Today on the show: Politicians vie for the Mormon vote, a letter is passed out in a community, BYU-Idahoans gonna BYU-Idaho, and Elder Bednar speaks on religious freedom in the Age of Covid. All that plus more on the Report!
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* 00:00:00 Intro
* 00:15:41 Latter-day Saint apostle Elder Gong completes COVID-19 quarantine (KSL)
* 00:17:05 Ed Firmage, pacifist Utah law prof who persuaded LDS Church to oppose MX missiles, dies at 85 (Salt Lake Tribune)
* 00:21:12 Mormons, some of whom find Trump’s behavior at odds with their religion, could help lift Biden to victory in Arizona. (New York Times)
* 00:24:19 What’s his name? Joe Biden has trouble recalling ‘Mormon’ who ran for president in 2012 (Deseret News)
* 0:32:08 In Mesa, Donald Trump Jr. talks up dad's record at 'Latter-day Saints for Trump' event (AZCentral)
* 00:34:00 Flying of pride flags in Sandy neighborhood draws criticism in anonymous letter (KUTV)
* 00:45:54 Rhonda Fleming, femme fatale from Hollywood’s golden age, dies at 97 (Washington Post)
* 00:48:29 Utah man, leader of dark-web opioid drug ring, gets life sentence (Salt Lake Tribune)
* 00:51:29 BYU-Idaho to suspend students who try to get COVID-19 to make more money from plasma donations (Deseret News)
* 00:55:51 This week in Mormon Land: Apostle clarifies conference talk (Salt Lake Tribune)
* 00:59:00 Suicide, complicated grief and the hidden darkness of the heart (Jana Reiss, Religion News Service)
* 01:02:03 ‘Faith is as essential as food’: Sister Eubank says governments need religions to fight disaster, hunger (Deseret News)
* 01:04:02 Latter-day Saint apostle speaks on the role of religion in COVID-19 crisis (KSL)
* 01:11:19 Sunshine in your Soul
* Jenny: Son got an Eagle; Daughter got a Forever
* Brandt: My 6-Year Old's Note to Me