Saints

Saints episodes:

• 01.02.2020

  Saints - New Feed Announcement

  Thank you for listening and subscribing to the Saints podcast. We're moving to a new hosting service and unfortunately that will mean that you will need to subscribe to our updated feed to continue to get the newest episodes of...

  
• 11.28.2019

  2: Glory Enough

  Brandon Metcalf is a researcher and writer with the Church History Department. In today’s episode Brandon explains why Brigham Young and other Church leaders were concerned about the early saints going back and forth from the trail to...

  
• 11.21.2019

  1: Gather Up a Company

  In today’s episode Jed explains how the migration from Nauvoo began with saints heading west and east.

  
• 11.14.2019

  Season 2: No Unhallowed Hand

  Welcome to Season 2 of the Saints podcast. We are excited to be back! In our inaugural episode we talk with Church Historian and Recorder, Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. about what to expect in volume...

  
• 03.12.2019

  35: Conclusion and Sneak Peek into Volume 2

  Ben Godfrey, Sarah Eyring and Scott Hales, the Senior Story Editor for the Saints Project, talk about their favorite parts of Saints Volume 1. What did we learn? Who are the favorite people we met along...

  
• 03.05.2019

  34: Endowed with Power

  The Nauvoo Charter is repealed leaving the saints with no official government or police force. Sydney Rigdon is excommunicated. Faced with uncertainty the Lord gives direction through Brigham Young, “Stay and finish the Temple.”

  
• 02.26.2019

  33: Like a Lamb to the Slaughter

  The Prophet Joseph Smith and his Brother Hyrum are killed while imprisoned in Carthage, Illinois.

  
• 02.19.2019

  32: A Public Nuisance

  William Law and others conspire to kill Joseph Smith. Joseph reveals new doctrine about the potential of humankind in a funeral sermon for King Follett.

  
• 02.12.2019

  31: Round Up Your Shoulders

  Joseph Smith announces his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States under a platform of religious liberty for all.

  
• 02.05.2019

  30: Plural Marriage in Nauvoo

  Plural Marriage in Nauvoo tests the faith of Church members and leaders including Joseph Smith’s wife Emma Hale Smith and his brother Hyrum.

  
• 01.29.2019

  29: Joseph Smith’s 1843 Trial

  Joseph is taken to Springfield, Illinois for trial. His appearance fascinates its citizens, including one Mary Todd Lincoln

  
• 01.22.2019

  28: We Will Prove Them

  The founding of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo - Margaret Cook’s desire to contribute to the effort of building the Nauvoo Temple leads to the organization of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo.

  
• 01.01.2019

  26: A Beautiful Place

  Joseph Smith speaks at the funeral of Seymour Brunson and introduces proxy baptism for the dead.

  
• 12.18.2018

  27: Incline Them to Gather

  In England, newlywed Mary Davis loses her husband to mob violence but courageously sets sail for Nauvoo on her own.

  
• 12.15.2018

  26: A Beautiful Place

  Joseph Smith speaks at the funeral of Seymour Brunson and introduces proxy baptism for the dead.

  
• 12.14.2018

  25: Build up a City

  The Saints move to Commerce, Illinois. Sickness envelops the settlers. Joseph travels to Washington, D.C. seeking restitution from President Martin Van Buren for the losses in Missouri.

  
• 12.13.2018

  24: O God, Where are Thou

  Joseph Smith is imprisoned in Liberty Jail, accused of treason. In this low point in his life and in the lives of the faithful Saints, the Lord shares a personal yet universal message of comfort.

  
• 12.12.2018

  23: How Will This End

  Missouri Militia General refuses to kill innocent Latter-day Saint Men. Joseph Smith rebukes the vile guards in the Richmond Prison. Amanda Barnes Smith sees her son miraculously healed from the wound he received at Hawn’s Mill.

  
• 12.11.2018

  22: The Missouri, “Mormon War”

  Tensions between the citizens of Missouri and the newly located Saints reach tragic conclusions at the Battle of Crooked River and Hawn’s Mill.

  
• 12.04.2018

  21: The Church Grows from Missouri to Great Britain

  While Joseph Smith reveals the place in Missouri where Adam gathered his posterity, Heber C. Kimball and others preach in Britain. A British convert, Janetta Richards meets Willard Richards who proposes marriage.

  
• 11.27.2018

  20: The Kirtland Safety Society Bank

  Church members organize the Kirtland Safety Society bank which ultimately fails. Mary Fielding joins the Church in Canada and moves to Kirtland where she marries Hyrum Smith. Missionaries are sent to England and find great success

  
• 11.20.2018

  19: The Spirit of God

  After much work and sacrifice the Kirtland Temple is dedicated. The Saints are endowed with power not shared since the days of God’s ancient prophets.

  
• 11.13.2018

  18: The Kirtland Temple and the Twelve Apostles

  The Saints sacrifice to build the Kirtland Temple. The first Twelve Apostles of the Restoration are chosen by the three witnesses. Joseph Smith and his brother William resolve a difficult personal conflict.

  
• 11.06.2018

  17: Missouri and The Camp of Israel

  The residents of Missouri become anxious as the church grows both in numbers and in strength. Two teenage girls, Mary Elizabeth and Caroline Rollings, risk their lives to save pages of the newly printed Book of...

  
• 10.30.2018

  16: Holy Places

  Joseph Smith and Brigham Young meet for the first time. Joseph prophecies of the Civil War. The School of the Prophets is organized. The revelation known as the Word of Wisdom is received.

  
• 10.23.2018

  15: Visions and Nightmares

  Insights regarding “The Vision” given to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon. Early Saints had questions about this new and unfamiliar doctrine. Their seeking for understanding is an example of how to address questions today.

  
• 10.16.2018

  14: The Gift Has Returned

  Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery, and William McLellin attempt to write a preface to The Book of Commandments. Their unsuccessful efforts, along with the subsequent revelation the Lord gives Joseph Smith are discussed.

  
• 10.09.2018

  13: After Much Tribulation

  From the steadfast faithfulness of Edward Partridge to the skepticism of Ezra Booth; the events discussed in this chapter detail the challenges of establishing the Church in a backwater trading post known as Independence, Missouri.

  
• 10.02.2018

  12: Ye Shall Receive My Law

  Joseph Smith teaches the Saints the proper use of spiritual gifts. Lucy Mack Smith uses her faith to lead 80 Saints along the Erie Canal from New York to Ohio.

  
• 09.25.2018

  11: Gathered In

  The gathering begins. Missionaries arrive in the Ohio and introduce Isaac Morely, Sydney Rigdon and Edward Partridge to the restored gospel

  
• 09.18.2018

  10: Come Life or Come Death

  Emma Smith is baptized. Joseph Smith miraculously heals Newel Knight. Oliver Cowdery brings the message of the Book of Mormon to the American Indians.

  
• 09.11.2018

  9: The Rise of the Church of Christ

  The Book of Mormon is published and the Church is officially organized. These monumental events put into historical perspective by Women’s History Specialist Brittany Chapman Nash of the Church History Library.

  
• 09.04.2018

  8: Fellow Servants

  Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery pray to learn about baptism. In answer to their prayer, John the Baptist appears and restores the Aaronic priesthood.

  
• 08.28.2018

  7: The Gift and Power of God

  What did the translation process of the Book of Mormon look like? In this episode of “Saints” story editor Angela Hallstrom explains what we know about how the Book of Mormon was translated.

  
• 08.21.2018

  6: All is Lost

  Emma and Joseph lose their first child. 116 pages of the Book of Mormon are lost. In this episode, “Saints" writers Scott Hales and Angela Hallstrom share the background on these sorrowful events.

  
• 08.14.2018

  5: Be Watchful

  20-year old Joseph Smith meets Emma Hale. The story of how they meet and their courtship is just one of the events discussed.

  
• 08.07.2018

  4: Plates of Gold

  The visit of the Angel Moroni, the discovery of the Gold Plates, the meaning and usage of seer stones - These are just three topics Scott A. Hales discusses in this episode.

  
• 07.31.2018

  3: Hear Him

  In this episode, Historian Steven C. Harper discusses several of the accounts Joseph left throughout his lifetime of the event that ushered in the beginning of the Restoration.

  
• 07.24.2018

  2: Ask in Faith

  Saints begins with the 1815 explosion of the volcano Mt. Tambora in faraway Indonesia. With this fiery beginning, Historian Lisa Olsen Tait discusses how an eruption, half-way around the world, plays an important part in the restoration.

  
• 07.17.2018

  1: Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days

  Historian Steven C. Harper shares an insider’s peek into the groundbreaking new series, Saints. Steve is the managing historian of Saints. His rare perspective brings fascinating insights to the telling of this remarkable story.