Mormon Land Podcast
1) Former Sen. Harry Reid on the Capitol riot, impeachment, and the Biden presidency | Episode 165
As it prepares to welcome a new president, the United States, a land of prophecy and promise to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stands at a momentous moment. A defeated, d...Show More
2) Historian Richard Bushman explores faith, doubt and feminism | Episode 164
In a wide-ranging interview published in Sunday’s Salt Lake Tribune, revered Mormon historian Richard Bushman, author of the acclaimed Joseph Smith biography “Rough Stone Rolling,” talked at length ab...Show More
3) Recapping 2020 for the LDS Church | Episode 163
This year’s global pandemic brought extraordinary actions inside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Worship services were halted. Temples were closed. Missionaries were released, recall...Show More
4) Is confronting church critics through satire effective or offensive? | Episode 162
The group FairMormon is dedicated to defending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from critics and rebutting falsehoods about the faith’s history and theology. FairMormon is particularly ...Show More
Is confronting church critics through satire effective or offensive? | Episode 162
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5) The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins on the LDS Church’s quest for approval and its future | Episode 161
In a lengthy essay in The Atlantic posted online Wednesday, reporter McKay Coppins explores The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its history as “The Most American Religion.” In a subti...Show More
6) Are Latter-day Saint anti-maskers guilty of not ‘following the prophet’? | Episode 160
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posted a video this week from apostle Dale G. Renlund in which he pleaded with members to put on masks and put off assembling in large gatherings in res...Show More
7) Latter-day Saints and their love-hate history with vaccines | Episode 159
In the not-too-distant future, the United States and other nations will have a vaccination available, thankfully, for COVID-19, which has killed more than 1.5 million people and altered millions of mo...Show More
8) Why giving thanks is healthy — even amid COVID | Episode 158
As a global faith leader, President Russell M. Nelson urged members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last week to “flood social media” with posts about gratitude — even as he acknowl...Show More
9) One of Wyoming’s ‘Black 14’ on his story and new partnership with the LDS Church | Episode 157
In October 1969, 14 African American players for the University of Wyoming planned to sport black armbands in a football game against Brigham Young University to protest the then-priesthood/temple ban...Show More
10) Did Latter-day Saint voters help Biden win Arizona? Will they stick with the GOP? | Episode 156
Before the presidential election, some pollsters and pundits suggested that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints might play a key role — despite their relatively small numbers. ...Show More