Infants on Thrones

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile In this follow-up to “Regret,” Glenn discusses the one time he publicly stood up and took a stand, why he did it, and what it means to him today.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn shares one of his greatest regrets.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Mike Tannehill (love him or hate him) is fighting the good fight against the Mormon church. Or at least against the influence of those liberal academic types trying to re-write church history — more specifically those authors of the recent essay Race and the Priesthood on LDS.org who would have us believe that church doctrine is nothing more than the “theor...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile We received another very nice five-star review on iTunes, this one from DisQuoi (thank you DisQuoi) asking us to pontificate upon the best way to give an impressive prayer. So, in the infamous words of the Dread Pirate Wesley, “As… You… Wish…” Now how about a few more 5-star iTunes reviews!!!

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile The Infants respond to another listener question: “what is going to happen to my 9-year-old son when he turns 12 if he’s not really a believer?” Well… think of it this way… It’s sorta like the way that a cucumber becomes a pickle. Except not really. It all depends on how close you stand to the end of the rug, I guess. Watch Elder Bednar explain it all right...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Another listener essay for you. This was submitted by Chad. Matt and Jesse join him for the panel discussion. This one is smooth and delicious. Or something like that. Enjoy.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn shares a bizarre story from his mission.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile In this unofficial sequel to last month’s Marriage episode, Glenn and Randy are once again joined by Mike and Olivia to talk to Tammy about how to juggle children, exiting the church, and exiting a marriage.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn sits down with Jake to chat about the conflict he feels being “Brother Jake” the energetic naive apologist, and the real Jake, who’s shelf is just about to break (and did, today, according to this reddit ).

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn and Tom talk to Mike and Olivia about Marriage when one spouse is a believer and the other is not. Matt and his wife Kristin also drop in to share some experiences of their own.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Are liberal Mormons good or bad for the Church? What kind of Mormon Church do the infant panelists want to see 20 years from now? In this episode Tom, Glenn, Bob, Jesse, and Randy try to answer these questions along with many more. See below for links to content discussed and shared. Sam Harris Seminar – The View from the End of the World: http://longnow.or...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile If God is omni-everything — and especially omni-good — then how can we explain the existence of evil and suffering in the world? In the philosophy of religion, this is not a new question. It is commonly known as The Problem of Evil. It assumes that the God in question is in fact a benevolent God. But what if God were a malevolent God? Would we then have to...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Bob discusses author Orson Scott Card’s influence on his life, and the concept of “Mormon Success” as he remembers it growing up in the Mormon Church. He is later joined by Logan for a review (don’t worry, spoiler free) of the movie Ender’s Game.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Randy shares a special message about fear just in time for Halloween.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn shares a personal experience from his misguided youth and relates it to the power of fear.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Matt reflects an experience from his mission and how that has colored his feelings towards the LDS church and the Ordain Women movement.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn and Randy continue the discussion on who wrote the Book of Mormon and are joined by Dr. Craig Criddle, a professor at Stanford University who believes the Book of Mormon had several authors. The discussion centers around the “Spalding–Rigdon theory” of Book of Mormon authorship.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Tom is joined by Randy and Bob to interview our first listener guest of the show, Mike, who submitted his audio essay entitled “The Last Ten Years.” Mike discusses his fascination with the Book of Abraham and its connection to the temple ceremony.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile In the spirit of appreciation, gratitude, and satire, Glenn reads an open letter to President Uchtdorf in response to his recent General Conference talk.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Who wrote the Book of Mormon? Did Joseph Smith really translate an ancient record from golden plates through the power of God? Did he simply make up the story himself? Or did he collude with other men and plagiarize a mysterious unpublished novel? In part one of this three part series, Glenn and Randy interview historian John Hamer to discuss the theory of...

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Glenn is joined by Andrea Staats to discuss the life and teachings of Joseph Smith with Christa, the Mormon Psychic. Midway through the conversation they are joined by the spirit of Emma Smith — if you believe in that sort of thing (or even if you are just curious to hear how a psychic would channel Emma Smith).

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Who wrote the Book of Mormon? Was it Joseph Smith? Sidney Rigdon? Old Solomon “and it came to pass” Spaulding? Or maybe it’s just exactly what it claims to be. (shyah — and later on live monkeys might fly out of my butt!) We are planning a three-part series on the Book of Mormon authorship. Take a listen as we tease a few of our upcoming episodes. Enjoy!

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile Would you like to add your voice to our podcast? Several of you have said that you would. Today’s episode is dedicated to you as Tom, Randy, and Glenn discuss a hodge-podge of subjects. You won’t want to miss Tom’s biggest fantasy!

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile The full quorum (Bob, Glenn, Jesse, Matt, Randy, & Tom) gets together to review, discuss, and compare two movies that both try to tackle the topic of organized religion: Religulous  and Kumare . They are both available via Netflix streaming, but you don’t need to see either movie to follow the discussion.

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today Profile The full quorum (Bob, Glenn, Jesse, Matt, Randy, & Tom) gets together to discuss the first year of Infants on Thrones. They start with a panel discussion to review listener feedback followed by an update from each as to where they stand with the Mormon Church.