Podcast Episodes

1345: Douglas Stilgoe - Leaving the LDS Church as a Young Adult in the U.K.

As part of our ongoing series on 21st century Mormonism outside of the United States, today we interview Douglas Stilgoe. Douglas is a 23 year old, 3rd generation Mormon raised in Warwickshire, Engl…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

1344: Captain Kidd, Treasure Digging, Joseph Smith, and the Book of Mormon

Today I will be reviewing my recent research into the topic of how the pirate Captain William Kidd and the practice of New England treasure digging that followed Kidd directly inspired Joseph Smith…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

1343: Karen Adam - From Scottish Mormon Mother to Political Activist

Karen Adam was raised in a same-sex household in Scotland (her mother identified as Lesbian). She joined the Mormon church at age 17 in 1992 after a teenage pregnancy. Karen lived as a member of th…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

1342: Did B.H. Roberts Lose His Testimony of the Book of Mormon?

As many of you will recall, Shannon Caldwell Montez joined us on Mormon Stories Podcast in July, 2020 to tell us her own story, as well as to tell us the story of B.H. Roberts - the LDS Church histor…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

1341: Dr. Robert Ritner - An Expert Egyptologist's View of the Book of Abraham Pt. 3

For more than a century Joseph Smith's Book of Abraham "translation" has been revered as holy scripture by devout Mormons, and denounced by all credible non-LDS Egyptologists as a 100% erroneous tran…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

1340: Dr. Robert Ritner - An Expert Egyptologist's View of the Book of Abraham Pt. 2

For more than a century Joseph Smith's Book of Abraham "translation" has been revered as holy scripture by devout Mormons, and denounced by all credible non-LDS Egyptologists as a 100% erroneous tran…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

1339: Dr. Robert Ritner - An Expert Egyptologist's View of the Book of Abraham Pt .1

For more than a century Joseph Smith's Book of Abraham "translation" has been revered as holy scripture by devout Mormons, and denounced by all credible non-LDS Egyptologists as a 100% erroneous tran…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

1338: Haley Wilson Lemmón - The BYU Undergrad Who Discovered Joseph Smith's Plagiarisms in his Bible "Translation"

Over the past several decades. credible Mormon-themed scholarship has determined beyond any reasonable doubt that Joseph Smith's claim have special powers to "translate" ancient languages was not tru…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

1337: Shannon Caldwell Montez - From Wife and Mother to Groundbreaking Mormon Historian

How does a Mormon wife and mother become a groundbreaking historian?

Join us today on Mormon Stories Podcast as Shannon Caldwell Montez shares with us her journey to become a historian after living a…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

1336: The Rise and Fall of B.H. Roberts

Have you ever wondered how much the top-level Mormon church leaders know about the problems with LDS Church truth claims, and for how long they have known about these problems?

Long before Mormon Gen…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago