Back Pew Bioethics

Back Pew Bioethics—an LDS Bioethics Podcast

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Back Pew Bioethics is a place for Latter-day Saints (Mormons), or anyone else interested in the unique theology and history of the LDS Church, to join in conversations around some of the most controversial topics of our day—abortion, gender affirming care, vaccines, physician assisted suicide, AI, genetic modification, and more. Each episode Brad and Calli, two trained LDS bioethics, will jump into those thorny discussions that often happen at the back of the cultural hall. Come to learn something new, or have your faith deepened (hopefully), or to just be surprised.

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Ep 4 Abortion Laws--The Womb of Wisdom 19.05.2026 1:44:03

TW: This episode discusses abortion, rape, and infant/maternal death Oh boy, on this episode we are really getting into it as we discuss the current abortion policies across the US. We tackle the history of the LDS Church’s policy on abortion, the rise of maternal and infant deaths after the fall of Roe v. Wade, and how restrictive abortion laws in many states violate the religious freedom of Latt...

Ep 3: General Conference Special! 16.04.2026 1:29:14

It's General Conference time again; that semi-annual Latter-day Saint tradition where we gather ‘round to listen to the prophet--and gorge ourselves on pastries. In this episode, we discuss the themes and talks that stood out to us. We’re talkin’ changes to the Sunday schedule, Elder Gilbert’s early efforts to cleanse BYU faculty, why people are really leaving the Church, the “Protestization”...

AI—Give Us This Day Our Daily Data 09.03.2026 1:16:11

For our second episode we tackled one of the most consequential technologies of the last decade AI and things got…weird. In this episode we will cover the Utah plan to let AI renew prescriptions, LDS authorities responses to AI, our changing sense of identity, equity with AI, and whether we ought to torture AI to help it serve humans better. About the hosts: Brad, a PhD bioethicist and medical sch...

Evolution—Adam and Eve not Adam and Gene! 10.02.2026 1:03:26

For our first episode we are going back, way back to the very first bioethical debate within the LDS Church, evolution. In this episode we will cover the history of First Presidency statements on evolution, the arguments that erupted between apostles on the subject, and how modern members of the Church view it. We will also discuss our own views on evolution and how faith and scientific facts can...