Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchE154: Passive-aggression Among the Latter-day Saints
When Michael Stevens started teaching university courses in Utah, he noticed that passive-aggressive behavior was significantly higher there than at …
3 years ago
E106: The Vanguard Comes West
Well, that took forever… But Bryan and Lindsay finally brought the podcast to Zion! This episode covers the story of Brigham Young’s vanguard wagon c…
3 years ago
E153: Jesus Christ (Almost) Visits the Mormons.
Would Jesus pass muster to visit an LDS ward? Ryan Shoemaker doesn’t think so. But for reasons that have more to do with Whole Foods than the whole g…
3 years ago
E105: Playing the Mormon Trail
Ever played the old PC game The Mormon Trail? Your ancestors played it in real life and this episode discusses what it was like for them. Shownotes: …
3 years ago
E104: Daily Life in the WQ
What was life like if you were stuck in Winter Quarters? Bryan and Lindsay dig into some of the stories of the women who lived there and what their d…
3 years, 1 month ago
E103: The Donner Party and the Mormons
Many people don’t realize just how many Mormons were part of the fated Donner/Reed tragedy. In this episode, Lindsay and Bryan discuss the horrible t…
3 years, 1 month ago
E152: Saving the Good Ship Zion by Leaving It.
The story goes that anyone who leaves the Good Ship Zion comes back all wet and half drowned. But in this episode, Stephen Carter argues that this is…
3 years, 1 month ago
E151: Jesus, John Wayne, and Captain Moroni: How Mormonism Became Evangelical.
Mormonism used to pride itself on how different it was from other Christian sects. But it has since become part and parcel of the Evangelical movemen…
3 years, 2 months ago
E102: Ladies of the Battalion
Women were an integral part of the Mormon Battalion story and Lindsay and Bryan share their histories, including the story of a rogue group of women …
3 years, 2 months ago
E150: A Pride Month Sermon.
Walking into the forest means walking into the unknown. Reverend Patty Willis has done so many times in her life, and is about to do it again.
3 years, 2 months ago