Mormon Stories Podcast

Join us as we hear listener thoughts and feelings about how Brad Wilcox’s talk reflects on Mormonism. 

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Join us live Tuesday night for a special new regular weeknight segment with John and Carah called ✨Mormon Scoops✨ at 8pm mst! We just heard that Brad Wilcox apologized for the racist statements that he made in his talk to the Alpine youth of the church. We congratulate Brad. In the hours since the talk, the church has removed it from Youtube and Brad apologized on his Facebook page. Carah and John want to dive into the top 10 things that we think are worse than Brad's actual talk that still need to be addressed! Join us with your questions, comments, and additional information!

Our Understanding Mormonism playlist of Brad Wilcox's full talk

Our Mormon Stories episode covering Brad Wilcox's talk

Brad's same talk in 2020

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You’ve heard of The Swedish Rescue, right? Our Mormon Stories inbox had an influx of incensed Latter-day Saints across all spectrums of belief last night as Brad Wilcox gave a fireside talk that we’re calling “The Alpine Utah Mormon Youth Rescue”. Just like the LDS church’s response to the wave of apostasy in 2012 affecting Swedish members, Brad Wilcox, professor of ancient scripture at BYU and second counselor in the Young Men general presidency spoke to the youth February 6th, 2022 in a talk about how leaving the Mormon church means “you lose everything that matters”. Join John, Gerardo, and Carah as we play clips and react to Brad explaining his reasons to the youth of the church that those who leave the faith are taking the hardest possible route in life. Other quotes include: 

"Maybe instead of asking 'why did the blacks have to wait until 1978’, maybe what we should be asking is 'why did the whites and other races have to wait until 1829?’"

“We are the only Christians in the world led by Christ”

"When you walk away from this church you lose everything that matters in your life.”

Show Notes:

View our playlist with the full talk on our Understanding Mormonism channel.  Individual sections are included below.  To download the raw video file click here.

Grant Palmer’s books

 

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Dr. Simon Southerton is an Australian geneticist and a former Mormon bishop who was excommunicated by the Mormon church for speaking too openly about his problems reconciling Book of Mormon historicity and emerging DNA research about Native Americans. On 2/4/2022 we are launching a new series on Mormon Stories Podcast.  Like with the John Larsen and Margi Dehlin (THRIVE Stories) series, Simon Southerton plans to appear monthly on Mormon Stories Podcast to explore the many ways in which Mormon Doctrine clashes with modern science.

This episode covers the Mormon church teaching of The Creation.

We will be paying Simon for his work, but need your financial support to make this happen.  If you want to support this series with Simon, please become a monthly donor to this campaign.  You can donate here: https://donorbox.org/science-vs-mormonism

Hosts John Dehlin, Gerardo Sumano, and Carah Burrell interview Dr. Simon Southerton, an Australian geneticist and former Mormon bishop, who was excommunicated for speaking too openly about Book of Mormon historicity and the DNA research about Indigenous Americans.

This interview marks the launch of a new series on Mormon Stories Podcast. Like with the John Larsen and Margi Dehlin (THRIVE Stories), Simon plans to appear monthly to explore the many ways in which Mormon Doctrine clashes with modern science.

This episode covers the Mormon Church teaching of The Creation.

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We will be paying Simon for his work, but need your financial support to make this happen.
100% of your donations at this link will go to support Simon!
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• Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church by Simon Southerton
• The Sacred Curse: How Native American DNA Exposes Mormonism's Lamanite Myth by Simon Southerton
• Mormon Stories interview  with Simon Southerton, “DNA, Lamanites, and the Book of Mormon”
• Mormon Stories interview with Simon Southerton, “New Temples Veil Mormonism’s Decline”
• Mormon Stories interview with Simon Southerton, “Rod Meldrum’s Book of Mormon Heartland Model”
• January 2022 Old Testament Institute Lesson on the Creation
• Old Testament Chronology Graphic
• Mormon Doctrine by Bruce R. McConkie
• “Information, Reproduction, and the Origin of Life,” by Homer Jacobson, American Scientist, 1955
• Creation: Accident or Design? by Harold G. Coffin
• "In defense of peer-reviewed science," BYU Department of Geological Sciences, The Daily Universe, April 4, 2017
• BYU's Dr. Michael Whiting defends evolution on Twitter
• "Ancient European dog genomes reveal continuity since the Early Neolithic," by L. Botigué, et. al., Nature Communications, July 18, 2017
• "Genetic evidence for an East Asian origin of domestic dogs," by Peter Savolainen, et.al., Science, November 22, 2002
• "Rod Meldrum responds to John Dehlin and Simon Southerton" on Mormon Book Reviews with Steven Pynakker
• "What is DNA and How Does It Work," on Stated Clearly with Jon Perry
• "An Introduction to the Human Genome," HMX Genetics, Harvard Medical School
• Upcoming Thrive events

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Mark Elwood is the author and illustrator of a groundbreaking new graphic novel entitled "The Glass Looker: Collected Tales of Joseph Smith." 

The Glass Looker follows an ordinary American farm boy named Joseph Smith who discovers he possesses the magical ability for seeing in stones. Learn the origin story of the American boy-prophet through illustrated accounts collected from Joseph, his family, neighbors and enemies.  The Glass Looker illustrates the myths and legends surrounding the rise of Joseph Smith from a teen-aged treasure seer to the man who would become a prophet of God.

Join Mark, along with his partner Erin, for an illustrated historical adventure.

To order the novel, click here: https://theglasslooker.com/product/volume1/

To support Mark and Erin's ongoing work (future volumes in the works!, click here: https://theglasslooker.com/support/

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Show Notes:

• The Glass Looker: Collected Tales of Joseph Smith Vol. 1 by Mark Elwood
• Become of Patron of The Glass Looker
• Brigham Young's Journal of Discourses
• Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet by John G. Turner
• Blood from the Sky: Miracles and Politics in the Early American Republic by Adam Jortner
• “The Locations of Joseph Smith’s Early Treasure Quests," by Dan Vogel, Dialogue, 1994
• "Raiders of the Lost Mormon Cave," Gospel Tangents, July 4, 2021
• "Discovering Joseph Smith's Cave in Miner's Hill, Manchester, New York," by KC Kern
• Zion by Eli Brady
• Maus by Art Spiegelman
• Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel
• Mormon Doctrine vs. Science with Dr. Simon Southerton
• The Sacred Curse: How Native American DNA Exposes Mormonism's Lamanite Myth by Simon G. Southerton
• Thrive St. George and other upcoming events

Mormon Stories is excited to welcome ex-Mormon YouTuber couple Jordan and McKay on for a three-part series about their journey!

Picking up where we left off, we invited ex-Mormon Youtuber couple Jordan and McKay back on for part three to take us through their engagement, wedding, son being born, faith deconstruction and birth of their Youtube channel.

Show Notes:

• Jordan & Mckay YouTube
• Jordan & McKay Baptism for the dead video
• Sam and Tanner MS interview Losing Mormon Millennials
• LuLu Rich
• Allan Mount TikTok
• What happens when an Apostle arrives and nobody is standing
• Exmormon reddit
• Faith Journey FB Meetups
• Tom Phillips MS interview
• Hans & Birgitta Mattsson MS interview
• Matt and Stephanie Purcell MS Interview
• Unshaken YouTube channel w/ Jared Halverson
• CES Letter
• Letter to my Wife
• Marc Oslund MS Interview
• “No Man Knows My History” by Fawn M. Brodie
• Book of Abraham Gospel Topics essay
• Kyle and Neesha Mormon Stories interview
• Excommunication of John Dehlin
• Kimberly Anderson TikTok
• Jordan & Mckay Patreon
• Jordan & Mckay Ko-Fi
• Jordan & Mckay TikTok

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Mormon Stories is excited to welcome ex-Mormon Youtuber couple Jordan and McKay on for a three-part series about their journey! In part two, we dive into Jordan’s story and want to lead off with a heavy trigger warning for sexual abuse. Jordan, who grew up in a similar area of Colorado as McKay, had a very different Mormon upbringing. We discuss the effects of having a never Mormon father, her mom’s remarriage, and a devastating story of how her sexual abuse was handled my Mormon family and leaders.

Show Notes:

• Jordan & Mckay YouTube
• Jordan & McKay Baptism for the dead video
• Sam and Tanner MS interview Losing Mormon Millennials
• LuLu Rich
• Allan Mount TikTok
• What happens when an Apostle arrives and nobody is standing
• Exmormon reddit
• Faith Journey FB Meetups
• Tom Phillips MS interview
• Hans & Birgitta Mattsson MS interview
• Matt and Stephanie Purcell MS Interview
• Unshaken YouTube channel w/ Jared Halverson
• CES Letter
• Letter to my Wife
• Marc Oslund MS Interview
• “No Man Knows My History” by Fawn M. Brodie
• Book of Abraham Gospel Topics essay
• Kyle and Neesha Mormon Stories interview
• Excommunication of John Dehlin
• Kimberly Anderson TikTok
• Jordan & Mckay Patreon
• Jordan & Mckay Ko-Fi
• Jordan & Mckay TikTok

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Mormon Stories is excited to welcome ex-Mormon Youtuber couple Jordan and McKay on for a three-part series about their journey! In part one, we talk to McKay about his upbringing in Colorado and his mission to Honduras. We hope you enjoy our interview with McKay as we discuss a few of the hallmarks of a typical Mormon teen’s life that deal with social conditioning, porn and masturbation, and baptisms for the dead.

Show Notes:

• Jordan & Mckay YouTube
• Jordan & McKay Baptism for the dead video
• Sam and Tanner MS interview Losing Mormon Millennials
• LuLu Rich
• Allan Mount TikTok
• What happens when an Apostle arrives and nobody is standing
• Exmormon reddit
• Faith Journey FB Meetups

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Mormon Stories Listeners/Viewers,

We are SUPER excited to announce a new project on Mormon Stories Podcast, based on your feedback. Some background: we asked you (the community) for feedback regarding Margi Dehlin's participation on Mormon Stories, and the feedback we received was that you would value having Margi actually occasionally interview people for Mormon Stories Podcast (with John and Carah supporting of course) - but to still draw on Margi's wisdom/expertise as a coach.

So here's the new project: For the next few months, Margi will be interviewing a member of the community twice per month. The interviews will be shorter (1-2 hours), still story-based, but will be focused on a particular aspect of healing and growth AFTER a Mormon faith crisis (thus the THRIVE name). Some examples of categories include: Family Relationships, Healthy Boundaries, Finding Community, Finding Meaning/Purpose, Dealing with Grief/Death, Religion after Mormonism, Health Sexuality, Parenting, Improving Physical Health, Identity, Health Marriage/Relationships, Secular Spirituality, Word of Wisdom 2.0, and Women Finding Their Own Voice after Mormonism.

We have set up a form for you to nominate someone who you think would be amazing for Mormon Stories Podcast, or to nominate yourself. If you or someone you know would be a great candidate for a THRIVE interview, please nominate them (or yourself) here.  The form gives you the option to upload a video of you or your nominee telling a story.

Margi will be sifting through these interviews and will reach out to you if you are chosen. Please spread the word! And thank you for the support!!!! Also, feel free to email Margi Dehlin with any questions: [email protected]

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Join us for a live discussion about the groundbreaking Federal Investigation against Brigham Young University for its treatment of LGBTQ+ students with attorney Paul Southwick. We will discuss the investigation and its relation to recent changes in LDS and BYU policy. We will also analyze BYU's initial response to the Office of Civil Rights and what you can do to help advance equality at BYU.   WHAT YOU CAN DO

• The REAP's website
• Submit BYU Accreditation Comments on TRANSPARENCY and EQUITY
• Accreditation Organization Equity policy
• History of the Family Proclamation

News Coverage:

• Washington Post: LGBTQ Dating Ban at BYU Probed in Federal Investigation
• NBC News: LGBTQ dating ban at BYU probed in federal investigation
• Deseret News: BYU Responds to Federal Investigation of its LGBTQ Policies
• Salt Lake Tribune: BYU is Under Federal Investigation for how it Disciplines LGBTQ St</