Would A.I. help or hurt the spirit of LDS sacrament meetings? | Episode 406
Is the following playing out more and more among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? • The bishop asks Brother So-and-So to give a talk next week on being kind to strangers. “N...
27 Aug 202533min
Is big money for sports at odds with BYU's religious mission? | Episode 405
The mission statement of Brigham Young University, the flagship school of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, says nothing about pursuing spots in the College Football Playoff or the Fina...
20 Aug 202529min
The discovery about a prominent LDS pioneer holds lessons about racial profiling | Episode 404
For many early Utah pioneers, James Brown Jr. was a hero of sorts. He led a Mormon Battalion company into the Salt Lake Valley just days after Brigham Young. He and his family settled Ogden, which bec...
13 Aug 202533min
Tattoos can be 'personal and sacred' | Episode 403
Gordon B. Hinckley, then president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stepped up to the microphone in General Conference in the fall of 2000 and solemnly denounced tattoos as “graffit...
6 Aug 202527min
'Mormons in Media' crossover: Witch parties, NCMOs, and marriage pressure — dissecting Provo's latest dating show
On the fourth crossover episode between ‘Mormon Land’ and ‘Mormons in Media, ’ Rebbie and Nicole dissect the latest dating show to come out of Provo — The Altar. Rebbie fills Nicole in on the history ...
3 Aug 202552min
Members can fight Trump’s crackdown, LDS immigration attorney says, in ways the church can’t or won’t | Episode 402
To Christians everywhere, the story of refugees is a part of Scripture. It is sacred. Adam and Eve, Moses and the Israelites, the Book of Mormon’s Lehi and his family, even Mary, Joseph and the child ...
30 Juli 202531min
Adventures and misadventures from the pioneers' trek | Episode 401
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a standard crossing-the-Plains narrative: Pioneers traversed the Mississippi River on the ice led by Brigham Young. Everything was well ...
23 Juli 202536min
Should the LDS Church endorse political candidates? | Episode 400
The latest word from the IRS is that, contrary to popular belief, churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates from the pulpit without threatening their tax-exempt status. Whe...
16 Juli 202537min
