Johnathan Rauch on the LDS Church's trailblazing compromises for the good of the country | Episode 378
Since America’s founding, Christianity has been a “load-bearing wall” of democracy, but in recent decades it has given up that role — and that, argues writer and scholar Jonathan Rauch, has led to the...
12 Feb 202532min
How can the church sustain the law and support its undocumented members? | Episode 377
As a candidate, he promised “mass deportations” of undocumented immigrants. And now, as president, he is setting the wheels in motion in an effort to do just that. While President Donald Trump’s next ...
5 Feb 202540min
From stake president and temple designer to excommunicated trans woman | Episode 376
In 2017, Laurie Lee Hall publicly shared her remarkable journey as a transgender Latter-day Saint. It took her through joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving a two-year missi...
29 Jan 202534min
Understanding the big courtroom showdown in the tithing lawsuit against the LDS Church | Episode 375
Tithing has long been seen by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a test, a trial, if you will, of faith. Well, now the practice of donating a tenth of one’s income is essent...
22 Jan 202525min
Separating fact from fiction in ‘American Primeval’ | Episode 374
Note to listeners • This episode contains spoilers for “American Primeval.” It’s bleak. It’s bloody. It’s barbaric. It’s also the No. 1 TV show on Netflix. But what millions of viewers may misundersta...
15 Jan 202539min
What is happening at BYU and why it matters | Episode 373
Brigham Young University has a “unique and compelling faith-based mission to develop disciples of Jesus Christ,” says school spokesperson Carri Jenkins. To that end, the school has long required stude...
8 Jan 202538min
New garments, social media stars, temple push (and pushback) and 2024′s other big LDS news | Episode 372
While Russell Nelson, the 100-year-old leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is, by his own admission, slowing a bit, the pace of news in the global faith he oversees is hardly le...
31 Dec 202450min
NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young says to stop making deals with God | Episode 371
Steve Young — yes, that Steve Young, the Hall of Fame quarterback and former Brigham Young University star who earned multiple MVP awards and Super Bowl rings with the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers — is t...
24 Dec 202440min
