Why many evangelicals don't see Latter-day Saints as Christians | Episode 443
For about a decade, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been in a costly rebrand aimed in part at shoring up its bona fides as a Christian denomination. Not everyone is convinced, incl...
10 Jun 30min
Poet Carol Lynn Pearson on how she left 'parts' of the church | Episode 442
Carol Lynn Pearson, renowned Latter-day Saint poet, playwright and activist, began keeping a nearly daily diary when she was a senior at Brigham Young High School in 1956. And she never stopped. The f...
3 Jun 36min
The 'crisis' of members leaving the LDS Church | Episode 441
Jeff Strong, a former bishop, mission president and BYU faculty member, finds himself in a similar position to an increasing number of parents in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While...
27 Mai 52min
It’s time for members to call out racism, says Black Latter-day Saint leader | Episode 440
Ronell Hugh says he was recently hiking a trail in Highland, Utah, when a white man in a gray truck leaned out his window and shouted a racist threat. It was a moment both startling and deeply troubli...
20 Mai 44min
LDS women who pursued careers when it was seen as a no-no | Episode 439
It’s the late 1960s to mid-1970s. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues a century-old priesthood and temple ban against its Black members. It takes a high-profile public stance aga...
13 Mai 34min
What does a ‘sustaining’ vote really mean in the church? | Episode 438
On April 4, millions of Latter-day Saints worldwide raised their hands to show symbolic support for their new prophet-president, Dallin H. Oaks. It was a rare ritual, called a solemn assembly, done pr...
6 Mai 40min
Why peace lovers aren’t enough. Jesus called for peacemakers. | Episode 437
Nearly 50 years ago, Latter-day Saint prophet-president Spencer W. Kimball warned boldly and directly about the dangers of war, including the vast resources used in the destruction of America’s enemie...
29 Apr 34min
'Mormons in Media' crossover: Processing "Trust Me: The False Prophet" with Mormon Fundamentalism Expert Cristina Rosetti
Netflix's harrowing 4-part docuseries focuses on the crimes of Sam Batemen, but before Sam Bateman there was Warren Jeffs. As outsiders, Nicole and Rebbie can't begin to understand how either of these...
26 Apr 1h 4min
