Infants on Thrones

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Scott is joined by Matt, Micah, and Anissa to discuss Anissa’s excellent Listener Essay “Oprah Made Me Do It.” Trigger Warning: This episode contains frank and detailed discussions of topics that illustrate the problem of evil and the issues the panel members were forced to consider. These issues include the evils of child pornography, child abuse, sexual a...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn gazes into his peep stone for the translation of Chapter 2. Seriously. This is totally real, you guys.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Tom and Bob are joined with Jamie and Chelsea from the Debrief Society Podcast to discuss Chelsea’s listener submitted essay titled, “Authority”. http://www.debriefsocietypodcast.com/

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Thirteen years ago, Glenn wrote a super cheesy Mormon screenplay. Today, the Infants smack it down. With relish.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Another collection of excellent listener essays. From mix tapes, to silent consent of bigotry, to a real soldier’s view of Book of Mormon warfare, to homeschooling in Saudi Arabia, to Mark Hoffman and the spirit of discernment and much more, each essay had one theme in common: Independence. Happy 4th of July IOT listeners! (And RIP BKP)

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn, Jake, Jon, Randy, and Tom respond to a listener email: “Hey guys, what are the top 3 reasons you left the church?” So, OK, maybe it should be called 50 “reasons” to leave the church, but just go with us on this one…

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile If kids were confused before, imagine how confused they will be now that marriage is legal for EVERYONE!!! [insert infant cheer here] Matt, Glenn, Randy, Jake and John discuss a stupid and ignorant Meridian Magazine article and direct the stupidity and ignorance of the stupid, ignorant, (and now hopefully irrelevant) arguments against equal rights in marria...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Randy shares a semi-fictional experience from his youth.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile On June 13th, Apostle Oaks and Historian Turley delivered an anti-apostasy “here’s how to tell if you are on God’s team or NOT” fireside that people have lovingly labelled “The Boise Rescue.” Someone recorded it, posted it on reddit, and almost immediately we started getting requests for a smackdown. This has been by far the most requested smackdown in Infa...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn, Matt, John, Bob and Tom respond to multiple listener requests for a follow-up discussion to our recent minisode “Lowry Nelson vs. George Albert Smith.” In other words, we talk about the institutionalized racist doctrine of the Mormon Church. http://infantsonthrones.com/lowry-nelson-vs-george-albert-smith/

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Listener Mike Leavitt magnified his response to the Infant challenge and created this amazing Church House Rock parody. Listen in.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile John and Glenn discuss John’s new Church House Rock parody: Priesthood Power.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Faith crisis, shmaith crisis. Come on, people — there is no valid reason to doubt the Mormon church. Ever. Cuz this one guy doesn’t. And he’s a sorta professor/researcher kind of guy who is also a reader and a writer and an Aggieland Mormon blogger guy, and none of the noise from professional skeptics has ever made him want to join them in their misery! Alt...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Matt presents this dramatic recreation of the Lowry Letters, a little-known 1947 exchange between Sociology Professor Lowry Nelson and President George Albert Smith regarding the official LDS doctrine on the Negro. http://mormonstories.org/other/Lowry_Nelson_1st_Presidency_Exchange.pdf

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile How similar are Scientology and Mormonism? What do L Ron Hubbard and Joseph Smith have in common? How about Brigham Young and David Miscavige? And when is a cult not actually a cult? Infants Bob, Glenn, John, Randy, and Scott discuss these questions as they review the recent HBO documentary Going Clear.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn and Randy conduct John Hamer’s first PPI since 1991. The topics range from John’s gay childhood crushes to his gay teen-aged deconstruction of Mormonism and his current gay metaphysical explorations. Strap in for a raucous philosophical ride! It will be really really gay.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Today’s episode features three listener essays from listeners Jeff, Sara, and Chris. Cuz we have a bunch of these collecting cyber dust, and they have been sitting for a long time. So it’s time for the Infants to step aside, and let the listeners say what they gotta say.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Do Mormons really believe that the Lord God created the universe? Or that God lives on a planet called Kolob? Or that in 1978 God changed his mind about black people? Get ready for the most hard-hitting, deep-penetrating, truth-cutting-to-the-chase-of Investigative Reporting you have ever ever ever heard! Cuz the Infants are going to satirically take you th...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Tom, Jake and Matt discuss the aging church leadership. http://www.sltrib.com/home/2245029-155/with-average-age-of-80-mormon http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/age-and-leadership-lds-church http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/elder-l-tom-perry-elder-richard-g-scott-health http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865628288/Elder-Scott-unable-to-attend-meetings-of-th...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Randy leads a panel discussion about Mormon Funerals with Alison, Melissa, Glenn, and Craig.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Remember the blind kid with the dead parrot from Dumb & Dumber? He’s a Mormon. And he talks with Randy and Glenn about his experience as a child actor and his journey through faith transition. I just thought he was real quiet. Turns out, he’s not.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Randy, Matt, John and Glenn review Avi Steinberg’s “The Lost Book of Mormon: A Journey Through the Mythic Lands of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Kansas City, Missouri” – a playful look at Joseph Smith as a prolific American author. Sorry, no singing this time.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Join us for a special edition of the April 2015 General Conference. Because one weekend of General Conference just isn’t enough… without this. Special thanks to Jake, Glenn, Randy, and Bob for “assisting” the Brethren.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile What happens when you stand up and vocally oppose at LDS General conference? Why would anyone even want to consider such a thing? Matt sits down with Scott, Micah, and Don — the organizers of the Any Opposed campaign — to talk about their recent vocal opposition at LDS General Conference.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile What is it like to be a faithful member of the Mormon Church for 54 years before finally admitting the truth about your own sexuality? Scott, Randy, Jake and Erica join Don to discuss his powerful and personal listener essay: Man Up!