Episode 73: Why Mormon Church Meetings are so Dull

 

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Glenn Ostlund and Bridget join up to discuss with Jana Riess why Mormon meetings tend to be so dull.

72b: Listener Essays, Part 2

 

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Several months ago, Mormon Expression sent out the call for listeners to submit their own personal essays. Listen to their voices.

72a: Listener Essays, Part 1

 

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Several months ago, Mormon Expression sent out the call for listeners to submit their own personal essays. Listen to their voices.

Episode 71b: The King Follet Discourse for Dummies Part 2

 

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On the 7th April 1844 Joseph Smith gave one of the most important discourses of Mormonism. Join Tom, Mike, Glenn and John Larsen for the discussion.

The King Follet Discourse: A Newly Amalgamated Text

Episode 71a: The King Follet Discourse for Dummies Part 1

 

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On the 7th April 1844 Joseph Smith gave one of the most important discourses of Mormonism. Join Tom, Mike, Glenn and John Larsen for the discussion.

The King Follet Discourse: A Newly Amalgamated Text

Episode 70: Little Happy Secrets with Melissa Leilani Larson

 

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Tom and Glenn are joined by Melissa Leilani Larson, the playwright of the play “Little Happy Secrets”. We talk to Melissa about her controversial play and some of her thoughts surrounding it.

Links:

“Little Happy Secrets” – The Audio Play: http://tinyurl.com/bj95hr

Fundraising effort to get “Little Happy Secrets” in Salt Lake City: http://tinyurl.com/2cgfgw5

Melissa’s Blog: http://melissaleilanilarson.wordpress.com/

Little Happy Secrets on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/2d86uqd

Episode 69: Author Anthony Larson and the Last Days

 

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Mormon Author Anthony E. Larson joins John Larsen to discuss his research and writing concerning the last days.

Anthony’s Webpages:
http://mormonprophecy.blogspot.com/
http://www.mormonprophecy.com/

Episode 68: Zilpha’s Conversation with Nate: Coming Out and Coming to Terms

 

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Zilpha interviews high school friend Nate Koch about being gay and serving a mission. After being sent home, he decides to come out of the closet and leave the church.

Episode 67: Guns, Germs, Steel and the Book of Mormon

 

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Guest Host Seth Leigh is joined by Jonathan, Lorin and John Larsen to discuss Jared Diamond’s Work Guns, Germs and Steel and its implications for Mormonism.

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Episode 66: The First Anniversary Episode

 

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Zilpha, Tom, George, Nyal and John Larsen reunite to talk about the foundation and journey of the podcast.

Episode 65b: The First Vision for Dummies Part 2

 

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George, Mike, Glenn, join John Larsen to discuss the 4 major accounts of the First Vision.

Episode 65a: The First Vision for Dummies Part 1

 

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George, Mike, Glenn, join John Larsen to discuss the 4 major accounts of the First Vision.

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New Your Times Ideas & Trends; For Air Crash Detectives, Seeing Isn’t Believing

Episode 64: Returned Sister Missionary Panel

 

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Tom is joined by returned missionaries Kay, Laura and Heather to discuss their experiences as sister missionaires.

Episode 63: Conference Statistical Review

 

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John Larsen, Tom & George are joined by resident conference statistician Alf O’Mega to discuss the annual numbers provided by the Church at the spring conference.
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Episode 62: A Lesbian Couple’s Story

 

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Zilpha interviews a post-mormon lesbian couple, “Ellie” and “DJ” about growing up in the church and their struggles to feel accepted by their families and the conservitive culture surrounding them.

Episode 61: Bonus: 10 Tribes–the After Discussion

 

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John, Zilpha, Tom, Mike, and Glenn in a “captured” lively discussion about a variety of topics. Perk up your ears for great lines such as “You know who screwed them up?, God!”, “The cows are gonna pass down the culture?”, “They’ll be having sex”, “You don’t pray to the Daughter in the name of the Mother, it doesn’t work that way.”, “So you’re not “Fowler Stage 5?”…I couldn’t even say it without laughing.”, “Faith for me is just kind of a hope to keep peace in my house.” and other gems.

Episode 60: Bullseyes in the Book of Mormon

 

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In this Episode John Larsen chats with “consiglieri” about the historical hits in the Book of Mormons.

Episode 59: Alexander Zaitchik on Glenn Beck

 

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John Larsen chats with Alexander Zaitchik author of numerous article on Glenn Beck and the recently published Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance.

Alexander’s Web Site http://www.zaitchik.com/

Episode 58: The Doctrinal Differences in the Community of Christ

 

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John Hamer and David Howlett of the Community of Christ are joined by John Larsen to explain the difference in the doctrines between the Community of Christ (RLDS) and the Salt Lake Branch of the Restoration Movement.

Episode 57: A Requiem for Bruce R. McConkie’s Mormon Doctrine

 

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John Larsen, Mike, and Glenn are joined by special guest Jon B to discuss the end of the run of Bruce R. McConkie’s Mormon Doctrine.




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