Podcast Episodes

Briefly Second Nephi, with Terryl Givens [MIPodcast #99]

This episode continues our special series of episodes on the Maxwell Institute’s brief theological introductions to the Book of Mormon. Terryl Givens…

6 years, 11 months ago

Briefly First Nephi, with Joseph M. Spencer [MIPodcast #98]

“I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents...”

So begins the first book in the Book of Mormon. First Nephi. And this is the first episode in a spe…

6 years, 11 months ago

MIConversations #10—Terryl Givens with Rosaynde Welch, “Life on the road to Emmaus”

Maxwell Institute Conversations are special episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast, hosted by Terryl Givens and created in collaboration with Fait…

7 years ago

Our wild hope, with Reverend Dr. Andrew Teal [MIPodcast #97]

When Latter-day Saint apostle Elder Jeffrey R. Holland visited Oxford University in England last year, he became fast friends with Reverend Dr. Andre…

7 years, 1 month ago

The untold story of Lin Zhao, a martyr in Mao’s China, with Xi Lian [MIPodcast #96]

One of the most outspoken critics of Chairman Mao’s cultural revolution was a young poet and journalist named Lin Zhao. She was a Christian convert, …

7 years, 2 months ago

“Answering sincere gospel questions,” with Spencer Fluhman [MIPodcast #95]

This bonus episode feature Spencer Fluhman delivering his 2019 BYU Women’s Conference address, “Answering Sincere Questions about the Gospel of Jesus…

7 years, 2 months ago

People with disabilities in religious communities [MIPodcast #94]

Almost fifty million people in the United States live with some type of physical or intellectual disability. That’s one in five. In this special epis…

7 years, 3 months ago

Women in the New Testament and beyond, with Carolyn Osiek [MIPodcast #93]

When you think about the earliest Christians you might imagine the twelve disciples, like Peter and John. Maybe Paul comes to mind. But what about wo…

7 years, 3 months ago

MIConversations #9—Terryl Givens with Samuel Brown, “Confessions of an ‘Odd Intellectual’”

Maxwell Institute Conversations are special episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast, hosted by Terryl Givens and created in collaboration with Fait…

7 years, 4 months ago

Joseph Smith’s Egyptian papers, with Robin Jensen & Brian Hauglid [MIPodcast #92]

Joseph Smith left a lot of documents behind when he died in 1844, from the mundane to the intriguing. Some of the more puzzling documents deal with …

7 years, 4 months ago