Rebbie is joined by filmmaker Jared Cardon to discuss why the Latter-day Saint movie movement got stuck in adolescence, and what it would take to get it growing again. We talk about the demise of the Kirby era, the tension between 'clean content' and creativity, and dream of the church creating a Perpetual Artist Fund.

Here's the video I reference about what France does to support cinema. And here is Jared's website if you want to check out some of his work.

We talk Kirby's career beginnings in the Mormon Movie Moment, what it really takes to make it as a performer, and revisit the absurdity of beer-commercial-gate. We also discuss what it would take to recreate the glory days of 2003 and how one of us might be on the way to making it happen (!!)

Rebbie is joined by Lindsey Encinas and Meg Walter to talk about the cursed intersection of Mormonism and The Bachelor -- from Jef with one F, to the LDS Millionaire, to Litia being the most eligible woman in history who still didn't get the final rose.

The Salt Lake Tribune's Senior Religion Reporter casually tells a dozen stories that blow Rebbie's mind. From starting a Mormon magazine decades before the bloggernacle, to interviewing the Dalai Lama, and Mark Hoffman (pre-explosions), and every Latter-day Saint Prophet since Gordon B. Hinckley, to running her fingers through David A. Bednar's pristine hair. Consider this a teaser for Peggy's memoir, which we need ASAP.

Eli and Rebbie are sick of internet fights between people who love and hate the church. Why do we do this? And what would it look like to support each other, whichever side you're on?

McKay Coppins is here to blow up my theory that owning Mormonism will ruin your media career. We talk about how Mormonism has shaped his career from Buzzfeed to The Atlantic, what it's like living in DC right now, and the time he got marooned at Mar A Lago.

Our guy Andy Reid had a real bad day. We talk about what makes him so great, whether member athletes benefit from double standards, and a few stealth Mormons who made ads and won rings.

Conclave is a 2024 film starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci that has been nominated for 8 Academy Awards. In this episode, Rebbie and Meg ask their Catholic friend Cristina many dumb questions about the religion, its media depictions, and learn she somehow knows more about Mormonism than they do.

Rebbie and Lindsey dissect The Washington Post's piece that claims 2024 was the year of Mormon women. Is Hannah Neeleman ambitious or repressed? Is influencing working or "shilling?" We also get into women's (in)visibility at church from Amy Watkins Jensen's recent op-ed and discuss public figures leaving the church a la Rosie Card.

From New York to LA, the theater to The Groundlings, Shelley and Rebbie debate the likeliness of making it as a funny person when you're full in on church. Do all the best comics make dirty jokes? Does sobriety inhibit funniness, and are all our post-Mormon friends doing mushrooms?? (yes) We'd like to break the myth that clean stuff can't be funny but we're mostly breaking our brains.