Glass Box Podcast

The title says it all, this is 2018 in review! 2018 was an eventful year for the Mormon church and we review some of the most important headlines with the help of an astute redditor. Be sure to read the post at the link below! After that Braden tells us about the new Pixar movie, Small Foot. Then we take on a happy headline about the cost of coal energy vs. renewable sources.

Reddit post

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/aa0ii7/2018_year_in_review_a_look_back_at_tsccs_year/

Light of Gazalem

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/its-now-cheaper-to-build-a-new-wind-farm-than-to-keep-a-coal-plant-running/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5bf0114b00bd4700016eb39a&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2XKE4MO6ldUM7JugS2lhLzT4dV1fV-rrerWpmE0y6x4osJRNW762RY0H8

What do current membership numbers of the Mormon church reveal about overall trends in membership? Is the dip in membership due to the secularization of America, or are Mormons leaving religion at a higher rate than the baseline? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is lying about its membership numbers. Why? After that, Braden tells us about Holy Hell, a documentary about a cult leader…. Apropos, right? Then we talk about a toy maker who's making Christmas better for thousands of people out of the goodness of their hearts.

Church Membership Numbers:

http://cumorah.com/index.php?target=view_other_articles&story_id=590&cat_id=35

http://cumorah.com/index.php?target=view_other_articles&story_id=610&cat_id=35

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-number-of-americans-with-no-religious-affiliation-is-rising/

https://kutv.com/news/local/losing-their-religion-millennials-including-utahns-leaving-church

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2886596&itype=NGPSID

http://worldpopulationreview.com/states/utah-population/

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2018/12/09/salt-lake-county-is-now/

Light of Gazalem:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/12/11/this-toy-factory-is-run-by-volunteers-who-give-away-all-toys-free/?noredirect=on&utm_source=reddit.com&utm_term=.0ea961b44f46

https://www.mormon.org/christmas/giving-machines

From the September Six to Bill Reel, we go through a highlight reel of some of the more prominent excommunications by the Mormon church. The takeaway? If you speak out publicly against the leadership, even if the criticism is true, it's only a matter of time before you're on the chopping block. After that Braden tells us about the new Leah Remini series "Scientology: The Aftermath". We wrap up with Patagonia taking climate change seriously and actually doing something about it.

Excommunication linkshttp://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3791111&itype=CMSID

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2163720&itype=CMSID

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Kelly_(feminist)

http://mormon-alliance.org/about.htm

http://www.lds-mormon.com/whytemplechanges.shtml

https://www.lds.org/ensign/1991/11/news-of-the-church/statement-on-symposia?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1989/04/alternate-voices?lang=eng

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunstone_(magazine)

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/19/us/mormons-penalize-dissident-members.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKjASwbutsE

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/476161/SCHOLAR-REBAPTIZED-INTO-LDS-CHURCH.html

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58060420&itype=CMSID

https://www.ldsfreedomforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=35648

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Alliance

http://signaturebookslibrary.org/840/

Light of Gazalem

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-28/patagonia-donates-10-million-trump-tax-savings-to-green-groups?srnd=premium

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Cody Noconi joins us to discuss drugs in early Mormonism. We get into the recent developments with Prop 2 in Utah (medical cannabis bill) and the Mormon church's baseless opposition to it. Voting = democracy, but Utah never was a true democracy.

How to find Cody:

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/psilly-rabbits-podcast/e/52487120?autoplay=true

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Part 2 of our analysis of General Conference Oct. 2018. We watched so you don't have to. Enjoy!

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We watched General Conference so you don't have to. We cover a number of talks that slipped past the media but it ran a little longer than expected. Y'all get 2 parts for this one. Enjoy!

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It's long overdue that we make a foray into politics. We examine the life and times of 7-time Utah Senator, Orrin Hatch. After that Braden tells us about Jesse Pinkman leaving a cult, Ryan McKnight joins us for a Mormon Leaks Minute, and there are more tigers in the world than there used to be! A YUGE thanks to our new patron, Joel, and a shoutout to Rhiannon for the 5-star iTunes review!

Orrin Hatch:

https://ballotpedia.org/Orrin_Hatch

https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/14ed4691-a365-4fc7-ba49-dbbad3b6f3c1/Senator%20Orrin%20Hatch%20Biography.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrin_Hatch

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/376361-orrin-hatch-obamacare-supporters-are-the-stupidest-dumbass-people-ive-ever

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/12/10/orrin-hatch-on-a-mission-to-show-mormons-are-christians-too

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-men-not-single-gop-woman-will-christine-blasey-fords-interrogators-senate-judiciary-committee-212116316.html

https://www.lds.org/church/news/church-leaders-welcome-president-trump-to-welfare-square?lang=eng

Mormon Leaks: https://mormonleaks.io/newsroom/2018/09/11/mormonleaks-publishes-internal-kirton-mcconkie-document-summarizing-investigation-of-abuse-within-the-mormon-church/ https://mormonleaks.io/newsroom/2018/09/16/mormonleaks-releases-audio-of-provo-utah-young-women-meeting-after-a-firearm-discharged-in-church/ https://www.facebook.com/MormonLeaksIO/

Part 2 of the Utah medical cannabis bill and a long bit about Sam Young's excommunication hearing. Braden recommends a BOOK!? Then we talk about an experimental psychedelic known as Ibogaine used in treating opioid addiction.

Links:

By Common Consent Prop 2 article

https://bycommonconsent.com/2018/08/22/marijuana-mormon-lobbying-and-tax-exemption/

Ibogaine treatment articlehttp://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2018/09/10/ibogaine-psychedelic-opioid-misuse-therapy

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Prop 2 is set to make Utah a medical cannabis state. The Mormon Church released a statement and sent out emails to every member they have on record to vote opposed. The segment went longer than thought so we're breaking it into 2 parts, this episode has part 1. After that Braden talks about an uplifting movie that's even family friendly. Then we have on Heretic Woman to tell us about herself and what she's learned in studying Muhammed and the Quran. We wrap up with a good-feeling story about some common-sense regulation to curtail the ocean plastic crisis.

Links:

Cannabis and Mormon Church links

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/99zceb/an_explainer_on_proposition_2_in_utah_and_tscc/

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/9a0oza/using_quitmormons_latest_numbers_the_equivalent/

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/99xsn0/taken_from_the_churchs_website_under_church/

https://imgur.com/BRjPfUz

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/9a3woj/tax_churches/

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/9a2ae2/can_i_get_uhhhhhhhhhh_separation_of_church_and/

https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/marijuana-analysis

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2015/09/20/tax-rules-forbid-churches-endorsing-candidates/#4037607364e7

https://bycommonconsent.com/2018/08/22/marijuana-mormon-lobbying-and-tax-exemption/

Heretic Woman

http://www.fullquranic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005698966497

Light of Gazalem:

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/un-finally-taking-action-end-ghost-nets/

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Website http://www.glassboxpodcast.com/index.html

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Braden doesn't let Bryce fit a word in edgewise as we go through everything you need to know about Protect LDS Children and bishop's interview policies. After a lengthy introduction, we hear from Sam Young on day 7 of his Hunger Strike and that is followed by a discussion with Nicole Jensen, a trauma and self-care advocate who works closely in the Post-Mormon community to help people process and understand the abuse that happens behind closed doors, one-on-one, in bishop's offices. This episode is longer than our regular format, but it's a dense story and requires a lot of information and time to properly dissect.

Nicole Jenson

https://breakingabuse.org/

Protect LDS Children

https://www.facebook.com/ProtectLDSChildren/