Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchE191: How to Spot an Unorthodox BYU Professor.
Clark Gilbert is tightening the orthodoxy clamps at BYU, just like Ernest Wilkinson did in the 1950s and 60s. Is this the best way to make BYU studen…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 140: The Utah War, part one
Dive into the chaotic and fascinating history of the Utah War with Lindsay and Bryan. They’ll unravel how political paranoia, religious zeal, and nat…
1 year, 7 months ago
E190: Camping at the Edge of Excommunication.
Sterling M. McMurrin had only been a seminary teacher for two years before the president of the Church, Heber J. Grant, wanted to fire him. And he ca…
1 year, 7 months ago
E189: Three Kinds of Believers.
Much is made in the LDS Church about how David Whitmer, one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, never recanted his testimony, even though h…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 139: The History of the Exponent II
The Sunstone Mormon History Podcast recently took off their “regular chronology” hat for a minute and put on the “fantastic new book” hat (it’s hot p…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 138: Mormon Castrations and Warren Snow
In this gripping episode, Bryan and Lindsay delve into the controversial rumors of punitive castrations carried out by Mormon elders, focusing on fig…
1 year, 8 months ago
E188: “Heretic” and the War Within Mormonism.
In the movie “Heretic,” Mr. Reed is the logical conclusion of many parts of Mormonism. And they threaten to destroy Mormonism’s best parts. Join Step…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 137: Mormon Reformation, part three
In Part Three of our series on the Mormon Reformation, we dive into the most harrowing chapter yet. This episode uncovers the brutal measures Mormons…
1 year, 8 months ago
E187: Four Looks at My Father.
What happens when you grow apart politically from a parent? In this episode, Bryan Waterman looks back over the years he spent with his father—both a…
1 year, 9 months ago
E186: The Folklore of Mormon Missionaries.
William A. Wilson and John B. Harris spent years gathering missionary folklore—everything from greenie initiation stories to encounters with the Devi…
1 year, 9 months ago