It’s the listener show! Today we bring on a group of cohosts to attempt the impossible task of filling Shannon’s shoes while she continues to recover. Tanner presents a segment on the Kinderhook plates, drawing larger implications for how it disproves other Mormon scripture “translation” claims. Then Will takes us on a journey through reconciling his relationship with his mom through LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) and making his own “translation” of the Kinderhook plates. Then Julie gives us a rundown on the new Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. After that we’re joined by Friend from Serbia (V) to discuss the ongoing situation involving Connexions and its leaders, Jodi Hildebrant and Ruby Franke. We round out the show with some happy climate news based in the U.S.

Show Notes:

Will’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheSeerStoners / Tail end of Heavenly Mother LARP - https://twitter.com/TheSeerStoners/status/1576569834384809984

Ryan Gosling Talent Show at a Mormon church 1991 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQvXCoNDzM

Julie’s Twitter - @juliebr83

Tanner’s blog - https://diligenceovertime.blogspot.com/

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa

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Runnin solo today! While Shannon continues to recover we’re going to take the opportunity to do a segment that sent Shan to hospital in the first place! That’s right, we’re back in Saints: The Standard of Truth, the new, authorized history of Joseph Smith and his early religious movement. That’s it. That’s all we’re doing this episode! We talk missionaries in Europe, political machinations, President Martin Van Buren, polygamy, the endowment ceremony, Freemasonry, The Book of Abraham, so many other gems! This period of April 1839-April 1842 is one of the most complicated and adaptive periods of Joseph’s ministry and we hold on with the edge of our finger tips as the book rips us through it, hoping we aren’t stopping to smell the shitpiles the book conspicuously ignores along the journey.

If you want to cohost the next episode, shoot me an email! glassboxpodcast@gmail.com Or get in touch on the Patreon feed or through social media!

Show Notes: 

Warsaw Signal Archive (ThomASS Sharp) http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/il/sign1842.htm

Nauvoo City Council Minute Book

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-city-council-minute-book-1841-1845/19

Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/mary-elizabeth-rollins/

Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/translation-and-historicity-of-the-book-of-abraham?lang=eng

Discussions over Joseph “turning the key” to the Relief Society

https://exponentii.org/blog/daughters-in-my-kingdom-something-better-the-female-relief-society-of-nauvoo-chapter-2/

https://wheatandtares.org/2021/08/02/do-women-have-priesthood-keys/

https://exponentii.org/blog/daughters-in-my-kingdom-something-better-the-female-relief-society-of-nauvoo-chapter-2/

https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/the-first-fifty-years-of-relief-society/part-2/2-2#inline-note86

https://bycommonconsent.com/2015/03/17/establishment-of-the-relief-society/

RS Minute Book by Eliza R. Snow

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-relief-society-minute-book/10#full-transcript

Mormon News Roundup Ep 76

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BtfLgWkJB4

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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We have a bit of an unconventional episode this time around. We invite Aron Ra onto the show to discuss a recent debate between Bryce and Kyle Adams, an apologist for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We play a few clips, have a few laughs, and chat about the sport of debate in general. This episode is a rare exception because we know it isn’t everybody’s favorite thing; we’ll be getting back to regular programming soon! :-)

Show Notes: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa

See Aron Ra debate live in Houston, TX Sept 16th 2023 https://www.eventcreate.com/e/mddliveandinperson

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Continuing our media episodes, this time we’re taking aim at Mormon movies! Specific Mormon movies though! Movies made by Mormons for the purpose of gaining converts. These are just a small handful of the movies that missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints show in the homes of investigators in order to teach certain aspects of doctrine or articles of Mormon faith. After that we wrap with some good news that's HUGE in the realm of climate and green energy!

Show Notes: 

Hard to FInd Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@HardtoFindMormonVideos/videos 

Vincenzo Di Francesca: https://archive.org/details/improvementera7105unse/page/n8/mode/1up 

Happy News:  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-a-first-wind-and-solar-generated-more-power-than-coal-in-u-s/ 

Other Appearances: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com 

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Just as the title states! After two motherlode history episodes, we’re doing an all media episode! Shannon walks us through the history of feminist literature from the earliest surviving scraps of parchment to a recent 2022 best-seller about women turning into dragons! Join us to learn about everything in between! After that we discuss a dam removal project that’s showing great promise as an environmental remediation project.

Show notes: 

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-shattering-myth-men-hunters-women.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protofeminism 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_movement 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_literature

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_feminist_literature 

Sappho: 

https://www.charlottemuseum.co.nz/post/who-was-sappho 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho 

Giovanni Boccaccio: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Mulieribus_Claris  

Christine de Pisan: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_de_Pizan 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_City_of_Ladies 

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41298737 

Jane Anger: 

https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/anger/protection/protection.html  

Aphra Behn: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphra_Behn 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroonoko 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rover_(play) 

Mary Astell: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Astell 

https://iep.utm.edu/mary-astell/ 

https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2018/06/03/mary-astells-a-serious-proposal-to-the-ladies-1694/ 

Blue Stockings Society: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Stockings_Society 

Judith Sargent Murray 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Sargent_Murray 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Equality_of_the_Sexes 

Mary Wollstonecraft: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Wollstonecraft 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Men 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/A-Vindication-of-the-Rights-of-Woman 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_the_Author_of_A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman 

Virginia Woolf: 

https://www.bl.uk/people/virginia-woolf  

Beatrice Webb: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wages_of_Men_and_Women:_Should_They_be_Equal%3F 

Maya Angelou: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou 

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/maya-angelou 

Recommended book list 

Nonfiction and poetry: 

• The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan 

• In Search of Our Mothers’  Gardens by Alice Walker

• Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by Bell Hooks 

• Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler

• Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism by Kristen Ghodsee 

• Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions and Third Word Feminism by Uma Narayan  

• The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy 

• I know My Name by Chanel Miller

• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

• The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson 

• Women, Culture & Politics by Angela Y. Davis

• The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

• My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday 

• The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler

• The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer 

• The Bridge Called My Back by Multiple Writers

• Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

• Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein 

Fiction, for the most part: 

• When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

• The Power by Naomi Alderman 

• Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemisin 

• Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 

• Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin 

• Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

• Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich

• Women who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés 

• Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

• The Awakening by Kate Chopin

• The Vegetarian by Han Kang

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

• The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

Happy News:  https://apnews.com/article/klamath-dams-removal-tribes-restoration-seeds-1bffbd1c351992f0f164d81d92a81b47 

Listener mail link:

Duncan’s Ritual https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Duncans%20ritual

Other Appearances: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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The conclusion of the Missouri-Mormon war of 1838! Two events which are incredibly infamous in Mormon history, the Haun’s Mill Massacre, and the Liberty Jail stint, feature throughout this episode. But we discuss the context that led to the circumstances and the criminal proceedings that resulted from the war once Joseph Smith and the Mormons had surrendered. While certain figures are vilified for turning against the prophet, we spend a bit more time with those individuals to see what they had to say for themselves. The section ends with the Mormon resettlement in Quincy, Illinois and Joseph escaping prison to live the rest of his days a fugitive of murder, arson, robbery, larceny, and treason. Then we wrap with some good news about consumption, or TB!

Show notes: 

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-thomas-b-marsh-15-february-1838/2

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/doctrine-and-covenants-1835/95

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revelation-12-january-1838-a/1

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minute-book-2/99

Pick up Stephen LeSueur’s book here! https://www.benchmarkbooks.com/

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Danite_Manifesto

http://boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/BFJohnson.html

http://www.withoutend.org/missouri-sow-cannon-folis-folly

https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~livcomo/letters/mormon.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Extermination_Order

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/oliver-cowdery-letter-to-warren-a-cowdery-olivers-brother-january-21-1838/

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/appendix-1-letter-to-oliver-cowdery-and-others-circa-17-june-1838/1

https://user.xmission.com/~research/mormonpdf/article4.pdf

http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/rigd1838.htm

https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/findingaids/rg005-01

http://www.olivercowdery.com/smithhome/1840s/1841Misr.htm

https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/archives/resources/findingaids/fulltext/b02_f25_f01.pdf

https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/archives/resources/findingaids/fulltext/b02_f24_f01.pdf

https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/archives/resources/findingaids/fulltext/b02_f24_f15-16.pdf

https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/archives/resources/findingaids/fulltext/b02_f25_f03-06.pdf

https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/archives/resources/findingaids/fulltext/b47_f7_f03-04.pdf

NaMo Links: 

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-40-second-mass-exodus-plus-marie-bom/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-41-gloria-ecclesia-fili-raptus-nominee-deorum/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-42-schism-grenade-john-hamer/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-43-red-sermon/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-44-battle-begins/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-45-militant-seekers-truth/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-46-mo-conquest-mythicist-milwaukee-pt2/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-47-executive-order-atrocity-andrew-torrez/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-48-hauns-mill-massacre-listen-ep-48/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-49-profit-high-treason/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-50-mo-justice-mo-peace/

Happy News:   Johnson & Johnson Letting Nonprofit Distribute Life-Saving Generic Tuberculosis Drug—Greatly Expanding Access In Poorer Countries: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/07/13/johnson--johnson-letting-nonprofit-distribute-life-saving-generic-tuberculosis-drug-greatly-expanding-access-in-poorer-countries/?sh=58a324e03dcd 

John Green videos: 

Barely Contained Rage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5SW0h4 

The Good News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywz5xYuNPo 

Stop TB Partnership non-profit: https://www.stoptb.org/ 

Other Appearances: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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This episode is basically a standalone Saints episode! Why? You may ask. Because the book covers a massive and controversial time of early Mormonism, when Joseph Smith incited a civil war and lost. We compare the Saints book to the documents of the time and see how it shakes out with the following issues: excommunications of Oliver Cowdery, David and John Whitmer, and William W. Phelps, land disputes, The Salt Sermon, the Danites, the Army of Israel, the July 4th Oration, the Gallatin election day brawl, the siege of De Witt, the Mormon depredations and raiding of militia supply depots and stealing a cannon, the Battle of Crooked River, David W. Patten (Captian Fearnought) and his glorious blaze, Thomas B. Marsh and milk strippings, and the Mormon Extermination Order, along with some of the militia movements along the way. There’s more to the story but that’s a little teaser for this reading of Saints: The Standard of Truth, the official history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Then we wrap with some happy news about an activist sinking some marble statues!

Show notes: 

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-thomas-b-marsh-15-february-1838/2

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/doctrine-and-covenants-1835/95

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revelation-12-january-1838-a/1

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minute-book-2/99

Pick up Stephen LeSueur’s book here! https://www.benchmarkbooks.com/

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Danite_Manifesto

http://boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/BFJohnson.html

http://www.withoutend.org/missouri-sow-cannon-folis-folly

https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~livcomo/letters/mormon.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_Extermination_Order

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/oliver-cowdery-letter-to-warren-a-cowdery-olivers-brother-january-21-1838/

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/appendix-1-letter-to-oliver-cowdery-and-others-circa-17-june-1838/1

https://user.xmission.com/~research/mormonpdf/article4.pdf

http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/rigd1838.htm

https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/findingaids/rg005-01

NaMo links: 

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-40-second-mass-exodus-plus-marie-bom/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-41-gloria-ecclesia-fili-raptus-nominee-deorum/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-42-schism-grenade-john-hamer/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-43-red-sermon/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-44-battle-begins/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-45-militant-seekers-truth/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-46-mo-conquest-mythicist-milwaukee-pt2/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-47-executive-order-atrocity-andrew-torrez/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-48-hauns-mill-massacre-listen-ep-48/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-49-profit-high-treason/

https://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episode-50-mo-justice-mo-peace/

Happy News:  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/underwater-museum-how-paolo-the-fisherman-made-the-meds-strangest-sight 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faKQYPeVOl0 

Other Appearances: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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Happy PRIDE month, y’all! The main segment for today breaks down the history of the Children’s Primary Program and its first president, Louie “Ma” Felt and her lifelong partner, May Anderson. Then we discuss a sex scandal in the form of a gay witch hunt in the 1890s spearheaded by Rudger Clawson. The case is far more complicated than first blush would indicate and it serves as a case study for how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has always had fucked up priorities when it comes to sex, gender, and relationships. After that we talk about To Won Foo, Thanks for Everything, a drag queen movie featuring Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes. Then we wrap with a story from Uruguay about proper use for N*zi memorabilia.

Show notes: 

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/f8f0d3d6-8a5d-405a-b8b1-049808d50452/0/40

http://www.connellodonovan.com/abom.html#BM34

http://www.connellodonovan.com/hunsaker.html

https://lattergaystories.org/

MOGP: 

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114682/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt_i_1 

Happy News: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230616-uruguay-to-melt-nazi-bronze-eagle-recast-it-as-peace-dove

Other Appearances: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com 

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Another installment of cult mind control and Saints: The Standard of Truth! We start with discussing Thought control in Hassan’s BITE model of undue influence. That springs us into the period of 1836-1838 of early Mormon history from the church’s new “history” book. The Kirtland Safety Society, the uprising of Warren Parrish, a heist in Salem, Fanny Alger, so many controversies it’s hard to keep them all straight! Speaking of not keeping things straight, happy PRIDE month! Our happy news covers a LGBTQIAP+ play that was shut down by bigots but made a triumphant return in spite of the bigots!

Live hangout 6/12 at 6 p.m. Mountain Time!!! Find it on the Naked Mormonism YouTube channel: youtube.com/@bryceblankenagel7707/streams

Happy News: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dU4WbfUKQFMJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/31/marian-school-theater-lgbtq-indiana/&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Other Appearances: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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The Plan of Salvation, Plan of Happiness, MORMON HEAVEN! We take a look at the doctrine and teachings compared to the text of Doctrine & Covenants 76. This revelation was given in the early years of Joseph Smith’s religious movement and the theology evolved significantly over time. Rusty’s heaven looks a bit different. After that we chat about Noah, a unique take on the Biblical flood story. We wrap with talking about a superhero compendium book!

Happy News: https://www.them.us/story/the-dc-book-of-pride-jadzia-axelrod-interview 

Other Appearances: 

Check out Joseph Smith vs Joseph’s Myth, where Aron and Bryce discuss the Joseph Smith story:

https://youtu.be/oD2Xhg6F-Js

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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Behavior control from Steven Hassan’s BITE model of cult mind control. We discuss how Mormonism controls our behavior today and historically. That leads us into our next installment of Saints: The Standard of Truth review. The book covers 1832-1836 from the tarring and feathering of Joseph Smith to the Kirtland Temple Dedication ceremony. Then we wrap with some happy news about organizations fighting against book bans in schools and public libraries!

Show Notes: 

Steven Hassan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hassan 

Freedom of Mind Resource Center: https://freedomofmind.com/ 

BITE Model: https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ 

What to Know About the Psychology of Cults:   https://www.onlinepsychologydegree.info/what-to-know-about-the-psychology-of-cults/ 

Happy News: 

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/freedomreadstatement

Mormon, Magic and Psychedelic Symposium in SLC 5/20/2023!!!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-the-psychedelic-history-of-mormonism-tickets-622985204517?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Other Appearances: 

Mormons on Mushrooms: https://www.mormonsonmushrooms.com/podcast/episode/7dc1c6bf/roughly-stoned-bryce-blankenagel-part-1-naked-mormonism-the-glass-box

Check out Joseph Smith vs Joseph’s Myth, where Aron and Bryce discuss the Joseph Smith story:

https://youtu.be/oD2Xhg6F-Js

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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EXMO LEX WahOOOOO!!! We finally find a proper excuse to invite Exmo Lex onto the show to discuss ExMormon tiktok and social media. She shares a bit of her story and experiences online while discussing the future of Mormon-related social media. After that we chat about a whole bunch of media in aggregate for Media of Great Price segment. We wrap the show with some happy news about innovation in the space of battery-density and how it bodes well for slowing climate change.

Happy News: 

https://thedriven.io/2023/04/21/worlds-largest-battery-maker-announces-major-breakthrough-in-battery-density/

Mormon, Magic and Psychedelic Symposium in SLC 5/20/2023!!!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-the-psychedelic-history-of-mormonism-tickets-622985204517?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Other Appearances: 

Mormons on Mushrooms: https://www.mormonsonmushrooms.com/podcast/episode/7dc1c6bf/roughly-stoned-bryce-blankenagel-part-1-naked-mormonism-the-glass-box

Check out Joseph Smith vs Joseph’s Myth, where Aron and Bryce discuss the Joseph Smith story:

https://youtu.be/oD2Xhg6F-Js

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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Yes, it’s that time of year again. We discuss General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in granular detail. Every single talk, every slur, every logical fallacy, all contained herewith. Enjoy! If you can, that is.

Other Appearances: 

Mormons on Mushrooms: https://www.mormonsonmushrooms.com/podcast/episode/7dc1c6bf/roughly-stoned-bryce-blankenagel-part-1-naked-mormonism-the-glass-box

Check out Joseph Smith vs Joseph’s Myth, where Aron and Bryce discuss the Joseph Smith story:

https://youtu.be/oD2Xhg6F-Js

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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With a new year under the control of Revision Rusty M. Nailz we have a new Temple Endowment for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! What’s new? What’s not new?! Why did they make the changes?!?! We dive deep into the new endowment with comparisons from older versions to see what’s slipped through the cracks about the new Mormon ritual. After that we review a movie with another secret combination as its center, Angels and Demons, based on the Dan Brown novel. Then we wrap with happy news about the Bible possibly being banned in Utah public schools.

Happy news: https://www.standard.net/news/education/2023/mar/24/davis-county-critic-seeks-bible-ban-in-swipe-at-utah-school-library-policy/

https://www.davis.k12.ut.us/academics/library/library

Other Appearances: 

Check out Joseph Smith vs Joseph’s Myth, where Aron and Bryce discuss the Joseph Smith story:

https://youtu.be/oD2Xhg6F-Js

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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Next on the block is the “Emotion” component of Steven Hassan’s BITE model of cult mind control. This launches us into the next installment of Saints: The Standard of Truth, covering the visionary era of the early Mormon movement and the move from New York to Ohio. Sidney Rigdon and Parley P. Pratt are introduced, as are the Partridge family, including 7 and 11 year-old Emily and Eliza. The book casually introduces the subject of polygamy, presumably to smooth over the subject in the coming chapters when the practice becomes more controversial and widespread. We end the segment discussing Ezra Booth and his expose letters after he was excommunicated from the church for speaking out against Joseph Smith. The episode ends with some good news from Minnesota about transgender health care!

Show Notes: 

6 Highly Effective Tactics Cult leaders Use to Build a Raving Audience:    https://bettermarketing.pub/6-highly-effective-tactics-cult-leaders-use-to-build-a-raving-audience-ff3111c4bbf3 

Steven Hassan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hassan 

Freedom of Mind Resource Center: https://freedomofmind.com/ 

BITE Model: https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ 

Books: 

Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best Selling Guide to Protection, Rescue and Recovery from Destructive Cults, by Steven Hassan 

Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults and Beliefs, by Steven Hassan

Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves, by Steven Hassan 

The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control, by Steven Hassan 

Saints links:

Ezra Booth letters

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ezra_Booth_letters

Jacob 2 “exception clause” links

https://oneclimbs.com/2017/01/05/a-proposed-reinterpretation-of-jacob-230/

https://bookofmormonism.com/2022/01/31/jacob-230-raising-up-seed-and-the-polygamy-question/

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/archive/publications/contradiction_between_jacob_and_dc_132

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/book-of-mormon-seminary-teacher-manual-2017/jacob/lesson-44-jacob-2-12-35?lang=eng

Happy news:  

https://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-health-care-now-protected-minnesota/story?id=97739240

Other Appearances: 

Check out Joseph Smith vs Joseph’s Myth, where Aron and Bryce discuss the Joseph Smith story:

https://youtu.be/oD2Xhg6F-Js

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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This is kind of an unusual episode. Shannon’s still in recovery so Bryce is making a solo run for better or worse (definitely the latter). We run through the stories of some early African-American members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their stories are remarkable, their struggles real, their histories vague but inspiring. We try to place their stories within the larger context of slavery in Utah and what life might have been like at the time. Thank you to Century of Black Mormons project at the University of Utah for creating a wonderful resource with biographies of these historical figures. After that, we go through the 2000 movie, Remember the Titans (mighty, mighty, ti-tans!) and discuss how this football movie isn’t really a football movie at all, but a movie about racism. Then we wrap with happy news about the recent SEC filing which charged the Mormon church with hiding assets and unfair investment practices.

Show Notes: 

Century of Black Mormons

https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/welcome

Black Saints and the Priesthood

https://mormonr.org/qnas/BT5Sk/black_saints_and_the_priesthood_brigham_young_early_utah_era/research

Besty Brown Fluellen

https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/fluellen-betsy-brown#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-848%2C-36%2C2224%2C837

John Priesly

https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/priesly-john#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-2836%2C-127%2C7382%2C2799

Edward “Ned” Leggroan

https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/leggroan-edward-ned#?#_ftn16&c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-253%2C-19%2C1084%2C411

Nancy Smith

https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/smith-nancy#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-1998%2C-132%2C6955%2C2662

Isaac Lewis Manning

https://exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-black-mormons/page/manning-isaac-lewis#?#_ftn21&c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-1381%2C-96%2C5053%2C1934

Utah 1852 slave code

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/primary-documents-african-american-history/utah-slave-code-1852/

History of slave codes

https://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/histContextsE.htm#:~:text=There%20were%20numerous%20restrictions%20to,or%20possess%20%E2%80%9Cinflammatory%E2%80%9D%20literature.

More slave codes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_codes

The Sounds of Slavery by T. David Franklin; Featured public domain slave songs and hollers 

https://archive.org/details/TDavidFranklinTheSoundsofSlavery/02__Levee_Holler.mp3

MOGP:

Remember the Titans 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210945/

Happy news:  

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-35

Other Appearances: 

Check out Joseph Smith vs Joseph’s Myth, where Aron and Bryce discuss the Joseph Smith story:

https://youtu.be/oD2Xhg6F-Js

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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CULTS! Well, one specifically. We start this episode with a brief rundown of Steven Hassan’s BITE model of cult mind control. We hone in on the element of “Information” control within the larger BITE model to discuss how important controlling information is to the longevity of any cult. That leads us into our longer segment where we finally begin our review of Saints: The Standard of Truth, the new authoritative history book of early Mormonism published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Part 1 discusses the early history of the Joseph Smith family, the supernatural visitations, the acquisition of the Gold Plates, and the authorship process of the Book of Mormon. Does this book cross the threshold of being New Mormon History, or is it simply a more sophisticated treatment of the same Old Mormon History? Yes, this segment is long, but mining mountains for minute morsels is a tedious task. We wrap with some happy news about repurposing defunct oil wells for green energy.

Show Notes: 

Steven Hassan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hassan 

Robert Jay Lifton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jay_Lifton 

Freedom of Mind Resource Center: https://freedomofmind.com/ 

BITE Model: https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ 

Books: 

Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best Selling Guide to Protection, Rescue and Recovery from Destructive Cults, by Steven Hassan 

Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults and Beliefs, by Steven Hassan

Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves, by Steven Hassan 

The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control, by Steven Hassan 

Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China by Robert Jay Lifton

Saints links:

https://archive.org/details/originriseprogre00tuck/page/n39/mode/2up?q=beer

http://www.fullerconsideration.com/sources.php?cat=GP-T26

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2002/the-1826-trial-of-joseph-smith

http://www.mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm#harris

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/37b7b91c-4148-45d6-8f32-df4acf06fe99/0/7

https://www.jstor.org/stable/45225502?seq=12

https://archive.org/details/mormonismunvaile00howe/page/270/mode/2up?q=anthon

https://archive.org/details/LucysBook/page/n439/mode/2up

http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/sermons_talks_interviews/harrisinterviewtiffanysmonthly.htm

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1376&context=jbms

Happy news:  Researchers successfully turn abandoned oil well into giant geothermal battery  https://skymagzines.com/researchers-successfully-turn-abandoned-oil-well-into-giant-geothermal-battery/ 

Other Appearances: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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Who even is Lavina Fielding Anderson?! In this classic deep dive we examine the life of Lavina Fielding Anderson and her contributions to the Mormon academic field. Her story serves as a case study of how far individuals can pressure the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the inside before the institution’s immune system responds. She’s a powerhouse of a scholar, a pioneer in feminist Mormon studies, and an advocate for those who’ve survived ecclesiastical abuse. The Mormon Alliance was the organization Lavina formed with Janice Allred to collect and publish survivor’s stories and advocate on their behalf. Both suffered gruelling and abusive disciplinary processes for their advocacy attempting to reform Mormon practices and policies. History repeats itself and the timeline of Protect LDS Children and Sam Young was telegraphed by the experiences of Anderson, Allred, and the Mormon Alliance. We finish the episode with a review of Erin Brockovich and a happy environmental news item from Liverpool. 

Correction: At about an hour and a half in, Shannon referenced Victor Frankl when she meant Elie Wiesel. 

Show Notes: 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/45228305?seq=10#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/issues/130.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20120215064851/https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/pdf/092-65-79.pdf

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/lavina-fielding-anderson-mercy-without-end-toward-a-more-inclusive-church/

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/the-lds-intellectual-community-and-church-leadership-a-contemporary-chronology/#pdf-wrap

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/issues/spring-1993/

https://web.archive.org/web/20080123061329/http://mormonalliance.org/casereports/casereports.htm

https://mormon-alliance.org/SiteMap.htm

https://mormon-alliance.org/definitions.htm

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Mormonism_and_Church_discipline/Scholars/Does_the_Church_excommunicate_historians

MOGP: Erin Brockovich: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195685/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt 

Hinkley Groundwater Contamination: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_groundwater_contamination 

Erin Brockovich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich 

Happy news: 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/once-biologically-dead-the-river-mersey-in-england-is-best-environmental-story-in-europe/?fbclid=IwAR2UT3EKTfa-CMY9PZjQXcI8gJ8auRQ5VG4su6sq4DhSZ5CnD7iQqLsNahc

Other Appearances: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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It’s finally time for our long-awaited deep dive into New Mormon History. Put simply, NMH was a movement within the history department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to confront controversial history and turn away from the apologetic and polemical Old Mormon History. The leading figure, Leonard Arrington, was the right person for the job. But, he didn’t have the business chops to fight forces much larger than him in the form of Mark E. Petersen, Ezra Taft Benson, and Boyd K. Packer. The main segment is long as we chronicle the rise, fall, and resurrection of the New Mormon History movement and how the Joseph Smith Papers Project, as well as Saints: The Standard of Truth, are both the results of this movement pushing the church for academic legitimacy. In retrospect, Arrington is vindicated as an intellectual fighting for intellectual integrity while Packer spins in his grave. Then we discuss Finding Forrester as another example of the never-ending fight for academic honesty. We wrap with happy news of an invention set to tackle microplastics in our oceans.

New Mormon History:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mormon_history#CITEREFQuinn1992

https://www.jstor.org/stable/45228326?seq=19#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=mormonhistory

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/issues/fall-1983/

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/4836228f-48c3-447f-bcb9-9c2a35496898/0/56

https://www.librarything.com/work/7542838

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1724&context=byusq

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Morgan

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V09N01_36.pdf

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2055&context=byusq

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Mormonism_and_history/Boyd_K._Packer%27s_talk:_%22The_Mantle_is_Far,_Far_Greater_Than_the_Intellect%22#cite_ref-3

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V16N03_11.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawn_M._Brodie

https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/034-32-37.pdf

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/joseph-smith-and-the-beginnings-of-mormonism_richard-l-bushman/413785/#edition=3500292&idiq=1723338

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer

http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no115.htm

Extra thanks to Brian Buchanan for helping piece together the main segment. Find him here: https://www.benchmarkbooks.com/

https://sunstone.org/sunstone-history-podcast/

MOGP: Finding Forrester https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181536/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk 

Where it is streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/finding-forrester 

Happy news: Princeton engineers developed new way to remove microplastics from water: https://scitechdaily.com/99-efficiency-princeton-engineers-have-developed-a-new-way-to-remove-microplastics-from-water/ 

Other Appearances: 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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Education is a battleground for the hearts and minds of the future. The Church Education System of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded in 1980, but the history of education in Mormonism is far more complex. We do a deep dive into how the CES started and the sordid pasts of the various educational institutions attached to the Church at some point. There’s also a tangential deep dive into seminary and the legal sphere of “released time” classes carving out exemptions where religion can be taught in public schools. Then we discuss the modern battlefield of public education by reviewing the 2012 documentary, The Revisionaries, focused on public school text books and the fight at the Texas Board of Education. We round out with a quick overview of the best news of our lifetime, recommendations by the Jan 6th Committee to criminally indict the former POTUS for the violent insurrection at the federal capitol building in January 2021.

CES history links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Educational_System#cite_ref-E2014_3-2

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2184&context=etd&httpsredir=1&referer=

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-education/about/ces-administration?lang=eng

https://www.mormonwiki.com/Church_Educational_System

https://mormonfaq.com/mormon-culture/about-education

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/the-founding-of-the-l-d-s-institutes-of-religion/

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED606970.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_T._Kingsbury#cite_note-10

https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/8306/aaup-1915-declaration-of-principles

https://www.aaup.org/sites/default/files/files/University%20of%20Utah%20-%20December%201915.pdf

https://archive.unews.utah.edu/news_releases/1915-a-year-that-changed-governance-tenure-and-academic-freedom-at-the-university-of-utah/

http://ldspioneerarchitecture.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/EoM/id/5597

https://releasedtime.org

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/884/released-time#:~:text=Released%20time%20programs%20allow%20for,hours%20to%20receive%20religious%20instruction.

https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/435/everson-v-board-of-education

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1131880548/football-coach-prayers-reinstated#:~:text=Bremerton%20High%20School.-,His%20practice%20of%20praying%20on%20the%20field%20sparked%20a%20court,religious%20expression%20in%20public%20schools.&text=The%20coach's%20insistence%20on%20praying,victory%20on%20religious%20freedom%20grounds.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1992/10/to-be-learned-is-good-if?lang=eng

CES Purges: 

https://www.deseret.com/1995/3/30/19167147/feminist-club-at-byu-loses-its-voice-for-now 

https://universe.byu.edu/1996/03/14/voice-leader-chats/ 

https://universe.byu.edu/2001/06/01/feminist-voice-active-at-byu/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/02/us/as-mormon-church-grows-so-does-dissent-from-feminists-and-scholars.html 

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2022/11/28/byu-i-instructors-fired-failing/ 

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/ecclesiastical-leader-questions-new-ces-hires 

MOGP: Revisionaries (2012): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091398/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1 

FInd where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-revisionaries 

Happy news: Jan 6th committee filed report https://www.npr.org/2022/12/21/1144489935/january-6-committee-full-report-release

https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=23515535-jan-6-select-committee-final-r

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Guess what! This is the end of our deep dive into The Millennial Messiah, by Bruce R McConkie! It’s party time!  We go over the last 4 chapters and then discuss our conclusion. Then, we will watch the 2010 movie Legion, with a mormon lens because it works WAY too well with that. Then we’ll finish off the episode with some good news about a BYU protest!

MOGP: Legion (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038686/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3 

FInd where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/legion 

Happy News: 

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/stanford-marching-band-mocks-byu-gay-wedding-skit-football-game/

Other Appearances: 

LIVE SHOW! Mon, Dec 26, 2022 — We will talk about media. All things media — books, movies, music, etc. 

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What even is the Law of Consecration?! Well it’s a covenant that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make during the temple endowment ceremony, but what actually is it? We go through a deep dive of the Law of Consecration, discuss a bit of its history, and pontificate about it’s impact and possible future use in Mormon culture today. After that we review Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper, a wonderful dystopian fantasy novel with some hard-hitting social commentary we interpret through a Mormon lens. We round out the episode by congratulating LeVar Burton receiving long-deserved recognition. Patrons: we debrief/deconstruct the recent debate between Bryce and a certain litigious individual.

Show Notes:  

All Things are the Lord’s: The Law of Consecration in the Doctrine and Covenants by Steven Harper

https://rsc.byu.edu/doctrine-covenants-revelations-context/all-things-are-lords-law-consecration-doctrine-covenants

List of codenames in D&C

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_code_names_in_the_Doctrine_and_Covenants

Thou Art the Man Newel K. Whitney in Ohio by Mark Staker

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/thou-art-the-man-newel-k-whitney-in-ohio/#footnote-206

MOGP: 

Happy News: 

https://www.wbal.com/article/594418/116/levar-burton-to-be-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-honors-at-childrens-family-emmy-awards?fbclid=IwAR00LFAqEZrTrJtJ18l9JTR8Yo37ync8wQ20ASEZ5Gt5DXJKurnmicGIszk

Other Appearances: 

LIVE SHOW! Mon, Dec 26, 2022 — We will talk about media. All things media — books, movies, music, etc. 

Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf 

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Our long-awaited deep-dive deconstruction of Adam-God Doctrine, or theory, depending on who you ask. What is it? Who taught it? Why is it controversial? How is it treated by the corporate Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today? ‘As we are, god once was, as god is we may someday become’ is a tried-and-true Mormon doctrine and the Adam-Eve-Gods Doctrine fits perfectly within this logical loop. As the title of the doctrine alludes to, Heavenly Father took the form of Adam with one of his wives, Heavenly Mother Eve, to create and populate the earth, after which he went to Adam-ondi-Ahman, in Missouri, where he ascended back to godhood to continue his charge from Elohim to create worlds without end. Then we dive into the nearly-final segment of Bruce R. McConkie’s Millennial Messiah. McCranky loves the idea of fire burning the sinners and his charged language justifies the physical suffering and burning of anybody who isn’t Mormon or living its dictates. Further, when Jesus returns to reign in the millennium he will rule with an iron rod; the future dystopian Mormon theocracy is a dangerous and unforgiving land. How all these teachings pervade Mormon culture to this day can be seen by Mormons periodically carrying out the will of gods by causing the suffering and death of sinners and those who oppose the kingdom of God. Mormonism creates dangerous men, yet the church never suffers the repurcussions. We round out the episode with some happy news about cannabis legislation heading to President Biden’s desk.

Show Notes: 

FairLatterDaySaints Adam-God theory

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Mormonism_and_doctrine/Repudiated_concepts/Adam-God_theory

Brigham Young’s Teachings on Adam by Matthew B. Brown (2009)

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2009_Brigham_Youngs_Teachings_On_Adam.pdf

JS On the Plurality of Gods

http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/sermons_talks_interviews/smithpluralityofgodssermon.htm

JS King Follett Discourse

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/King_Follett_Discourse

The Evening and the Morning Star May 1834 article about Adam

https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/NCMP1820-1846/id/5884

The Position of Adam in Latter-day Scripture and Theology by Rodney Turner (1952)

https://web.archive.org/web/20150328213004/http://mormonbookshelf.com/wiki/The_Position_of_Adam_in_Latter-day_Scripture_and_Theology/Introduction

Council of Fifty Minutes

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/council-of-fifty-minutes-march-1844-january-1846-volume-1-10-march-1844-1-march-1845/389#full-1189529701479850981

Nauvoo Expositor

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Nauvoo_Expositor

The Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake by John W. Gunnison (1852)

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/rbc/rbc0001/2019/2019gen35226/2019gen35226.pdf

Women of Mormondom by Edward Tullidge (1877)

http://ia800907.us.archive.org/31/items/womenofmormondom00tullrich/womenofmormondom00tullrich.pdf

Brigham Young first public speech on Adam-God Doctrine April 1852 General Conference

https://journalofdiscourses.com/1/8

Celestial Marriage by Orson Pratt Oct 1852 General Conference

https://journalofdiscourses.com/1/9

Our Own Liahona by Spencer W. Kimball (1978 denunciation of Adam-God Doctrine)

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1976/11/our-own-liahona?lang=eng

Quotes on Adam-God Doctrine from various church leaders

http://www.mormonthink.com/QUOTES/adamgod.htm

Adam-God resource repository

https://www.adamgod.com/

The Adam-God Doctrine by David John Buerger (Spring 1982)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/45225052?seq=3#metadata_info_tab_contents

Happy News: 

https://themarijuanaherald.com/2022/11/u-s-senate-passes-marijuana-and-cannabidiol-research-expansion-act-sends-it-to-president-biden/

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History comes to life! Today we interview Mark Elwood, the creator of the graphic novel series The Glass Looker. These novels seek to illustrate Joseph Smith’s magic and treasure digging in beautiful and colorful relief. The book just dropped so grab yourself a copy! After that we continue talking fictionalized history with the movie Ford v Ferrari and we wrap the show with some happy news about republicans losing a book ban fight.

Show Notes: 

The Glass Looker https://theglasslooker.com/

MOGP: Ford v Ferrari: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1950186/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 

Happy News: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/11/republican-book-banning-attempt-defeated-community-stands-lgbtq-people/ 

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It’s time for the next installment of The Millennial Messiah by Bruce R. McConkie! Before that, we talk about Zion. What was it, what did/does it mean to various faith traditions, and what’s the Mormon slant of Zion? McCranky spends this entire episode discussing how incredibly awesome the future Mormon theocracy, Zion, the New Jerusalem, built upon the American continent, is going to be! We wrap up with some happy news from Salt Lake City attempting to mitigate homelessness in Zion.

Show Notes: 

Repository of LDS Zion resources 

https://www.margiesmessages.com/zionnew.html

Bruce R. McConkie Come: Let Israel Build Zion

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1977/04/come-let-israel-build-zion?lang=eng

Spencer W. Kimball Becoming the Pure in Heart

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1978/04/becoming-the-pure-in-heart?lang=eng

Harold B. Lee Strengthen the Stakes of Zion

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1973/04/strengthen-the-stakes-of-zion?lang=eng

1. Todd Christofferson Come to Zion

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1973/04/strengthen-the-stakes-of-zion?lang=eng

David A. Bednar Put On Thy Strength, O Zion

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1973/04/strengthen-the-stakes-of-zion?lang=eng

David J. Larsen Enoch and the City of Zion; Can an Entire Community Ascend to Heaven?

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/enoch-and-the-city-of-zion-can-an-entire-community-ascend-to-heaven/

Mormonwiki: City of Enoch

https://www.mormonwiki.com/City_of_Enoch

EoM: Zion

https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Zion

Mormonwiki: Zion

https://www.mormonwiki.com/Zion

MOGP: 

Steel Meets Steel — 10 Years of Glory, by Hammerfall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiVsLtR7sKs  

Ethnic Cleansing: https://www.history.com/topics/holocaust/ethnic-cleansing 

Armageddon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon 

Tel Megiddo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo 

Valley of Jezreel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel_Valley 

Gog and Magog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog 

Henry V, Act IV, scene i, William Shakespeare: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/henryv/henryv.4.1.html 

Hymn Before Action 1890, Rudyard Kipling: https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_action.htm 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymn_Before_Action 

Happy News: 

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/salt-lake-city-council-votes-to-move-forward-with-tiny-home-village-to-house-homeless 

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Mormon Book Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS35GXy3XRY

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