Today on the show, BYU has a race panel gone wrong, an attack against a black LDS missionary in Payson is being investigated as a hate crime, Saints Volume 2 is released, and put on your finance caps - we are taking a deep-dive into the world of LDS finances as a rare Wall Street Journal interview gives some fascinating insights into the alleged $100b investment arm of the Church. All that plus more on the show!

Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman

HEADLINES

* ‘Why don’t we have a white history month?’: BYU condemns ‘racist, anonymous comments’ aimed at black students (Washington Post)

* New volume of ‘Saints’ reveals the many sides of Brigham Young (Salt Lake Tribune)

* New Church History Museum ‘temples’ exhibit designed to engage, educate children (Deseret News)

* Church Temporarily Transfers all Missionaries from Liberia (Church Newsroom)

* LDS missionary assaulted in Payson, police investigating attack as racially motivated (Fox13)

* ‘Vegas High’: HBO Max Drama Pilot Adds Six Series Regulars To Cast (Deadline)

* Mormon Votes Are Valued. Too Often Mormon Convictions Are Not. (Religion & Politics)

* The Mormon Church Amassed $100 Billion. It Was the Best-Kept Secret in the Investment World. (The Wall Street Journal)

* Church finances: Presiding Bishopric offers unique look inside financial operations of growing faith (Deseret News)

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