Inside Out with Jim Bennett and Ian Wilks

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim discuss their impressions and insights from the October 2024 General Conference. 

Send us Fan Mail Stephen Murphy, host of the Mormonism with the Murph podcast, joins Ian and Jim to discuss his faith journey that led him out of the Church and then led him back again. 

Send us Fan Mail Trigger Warning: Suicide In this deeply moving episode, Kathryn Maddix and her sons, Matthew and Mitchell, join Ian and Jim to honor the life of husband and father Mike Maddix, who served alongside Ian and Jim as a missionary in Scotland. Together, the Maddix family reflects on Mike's legacy while also bravely addressing the difficult realities and spiritual challenges that c...

Send us Fan Mail In the wake of new training about disciplinary councils such as the one upcoming for Nemo the Mormon, Ian and Jim discuss the Church's policies on membership restrictions and withdrawals, past and present. 

Send us Fan Mail Fresh off their conversation with Jim's son Samuel last week, Ian and Jim speak with Sam's identical twin Jeddy about his mission experience, which was, in many ways, quite different from Sam's mission experience. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are joined by Jim's son Samuel for a powerful discussion about the mental health challenges he faced on his mission. 

Send us Fan Mail With the release of a series of new Church essays, Ian and Jim explore what it means to say that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only true and living Church on the face of the whole earth. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim discuss the new updates to the Church's handbook, with particular focus on the controversial new transgender policies.

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are interviewed by Gustavo Hernández, a Latter-day Saint podcaster based in Mexico. 

Send us Fan Mail Rushing in where angels fear to tread, Ian and Jim discuss the Church's position on abortion. 

Send us Fan Mail With Ian on vacation in the UK, Jim flies solo with an excerpt from his recently finished book manuscript, "Fallibility: A Love Story."

Send us Fan Mail Jim Bennett and an intercontinental Ian Wilks discuss Elder M. Russell Ballard's 2016 General Conference talk "To Whom Shall You Go?" and how the question feeds into a narrative of fear that is not persuasive to the rising generation. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are joined by the brilliant Mette Ivie, bestselling author of, among other things, the "The Bishop's Wife" murder mystery series.  Mette offers a fascinating perspective on her own faith journey and struggles in the face of personal tragedy, and she explains why, even though she no longer attends church, she doesn't identify as an ex-Mormon.  

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are joined by bestselling author and motivational speaker TJ Hoisington, who shares how his faith has informed his personal and professional life. 

Send us Fan Mail In the wake of Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance, Ian and Jim discuss today's geopolitical challenges and what they mean for the future of the Church. 

Send us Fan Mail Steven Pynnaker, who has previously hosted Ian and Jim on his Mormon Book Reviews Podcast, comes to Inside Out to discuss how an evangelical encounters the Restoration. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are joined by Brett Palmer, an old friend and former mission AP who shares stories about his faith journey and his life in and out of the Church. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are joined by Rebecca Bibliotecha and Landon Brophy of the Mormonish podcast to discuss how people are reacting to many of the Church's proposed temples in their communities. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim are joined by the one and only Nemo the Mormon for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of the Church and the world at large. 

Send us Fan Mail In this candid, powerful episode of Inside Out, Ian tells us where he was last week, and why the greatest health scare he's ever experienced was also the most profound spiritual experience of his life. 

Send us Fan Mail With Ian under the weather, Jim taps the one and only Oprah Winfrey to co-host an exploration of his musical adventures in and out of the Church, focusing on how music can bring us all closer to the Divine.  And yes, of course that's really Oprah Winfrey and not at all some weird AI digital replica. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim discuss General Relief Society President Camille Johnson's talk about motherhood, in which she discusses her decision to work outside the home at a time when Church leaders were condemning that decision. 

Send us Fan Mail In this heart-wrenchingly personal episode, Ian tells the story of his relationship with his brother Paul and the moment that gave him an undeniable witness of God's love and mercy. 

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Jim revisit Elder Ronald E. Poelman's infamous 1984 General Conference talk, which was altered and re-filmed after the fact. The talk serves as a model for how the Church deals with change and highlights the tension between the Church and the Gospel. 

Send us Fan Mail Trigger warning! This episode focuses on the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with regard to suicide.