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August 27, 2024 Ep. 15: Reacting to Johnny Harris | The INSANE Story of How the Mormons Created Utah
YouTuber Johnny Harris recently published the second installment of his series on Latter-day Saint history. In this episode, David Snell gives his reaction to the video, and offers some additional context to a few sections that deserve to be fleshed out a bit more.
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12 min
August 20, 2024 Ep. 14: Will the real Joseph Smith please stand up?
Did Joseph Smith write the Book of Mormon? In this episode, David explores how theories about the origin of the Book of Mormon have changed over time.
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8 min
August 12, 2024 Ep. 13: New research reveals Book of Mormon likely had MANY authors
Did you know that some of the different writers/narrators in the Book of Mormon have measurably different and distinct voices? In this episode, BYU Professor John Hilton III shares some of the remarkable research he's been working on over the last 10+ years.

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40 min
August 06, 2024 Ep. 12: Brigham Young gave Native Americans flour laced with GLASS?!
Some people claim that Brigham Young instructed Latter-day Saint settlers to give Native Americans sacks of flour that had shards of glass hidden within. Who is making this claim? Where does it come from? And most importantly, is it true?
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10 min
July 29, 2024 Ep. 11: How a murder on the Provo river led to this Ute massacre
In this episode, David talks about perhaps the single most controversial conflict between the Utah pioneers and Native Americans: the Battle at Fort Utah (also known as the Fort Utah Massacre or Provo River Massacre).
This episode is marked as "explicit" due to descriptions of historical violence.
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9 min
July 22, 2024 Ep. 10: How did Latter-day Saint settlers treat Native Americans in Utah?
After being expelled from Illinois in 1847, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, led by Brigham Young, traveled west and settled on land that at the time was inhabited by various Native American tribes. The relationship between the Saints and the natives was … complex. In this episode, David talks about both the ups and the downs.
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8 min
July 15, 2024 Ep. 9: Reaction: What these pastors get wrong about Joseph Smith
Recently, father and son pastors Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle of Grace Community Church publicly responded to a question about Joseph Smith. In this episode, I offer some thoughts and corrections regarding what was said.
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17 min
July 08, 2024 Ep. 8: Yale professor: How evolution supports the plan of salvation
Are science and faith mutually exclusive? According to this Yale professor, not by a long shot! In this episode, David interviews Dr. Samuel T. Wilkinson about what he believes science and evolution can teach us about our spiritual purpose here in mortality.

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36 min
July 01, 2024 Ep. 7: What was Satan's REAL "plan of salvation"?
In this episode, David highlights an interpretation of Satan’s “plan of salvation” that sometimes doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves. Which of the two interpretations presented in this video make the most sense to you?

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7 min
June 26, 2024 Ep. 6: BYU professor: How Christ's death helps us manage disillusionment
In this episode, David chats with BYU professor Jan Martin, who recently wrote an incredibly insightful article about Christ's death, resurrection, and recovering from disillusionment.
Here's a link to Jan's article: https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-24-no-1-2023/resurrection-recovering-disillusionment

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50 min