Podcast Episodes

WTF LDS Episode 34: Tortured Teen Industry

Episode 160

Though the Saints are not credited with the creation of the troubled teen industry, they certainly left a stain starting in the mid 20th century. Just how did the state of Utah and Mormon psychology …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

WTF LDS Episode 33: King Baby Gets a Scolding

Episode 159

There seems to be a great divide in the minds of powerful LDS politicians, pressured to straddle both the celestial world of stringent fundamentalist doctrine and the pit of dank, based, red-edged on…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

WTF LDS Episode 32: Attorney General of Deseret

Episode 158

Until recently Sean Reyes was the AG of Utah, and while he was focused on stripping the rights of the LGBTQ and "stopping the steal" while on the clock, he allegedly moonlighted as a fixer and possib…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

WTF LDS Episode 31: An Interview With Ryan Fisher

Episode 157

The women who are suing Tim Ballard are receiving threats and harassment, and it can be tempting for other Ballard defectors to keep their heads down or look the other way. Ryan Fisher has not. We sa…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

WTF LDS Episode 30: I Didn't Do It, But If I Did...

Episode 156

Tim Ballard is ejected from OUR and finds sanctuary inside Ken Krogue's company the SPEAR Fund. How far is he willing to go to protect Ballard? Plus Thom Harrison gives Tim a blessing.

Know of a missi…

Published on 3 months ago

WTF LDS Episode 29: Ruse, Use, Abuse, Lose

Episode 155

There are many accusations against Tim Ballard and his professional conduct. Today we discuss some of the alleged victims of sexual assaults at Ballard's hands, using his control tactic "The Couple's…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

WTF LDS Episode 28: A Conman and a Psychic Walk Into a Village

Episode 154

Tim Ballard's Operation Underground Railroad is, yes, distastefully named. His origin story is full of, yes, fabrications. But is he unequipped to handle missing and exploited children cases? Yes.  

K…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

WTF LDS Episode 27: Sound of Freedom Ain't Free, But It's Dumb

Episode 153

We pivot to begin the harrowing story of Tim Ballard and his claims of rescuing children, as the lawsuits and accusations against him have rolled in over the last two years. Is he correct that they a…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

WTF LDS Episode 26: The Dark Knight But Mormon

Episode 152

Misplaced vigilante justice has wrecked the peace of a small town south of the Wasatch Front. The Concerned Citizens of Sanpete County have acted out a harassment campaign against a local artist coup…

Published on 4 months ago

WTF LDS Episode 25: Devils in the Jello Belt

Episode 151

The prepper-therapy-mystic-political rat king comes to a head(s) in the town of Spring City, Utah, where research and fact struggle against a barrier of magical thinking.

Know of a missing woman's cas…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago