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Episode 118: Believers and Skeptics panel
Join Bryan and Lindsay for a special bonus episode! We were honored to talk with professors (and students) from Montana State (and several other univ…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 117: The Gunnison Expedition and Massacre
In this episode, Lindsay and Bryan discuss several expeditions, including the Stansbury Expedition and the Gunnison Expedition and Massacre. Each of …
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 116: Before They Were Famous: Emmeline B. Wells
Join Bryan and Lindsay for another episode of BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS, as they talk about an important (feminist) Mormon pioneer foremother, Emmeline…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 115: BONUS EPISODE: History of the LeBaron Family
If you watched the recent Hulu hit, ABC’s Daughters of the Cult about the complicated LeBaron family legacy, check out today’s SMHP episode. In this …
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 114: The PEF (Perpetual Emigration Fund)
Want to come to Zion? Don’t have the cold, hard cash? No worries! Bryan and Lindsay will walk you through how to get there through the 1850’s Perpetu…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 113: Mormon Thieves
Some historians claim that whenever Mormons moved into town, the crime rate went up. Is it true? Did Mormonism make some prolific thieves and robbers…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 112: Wasters and Destroyers
In the early days of the Utah territory, Mormon leaders decided to exterminate anything that got in the way of their plans to build their Kingdom of …
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 111: Before They Were Famous: Daniel H. Wells
It’s time for another episode of Before They Were Famous. This time we focus on the leader of the Nauvoo Legion, Daniel H. Wells and his role in many…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 110: The State of Deseret
In 1849 the Mormons in Utah territory had big, big plans. Too-big-for-their-britches kinds of plans. They called it the State of Deseret and it didn’…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 109: Gulls and the Crickets
It’s the worst war in Mormon history: The Cricket War of 1849. Or is it 1851? (Wait, was it grasshoppers?) Lindsay and Bryan discuss the myth behin…
2 years, 10 months ago