Today on the show, Brandt and Jenny don't have that many laughs for a serious story in the main block. We discuss President Dallin H. Oaks' advice to young married couples about "research" and tough church issues, what the new change in Dialogue means for so many people, Brandt admits (to Jenny's disappointment) that he just doesn't get Arcade Fire, and we thoroughly deep-dive the troubling news concerning Mormon director Sterling Van Wagenen's sexual assault against a then-10 year-old boy. All that plus more on the Report!

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LINKS

* Mormon. And Free. Forever. Introducing The New Dialogue (Michael Austin, By Common Consent)

* $5,000 reward offered for information about LDS Church arson (KUTV)

* President Oaks' advice to young married couples in Chicago on how to tackle faith-threatening questions (Church News)

* Arcade Fire’s Will Butler on His ‘Showbiz Mormon’ Family and How His Granddad Pioneered the Electric Guitar (Daily Beast)

* Herbert, Reyes hire emeritus Latter-day Saint authority Larry Echo Hawk as special counsel on Indian affairs (Salt Lake Tribune)

* LDS temple video director, Sundance co-founder admits to child molestation, claims website (KUTV)

SUNSHINE IN OUR SOUL

* Brandt: Eric D. Snider and this column from May 2018 on his spiritual journey

* Jenny: Mexico - Waves, Spa & Exercising, Sleep, New people/reconnecting, Pasitos de luz, Photos, Time with John

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