Today on the show, Brandt and Jenny do a bit of General Conference speculation, but there might be less than you think. Plus, slavery still on the Utah Constitution, a profile on Elder Gerrit Gong's gay son, and what does President Donald Trump really think about Mormons? All that plus more on the Report!

* 0:00:00 Intro + General Conference Discussion +

* 0:22:09 Missionary Update on Lauren Willardson

* 0:26:38 Mormons Grapple with Church’s History of Discrimination Amid Wider Racial Reckoning (WBUR Boston)

* 0:31:06 Slavery in Utah? LDS Church, others urge voters to wipe it from the state constitution. (The Salt Lake Tribune)

* 0:36:04 South Jordan man arrested for allegedly distributing child porn, sexually abusing a child (Gephardt Daily)

* 0:41:06 OpEd: The Nightmare of Being non-Mormon in Utah (Daily Utah Chronicle)

* 0:49:41 Matthew Gong, gay Mormon, reflects on his journey from inner war to inner peace (Salt Lake Tribune)

* 0:56:17 Nikola raised Mormon red flag for John Hempton (Australian Financial Review)

* 0:58:57 Latter-day Saints participate in 'Operation Firewood Rescue' to help Native Americans (KUTV)

* 1:00:04 ‘Are you Mormon?’: How Shaq tried to find Mark Madsen a wife (Deseret News)

* 1:04:03 Trump Secretly Mocks His Christian Supporters (McKay Coppins, The Atlantic)

* 1:13:13 Sunshine in your Soul

* Jenny: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: Day 7

* Brandt: University of Virginia's Mormon Studies Program: "Scholars & Saints" podcast

* Ronald Jenkees (YouTube)

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