Season 1 Episode 5 -- May 1, 2022 

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

Tune into Mormon News Roundup as we discuss the latest fallout from the Huntsman tithing lawsuit, Jillian Orr’s BYU graduation mini-protest, and the premiere of the FX miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven streaming on Hulu. 

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1. Why the LDS Church says tithing funds should be kept secret 

2. Son of cult leader Warren Jeffs describes life on a Texas ranch where he had to call 15-year-old girls 'mom' 

3. Perspective: Young adults are losing their religion. Are their parents to blame? 

4. BYU student reveals rainbow flag under graduation gown in protest of school's LGBTQ policies 

5. LGBTQ students discuss their experience in BYU Campus Climate Survey 

6. The Cache Valley connection to Utah’s greatest atrocity 

7. Andrew Garfield Talks Mormonism’s ‘Beauty’ and ‘Terrible Problems’ Ahead of ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ Premiere 

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Season 1 Episode 4 -- Apr. 17-24, 2022 

Join us for another entertaining week of Mormon news in which we ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! 

This week we will examine the reopening of the refurbished Washington DC temple, the churches’ stance on newly introduced gay rights legislation, the censoring of human anatomy PowerPoint slides at BYU Idaho, the passing of Sen. Orrin Hatch, and so much more! 

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1. Inside the Latter-day Saints' Washington, D.C. temple 

2. Latter-day Saint leader joins open letter to Georgia: LGBTQ, religious rights don’t have to conflict 

3. BYU-I college level Anatomy class puts censor bubbles on human anatomy 

4. The Real World’s Julie Stoffer Hints That ‘Homecoming’ Will Explain ‘Complex’ Reason She Left Mormonism 

5. New Children of Record and Church Activity 

6. ‘Mormon Land’: Co-founders of MormonLeaks discuss their four-year ride exposing church pay, wealth and other secrets 

7. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2022/04/17/jeffrey-s-nielsen-stop/  

8. Mormon husband who came out as a transgender woman at age 47 says it STRENGTHENED marriage to her wife 

9. First Presidency Statement on the Passing of Utah Senator Orrin G. Hatch 

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Season 1 Episode 3 -- Apr 17, 2022 

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

Join Al and Dives as we discuss the Black Menaces student group at BYU, the LDS church’s response to the war in Ukraine, the contraception crisis at BYU, whether we should pray to know more about heavenly mother, and how complaints seem to be a precursor to revelation. We also reflect on our first listener feedback! 

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1.  From Hungary and Slovakia to the Czech Republic and Iceland, Latter-day Saints rapidly unite to help refugees 

2.  How Latter-day Saints help others is baked into every ward congregation 

3.  Countries With the Highest Members Per Congregation 

4.  ‘ALWAYS PRAY TO THE FATHER’: MORMON LEADER CALLS DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE OF HEAVENLY MOTHER ‘ARROGANT AND UNPRODUCTIVE’ 

5. Complaints as Precursors to Revelation 

6. The @blackmenaces TikTok asks the hard questions to provoke change in BYU student life 

7. Instagram page sparks outcry on DMBA’s birth control coverage 

8. LDS wealth spurs question: Should churches be tax-exempt? 

9. President Nelson Is Now Oldest President of The Church 

10. First Presidency celebrates life and mission of Jesus Christ with 2022 Easter message  

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Season 1 Episode 2 -- Apr 10, 2022

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

Join Al and Dives as we ponder some of life’s most vexing questions: What do the church’s recently released stats tell us about the future of the great and spacious beehive? Can one be a feminist and a good Mormon at the same time? What is the Mormon church going to do with another 17 temples? And we conclude with Dives’ hilarious take on President Nelson’s “forgiveness challenge” from the 192nd General Conference.

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1. LDS Church has Most Valuable Private Real Estate Portfolio in the US, Evidence Suggests

Season 1 Episode 1 -- April 3, 2022 

Welcome Brothers and Sisters to a news podcast all about what's going on in the realms of Mormondom!

Dives and Al have scoured the internet this week and found you several news items pertaining to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This is a lot of fun, clean information as Al and Dives discuss LDS current events from all sides. This isn't biased one way or another. We show you the good the bad and the ugly of Mormonism, not taking anything too seriously. Here there are no axes to grind, but no relief society centerpieces either. You will love this show whether you attend church weekly, occasionally, or never! We're trying to bring everyone together in a common place. Send us an email and let us know what you think and what you'd like to hear!

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1. Salt Lake cemetery segregates black remains