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On this really important episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Aaron Brewster, a faithful Latter Day Saint, with experience in financial planning, accounting, and years of callings as ward clerk and executive secretary.  Aaron approached Mormonish with a really important topic he felt very strongly about sharing informaton on, tithing! In this episode, Aaron delves in...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast we continue to update you on the ongoing heated situations involving the Lone Mountain, NV, Heber Valley, UT, Cody, WY, McKinney, TX and Bakersfield, CA proposed LDS temples. Again, we continue to paint a big picture perspective of the strategies used by the LDS church to get each of these temples built. Timestamps: Heber Valley, UT begins at 0.0 McKinney, TX b...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Dr. Hemopereki Simon to discuss his recent article, "Rolling our eyes towards god: an intervention arising from Mormon missionary YouTube activity and the cultural (mis)appropriation of haka." Dr. Simon discusses the haka’s cultural background and many ways in which it is culturally appropriated. He specifically explores the (m...

Mormonish Podcast's Rebecca and Landon are joined by playwrite Rob Lauer as we present Rob’s award winning play "Beehive State" as a readers' theater theatrical production. The play centers around a polygamous family in post manifesto era Utah and was written by Rob Lauer, who is a post Mormon and now a member of Reformed Mormonism. He is also the former director of The Hill Cumorah Page...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined again by our good friend Ganesh Cherian to discuss the orgin of Mormonism and the LDS church. Using clues and markers from the replacement text for the missing 116 pages, Ganesh provides some really intriguing information regarding the actual timeline of Book of Mormon composition and the formation of the early Church of Christ, l...

On this impromptu episode of Mormonish Podcast, we are joined by the wonderful Lila Tueller, daughter of General Authority Hartman Rector Jr. to discuss a faithful social media thread about medical complication when wearing garments.   The opinoins of faithful Latter Day Saint women are very telling in the broader conversation about garment wearing that is happening today. And especially...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by the creative team behind an amazing new documentary about BYU and the treatment of the LGBTQ community in recent years and the past. The documentary, "A Long Way From Heaven" is the creation of David Sant (Director), Tyler Pace (Producer), and Jessie Gibbons (Director of Photography) and is an absolutely beautiful and heart wre...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Landon and Rebecca delve into the mysterious Granite Mountain Records Vault owned by the LDS Church. Former employee Kate joins the episode to tell us everything you've ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask about these little known and top secret storage facilities literally carved into a mountain. ***How to DONATE to Mormonish Podcast: If you would like...

In this update episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon discuss a letter the LDS church sent to residents in Fairview, TX to announce the proposed McKinney Temple coming to their neighborhood.   ***How to DONATE to Mormonish Podcast:  If you would like to help financially support our podcast, you can DONATE to support Mormonish Podcast here:  https://www.mormonishpodcas...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Landon and Rebecca continue their temple watch series with updates on several proposed temples including Cody Wy, Heber Valley Utah, Lone Mountain NV, McKinney Tx, Bakersfield Ca. A recent letter sent to LDS members in the McKinney Temple district has caused quite a stir and you have to hear it to believe it. Join us as we break it all down and tell you how re...

On this highly anticipated episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Lars Nielsen to discuss his ground breaking new book, "How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass: The Second Greatest Show on Earth."  Lars, along with his brother David Nielsen, was responsible for exposing Ensign Peak's vast horde of tithing money that was not being used for charitable purposes. In his new b...

On this episode of Mormonish, Rebecca and Landon are joined by the amazing Nemo the Mormon to discuss current church finances, charitable giving and other fascinating topics. You won't want to miss this interesting conversation with Nemo. He has the ability to put things in crystal clear perspective with wit, intelligence, and an incredible breadth and depth of knowledge. Nemo is the best! **...

On this very special episode of Mormonish Podcast, Landon and Rebecca are joined by four wonderful married LGBTQ couples who still attend and love the LDS church. This episode shines a spotlight on how different this attendance looks for each person as we talk with Austin and Dallin, Tyler, Bethany and Jackie, and Steven.   Becoming aware over the last few months of othe LGBTQ married co...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Dives and Mormon News Roundup to recap all the voting General Conference news, updates, memes, tweets and posts from the weekend! ***How to DONATE to Mormonish Podcast: If you would like to help financially support our podcast, you can DONATE to support Mormonish Podcast here: https://www.mormonishpodcast.org/support Also at: P...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast Rebecca and Landon are joined by the wonderful John Lundwall to discuss the shocking discovery of golden plates in Saudi Arabia by Dr. Miles Jones. The discovery was revealed on the Shabbatt Night Live podcast and then picked up by faithful podcasts like The Stick of Joseph and David Alexander. This discovery has raised many more questions than it answers and D...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by the wonderful Rob Lauer to discuss the narrative of Elijah, Elias, and Moses appearing to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland temple. With the LDS church taking ownership of the Kirtland temple recently, the missionary tour guides will be telling a very different narrative about the events that supposedly happened i...

On this episode of Mormonish, Rebecca and Landon discuss the new phenomenon of Mormons celebrating Palm Sunday and Holy Week in addition to Easter Sunday. These sacred days have long been celebrated in the wider world of Christianity, but Mormons seem to have neglected them all together until very recently. Why the sudden shift to adopt the appearance of being part of the more main stream Christia...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon delve into the controversy surrounding the proposed Lone Mountain temple in Las Vegas Nevada. The residents in the rural area are concerned that zoning codes and ordinances are being changed to accommodate a very large structure that is too tall and will be too bright for the surrounding area. Rebecca and Landon tell the residents’ story in...

On today’s episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon delve into the events of the past week surrounding the LDS Women’s broadcast and it’s aftermath. When the LDS church reposted a statement from the devotional broadcast telling us that LDS woman has more power than any other women in any religious organization, on their Instagram, it garnered over 8000 comments from faithful LDS women. The...

On this fascinating episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Mythos, a never Mormon researcher who specializes in textual criticism and theology. Mythos has recently written a book, "Behind the Curtain: A Critical Analysis of Mormon Doctrine and Theology" on the many problems contained in Mormon scripture and doctrine from an outside perspective. He reached out to the post Mo...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Dr. Lee Krähenbühl to discuss the theater's influence on the original Mormon endowment ceremony and other aspects of early Mormonism. Dr. Lee Krähenbühl explores the question of why the LDS people have been so involved in theater since the beginning and what this means historically and for the present day. This was a fascinatin...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Ganesh Cherian to discuss The Allegory of the Olive Tree found in Jacob 5 of the Book of Mormon. This complex allegory is often pointed to as evidence that an uneducated farm boy like Joseph Smith could never have produced something so intricate as the retelling of this story. And its also often said that the existence of this...

On this breaking news episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon explore the recent explosive development of the LDS church purchasing the Kirtland Temple and other historical documents and artifacts. This news came as a shock to many. Some were ecstatic and others were devastated. We explore the details of the sale, the history of the Kirtland temple, the background of Community of Christ,...

In this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon are joined by Dr. Erin Stiles to discuss her research for her new book, "The Devil Sat on My Bed: Encounters With the Spirit World in Mormon Utah" Dr. Stiles is not LDS but was raised in northern Utah and grew up with the Mormon traditions of spiritual encounters including both benevolent and evil spirits. In this fascinating discussion, we...

On this episode of Mormonish Podcast, Rebecca and Landon give updates on both the Cody, WY and Heber Valley Temple, UT situations as they continue to play out. Both cities have active citizens' groups who are going through proper legal channels to try to change the proposed temple sites to locations more in line with zoning regulations and the look and feel of the town. It's very interesting to lo...