April 2025 General Conference Saturday Afternoon session.
Niel Anderson – Heinous abortion is evil diatribe, the church is extreme Conservative
Steven Lund YM GP – Priesthood is awesome, men run everything in the church
S Mark Palmer Q70 – Willow tree, cut up the fallen ones
Sandino Roman Q70 – Drowning story
Dale Renlund – A dumb 6-year-old thought the second coming was real
Hans T Boom Q70 – Poor people donated their washing machine money to build a temple; Armies of Helaman
Dieter Uchtdorf – The Church isn’t perfect, come back anyway; polishing the turd of a session before him
Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism. Here’s the most recent episode on what Mormons can teach us about organizing a cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxjD7ucajI
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April 2025 General Conference Saturday Morning session.
Jeffrey R. Holland – Little boy bites a little girl, better teach her to forgive!
Camille Johnson RS GP – Waiting to be healed filling spiritual holes
Ronald Rasband – Church is DOING GREAT! Don’t check our numbers…
Quentin L. Cook – Handcart companies and tragedy
Ricardo Gemenez Q70 – Checklist Mormonism
Henry Eyring – Zombie Jesus
Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism. Here’s the most recent episode on what Mormons can teach us about organizing a cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxjD7ucajI
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It’s time to examine Joseph-Smith-polygamy skepticism. After the recent Journal of Mormon Polygamy conference, we decided to seriously consider the evidences used by this cohort of Mormon studies, leading us to understand that polygamy was a creation of Brigham Young and the Utah Mormon movement. After that we discuss O Brother, Where Art Thou? An Oddessy movie interweaving many storytelling archetypes and tropes. Then some good news about automotive subsidies coming in the form of tariffs.
Show notes:
Joseph Smith Wasn’t a Polygamist video playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL19uMsnpSU&list=PLmuYPN2xUIM0zw-bwR1MEAJ7gcRL9zuSH&index=5&t=745s
Journal of Mormon Polygamy
https://journalofmormonpolygamy.org/jmp
MOGP: O Brother, Where Art Thou
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190590/
Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/o-brother-where-art-thou
Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism. Here’s the most recent episode on what Mormons can teach us about organizing a cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxjD7ucajI
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We have a guest for our main segment this time. Chris Shelton is a cult expert content creator who eats, breathes, and sleeps high-demand, coercive groups. We discuss everything from what makes a group a cult, how to identify them, is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a cult, and proper ways to approach conversations about high-demand groups. Be sure to check out our series collaborating on Chris’s YouTube channel linked below. After that we discuss Don’t Look Up, a 2021 movie about the cult of politics and a major natural disaster that affects everybody across the globe. To wrap up we have a brief chat about a gene-related study on mice and speech patterns before closing out with a review of all our listener mail from the Death Penalty series.
Next Live Show: Mon, March 31, 2025 6:00 PM (MT)
Bryce’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bryceblankenagel7707
Show Notes:
Chris Shelton:
Chris’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisSheltonMsc
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Shelton_(author)
MOGP: Don’t Look Up
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/?ref_=hm_rvi_i_1
Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dont-look-up-2021
Happy News:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56579-2
Listener Mail link: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-some-european-prisons-are-based-dignity-instead-dehumanization
Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism: Speaking of Cults … Mormonism is a Compliance Culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCeW3jvP-RE&t=2973s
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