This week our host Matt Gardner speaks with the Executive Director of Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG), Emma Petty Adams.  We speak about the origins of the group and how women can speak up in politics.  MWEG gives women a powerful platform to Latter-day Saint sisters to speak out in political conversations and be educated in the political sphere.

In this episode our host Matt Gardner speaks with Sarah Brinton, a co-founder of Elect Women Utah.  They talk about the problems that come with having women hold far fewer elected seats than men in the legislature and how we can help change the balance in political power.

In this episode our host Matt Gardner talks with a co-founder and the CEO of Better Days 2020 Neylan McBaine.  They talk all about polygamy and how it is related to women's suffrage in the western United States.  They also touch on the Equal Rights Amendment and where we go from here.

This episode our book club host Elisabeth Westwood and I talk about the book for August, which is Tara Westover's "Educated".  This is a fantastic preview to an incredible book!

This week the host Matt Gardner talks with Madelaine Lamah about her experience as a Black member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She also talks about her experience organizing a reverent march to the Utah State capital.

This episode does briefly mention the sex trade in Brazil.

This episode I talk with my friend Nate Gibby.  This weekend marks the 3rd year that he has organized a day of service for my local community.  I talk with him about what it takes and how this has helped him in his efforts to build relationships between members of the church and people who are not of our faith.

This episode I have a conversation with my city council representative Cheri Jackson.  This episode we encourage people to go to a city council meeting or at least get to know your city council representative.  Cheri has been the representative for district 3 in Millcreek, Utah where the host Matt Gardner lives.  Cheri has represented that district since the beginning of Millcreek becoming a city in 2017.

In this episode I talk with GayLynn Bennion who is running for office in Utah about what is central to our democracy and illustrative of our power: voting.  We encourage our listeners to register to vote and help their neighbors to do the same.

This week I talk with Elisabeth Westwood our book club chairperson.  We talk about the book for this upcoming month "Devil in the Grove."

In this episode I chat with Natalie El-Deiry, the executive director of the Salt Lake City branch of the International Rescue Committee.  We talk about some of the problems refugees face with discrimination and racism, as well as what we can do to make their lives easier.