[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ncredible show for you this week! Do you love BYU TV's Relative Race? Do you love family history? Do you love a little friendly competition? Do you love genial hosts? If so, stick around for a terrific interview with Dan Debenham, host and producer of Relative Race. Learn about behind-the-scenes work on the show and see how Dan's passion for bringing families together plays out on screen.

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Geoff Openshaw:

[0:00] Hey there TWiMsters.

[0:03] Welcome once again and thank you for tuning into another harrowing edition of this week in Mormons the greatest podcast in the entire world,

that's what I said it move over Joel Osteen we've got this covered on this week's special show however

we're going to do a flip the calendar back a few pages because I did two months ago we had the privilege of interviewing the

producer and host a relative race and if you're not familiar with relative race is a terrific BYUtv program that bring some competition to the proceedings but at the end of the day it's really about uniting families it's at is the seasons of going on,

are the contestants of showed up with some incredible stories and watching them reunite with loved ones meet them for the first time

and really see that the power of the spirit of Elijah,

on-screen is really something special and when we interviewed and it always thought I'd be just kind of a nice way to plug the show and learn some behind-the-scenes stuff which is part of the interview but what I really loved and reflecting on it,

hi is how passionate Dan is about,

the genealogical aspect of it about bringing people together even contestants who don't make it on air for example about still,

letting them linked together with their families there's something really really moving and useful in them and because season 6 of relative race just premiered this past weekend check it out if you haven't done so,

we thought it'd be a great time to revisit this interview and see what we can learn about family history and how.

[1:31] BYUtv has really Amplified its content in recent years,

the great to me like to stress about relative races yeah it's not just this competition show yes there's a prize at the end.

But at the end of the day there's something a lot more meaningful behind it so with that I will hand it over to myself.

All right well now it listeners we are very excited to bring on our special guests for this week's episode and Evan ham from relative races with a side an.

Dan Debenham:

[2:00] Hey how you doing Jeff.

Geoff Openshaw:

[2:03] I'm super thanks for being with us.

Dan Debenham:

[2:05] Anytime anytime.

Geoff Openshaw:

[2:08] We're big fans of relative race on the show where supporters very excited incidentally if I can self indulge for just a moment I found out about relative race two years ago and Susan one came on because,

my co-host Al was featured on turning point.

Dan Debenham:

[2:25] No way.

Geoff Openshaw:

[2:27] Yes so after watching down on the BYUtv at my wife and I were perusing and we saw a relative race were big The Amazing Race man to wear in the genealogy and that's how we got into it so Al I guess we have you to thank for this.

Al Doan:

[2:39] I I honestly I feel like most of the success of relative race comes back to to me.

Dan Debenham:

[2:45] That's what I was thinking I was thinking why are you guys even talking to me it's Al that we should all be speaking to right now.

Geoff Openshaw:

[2:52] Yeah but they are actually at that popped in my head last night so I'm glad we got to do...