Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

Full Title

Oct 9, 2022 Episode 28 -  Mormon Renegade crashes the podcast, Sunday General Conference thoughts, NY Judge clears the way for polyamorous relationships, Elder Bednar in hot water over plagiarism charges relating to his last general conference talk, are top LDS leaders getting to old, and Strength of Youth pamphlet updates.

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

Patreon

YouTube

Music

MormonMovieReviews

News Articles

The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 18 New Houses of the Lord

Bednar Plagiarized GC talk?

Book of Mormon Videos season 4 debuts with Savior’s ministry in the Americas

Are double ear piercings and sleeveless tops OK now for Mormon teens?

Is LDS Church culture under attack?

Are Top LDS leaders getting too old?

New York judge rules in favor of polyamorous relationships

Cosmo the Cougar’s balance stunt that Sports Illustrated says is “on another level”

World renowned Guest hosts on deck!

Rachel Biblioteca from the Good Book Club on next week and PD from Priesthood Dispatches on Oct 23! and RFM saying he is going to come on sometime soon, perhaps Nov or Dec!

Shoutout to Weird Alma for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!

#lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon,#religion, #news, #ldschurch, #comeuntochrist, #churchofjesuschrist, #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, #byu, #byui, #josephsmith, #comefollowme, #polygamy, #bookofmormon, #becauseofhim, #hearhim

Greetings brothers and sisters! 

Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! 

Oct 2, 2022 Episode 27 - Netflix Sins of our Mother Episode 3 mini-series, FLDS leader Warren Jeffs back on trial, JK Rowling brings LDS ire on Twitter, Saturday LDS General Conference reaction, and much more! 

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

YouTube

Music

MormonMovieReviews

Support this Podcast

Patreon

News Articles 

Minerva Teichert Family is suing the LDS church

Dustin Lance Black Head Injury

Temples announced per year of tenure as President of the Church. 

Warren Jeff’s back on Trial

JK Rowling channels Joseph Smith to refute transphobia allegations?

Perspective: What J.K. Rowling got wrong about Joseph Smith and the golden plates

MRNU Poll of the week 

Highlights from Saturday GC

Latter Day Saints high on cultural racism scale

Sins of Our Mother EP 3

MNRU question of the week 

General conference 

World renowned Guest hosts on deck! Mormon Renegade filling in for Al next week, Rachel Biblioteca from the Good Book Club the week after, and Priesthood Dispatches on Oct 23! MNRU 

Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing! 

Greetings brothers and sisters! 

Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! 

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

Patreon

Facebook

YouTube

Music

MormonMovieReviews

Follow ups 

LDS Oregon prospect leaves at halftime of BYU game following 'F--- the Mormons' chant 

Condemnations issued, but no talk of discipline for UO students' explicit chant at BYU game 

BYU to honor the Black 14, a group of former Wyoming football players who once protested  

Man convicted of assaulting son for refusing to go on LDS mission 

Articles 

Watch: Tabernacle Choir’s tribute to Queen Elizabeth II 

Elder Bednar Answers Questions Live on Instagram 

Church donates 5million to UNICEF 

Gates Foundation Announces $1.27 Billion in Health and Development Commitments to Advance Progress Toward the Global Goals 

Mormons are the most trusting people of any faith group 

LDS leaders join open letter to Floridians calling for peace with LGBTQ community 

David Archuleta Talks ‘Faith in Me,’ Embracing His Queerness and Standing Up to LGBTQ Bullies 

Features News Article 

Sins of Our Mother EP 2 : As Lori's behavior and her bizarre ranking system raise concerns for her family, chilling discoveries come to light.

Shoutout to Weird Alma for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!

Sep 18, 2022 Episode 25 - Netflix Sins of our Mother Episode 1 mini-series review, record breaking Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints humanitarian donation to the World Food Programme, fantasy general conference headlines, updates on AP child sex abuse story, and much more!

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

Patreon

Facebook

YouTube

Music

MormonMovieReviews

News Articles

Appellate court grants oral arguments in Mormon Church sexual abuse civil suit

Oregon student section apologizes to BYU fans for offensive chant

Man who set 3 LDS churches on fire in Utah ordered to pay $1.13M in restitution

Church to close Colombia MTC effective January 2023

Why Latter-day Saint leaders just made the largest humanitarian donation in church history

Man's Search for Happiness Review

General Conference Dream Headline

Sins of our Mother EP 1

MNRU Question of the Week (available only on Anchor)

What is your dream Oct 2022 general conference headline?

Shoutout to Weird Alma for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!

#lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon,#religion, #news, #ldschurch, #comeuntochrist, #churchofjesuschrist, #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, #byu, #byui, #josephsmith, #comefollowme, #polygamy, #bookofmormon, #becauseofhim, #hearhim

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

Sep 11, 2022 Episode 24 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issues a statement on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, is NFL QB Aaron Rogers converting to Mormonism?, updates on the Orem LDS temple fire and the alleged racist BYU volleyball incident, and Dives and Al prophesy about the upcoming October General Conference.

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

Patreon

Facebook

YouTube

Music

MormonMovieReviews

Follow ups

Orem Temple Fire

Racist BYU Volleyball incident comes up empty handed 

Utah rep. told Mormon bishop not to report abuse, docs show

Feature News Article

Latter-day Saint leaders release statement on passing of ‘noble monarch’ Queen Elizabeth II

News Articles

Why Aaron Rodgers recently found a Book of Mormon in his locker

BYU’s Black Menaces Will Protest Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Students

Boy Scouts set to exit bankruptcy after $2.46 bln U.S. sex abuse settlement approved

The biggest change in the amended plan was the removal of a $250 million settlement payment from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which Silverstein refused to approve.

Mormon mayor and bishop arrested for sexual abuse of children 

Mormon Movie Reviews

First Vision (1976)

For Time or Eternity? (1969)

Legacy (1993)

First Presidency Invites All to October 2022 General Conference

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

Sep 4, 2022 Episode 23 - We review Netflix’s Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist, Young Women's President Bonnie Cordon’s grandson’s mysterious death spurs question, LDS Church posts multibillion dollar financial losses, Mormon mom told by her Bishop to quit her job or lose her church membership, and BYU eliminates student fan section after racist volleyball incident.

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

Patreon

Facebook

YouTube

Music

MormonMovieReviews

Follow ups from last week

BYU Eliminates Student Fan Section From Volleyball Matches After Allegation of Racist Slur

Mormon mom told to ‘choose nudes or church’ after OnlyFans exposed

MormonMovieReviews releases two reviews, Three Witnesses (1963) and the Lost Manuscript (1974)

News Articles

Bonnie Cordons grandson death raises questions

LDS lawyers aim to block testimony of clerk in abuse case

LDS Churches losses billions in 2022

Former LDS bishop named in AP reported sex abuse suit to join Palominas Fire District

Featured News Article

Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist 

Shoutout to Weird Alma for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!

#lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon,#religion, #news, #ldschurch #comeuntochrist #churchofjesuschrist #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints #byu #byui #josephsmith #comefollowme #polygamy #bookofmormon #becauseofhim #hearhim

Aug 28, 2022 Episode 22 - Church Assistant Historian Kate Holbrook passing, controversial Church donations in Africa, Mormon missionaries go viral for all the wrong reasons, change.org petition seeks to make background checks mandatory for LDS leaders, BYU bans racist volleyball fans, and the inspired launch of the Mormon Movie Reviews!  

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

Patreon

Facebook

YouTube

Music

MormonMovieReviews  

Follow ups from last week 

AP sex abuse scandal still lingering, but after a month, it is fading a bit

Background Checks for all volunteers in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

BYU requires new hires to waive their right to clergy confidentiality

News Articles

Know ye not?’ A tribute to Kate Holbrook

Latter-Day Saints’ Incremental Changes On Doctrine Add Up To A Solid Religion Story

Church donates hundreds of desks, Bibles and Qurans to school in Kenya

How much does religion impact fertility? A lot.

Princeton Review retires ‘Stone-Cold Sober,’ rebrands with BYU still No. 1

A pair of Mormons have gone viral after being diverted from the path by this divine LGBTQ+ doormat

Brigham Young University apologizes, bans fan over racist slurs during volleyball match

LDS Church president returns to valley his family helped settle to celebrate planned Ephraim Utah Temple

Inspired Mormon Movie Reviews Launch

#lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon, #religion, #news, #ldschurch #comeuntochrist #churchofjesuschrist #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints #byu #byui #josephsmith #comefollowme #polygamy #bookofmormon #becauseofhim #hearhim

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

Aug 22, 2022 Episode 21 - Full Episode Summary

Professor John Turner joins the show! Continued fallout from the Church sex abuse scandal, Church avoids tax liabilities in venture capitalism, Judge tosses $250 million dollar Church Boy Scout settlement, and what Pres. Russell M. Nelson can learn from Victoria’s Secret!

Trigger warning, we will be discussing child abuse and sexual assault.

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

Patreon

Facebook

YouTube

Music

Dr. John Turner joins the program this week. He writes, teaches, and speaks about the place of religion in American history. A professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Author of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet.

Articles

Mormon Church avoids tax on huge Israeli tech gains

Boy Scouts Revises Bankruptcy Plan to Remove $250 Million Mormon Church Settlement

Church Provides Further Details about the Arizona Abuse Case

Should a member of the clergy report sex abuse of the penitent? A look inside the priest-penitent privilege

Judge limits privilege defense in AZ Mormon sex abuse case

LDS Bishops do NOT have priest penitent privilege

What the LDS Church can learn about responding to child sex abuse from Victoria’s Secret!?

MNRU Question of the Week (available only on Anchor)

What the LDS Church can learn about child sex abuse from Victoria’s Secret?

Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!

#lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon, #religion, #news, #ldschurch #comeuntochrist #churchofjesuschrist #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints #byu #byui #josephsmith #comefollowme #polygamy #bookofmormon #becauseofhim #hearhim

Aug 16, 2022 Episode 20 - Full Episode Summary 

We pay homage to Mormon Podcasting Legend Radio Free Mormon...who couldn't make it on the podcast this week due to computer problems. We will have to wait for another opportunity to have him join us! 

This week Al and Dives discuss the fallout from the AP Church sex abuse scandal continues, a brief history of sacred scriptural tweeting, President Nelson dedicates the Washington DC Temple, and COJCOLDS hires a new church historian: who is not a historian? 

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

Patreon

Facebook

YouTube

Music

News Articles 

1. Mormon church issues vague rebuttal on sex abuse hotline 

2. Change.org - Make LDS Clergy Mandatory Reporters 

3. President Nelson rededicates the Washington D.C. Temple 

4. President Russell M. Nelson is now longest-living apostle in Latter-day Saint history 

5. New Church Historian and Recorder Begins Service 

MNRU Question of the week (available on Anchor) How do you feel about the Change.org petition which aims to Make LDS Clergy Mandatory Reporters?

Aug 7, 2022 Episode 18 - Full Episode Summary

Jon Ogden from Upliftkids.org joins the MormonNewsRoundup, Mormon wife disgusted over husband’s weight gain, AP story shines light on Church sex abuse hotline, LDS Boyscout Sex Abuse Lawsuit Update, former BYU Valedictorian Matt Easton Monkeypox intrigue, and Church endorses first female chaplain.

Connect with Al and Dives!

www.MormonNewsRoundup.org

[email protected]

Voicemail

Twitter

Patreon

Facebook

YouTube

Music

Follow ups for last week

Stung by what he saw as stingy assistance, a Mormon man wrote a musical

debuts soon at www.TheGoodShepherds.net

News Articles

1. Your Hardest Family Question: I’m turned off by my LDS husband’s weight gain

2. President Russell Nelson’s Tweet inspires backlash

3. Mormon mom-of-three, 39, reveals she is leading 'secret double life' as an online model who makes $37,000 A MONTH!

4. New edict purportedly from FLDS leader Warren Jeffs raises alarm

5. The Church takes the first step towards giving women the priesthood!?

6. BYU Valedictorian Matt Easton Monkeypox Intrigue

7. Boy Scouts Ruling Threatens $250 Million Abuse Deal

8. LDS Sexual Abuse: How a mormon officials let it happen

RFM from RadioFreeMormon on the program next week!

#lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon, #religion, #news, #ldschurch #comeuntochrist #churchofjesuschrist #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints #byu #byui #josephsmith #comefollowme #polygamy #bookofmormon #becauseofhim #hearhim