the LDS Church can do to erase the sin of racism | Episode 132
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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BYU professors discuss gender research and how to elevate women’s voices in the church | Episode 131
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May 27, 2020 |
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A Latter-day Saint artist on the church’s move to display more paintings of Jesus | Episode 130
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May 20, 2020 |
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College administrator examines BYU’s Honor Code reversal on LGBTQ issues | Episode 129
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May 13, 2020 |
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A graphic designer who worked on a previous church logo evaluates the new symbol | Episode 128
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May 06, 2020 |
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Mountain Meadows, Mark Hofmann & more: Historian Richard Turley reflects on his career | Episode 127
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Neylan McBaine discusses blessings, sacrament and how COVID-19 is changing LDS worship | Episode 126
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Expert discusses where LDS church is growing fastest, who is getting temples and why | Episode 125
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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A look back at General Conference | Episode 124
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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LDS scholar examines the coronavirus’s effects on the global church | Episode 123
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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A deeper look at the new handbook | Episode 122
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Secret polygamy, female dissent and Nauvoo’s place in the past and present | Episode 121
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Columnist Jana Riess on where the Sunday school curriculum measures up and falls short | Episode 120
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Polygamy, priesthood ban and more in latest church history volume of ‘Saints’ | Episode 119
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Latter-day Saint women were the first to vote in the U.S. Who knew? | Episode 118
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Historians examine Joseph Smith’s ‘First Vision’ | Episode 117
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Native American law professor discusses the ‘curse' and how to view troubling scripture | 116
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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Scholar Richard Bushman discusses those mysterious gold plates | Episode 115
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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Church has $100B in reserve, but one historian says its global expenses are steep | Episode 114
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Baptist preacher and civil rights legend recalls his 50 years serving in Mormon Land | Episode 113
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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Law professor discusses the history of LDS Church finances | Episode 112
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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Gayle Ruzicka on how her faith informs her conservative activism on a range of issues | Episode 111
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Are recent changes taking Latter-day Saints away from their communitarian roots? | Episode 110
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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A look back at a year of change | Episode 109
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Zandra Vranes on Latter-day lingo | Episode 108
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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The play focuses on a big question: What if the LDS Church brought back polygamy? | Episode 107
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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How Latter-day Saint polygamists ended up in Mexico | Episode 106
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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The LDS Church is growing — but not like it used to | Episode 105
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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Psychology professor discusses conversion therapy, sexual fluidity and more | Episode 104
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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TV journalist Jane Clayson Johnson talks about her battle with depression | Episode 103
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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The life and legacy of Jane Manning James | Episode 102
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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A look back at General Conference | Episode 101
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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The Russell Nelson Era | Episode 100
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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Sexual assault survivor behind ‘Debbie’s Law’ talks about her faith | Episode 99
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Latter-day Saints in Russia | Episode 98
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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Lee Hale discusses his new ‘Preach’ podcast and his own ‘evolving’ faith | Episode 97
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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Lolly Weed talks about how LDS theology encourages mixed-orientation unions | Episode 96
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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’Saturday’s Warrior’ and ‘Book of Mormon‘: A look at the faith's tie to musical theater | Episode 95
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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LDS women are fighting for the ERA. The church is no longer fighting against it. | Episode 94
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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General authority talks about race, Joseph Smith’s polygamy, the LGBTQ policy and more | Episode 93
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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How to reach out in love to members who are questioning, or have left, the faith | Episode 92
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Nelson didn’t apologize for past racial ban, but actions matter as well, professor says | Episode 91
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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After nearly a year, is Nelson’s campaign to erase the church’s nickname succeeding? | Episode 90
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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How LDS art can enhance worship for individuals and the overall church | Episode 89
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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How persecuted faiths helped shape ‘America’s greatest export’ — religious freedom | Episode 88
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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A conversation with a Latter-day Saint attorney who makes her living defending Muslims | Episode 87
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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A historian looks back at a pageant that united a Utah town for 52 years | Episode 86
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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LDS scholar Melissa Inouye on building a global religion & addressing gender issues | Episode 85
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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The ins and outs of the church’s nuanced policy on abortion | Episode 84
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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New LGBTQ play explores struggles of Mama Dragons as they balance faith and family | Episode 83
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May 29, 2019 |
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Why the LDS Church uses ‘specialists’ to help members become more politically active | Episode 82
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May 23, 2019 |
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An ER doc and a hospice chaplain discuss the afterlife and near-death experiences | Episode 81
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May 15, 2019 |
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Why the temple marriage change is the right move toward more inclusion | Episode 80
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May 08, 2019 |
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2018 grad discusses the challenges and fears he had as a transgender student at BYU | Episode 79
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May 01, 2019 |
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A Latter-day Saint therapist on why sex isn't just about making babies | Episode 78
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Renovating Mormonism’s ‘Notre Dame’ and preserving historic LDS buildings | Episode 77
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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The LDS Church’s LGBTQ policy: How it came to be and why it went away | Episode 76
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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How should missionary program be rebuilt and where might new temples go up? | Episode 75
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Former model Rosemary Card talks about life as a young single woman in the faith | Episode 74
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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Therapists unite in a quest for common ground on divisive LGBTQ issues | Episode 73
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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What President Nelson’s meeting with Pope Francis means for Latter-day Saints | Episode 72
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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A new discovery sheds light on early black converts and the subsequent priesthood ban | Episode 71
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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Jana Riess talks politics, LGBTQ issues and her landmark findings on LDS millennials | Episode 70
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Missionaries can call home more often now, but will it make a difference? | Episode 69
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Would yesterday’s pioneers recognize today’s temple ceremonies? | Episode 68
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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Would Utah's birth certificate bill “erase transgender people from existence?” | Episode 67
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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Former practitioner of ‘reparative therapy’ discusses his coming out as a gay man | Episode 66
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Why there are fewer litmus tests for what makes a ‘real Mormon’ outside of Utah | Episode 65
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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What do recent temple changes mean for women, men and the wider LDS Church? | Episode 64
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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A look back at the church’s headline-making year | Episode 63
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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How do Latter-day Saints and Catholics view Mary? | Episode 62
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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The potential positives and negatives of an increasingly non-LDS Salt Lake County, Utah | Episode 61
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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The Atlantic's McKay Coppins talks about Prop 2, Mitt Romney and more | Episode 60
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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Eco-activist explains why her fellow Latter-day Saints should be environmentalists | Episode 59
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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Funeral potatoes, green Jell-O and the Word of Wisdom — they're all on the menu | Episode 58
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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What is Middle Way Mormonism? Are all members essentially middle wayers? | Episode 57
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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Are LGBTQ relations within the Mormon church deteriorating? | Episode 56
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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The end of the Hill Cumorah Pageant | Episode 55
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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Utah professor reveals the history — and debunks the myths — of Latter-day Saint women | Episode 54
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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British bishop talks about youth interviews, the faith’s future in Europe and more | Episode 53
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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Here's what did — and didn’t — happen at General Conference | Episode 52
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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Is ‘correlation' helping or hurting the modern faith? | Episode 51
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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The gossip you might not have heard about General Conference | Episode 50
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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What writer Jana Riess' landmark study says about Latter-day Saint women | Episode 49
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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Sam Young discusses his stance on youth interviews and his possible excommunication | Episode 48
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Sep 12, 2018 |
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Independent historian examines church’s new official history book, ‘Saints' | Episode 47
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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Why the Mormon church's push against medical marijuana might or might not work | Episode 46
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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Former Utah lawmaker says prophet is preparing for Christ’s Second Coming | Episode 45
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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‘Jane & Emma’ filmmakers discuss Mormonism's first lady and a determined black convert | Episode 44
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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A Q&A with MormonLeaks officials and their quest to expose the faith’s secrets | Episode 43
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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Breastfeeding mom speaks out, says she’s reached a ‘compromise’ with her LDS bishop | Episode 42
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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Brigham Young, sea gulls and hardships — separating LDS pioneer myths from reality | Episode 41
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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Is LGBTQ support group Affirmation getting too tight with the Mormon church? | Episode 40
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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A weekend of artistic expression — with a Mormon twist | Episode 39
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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A new hymnal is coming. Which songs should stay, and which should go? | Episode 38
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Jun 20, 2018 |
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Can’t we all just get along? Muslims and Latter-day Saints seem to have found a way. | Episode 37
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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Who actually banned black Mormons from the priesthood? | Episode 36
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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Cathy Stokes talks about her conversion and her life as a black Mormon | Episode 35
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May 31, 2018 |
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Author Rachel Hunt Steenblik discusses the Heavenly Mother's role in the LDS Church | Episode 34
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May 24, 2018 |
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Scouting will survive without the LDS Church, but it will change, says Scout executive | Episode 33
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May 17, 2018 |
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LDS mission presidents are in the news, but what do these church leaders do? | Episode 32
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May 09, 2018 |
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Author Neylan McBaine discusses feminism, Ordain Women and the Mormon #MeToo moment | Episode 31
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May 02, 2018 |
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Social worker and therapist Marybeth Raynes on apologies and forgiveness | Episode 30
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Apr 18, 2018 |
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Matt Martinich discusses the international growth of LDS communities | Episode 29
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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Historian Matthew Bowman reflects on the latest Mormon General Conference | Episode 28
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Apr 06, 2018 |
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LDS relationship and sexuality counselor Jennifer Finlayson-Fife on the MTC assault | Episode 27
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Mar 28, 2018 |
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LDS professor discusses the challenges in raising kids to overcome gender stereotypes | Episode 26
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Mar 14, 2018 |
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Researcher Jana Riess discusses survey that reveals why young LDS members leave | Episode 25
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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BYU biology professor Steven Peck on evolution | Episode 24
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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Former Utah Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham | Episode 23
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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What counsel, if any, should LDS bishops give to spouses in abusive marriages? | Episode 22
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Feb 14, 2018 |
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Josh and Lolly Weed on yearning for a ‘romantic attachment’ they never had | Episode 21
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Jan 31, 2018 |
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Liz Layton Johnson's 95 Theses for today's Mormon church | Episode 20
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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Exploring the woman's role in the Mormon church | Episode 19
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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Genesis Group and black Mormons | Episode 18
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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Adam Miller on faith and doubt | Episode 17
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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The life and legacy of Mormon prophet Thomas S. Monson | Episode 16
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Hong Kong's all-women LDS branch | Episode 15
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Dec 23, 2017 |
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How Mormons celebrate Christmas | Episode 14
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Dec 19, 2017 |
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The bishop's interview | Episode 13
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Dec 12, 2017 |
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Trump's visit to Utah | Episode 12
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Dec 02, 2017 |
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Utah's Refugee Justice League | Episode 11
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Nov 28, 2017 |
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Peggy Fletcher Stack reports on Mormons in southeast Asia | Episode 10
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Nov 20, 2017 |
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Fiona and Terryl Givens on "The Christ Who Heals" | Episode 9
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Nov 14, 2017 |
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Mormons in today's Vietnam | Episode 8
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Nov 06, 2017 |
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Tribune columnist Robert Kirby on new Mormon missionary questions | Episode 7
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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D. Michael Quinn on LDS Church finances | Episode 6
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Oct 25, 2017 |
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Laurie Lee Hall's journey from LDS stake president to transgender woman | Episode 5
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Oct 17, 2017 |
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Coke at BYU and the Word of Wisdom | Episode 4
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Oct 09, 2017 |
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Peggy Fletcher Stack on 26 Years on the Faith Beat | Episode 3
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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October 2017 General Conference Wrap-Up | Episode 2
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Oct 04, 2017 |
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Tom Christofferson on being Mormon and gay | Episode 1
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Sep 24, 2017 |