National Polygamy Advocate

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by Mary Fischer for the New York Times, on March 14, 2002. This was the first of two calls, with the larger interview conducted the following day. The writer had already begun writing an article about non-Mormon based polygamy.  She had learned of Mark Henkel as an established authority on the topic through the author of a new book at t...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was pre-interviewed a 4th time by Kristina Kendall, producer for John Stossel , on " 20/20" on ABC News TV, on January 24, 2008. This episode is the second of the two newly-found "lost interviews" for this specific television project. This half-hour interview occurred two weeks after the producer and Mark Henkel had flown together to film and interview a UC...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was pre-interviewed a 3rd time by Kristina Kendall , producer for John Stossel, on "20/20" on ABC News TV, on December 18, 2007. This episode is one of the two newly-found "lost interviews" for this specific television project.  Earlier that day, Mark Henkel had given a lengthy interview with the producer. At the end of that first December 28, 2007, in...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel spoke for 9th & last time with producer Kerry O'Connor for "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" on FOX News television network, on August 23, 2006. This final conversation was the ninth of nine (9of9) discussions with this producer over a few months in 2006. Likewise from the previous interview with this producer, this interview once again referenced t...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel spoke for 8th time with producer Kerry O'Connor for "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" on FOX News television network, on August 21, 2006. This was the eighth of nine (8of9) discussions with this producer over the following months in 2006.  The Saturday before this conversation had been the official “ Polygamy Day ®.”  Mark Henkel noted that th...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel spoke for 7th time with producer Kerry O'Connor for "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" on FOX News television network, on July 31, 2006. This was the seventh of nine (7of9) discussions with this producer over the following months in 2006. That week, famous actor and one of the few known conservative and pro-Christian actors, Mel Gibson, had been arrested...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel spoke for 6th time with producer Kerry O'Connor for "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" on FOX News television network, on July 19, 2006. This was the sixth of nine (6of9) discussions with this producer over the following months in 2006.  Mark Henkel had noted that, the day before, the US House of Representatives had failed to pass the proposed Feder...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed a 5th time by producer Kerry O'Connor for "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" on FOX News television network, on June 27, 2006. This was the fifth of nine (5of9) discussions with this producer over the following months in 2006. Mark Henkel had noted that the three-year-anniversary (6/26/2006) of the US Supreme Court decision of Lawrence v....

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed a 4th time by producer Kerry O'Connor for "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" on FOX News television network, on June 5, 2006. This was the fourth of nine (4of9) discussions with this producer over the following months in 2006.  In this interview, the producer asked about a then-current story about “Heartland Ministry” in Missouri hav...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed a 3rd time by producer Kerry O'Connor for "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" on FOX News television network, on June 5, 2006. This was the third of nine (3of9) discussions with this producer over the following months in 2006. As Warren Jeffs was still "on the lam," and the first season of HBO’s “Big Love” was still be broadcast, the produ...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed a 2nd time by producer Kerry O'Connor for "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" on FOX News television network, on May 25, 2006.  This was the second of nine (2of9) discussions with this producer over the following months in 2006. As Warren Jeffs was still "on the lam," and the first season of HBO’s “Big Love” was still be broadcast, th...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by producer Kerry O'Connor for "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" on FOX News television network, on May 18, 2006.  This was the first of nine (1of9) discussions with this producer over the following months in 2006. As Warren Jeffs was still "on the lam," and the first season of HBO’s “Big Love” was still be broadcast, the producer f...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by producer Alexis Weed for the Nancy Grace Show on HLN Headline News television network, on January 14, 2014. They were seeking a response to the December 13, 2013, decision by a federal judge in Utah to strike down the "cohabitation clause" in that State's bigamy law.  Although later over-turned in 2016, that temporary court decision...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by producer Anne Hartmayer for "OPEN COURT: Bloom & Politan" on CourtTV on September 19, 2007, for his appearance on the show the next day. Mark Henkel had previously been on Vinnie Politan’s CourtTV-radio show a number of times, as organized with producer Mark Goldman. Anne Hartmayer was the producer for the TV show that Vinnie Politan...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by producer Deb Cote for "Jami Floyd: Best Defense" on CourtTV on September 18, 2007. This was in preparation for Mark Henkel's first appearance on the host's show. That day, the prosecution in the Warren Jeffs trial in Utah had rested its case. Mark Henkel had been a previous guest of another show on CourtTV , "Open Court: Bloom & Polit...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed (a 5th time) for INSIDE EDITION with Deborah Norville by producer Erika Jones for their nationally syndicated TV show, on June 26, 2006, produced by KingWorld . This was the fifth and last interview with her. In a voicemail message that the producer left the week before, on June 21, 2006, she was willing to concede one issue: to allow polyga...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed (a 4th time) for INSIDE EDITION with Deborah Norville by producer Erika Jones for their nationally syndicated TV show, on June 12, 2006, produced by KingWorld .  This was the fourth of five total interviews with her.  While the plan was for Mark Henkel to fly out for taping later that week, the producer called on this Monday to try...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed (a third time) for INSIDE EDITION with Deborah Norville by producer Erika Jones for their nationally syndicated TV show, on June 9, 2006, produced by KingWorld. This was the second interview with her on that same day of June 9, 2006, and the third of five total interviews. Although the plan from the previous interview had been to speak the f...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed (a second time) for INSIDE EDITION with Deborah Norville by producer Erika Jones for their nationally syndicated TV show, on June 9, 2006, produced by KingWorld .  This was the second of five interviews. Following the previous interview two days earlier (on June 7), the producer had come back with more attempted offerings to try to help...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed for INSIDE EDITION with Deborah Norville by producer Erika Jones for their nationally syndicated TV show, on June 7, 2006. As the last cliffhanging episode of the first season of HBO's fictional show about Mormon polygamists, "Big Love," had concluded days earlier, the producer explained her intent. She said, "We would like to go inside a fa...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 by producer Diana Miller, on April 23, 2008. This was 20 days into the ongoing news cycle of the FBI raid on the FLDS cult in Texas on April 3, 2008. This hour-and-a-half long interview provides extensive information and soundbites. In the end, although the producer was positive and polite, the decision-makers at...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was research-interviewed for PEOPLE magazine by a writer named Vicky, on March 23, 2006. Due to the big TV hit of the premiere of HBO's new fiction television series, "Big Love," that month, the writer requested to spend time with a polygamous family. Mark Henkel gently explained to her how that was what polygamists call a "Circus Act Request" (C.A.R.) The...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was research-interviewed for "The Lineup" on FOX News television (hosted by Kimberly Guilfoyle ) by a producer named Don, on May 11, 2006. This occurred during the major news cycle when the new fictional show on HBO television, about non-cultic Mormon polygamists, called “Big Love,” trhat had just premiered weeks earlier in March, 2006.  t appears that...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed for "The Tyra Banks Show" by associate producer Arlene Wilkinson on July 24, 2006. This was a nationally syndicated daytime television talk show, serving an audience of mostly women, hosted by renowned supermodel and host/creator of "America's Next Top Model" show, Tyra Banks . (The show's name was also known as "The Tyra Show" and later as...

National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed for Carlos Watson (for a non-aired pilot TV show) by associate producer Amanda Erickson for Dawn Syndicated Productions , on May 22, 2008.  The producer sought to develop a pilot that would be presented to network executives to see if they would fund a new talk show to be hosted by former CNN personality, Carlos Watson. For this project...