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Ever wonder what it was like to grow up as the child of a General Authority? This week on Mormonish Podcast we talk with the lovely and talented Lila Tueller, daughter of General Authority Hartman Rector Jr. We discuss growing up with a General Authority and Mission President as a dad, as well as being a young woman in the Mormon church of the 70's and 80's. Lila talks candidly about dating,...

Should the IRS investigate the LDS Church's wealth? On this episode of Mormonish, cohosts Rebecca and Landon dissect the recent statement made by Ensign Peak whistleblower, David Nielsen's lawyer, Michael Sullivan, in response to the 60 Minutes Episode. This statement clearly outlines the position both whistleblower David Nielsen and his lawyer take regarding the claims the church made on 60 Minut...

How involved is the LDS church in Utah politics? Has it always been this way? In a recent LDS Conference talk, we learned about President of the Seventy, B. H. Roberts and his run for an 1895 congressional seat. At odds with the brethren over the church’s interference with the election, he was suspended from ecclesiastical office and eventually forced to sign The Political Manifesto of 1895 or fac...

How did you feel about the 60 Minutes interview on LDS church finances that just aired? On this episode of Mormonish, Rebecca and Landon discuss the recent 60 Minutes segment featuring former Ensign Peak employee and whistleblower, David Neilsen's first ever on camer interview. We take a deep dive into the church's response to the accusation of misuse of funds, and dissect statements made by Bisho...

In this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Landon and Rebecca talk with extraordinarily interesting Todd Mark, bird watcher and world traveler extraordinaire! Todd's story is absolutely fascinating as we discuss being a convert to the LDS faith as a child, attending BYU and serving a mission as more of an atheist than a believer. Once he returned from his mission, he became a world traveler and adventu...

New faithful website attacks post Mormon podcasters’ finances! On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, cohosts Rebecca and Landon and special guest, The Backyard Professor, explore a new faithful website called Answering LDS Critics (answeringldscritics.com). This website is dedicated to “Revealing the Strategies of LDS Church Critics and Addressing Their Accusations.” The site has many links to LDS...

On a very special episode of Mormonish, Rebecca and Landon sit down with our good friend, Melisa Mons to discuss the potential "November 15th" like General Handbook policy chaanges regarding the transgender community. These changes have been discussed on social media on multiple platforms. Melisa is in a mixed faith marriage and the parent of a transgender child. She is an outspoken advocate for t...

We all know the story of the Virgin Birth? But do we? Mormonish cohosts Rebecca and Landon dig deeper into the origins of the virgin birth story to analyze it's validity and learn more about the mythology around it. This episode was orginally released in 2022, but we are re-releasing it now in tandum with a Backyard Professor episode we will be doing on Thursday night (May 4th, 2023), covering the...

Church historian, Kyle S. McKay gave a devotional address on April 25th at BYU Idaho and Mormonish is here to give you a thorough run down and blow by blow account of this unexpected address that social media is buzzing about. When the church historian says the answer is not to look for answers, we need to dig a little deeper! **We had a little trouble with the audio sync on the clips of the devot...

On this episode of Mormonish podcast, cohosts Rebecca and Landon speak with the fascinating and extremely knowledgeable Bill Reel. Bill delves into the topics he feels passionate about such as psychedelics, human sexuality, the mythology of humankind, finding your authentic self on the other side of Mormonism and more! We absolutely loved getting to know Bill better and honestly, could have kept t...

On this episode of Mormonish, cohosts Rebecca and Landon talk to a real live mermaid! Or at least the next best thing! Our guest is the wonderful, multiple award winning author, Lorelei Kay! We have a wonderful time discussing her award winning book, “From Mormon to Mermaid: One Woman’s Voyage from Oppression to Freedom!” And learning more about her personal faith journey and her adventures in and...

Mormonish is thrilled to team up with Thrive in this special public service announcement announcing “Thrive Women’s Conference” coming up Friday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd! Cohosts Landon and Rebecca sit down with organizers, Nan Osborne and Rebecca Peterson to discuss the importance of the Thrive organization and all the exciting details of the upcoming Thrive Women’s Conference at Weber Stat...

This week on Mormonish Podcast, Landon and Rebecca spend some time getting to know the wonderful Rene Steelman! Rene is an amazing woman with many life experiences we can all learn from. We discuss her sucessful podcast, "She Became Visible" gives a platform to women who are thriving and doing wonderful things in their communitieis. We also learned more about Rene's life, family and philosophy in...

In the special bonus episode of Morminish podcast, Landon and Rebecca discuss the recent Brad Wilcox graduation address given at BYU Idaho. This is a very interesting speech by Brother Wilcox, and with so much attention given it to it on social media, Landon and Rebecca weigh in on his pivotal celestial cruise ship analogy and more! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis...

How can you describe to someone what going through a faith transition feels like? And how can you successfully navigate the pain and heartache of a mixed faith marriage? On this week's episode of Mormonish Podcast, coshost Rebecca and Landon sit down with the wonderful Anthony D.Miller to discuss his insights and wisdom on going through his own personal faith journey. Anthony is very well known fo...

How do we talk to children about death in the absense of a specific religious tradition? In a special episode of Mormonish, Landon and Rebecca talk with children's author Kelsey B. Reynolds about her new book, "Where Do We Go After We Die?" Kelsey's beautifully self illustrated book explores the endless possibilities that exist when you ask the question, "What comes next?!" Her book gives children...

Mormonish Podcast co hosts Rebecca and Landon sit down with the always knowledgeable and entertaining, Dr. Darrell Ray in this fascinating episode. Dr Ray is an Organizational psychologist and author who focuses on topics such as secular sexuality, and the treatment of religion-induced trauma. Dr. Ray also founded the non-profit organization Recovering from Religion as well as the Secular Therapy...

On this special abbreviated episode of Mormonish Podcast, cohosts Landon and Rebecca add a few more predictions to their original Mormonish conference predictions episode that aired recently! Based on new information from breaking new stories, we’re updating our predictions! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

In this episode of Mormonish, cohosts Rebecca and Landon delve into "Conference and rumors of Conference!" With April 2023 General Conference on the horizon, we sent out a request for conference predictions and rumors and we recieved over 400 responses! After sifting through all of your replies, we're bringing you the top predictions for LDS General Conference April 2023! We hope you enjoy this in...

In this bonus episode of Mormonish Podcast, cohosts Rebecca and Landon discuss the recent SEC fine against the LDS church with Christopher Metz and David Nolan, the writer/directors of "The Good $hepherd$," a musical about LDS tithing and finances that debuted last summer. The mega talented Christopher Metz and David Nolan developed the musical to shine a light on how the LDS church uses it's tith...

In this episode of Mormonish, Landon and Rebecca are back talking about church finance! In a previous Mormonish episode they presented data on what TBMs thought of the recent SEC ruling and fine placed on the LDS church! It seems that the church also received questions from faithful members on this topic because ironically, on March 10, 2023, the LDS church published a topic es...

In this episode, Mormonish Podcast cohosts Rebecca and Landon visit with Nathan Smith of "Mind Makes This World Podcast." Nathan is an absolutely wonderful and unique individual! As a teenager he was actually an apologist for Fair Mormon and helped provide answers to many people who were struggling with their faith. During that time he went through his own faith transition, yet still decided to se...

On a special “investigative reporting” episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon comb through social media to find out what faithful members of the church are saying about the recent SEC fine against the LDS Church and Ensign Peak Advisors. Drawing on comments, posts, videos and more, we gain a larger picture of how TBMs are explaining the fines and the SEC ruling to themselves and others....

Mormonish Podcast discusses “Ronald's Little Factory, a post Mormon movie premier this weekend! Rebecca and Landon sit down with writer and director, Brent Bokovoy to discuss the premier of his new film, “Ronald’s Little Factory!” Ronald's Little Factory is a dark comedy about a 19-year-old Mormon boy who handcuffs his hands to his bedpost to keep himself from sinning...but then becomes stuck. The...

This special episode features a Question and Answer from a film screening sponsored by Mormonish in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 13, 2023. The film is titled The Return of Elder Pingree: Memoir of a Departed Mormon by Emmy award winning documentary film maker Geoff Pingree. The film follows Geoff as he returns to his mission field in Guatemala decades later to reconnect with the people he love...