Cwic Media- LDS Podcast / Latter-day Saints

Folklorist Christopher Blythe of Brigham Young University joins me to unpack the unofficial stories that quietly shape Latter-day Saint belief. We talk three Nephites, seer stones, missionary legends, evil spirits, and why some 'false' stories still tell real truth.

Blythe defines folklore as informal ideas we pass along—what parents tell kids, what missionaries swap in apartments, what members share at campfires or in the celestial room, not the correlated manual. Folklore includes what we do, make, and especially what we say: stories, interpretations, and "off-the-record" teachings. "Official" doctrine is correlated and written; folklore is what happens the second we interpret and repeat it. We often misuse the term "folklore" to mean "false doctrine" or "wives' tales," but in academia, it refers to how ideas are transmitted, not to their truth or falsity.

Folklore can be deeply sacred—sometimes things we won't share over the pulpit precisely because they mean so much.

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Karen Hyatt, a "polygamy denier," was excommunicated from the LDS Church according to her own video.

Are women leaving the workforce in droves? What does this say about traditional families and gender roles? What are women in the church taught?

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Jacob Taylor and filmmaker Barrett Burgin return to Cwic Show to discuss "Where do Latter-day Saints fit in? Into politics and into culture. How strong are our allies? Do we go it alone?

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Hayden Carrol sets up a table at campuses like Charlie Kirk to discuss Mormonism, Atheism, and more.

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Avraham Gileadi and Marci Campbell from the Isaiah Institute take a deep dive into the Book of Isaiah. What is the Davidic Servant? Did Joseph Smith talk about the Davidic Servant? How do we better understand the Book of Isaiah?

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Avraham Gileadi and Marci Campbell from the Isaiah Institute take a deep dive into the Book of Isaiah. What is the Davidic Servant? Did Joseph Smith talk about the Davidic Servant? How do we better understand the Book of Isaiah?

Avraham Gileadi and Marci Campbell from the Isaiah Institute take a deep dive into the Book of Isaiah. What is the Davidic Servant? Did Joseph Smith talk about the Davidic Servant? How do we better understand the Book of Isaiah?

Filmmakers Barrett Burgin and Jake Taylor join Greg for a different type of discussion on Latter-day Saint politics, identity, and the label, "Christian."

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Dr. Ralph Hancock, political philosophy professor, talks about Dr. Patrick Mason's "Proclaim Peace." Dr. Mason is the Latter-day Saint icon in academic circles on the topic of "Peace" and "Peacemaking."

But is his approach tenable for Latter-day Saints? Is it congruent with gospel principles or is is built on a framework of social justice?

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