EP 503 – The Lights Will Live On
November 17, 2020
Light the World kicks off in the time of COVID, Hallmark films move to Utah, Pres. Nelson teases a message of hope and healing.
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EP 502 – Jack Latter-day Saints
November 10, 2020
How did Latter-day Saints perform in the U.S. election? BYU Pathways grows. Real Housewives of Salt Lake City aren’t so Mormon, it seems!
EP 501 – Evan McMullin on Saving the Republic
November 1, 2020
He ran for president as a conservative alternative to Trump in 2016, now Evan McMullin wants Latter-day Saints to vote for Joe Biden.
EP 500 – Quincentennial
October 28, 2020
It’s our 500th episode! The whole gang is here, including Al! We hang. We talk news. We congratulate ourselves.
EP 499 – The COVIDs of Madison County
October 20, 2020
Students at BYU-Idaho deliberately contract COVID-19 in order to sell their valuable, antibody-infused blood. Oy. Vey.
EP 498 – Merrill Jenson, Legendary Film Composer
October 13, 2020
If you’ve watched classic Church films, you’ve heard Merrill Jenson’s music, and now you can hear from the man himself about his career.
EP 497 – October 2020 General Conference Recap
October 5, 2020
Join our all-star panel as we recap the best General Conference in recent memory.
EP 496 – White Horses Can’t Die
September 29, 2020
Misunderstanding the White Horse Prophecy – again, COVID in the land of Provo, media that use “Mormon” in articles are negative, per study!
EP 495 – Sariah Wilson, Author of “Roommaid”
September 21, 2020
Romance author Sariah Wilson discusses writing for a broad audience but with an LDS perspective and how her faith informs her journey.
EP 494 – Detours to Spanish Fork
September 15, 2020
Cobra Kai goes to Geoff’s head. Senator Mike Lee wants to cancel KSL. Zelophehad’s Daughters tackles LDS cinema on IMDB.
EP 493 – The Socially Distant Temple
September 8, 2020
One new temple breaks ground and another loses its president to COVID, children of divorced parents can bein two wards, and new youth theme!
EP 492 – Four Options for LGBT Latter-day Saints: A Conversation with Tyler Lefevor
September 1, 2020
Professor Tyler Lefevor discusses his research showing four options for LGBT Latter-day Saints, which might include leaving the Church.
EP 491 – To Trump or Not to Trump
August 25, 2020
Latter-day Saints for Trump. Latter-day Saints for Joe. The Mormon vote suddenly matters much more than it did in elections past.
EP 490 – A Look at LDS Offshoot Leader James Strang w/ Author Miles Harvey
August 18, 2020
James Strang is barely known to most Latter-day Saints, a new book, “The King of Confidence” goes into the rise and fall of this self-proclaimed monarch.
EP 489 – We’ve Gone Full Christian Rock
August 12, 2020
What is the history of the angel Moroni statue on temples? Are we teaching the law of chastity correctly? What is up with the new Hymns at Home app?
EP 488 – Pioneering the Vote: Neylan McBaine on Utah’s Role in Women’s Suffrage
August 4, 2020
Utah was the first territory in the U.S. where women voted. What is the story behind suffrage in the west, and how is it relevant to Latter-day Saints?
EP 487 – All Pioneer Days Matter
July 28, 2020
With Pioneer Day behind us, how can we celebrate the pioneers of the future?
EP 486 – We Are Not Speculating About Temple Changes AT ALL
July 21, 2020
FamilySearch reaches—badly—on religious freedom, BYU’s Black Student Union wants to rename the whole campus, major changes to temple work!
EP 485 – Wear Your Mask, Kids
July 14, 2020
How did face masks become about religious freedom when they are supposed to be about public health? How is your sabbath in the time of COVID?
EP 484 – Lilburn Boggs for Apostle
July 7, 2020
Some satire on Lilburn Boggs makes a good point about monuments, Tad Callister doesn’t read the room, Josie has a new podcast. And Wear. The. Mask.
EP 483 – Racism in the Church: A Conversation with Historian Russell Stevenson
June 29, 2020
Noted Latter-day Saint historian Russell Stevenson sits down to talk Brigham Young and racism, modern-day LDS racism, and what we can do to be better.
EP 482 – Walk and Chew Gum
June 23, 2020
We can acknowledge that vandalism is wrong and still be open to a discussion on the Church’s racist past. Elder Bednar goes after the government! And more!
EP 481 – Defund Wards
June 16, 2020
BYU-Idaho steps in it when trying to address race relations, male missionary fashion may now not involve ties, active Latter-day Saints support Trump less.
EP 480 – Privilege
June 9, 2020
White privilege is real among Latter-day Saints. You may not think so, but it’s true. How can we identify and combat racism in our own ranks?
EP 479 – Abhorrent
June 2, 2020
Widespread protests and violence in the wake of George Floyd’s murder causes Latter-day Saints to look inward and ask, “Is it I?”
EP 478 – Singing Is Very Plosive
May 27, 2020
Latter-day Saints weigh reopening their congregations. But do we need professional cleaners? Should we sing? Bishops lose oversight of missionary work.
EP 477 – Your Local Nasal Swabber
May 19, 2020
Will we see a drop off in church attendance once we all come back? Are women truly equal in priesthood authority during a lockdown? Polygamy in 2020.
EP 476 – The Only Peer Review You Need Is Social Media
May 12, 2020
It’s Jesus only in Church meetinghouse foyers, revisiting Mark Hofmann, phased temple reopenings, and the latest from Kate Kelly!
EP 475 – Surviving Not Thriving
May 5, 2020
The Tabernacle Choir gets a new logo, BYU Magazine goes all in on listening to women, Shanghai Temple might face a rocky road, a bevy of COVID news
EP 474 – “Kingdom of Nauvoo” – Benjamin E. Park
April 27, 2020
Benjamin E. Park discusses his new book, Kingdom of Nauvoo, about the rise and fall of Nauvoo as a theocracy that stressed the limits of American democracy.
EP 473 – The Beginning
April 21, 2020
Most of you have not suffered through our very first show, so with 2020 commemorating 10 years of This Week in Mormons, the time is now!
EP 472 – More Mournfulness Give Me
April 15, 2020
Recapping the global fast for COVID-19. Why is Moroni not on some newer temples? Global COVID relief efforts. Courts cannot decide validity of religion.
EP 471 – General Conference Recap: Social Distancing Edition
April 5, 2020
It was certainly a General Conference like no other, full of incredible counsel, the Hosanna Shout, a new Proclamation, youth speakers, and more!
EP 470 – A Nexus of Truth and Disease
April 1, 2020
We predict the most unpredictable General Conference ever; missionaries to be released and reutrn later to the field; competing accounts of the First Vision
EP 469 – Temple Predictions: The Podcast Too!
March 30, 2020
This special edition of This Week in Mormons delves exclusively into our temple predictions for the April 2020 General Conference.
EP 468 – World War C
March 24, 2020
Missionaries start returning home en mass due to cornavirus, General Conference scales way back, Utah gets rocked, and felon toilet paper thieves in Idaho.
EP 467 – Empty Pews
March 17, 2020
Coronavirus brings nearly all Church activity to a halt. How was your first Sunday conducting church at home? What does the future hold?
EP 466 – Get It Together, BYU
March 10, 2020
Brigham Young University needs to figure out how to include the LGBT community.
EP 465 – Devin Thorpe for Congress
March 3, 2020
Surprising us all, our own host Devin Thorpe is running for Congress! Coronavirus cancels part of General Conference. How to make the sacrament cleaner.
EP 464 – All the NCMO in the World
February 26, 2020
Let’s dissect the changes in the new Handbook. BYU decriminalizes homosexual displays. Utah decriminalizes polygamy. And LDS Business College is no more!