Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchE196: You Can Go Home Again. But Do You Want To?
How much can we heal from the wounds our religious community gave us? Stephen Carter explores the “hero cycle” story structure to find out.
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 145: Runaway Officials
In this episode, Lindsay and Bryan dive into one of the most violent and outrageous chapters of early Mormon history: the “Runaway Officials” scandal…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 144: Mail Bag: Malissa Lott
Once again, through no action or righteousness on their part, another great story landed in the lap of Lindsay and Bryan. That’s right, it’s mailbag …
1 year, 5 months ago
E195: An Insider’s Look at the Baseball Baptisms in Britain.
The Baseball Baptism era is a controversial one in LDS history. Richard Mavin gives a first-hand account of how it all happened in Britain and how hi…
1 year, 5 months ago
E194: The Baseball Baptism Era.
Probably the most controversial period of Mormon missionary history was from about 1960–1962 when more than 100,000 boys were baptized into the LDS C…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 143: MAIL BAG
We love our fan mail! Especially when they contain juicy historical details, which is why we’re introducing MAIL BAG EPISODES, where we sometimes sha…
1 year, 6 months ago
E193: Should We Toss Testimony Meeting?
LDS testimony meetings are usually tedious affairs. Yet we have them every month. Why? Anthropologist David Knowlton compares testimony meeting with …
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 142: Wild Bill Hickman
In this episode, we delve into the life of one of the most controversial and complex figures of the American West: William Adams “Wild Bill” Hickman,…
1 year, 6 months ago
E192: Annalee Skarin: Excommunicated then Translated—Yes, Like Enoch.
In 1948, Annalee Skarin had just published a book she said was written by the power of God. She was very soon excommunicated from the LDS Church. But…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 141: The Utah War, part two
Join Lindsay and Bryan as they dive into the explosive history of the Utah War for part two of our Utah War series. We explore the complex interplay …
1 year, 7 months ago