Inside Out with Jim Bennett and Ian Wilks

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are joined by Valerie Hamaker, host of the Latter Day Struggles podcast. She discusses her faith journey, her podcast, and the events that led to her resignation from the Church. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim swap stories about how the Church has been a profound blessing in their lives. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim discuss Spencer W. Kimball's book "The Miracle of Forgiveness" and the impact it has had on the Church. 

Send us Fan Mail Beth Magnetic, host of the YouTube channel "Death by Patriarchy," joins Ian and Jim for a fascinating discussion about the dark side of patriarchy, the Church's approach to mental health, and true crime stories in and out of the Church. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim have a conversation with Ian's old friend Daryl Watson, who, along with his wife, recently served as a mission leader of the Belgium/Netherlands Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim discuss America's abandonment of Ukraine and what the Church's role ought to be as the world devolves into chaos. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim discuss Elder Boyd K. Packer's infamous "To Young Men Only" pamphlet. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim explore the challenge of toxic perfectionism in the Church. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim finish answering all of the Church's survey questions.

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim continue to review the Church's recent survey questions and come up with some surprising answers. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim discuss the ascendancy of the wickedest person ever to assume the Presidency of the United States. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim take a Church survey that was mistakenly sent to a larger audience than the Church intended. Part one of a series...

Send us Fan Mail Sue Bergin, a former BYU adjunct faculty member, was one of the few people willing to go on the record for the Salt Lake Tribune's groundbreaking article about BYU's current hiring and firing practices. She joins Ian and Jim to tell her story and discuss what's happening at BYU. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim greet the New Year with a discussion about plural marriage being included in this year's Primary manual. 

Send us Fan Mail With Jim on vacation, Ian welcomes James Burnham back to Inside Out, as he shares some more of his unique perspectives and two new songs!

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim discuss the blessings and opportunities of Christmas, in and out of the Church. 

Send us Fan Mail Last week's episode was a reminder that some in the Church continue to believe things the Church no longer teaches, which prompted Ian and Jim to discuss how to deal with change in a Church that paradoxically teaches both continuing revelation and unchanging doctrine at the same time. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are joined by Marcus Hutber, who, as a missionary, brought Ian Wilks into the Church back in the day. The robust discussion largely focuses on why Black people were denied the priesthood and temple blessings prior to 1978. 

Send us Fan Mail Andrew and Carline Patterson served alongside Ian when he was the bishop in the Dalkeith Ward in Scotland. They share their story as to what led them to join the Church and then what led them to walk away from the Church. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim review the horror film Heretic , which features Latter-day Saint sister missionaries in the starring roles.  Warning: Spoilers aplenty!

Send us Fan Mail Michelle Brady Stone joins Ian and Jim in an engaging and lively discussion to make the case that Joseph Smith was not, in fact, a polygamist. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim have a raw and difficult discussion about America's election results. 

Send us Fan Mail With the U.S. presidential just days away, Ian and Jim discuss what it means for America, the world, and the Church. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim discuss the announcement from the Church of new designs for sleeveless temple garments. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are joined by preeminent historian Richard Bushman for a wide-ranging conversation about his life, his work, and his faith.