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On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Landon and Rebecca are joined by a favorite returning guest, Kendel Christensen as we discuss boundaries and the impact being raised LDS has on our ability to understand and set them. The LDS focus on obedience and selflessness greatly impacts the ability to understand healthy boundaries and this is something many post Mormons struggle to do. Kendel brings us...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon discuss two letters sent to the town of Fairview Texas indicating that the church intends to sue the town over the proposed LDS temple. The church had made a statement last week that they still intended to submit an application to the town council that would then go to a vote in Planning & Zoning and Town Council. What does this new deve...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, we discuss the LDS church's missed application submission of their revised plan for the LDS temple in Fairview, Texas. According to a non binding agreement arrived at through mediation, the LDS church agreed to submit a new application to the Fairview Texas town council on January 13th, 2025. This never happened. Now new information is available as the LDS chu...

On this fascinating episode of Mormonish Podcast, Landon and Rebecca are joined by Troy Leavitt as we dive into the complex world of artificial intelligence. Troy takes us through a timeline of what we can expect from AI capabilities in the near future. It's a pretty mind blowing timeline and will be a reality far sooner than most of us can imagine. One of the most interesting questions surroundin...

A panel discussion with author Matt Harris On this episode of Mormonish, we share a The Good Book Club meeting with author Matt Harris to discuss his groundbreaking book, “Second Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality.” Members of the book club have the chance to ask Matt anything and everything they’ve ever wanted to know about the lifting of the Priesthood ban, Matt’s r...

ver wonder why the Book of Mormon seemed so special and personal to you? On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Ganesh Cherian to discuss the literary devices within the Book of Mormon that function like "clickbait" to draw the reader even further in. Much of what you loved about the Book of Mormon was actually in the gaps and blanks you filled in with your own mind...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by the founder of QuitMormon, Mark Naugle, for an extremely informative discussion on one of the most important tools in post Mormondom! QuitMormon is a website that helps facilitate removing your records from the LDS church and effectively ending your membership. The fact that this kind of procedure, including the use of notary,...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by former BYU professor Jason Bergman who appeared in the recent Salt Lake Tribune article discussing the ecclesiastical crackdown on BYU professors. Professor Bergman saw fist hand the increasingly tight grasp BYU had on it's professors, starting with Elder Holland's "Musket Talk" which Bergman attended, the new "Loyalty Oath" th...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Master Peace, Ron Yorgason as we explore reincarnation theology in the early Mormon church. Few people realize that Joseph Smith was studying with a Kabbalah scholar in the months before his death and had become fascinated with the idea of reincarnation. Ron explains this emerging concept of multiple mortalities and plural prob...

On this special New Year's Eve episode of Mormonish Podcast, Landon and Rebecca share responses from social media in answer to the question, "So, just how Mormon were you.." Combing through hundreds of responses, we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of being raised Mormon. Mormonish Podcast wishes everyone a very Happy New Year and we look forward to bringing you many more podcasts with the...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Jackie Matthews to discuss orthodoxy in the LDS church. Using the best seller, "Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of my Hasidic Roots" by Debora Feldman, as our guide, we discuss hasidic Judaism with all of its rituals and practices and delve into the question of what makes a religion extreme? Are there variations within a f...

In this festive holiday episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined once again by the wonderful Rob Lauer, as we explore the little known history of the ban on Christmas. Rob tells us more about Christmas's checkered past as certain groups of religious zealots attempted to eradicate Christmas forever. Rebecca, Landon, and Rob also share Christmas memories and the new meanings they...

On this episode of Mormonish, Landon and Rebecca are joined by Kolby and Cami Reddish to discuss post Mormon parenting, especially regarding holiday traditions. Kolby and Cami have a lot of insight when it comes to children and magical thinking and talk about many creative ways to foster critical thinking in children. Whether you have children or grandchildren, this is a must see episode! ***How t...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon explore the birth of Jesus narrative found in Matthew and Luke. Is the Christmas story just a story? What is true and what isn't true about both Matthew and Luke's accounts of the virgin birth. This episode will change the way you think about the beloved nativity story. ***How to DONATE to Mormonish Podcast: If you would like to help financi...

"Fairview United" is holding a holiday celebration in the town of Fairview, Texas on Friday, December 20th from 6-7 at the town hall! The "Legal Defense Fund Choir" will be performing and there will be a candlelight vigil, hot cocoa, caroling and more! If you're in the area, stop by and enjoy the holiday cheer. Not in the area? Mormonish will share footage so stay tuned! "Fairview United" is a gra...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon dive into the LDS Gospel Library to take a look at church history stories especially for kids. The stories are faith promoting in what they do share but it's what they don't talk about that is the most revealing. We also cover the new introduction to The Book of Mormon, another example of leaving the rest of the story out. In addition to tou...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Anthony Miller as we dive into the relationship between Biblical scholarship and the scriptural works of the Restoration. Do the events of the Bible have to literally be true for the Restoration scriptures to be true? What is the relationship between the Bible and Joseph's translations? Anthony takes a thoughtful look at these...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by the wonderful Rob Lauer as we delve into the world of Broadway and the influence of Mormonism on theater as a whole. Many don't realize that an early Broadway play about polygamy was not only very successful, but changed the theater world forever. We love talking with Rob about this topic and we're sure you'll find the discussi...

Want to know the real LDS attendance stats? The LDS church counts the numbers for Sunday attendance religiously every Sunday but these numbers are never made public. Return & Report gives anyone who attends an LDS ward the chance to do their own counting and add their data to the big picture. Return & Report is systematically collecting the data to give us an accurate view of LDS meeting a...

In this special Thanksgiving episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon eat pumpkin pie and take a look at the Pilgrims and the Puritans in their historical context. Much has been made of the idea that the story of the Pilgrims has a deep connection to the Restoration. Many books and videos have been produced on this topic and Mormonish wanted to understand exactly what that connection was....

We have gotten so many questions recently about the LDS Giving Machine, especially from never Mormons, we decided to repost our episode from last year! On this episode of Mormonish podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by accounting professor, Dr. Spencer Anderson as we explore the truth behind the LDS Giving Machine’s that are popping up in cities all over the United States! On the surface Givin...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by aviation expert, Jim to take another look at the story President Nelson has told repeatedly about his brush with death on a flight to St. Georg in the mid 1970s. The story has been repeated in books, church magazine articles, video dramatizations, and told at LDS general conferences. Each time the story changes and the details...

On this special episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are invited to tape an episode from Signature Books headquarters itself as we interview the wonderful Laurie Lee Hall and editor Barbara Jones Brown about Laurie Lee's upcoming memoir, "Dictates of Conscience: From Mormon High Priest to my New Life as a Woman." Laurie Lee delves into her life as the LDS Chief Temple Architect, meetin...

Now more than ever we are increasingly hearing end of the world and second coming of Christ rhetoric from multiple sources. Should we be taking this seriously? The Book of Revelation seems to be used as the definitive source to determine if the end of the world is indeed upon us. After all, it was written for our day... Or was it? Biblical scholar Dan McClellan joins Mormonish Podcast to dissect T...

In 2019, President Russell M. Nelson announced that there would be a new temple built in the Tooele area. Members of the LDS church were excited and speculated as to where it would be located. The temple site was announced and the renderings of the new temple made available in April of 2020. It was to be built in the small town of Erda, UT with only 3,000 residents and a completely rural environme...