That’s right! We’re done!! But we have to get through the final 3 chapters before rounding it out and providing our conclusions. The new authoritative history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is mostly what we expected; New Mormon History is dead and Saints: The Standard of Truth telegraphs an era of academic retrenchment. These chapters cover the assassination of Hyrum and Joseph Smith in Carthage and the immediate aftermath and succession crisis to get the church into the hands of Bloody Brigham Young. This has been a big project so if you’re a patron of the show who supported the project, check your feed for a special post for my entire 200+ pages of show notes generated for these episodes. Apologies in advance for all the typos. #TeamBryce, signing off.
‘Destroying Angel’ Candle Scent War!!!
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Show Notes:
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-declarations-martial-law-united-states
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Rebellion
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Last_Public_Address_of_Lieutenant_General_Joseph_Smith.jpg
https://archive.org/details/ahistoryillinoi00shiegoog/page/n358/mode/2up?view=theater
http://boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/HStout.html
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/samuel-harrison-smith
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/hosea-stout
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3162&context=byusq
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_(Bickertonite)
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V12N02_39.pdf
https://scblog.lib.byu.edu/2014/09/14/battle-of-nauvoo/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43201320
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16noj_RBgUPc1pgFuGzp7sL8Gn3TvXNKr
Our Live Show Q & A was November 27, 2023. You can see it on Bryce Blankenagel’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bryceblankenagel7707
Other Appearances:
She Became Visible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2andBqOPcM
Almost Awakened:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ziJKR_D6s
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
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com
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We’re in tunnel-vision mode until we finish this propagandistic pile of rubbish. Today is the penultimate episode of our long-form review of Saints. It begins in the spring of 1842 with John C. Bennett’s violent departure from Nauvoo and ends with the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor. Lots of things happen in this 2-year period and the book ignores most of them so let’s dive in. We do finish the episode with a tiny bit of happy news to keep us all positive as well as an update about the ongoing ExMo Candle Co Destroying Angel battle for the best scent. Patreon listeners get a tease for our next book review so be sure to tune in to the exclusive feed!
‘Destroying Angel’ Candle Scent War!!!
Come pitch in your vote for your favorite scent! Are you #TeamShannon or #TeamBryce? Make sure to leave a review once you’ve received the candle and tried out the scent for yourself!
https://exmocandles.com/glass-box-wars/
Show Notes:
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-expositor-7-june-1844/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Law_(Latter_Day_Saints)
http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/il/sign1844.htm#0522
https://www.toddmcompton.com/WWfamilies.htm
https://byustudies.byu.edu/online-chapters/volume-5-chapter-24/
https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/maria-lawrence/
https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/emily-dow-partridge/
https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/sarah-ann-whitney/
https://archive.org/details/historysaints00benngoog/page/n95/mode/2up?view=theater&q=rockwell
https://www.ldsdiscussions.com/happiness
https://files.lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration/articles/rockymountainsa00sten.pdf
https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/john-c-bennett-and-spiritual-wifery/#back_ajs-fn-id_16-8646
Happy News: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/17/waste-plastic-eu-ban-exports-non-oecd-countries
Next Live Show Q & A!! November 27, 2023, 6:00 PM (MDT) on Bryce Blankenagel’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bryceblankenagel7707
Other Appearances:
She Became Visible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2andBqOPcM
Almost Awakened:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ziJKR_D6s
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
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com
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AT LONG LAST! We’re joined by Jen from ExMo Candle Co. to talk all about her experience and what led her to processing and healing from the Mormon cult through blasphemous candles! She tells of her story with the church, attending a Mormon university, depression and self-destruction caused by shame through bishop’s interviews and “repentance”, and how she navigated her way out of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of course, she also announces the debut of a new candle… well TWO candles to be more accurate. After that we talk Death to Smoochy, a Robin Williams and Edward Norton flick directed by Danny DeVito. We wrap with happy news about rebuilding underwater reefs and a bit of listener mail.
‘Destroying Angel’ Candle Scent War!!!
Come pitch in your vote for your favorite scent! Are you #TeamShannon or #TeamBryce? Make sure to leave a review once you’ve received the candle and tried out the scent for yourself!
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Don’t miss our next live hangout on Nov 27th, 2023 at 6 p.m. MST on the NM YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@bryceblankenagel7707
Show Notes:
https://www.yearofpolygamy.com/
MOGP:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266452/
Happy News:
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
Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com
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It’s that time of year! SpooOOOoooOOOookey stories! First we talk about a hotbed of paranormal interdimensional activity in the heart of Mormon country; Skinwalker Ranch! After that we deep dive into the sci-fi classic Frankenstein. We wrap with a quick reminder to get out and vote along with catching up on listener mail!
Show Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Burns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_S._Taylor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ecbard
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/Soil%20Electrical%20Conductivity.pdf
https://www.reddit.com/r/sdr/comments/v4577h/16ghz_signals_a_simple_question_skinwalker/
https://www.utah.com/articles/post/what-is-skinwalker-ranch-and-whats-really-going-on-there
https://www.iflscience.com/skinwalker-ranch-bastion-for-the-paranormal-or-hoax-69969
https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/claims-about-pentagon-ufo-program-how-much-is-true/
https://www.hullingermortuary.com/obituaries/junior-hicks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalker_Ranch
https://www.deseret.com/1996/6/30/19251541/frequent-fliers
https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2316/ML23165A245.pdf
MOGP:
Mary Shelley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
Frankenstein Castle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_Castle
Luigi Galvani: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galvani
Giovanni Aldini: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Aldini
Lord Byron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron
Happy News:
Just get out and vote, y’all!
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
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com
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Our review of General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for October 2023 Sunday sessions.
Yes, our review of GenCon was longer than the actual GenCon. Thank you to all the wonderful folks who made this project happen! The last nearly 2 hours is patreon extras for you all you fantastic financial supporters of the show.
Show Notes:
Links:
Brad: https://twitter.com/ComfytheGhost
V (Friend from Serbia): @NoChillAuntie
Aurora: aurorarosea.com
Alexis: https://www.youtube.com/@UtahSustainGardening
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
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod
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Our review of General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for October 2023 Saturday sessions.
Yes, our review of GenCon was longer than the actual GenCon.
Show Notes:
Links:
Brad: https://twitter.com/ComfytheGhost
V (Friend from Serbia): @NoChillAuntie
Aurora: aurorarosea.com
Alexis: https://www.youtube.com/@UtahSustainGardening
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
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glassboxpodcast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlassBoxPod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/
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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
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glassboxpodcast
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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
Discussions over Joseph “turning the key” to the Relief Society
https://wheatandtares.org/2021/08/02/do-women-have-priesthood-keys/
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
Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AronRa
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com
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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
Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod
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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://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://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/
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
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
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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
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:
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!!!
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:
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:
Mormon, Magic and Psychedelic Symposium in SLC 5/20/2023!!!
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:
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:
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.
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:
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
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:
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
John Priesly
Edward “Ned” Leggroan
Nancy Smith
Isaac Lewis Manning
Utah 1852 slave code
History of slave codes
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:
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/
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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/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
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:
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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.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://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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