Infants on Thrones

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile What is the socratic method?  How can it be used effectively in conversations with people who believe things differently than you do?   Glenn is joined by Brother Jake, Delany Darco, and Brady Bluhn to discuss part 3 of Peter Boghossian’s “A Manual for Creating Atheists.”

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile What is faith?  How is it different from hope?  What is an atheist?  How is that different from an agnostic?  Glenn is joined by Delany Darco and Tom Perry to discuss part 2 of Peter Boghossian’s “A Manual for Creating Atheists.”

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn sits down with fellow sorta-Mormon podcaster Bill Reel to talk about podcasting, the reasons why he eventually left the church, and what he now thinks about Life, the Universe, and God

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Last week, Infants on Thrones started the process of smacking down (or, probably “smacking-up” really) Peter Boghossian’s important and provocative book “A Manual for Creating Atheists.”  We are approaching this in a different way than we have in the past, and you are invited to join us for the sausage-making “behind the scenes” elements of this journey.  ...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Bob is joined by Logan to review the documentary Church & State about the legalization of gay marriage in Utah. They also come up with the definitive top 5-ish list of Mormon documentaries.   If you want to hear more from Bob and Logan, check out their podcast at PracticallyCulture.com or subscribe via Apple Podcasts via the link below: https://itunes.a...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn and Bob are joined by one-time Mormon Stories Europe host Claudia Fox Reppen to discuss our meandering parallel journeys navigating politics, religion, and all things in between.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile The four noble truths.  The eightfold path.  The dangers of dogmatism.  The suffering caused by over-attachment to an impermanent world.  This is the 2nd half of Glenn’s interview with Noah Rasheta, of the Secular Buddhism podcast, about his new book “No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners.”

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Want to find peace even in the face of suffering?  Noah did.  Listen in as Glenn interviews Noah Rasheta, of the Secular Buddhism podcast, about his new book “No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners.”

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn reads two more entries from his 1991 Mormon Missionary dream log, and also responds to an excellent listener comment providing Jungian analysis to a dream from part 2 of this series.  When is a phallic symbol more than just a phallic symbol?  Tune in to find out.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn is joined by Bob and Doug to review the HBO Documentary Believer.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile What happens when two mormon missionaries unknowingly knock on Matt Long’s door?  This episode.  That’s what.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn reads more entires from the missionary dream log that he kept as a Mormon Missionary from 1991-1993.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn, John, Bob, Randy and Mike discuss finish up this 5-part series on McConkie’s 7 Deadly Heresies.  We may not have covered everything perfectly.  But good news.  We don’t have to be perfect.  Pass it on.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn, John, Bob, Randy and Mike discuss #5 and #6 of McConkie’s deadly heresies.  Namely, that people can progress from kingdom to kingdom in the eternities (#5) and that Adam is our God, the father of our spiritual and physical bodies, who traveled to earth from another planet (#6.)  It’s a fun discussion that also explores the historical influenced on th...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn reads two entires from the missionary dream log that he kept as a Mormon Missionary from 1991-1993.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn, Tom, Bob, and Jake finish (for now…) their discussion of the infamous January 2017 “Truth” debate between Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile What is truth?  Is there a difference between truth and fact?  And where can real truth be found after rejecting the one-time source of One-True-Truth that is the Mormon Church?  Glenn, Tom, Bob, and Jake discuss the infamous January 2017 “Truth” debate between Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn, Tom and Randy sit down with Christian Braithwaite, author of “Open Letter to Mormonism” and 2nd place winner in the most recent Listener Essay contest to discuss his essay, how to deal with tragedies like death after rejecting a belief in an afterlife, and how to define things like “truth.”  We also talk with Christian’s wife Cassandra, a licensed so...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn is joined by two never-mo’s, Tim Bohen and Stephen Johnson of The Steady Trade Podcast, to begin smacking down the missionary discussions that Glenn used as a missionary back in the early 1990’s.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Tom sits down with Jordan and Katie to talk about losing their teenage daughter Sabrina to suicide. Links: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org Trevor Project (LGBTQ) 1-866-488-7386 Text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200 Utah County Crisis Line: 1-801-691-5433 (LIFE) University Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute (...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn continues the next few chapters in his “Shadow the Lamanite” book project.  Please take a few minutes to fill out the following survey to provide feedback and to sign up if you would like to be part of a working group on this project. https://proprofs.com/survey/t/?title=wwjmb

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn announces the winners of the May 2018 Listener Essay contest and then breathes new life into six fantastic Infant minisodes of the past.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn and Randy finish their conversation with Chris Matheson about his new book, The Trouble with God, where the God of the Old Testament takes a satitical stroll through The Book of Mormon.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn and Randy sit down with Chris Matheson, author of “The Story of God: A Biblical Story of Love (and Hate)” and its follow-up “The Trouble with God: A Divine Comedy about Judgment (and Misjudgment).  In this episode, we discuss his general interest in religion, his career in film starting as co-creator of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, and the co...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Yesterday, on May 17 2018, Jonathan Streeter leveraged news of a real meeting between leaders of the Mormon church and  the NAACP to create a fake apology from the Mormon Church regarding its history of institutional racism.  Zandra Vranes, from Sistas in Zion, responded to this hoax on a live stream FB video that was one of the most amazing things I have e...