Latter-Day Takes

In this episode I bring on recurring guests and avid U of U and BYU football fans, Casey Sato and Chase Bartholomew, respectively. We discuss expansion and talk about the hypotheticals going around, how this has forever changed the landscape of college football in a bad way and more. Then I close it out with my quick and dirty interaction with Julie Hanks over twitter and why she is basically a mo...

On today's episode I go over the church's response to the AP News article on the abuse hotline scandal. I then bring in BYU sports insider, Jake Hatch to talk about the racist accusation at the BYU women's volleyball game last weekend and then we get into the BYU football season expectations, etc. And then I close it out with some individual thoughts on the incident at the volleyball game and then...

On today's episode, I'm back from a random week off (sorry) and I give my breakdown of the coming elections, including the Mike Lee and Evan McMullin race and why some people are turned off by Mike Lee's comments a few years ago comparing Donald Trump to Captain Moroni...then I get into a conversation on how to get ripped (so I can win a body fat percentage competition with my friends) with Dr. Mi...

On today's episode I talk about a recent discovery of homophobia in myself according to "Bros" star and producer, Billy Eichner...as well as a recap of general conference last weekend, my biggest takeaways and how the church's hands off approach is going to lead to more polarization (which is fine, just more daunting) and some thoughts on the foundation my mission set up for me 16 years ago today....

Christian B. Anderson 1952-2023

On today's episode I bring in my sister, Faith Cotterell, to talk about certain astrological signs taking place in today's world and what the ramifications may be concerning the end of the world. Wild, right?? I take a moment at the beginning to share some thoughts on Megan Rapinoe and her recent "proof" of why there isn't a God. Enjoy!

In this episode former fighter jet pilot Clark Haymond joins us again to talk about some of his missions in the middle east, crazy experiences as a jet pilot among other things. Enjoy!

In this episode I bring back Chase and Trevor to get them together in an episode and share some of the scariest stories they've either experienced or heard about. It goes for a while and it gets freaky. Happy Halloween!

On today's episode we're joined by NFL linebacker, Chase Hansen. Chase brings awesome perspective on his journey as a football player in college and the NFL and how the gospel played a pivotal role in his life. We talk a little bit about Tim Ballard, beauty standards in Utah, Sports (baseball vs. football), people we can't be friends with and close out with some gospel talk. Enjoy! The...

On the first ever video episode for Latter-day Takes, Andrew Young joins the podcast to talk about his experiences at Dreamworks and how there is an open agenda by the studios (Disney, Pixar, etc.) to "social engineer" children to think a certain way. Specifically attacking families, religion, tradition, etc. Andrew gives examples which is what makes the video necessary. We are also join...

On today’s episode we are joined by recurring guests Casey Sato and Johns Stevens. We go through four rounds of drafting from three categories: Celebrity, Athlete and General Authority. But here’s the catch: they all have to have “Utah ties.” We explain it all in the episode and have a riot going through our lists of why we pick who we pick. Suffice it to say some of us didn’t consider team chemis...

We’re back after a couple months! On today’s episode we talk about our upcoming (and past) trip to Lake Powell. I give a Tom Cruise update and how my more-than-non-sexual feelings for him currently stand. We talk Jack in the Box, books we’re reading and have read. I give a shout out to Let’s Go Brandon! And then we close it out talking a little church updates and how to court people who aren’t fee...

On today's episode Bryan and Harper discuss the uncle duties he's been on and how that's been going, we get into the church finances on the latest 60 minutes episode, we also discuss a mother's day episode that was recorded but ran into technical difficulties and much more! Follow us!  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/latterdaytakes/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...

On today's episode we talk about how Harper's sports fandom is waning (or maybe just having a paradigm shift). We talk about the famous Giannis quote making the rounds after losing to the 8-seed Miami Heat in the first round in 5 games. We then get into people we can't be friends with and which pickup basketball guy is the worst type. Then Harper is joined by BYU professors Tom Robinso...

On today's episode we're joined by none other than the lovely Audrey Chugg who shares what she's been up to as well as the PowderPuff League that she's organized over the last few years. Audrey stays for the whole episode where we talk about people we can't be friends with, how much Bryan hates hiking and we close it out with some talk on garment wearing and what are thoughts a...

On today's episode we discuss why we believe thoughts and prayers still very much matter. Bryan details an experience he had at Vito's Tacos involving appreciation for what you have. Harper is on the DezNat block list. Then we go through General Conference predictions including how we seed some of the apostles and who might be in store for an upset win for the General Conference tournament...

On today's episode we do a weekly personal recap and talk about Bryan's baseball team he's coaching, I recap a little of my trip to St. George, and then of course we get into people we can't be friends with. We then kick it to the interview with Brittany Peterson and her own personal conversion story involving how she met her husband (spoiler alert: a missionary in her area) and then we close it o...

On today's episode we return the "people we can't be friends with" segment. We talk about why we won't marry club girls and how they don't want to marry us, how out of touch Sam Smith is with reality, the church finances and why we really don't care about the fact that they're richer than everyone and close it out with some spiritual thoughts, specifically special witnesses of Christ...did Bruce R...

On today's episode I'm joined by Aaron Kartchner of the Sports Bros Podcast. Aaron and his brother ran the Sports Bros podcast successfully for over 10 years and it has since come to a somewhat controversial ending in the BYU world, unfortunately. Due to their critical approach to assessing BYU coaches and players, the softies of BYU sports fandom called for their boycott. Well, Aaron and I get in...

In this episode I bring back Bryan Harper to help facilitate the conversation of my own conversion story (so to speak). I go into some detail about how I veered off the path of the gospel but found my way back via a disciplinary council circa 2017. It's an experience I'll never forget and one that I cherish quite a bit. My goal is for this story to resonate and to help others in their journey if t...

On today's episode I give my thoughts on the incoherent John Fetterman running on the democratic ticket for the Pennsylvania Senate against Mehmet Oz. Then I read an email update from Nephew Mark on the mission with a question he had for me that I advise him on. Then I re-share the Goat Man story that was told earlier on in the podcast and then give my review on Hocus Pocus 2 and how much of a gar...

On today's episode a friend of mine, Bryan Harper, comes on to talk about his unique upbringing in the church and how baseball played a focal point for him and his entire family and then his eventual return to the church due to true conversion to the gospel. Bryan has lived a unique life as a college baseball national champion for the University of South Carolina, a minor league pitcher for multip...

On today's milestone of an episode I bring my mom back on the podcast to talk about why I'm not married, her thoughts on Daniel for her third Follow Him appearance later this year, thoughts on Julie Hanks and why she just doesn't get it among many other things. I start the episode off giving a recap of me doing a spur of the moment triathlon without any training and I close it out giving some thou...

On today's episode I get into the news of the week that includes the discontinuing of one of my favorite childhood treats growing up, a Jonathan Tavernari weight loss update and more. And then we get into more hypotheticals with the brothers Jake and Josh Cutler that include having to eat a hot tub full of peanut butter, crawling everywhere for six months to win a house in Chattanooga, Tennessee a...

On today’s episode John Boy comes back in the studio to talk all things Zach Wilson. We give a background of everything, we give an overview of the situation at hand and we dive deep into who the other woman is that is friend’s with Zach Wilson’s mom. Because I have her name and a screenshot of her facebook profile that she has since deleted. Once we wrap that up with a nice bow I go into a Julie...