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Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! Short Title EP 29 - Rebecca Bibliotheca from the Good Book Club joins the podcast, Church IT ransacked, data stolen by 'state-sponsored' cyber-thieves Full Title Oct 16, 2022 Episode 29 -  Rebecca Bibliotheca from the Good Book Club joins the podcast, Churc...

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! Full Title Oct 9, 2022 Episode 28 -  Mormon Renegade crashes the podcast, Sunday General Conference thoughts, NY Judge clears the way for polyamorous relationships, Elder Bednar in hot water over plagiarism charges relating to his last general conference talk, are...

Greetings brothers and sisters!  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  Oct 2, 2022 Episode 27 - Netflix Sins of our Mother Episode 3 mini-series, FLDS leader Warren Jeffs back on trial, JK Rowling brings LDS ire on Twitter, Saturday LDS General Conference reaction, and much more!  Connect with Al and Dives! www. MormonNewsRoundup.or...

Greetings brothers and sisters!  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  Connect with Al and Dives! www. MormonNewsRoundup.org kolob@mormonnewsroundup.org Voicemail Twitter Patreon Facebook YouTube Music MormonMovieReviews Follow ups  LDS Oregon prospect leaves at halftime of BYU game following 'F--- the Mormons' chant  Condem...

Sep 18, 2022 Episode 25 - Netflix Sins of our Mother Episode 1 mini-series review, record breaking Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints humanitarian donation to the World Food Programme, fantasy general conference headlines, updates on AP child sex abuse story, and much more! Connect with Al and Dives! www. MormonNewsRoundup.org kolob@mormonnewsroundup.org Voicemail Twitter Patreon Facebook...

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! Sep 11, 2022 Episode 24 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issues a statement on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, is NFL QB Aaron Rogers converting to Mormonism?, updates on the Orem LDS temple fire and the alleged racist BYU volleyball incident, a...

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! Sep 4, 2022 Episode 23 - We review Netflix’s Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist, Young Women's President Bonnie Cordon’s grandson’s mysterious death spurs question, LDS Church posts multibillion dollar financial losses, Mormon mom told by her Bishop to...

Aug 28, 2022 Episode 22 - Church Assistant Historian Kate Holbrook passing, controversial Church donations in Africa, Mormon missionaries go viral for all the wrong reasons, change.org petition seeks to make background checks mandatory for LDS leaders, BYU bans racist volleyball fans, and the inspired launch of the Mormon Movie Reviews!   Connect with Al and Dives! www. MormonNewsRoundup.org kolob...

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive! Aug 22, 2022 Episode 21 - Full Episode Summary Professor John Turner joins the show! Continued fallout from the Church sex abuse scandal, Church avoids tax liabilities in venture capitalism, Judge tosses $250 million dollar Church Boy Scout settlement, and what Pre...

Aug 16, 2022 Episode 20 - Full Episode Summary  We pay homage to Mormon Podcasting Legend Radio Free Mormon...who couldn't make it on the podcast this week due to computer problems. We will have to wait for another opportunity to have him join us!  This week Al and Dives discuss the fallout from the AP Church sex abuse scandal continues, a brief history of sacred scriptural tweeting, President...

Aug 7, 2022 Episode 18 - Full Episode Summary Jon Ogden from Upliftkids.org joins the MormonNewsRoundup, Mormon wife disgusted over husband’s weight gain, AP story shines light on Church sex abuse hotline, LDS Boyscout Sex Abuse Lawsuit Update, former BYU Valedictorian Matt Easton Monkeypox intrigue, and Church endorses first female chaplain. Connect with Al and Dives! www. MormonNewsRoundup.org k...

July 31, 2022 Episode 18 - Full Episode Summary Esteemed LDS author Devery Anderson joins the podcast to discuss his authored works and signature books latest publications on Mormonism including Romney Burke’s: Susa Young Gates, #SafeChurchSafeChildren petition hopes to protect LDS children from potential abuse, Orem Utah temple catches fire during construction, and the Pioneer Day & Mormon Pi...

July 24, 2022 Episode 17 - Full Episode Summary Scott from rameumptom ruminations joins the show, leadership of the Strengthening Church Members Committee finally revealed, the only Authentic Joseph Smith Photo Surfaces after 180 years? Come Follow me lesson is missing Hudlah, Widow's Mite report on LDS Charities, BYU speech program keeps accreditation, and much much more! Connect with Al and...

Greetings brothers and sisters!  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!   July 17, 2022 Episode 16 - Full Episode Summary   MormonSuicide joins to show to help us review the season finale of Hulu’s mini-series Mormon No More, investigate the BYU Student who Says He Got a Stripper Pregnant (His Mom Said to Get Abortion!), update from t...

Greetings brothers and sisters!  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Al ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!   July 10, 2022 Episode 15 - Full Episode Summary   Join us as we review the brief but storied history of the MormonNewsRoundup including some new ways to interact with the hosts, react to Hulu’s Mormon no More EP 3, look at a stunning $4.6 billion dollar court ju...

Season 1 Episode 14 July 3, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  The United States is still reeling from the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, and Dives continues where he left off last week with advanced analysis regarding this case’s impact LDS eschatology. Al analyzes Hulu’s miniseries ‘Mormon no More’ Episode 2, and we review...

Season 1 Episode 13 June 26, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  Greg from CWIC media joins the show to help us review the first episode of Hulu’s mini-series Mormon no More, analyze the LDS Church’s controversial Juneteenth message, discuss the latest temple groundbreaking in California, look at a potential LDS church sex a...

Season 1 Episode 12 June 18, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  Things are really heating up in the great and spacious beehive! Join Al and Dives who analyze Netflix’s Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey EP 2, dissect who is the most popular LDS general authority, bring you up to speed on the latest changes in Tithing categories, cov...

Season 1 Episode 11  June 11, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  Mormon Book Review’s Steve Pynakker joins the MormonNewsRoundup to help us analyze the premiere of Netflix’s new FLDS mini series Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey, dissect why Utah leads the nation in falling church attendance, reflect on Dustin Lance Black’s uncenso...

Season 1 Episode 10 June 4, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  Join us as we recap a truly action-packed week in Mormon news by concluding our seven part analysis of the FX mini-series Under the Banner of Heaven streaming on Hulu. We then get to the bottom of the #MomTok Mormon Mom Swinging Scandal, follow up on the Church’...

Season 1 Episode 9 May 29, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  In the wake of the terrible school shooting at Uvalde, Texas, Al and Dives dissect the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s positions on gun control/violence, we critically examine episode 6 of Hulu’s Under the Banner of Heaven series, ruminate about ex-B...

Season 1 Episode 8 May 22, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  Join Al, Dives, and guest host Christina from Latter-day Ramblings as we ruminate on President and Sister Nelson’s Young Adult Devotional, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Annual Humanitarian Report Analysis, the Church’s response to an LDS Leader...

Season 1 Episode 7 May 15, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  Action packed packed week in Mormonism where Al and Dives look at how Captain Moroni ended up in federal prison, what the LDS Church is doing to help refugees in Ukraine, how to get you own church approved personalized custom garments, a BLOCKBUSTER report on chu...

Season 1 Episode 6 May 8, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  We are back at it again looking at an action packed week in the world of Mormonism! We will discuss two recent LDS related hate crimes, a BYU professor seeming to endorse White supremacy, Brad Wilcox teaching maturation in Utah’s public school, and Episode 3 of Un...

Season 1 Episode 5 -- May 1, 2022  Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!  Tune into Mormon News Roundup as we discuss the latest fallout from the Huntsman tithing lawsuit, Jillian Orr’s BYU graduation mini-protest, and the premiere of the FX miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven streaming on Hulu.  New Sponsor! Signature Books is com...