MNR is back after a well-rested Memorial week! Today on the show: Returning to general population church, Mormons and Politics (a LOT, sorry in advance), and is there a church movie that's out that's actually...good? All that plus more on the Report!
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Faith-Based ‘Witnesses’ Debuts With Commanding $155K Weekend; ‘Bố Già’ Continues Specialty Box Office Dominance (Deadline Hollywood)
Church breaks ground for construction of Tallahassee Florida Temple (KUTV)
Focus groups recommend dumping 'Dixie' in university name change process (Fox13)
QAnon? The ‘big lie’? What might it take to get Latter-day Saints to stop believing in them? (Peggy Stack, Salt Lake Tribune)
Latter-day Saint Charities Gives $5 Million to US Refugee Resettlement Agencies (Church Newsroom)
Man accused in weekend shooting spree faces a slew of charges (WFSB Connecticut)
Mormon family still waiting for asylum at Texas Border (Fox29 San Antonio)
How Latter-day Saint voters could help decide the 2022 midterms (Deseret News)
Does LDS faith drive fringe views? Not as much as you might think. (Robert Gehrke, Salt Lake Tribune)
First Presidency Announces Changes to General Conference (Church Newsroom)
SUNSHINE:
Jenny: Sweet Tooth on Netflix
Brandt: The Upcoming Remote Work Company Culture War by Ed Zitron[I]t’s going to make hiring more difficult for them too, because you can’t offer fringe benefits like Summer Fridays or Ping Pong or Office Happy Hours. When they want someone in the office three days a week, they’re going to have to answer why, and that answer is going to have to be multitudes more satisfying than “I want to make sure we have spontaneity,” which is definitely how spontaneity works. Remote work inherently messes with the power dynamic of the worker and the boss, and it is going to make many, many brains malfunction.
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