It's been a while. While there wasn't monumental news while we've been off, there were quite a few big stories and high quality reporting and interviews you should know about. Brandt and Jenny are here to guide you through it all.

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Opening Exercises + COVID News Report

Arizona Appellate Court Warns On Ruling 'Mormons are Christians' (KAWC Colorado River Public Radio)

FairMormon’s new satirical videos take on church critics, but does the humor miss the mark? (Salt Lake Tribune)

Church Leaders Congratulate President-Elect Joe Biden (Church Newsroom)

Sexual abuse lawsuit against Mormon church dropped (Idaho State Journal)

Anti-maskers who cited Book of Mormon and Constitution drop suit against Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (Salt Lake Tribune)

Mormon Temple makes changes, after complaints about drive-thru light display (WJLA Virginia)

Mormons add call to eradicate prejudice, racism to handbook (Associated Press)

Mormon church sued for alleged role in Boy Scouts sex abuse (Associated Press)

Faith on the Hill: The religious composition of the 117th Congress (Pew Research Center)

Mormon church rejects claim it meddled in death row case (Standard-Examiner, Utah)

What you may not know about Mormon historian Richard Bushman — for one, he was agnostic when he went on his mission (Salt Lake Tribune)

The Most American Religion (McKay Coppins, The Atlantic)

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