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Sunstone Podcast
Turn a spotlight on all the newest thought and scholarship in Mormon studies. Hosted by John Larsen.
Episodes
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- E127: the Polygamy Explosion in Early Utah
- E126: Will You Have a Personality in Heaven?
- E125: a Native View of Pioneer Day.
- E124: Post-Mormonism and the Witchy Worldview.
- E123: Why Latter-day Saints Should Embrace “Under the Banner of Heaven”.
- E122: Bug or Feature? Historical Inaccuracies in Under the Banner of Heaven.
- E121: Mormon Fundamentalists Talk about Under the Banner of Heaven.
- E120: Under the Banner of Heaven with Actors Tyner Rushing and Scott Michael Campbell
- E119: An Ex-Mormon Temple Worker Tours the Washington DC Temple
- E118: The LDS Proselytizing Mission as Hazing.
- E117: Does Postmodernism Help or Hinder Mormonism?
- E116: the Oozing Videotape: and Other Dead Wrong Gospel Metaphors
- E115: How God Became So Human
- E114: The Temple and the Mall: How the LDS Church Redefined the Sacred and the Secular
- E113: the Fake Empathizer
- E112: Reframing the Grief in a Mixed-faith Marriage
- E111: Where the Heck is Hell in the Bible?
- E110: The LDS Church and the Bear River Massacre
- E109: How Hearts Are Changed: Learning to Affirm LGBTQ Journeys
- E108: Your Faith Journey’s Hidden Agenda
- E107: What Don’t the Prophets Say Anymore?: Analyzing General Conference.
- E106: in Search of a Larger God
- E105: Mormons and Native Americans: Myths vs. Realities
- E104: The Real Reason the LDS Church Doesn’t Apologize
- E103: A Brief History of LDS Church LGBTQIA+ Teachings.
- E102: Three Lesson I’ve Learned Giving My Kids a Foundation After My Faith Transition.
- E101: The Sexual “What-if” Syndrome
- E100: Joining a Cult Is Fun to Do, Fun to Do, to Do to Do.
- E99: Queer Polygamy: A Conversation with Taylor Petrey and Blaire Ostler.
- E98: Joseph Smith Led Me Out of the Closet
- E97: the Impact of Religious Rigidity on Disaffiliated Young Adults.
- E96: Mad Bear at Temple Square: Unprecedented Protest
- E95: Queer Mormon Theology: Not an Oxymoron.
- E94: Do You Doubt Deeply Enough?
- E93: the Connection Between the Descendants of Confederate Veterans, Mormons … and the Rest of Us.
- E92: Viva la Renovation!: A Response to Patrick Q. Mason’s Book “Restoration: God’s Call to the 21st Century.”
- E91: “Murder Among the Mormons:” A Conversation with Shannon Flynn.
- E90: Sealed: An Unexpected Journey into the Heart of Grace: A Conversation with Katie Langston.
- E89: Murder Among the Mormons: We Were There.
- E88: “Murder Among the Mormons”: A Conversation with the Directors.
- E87: It’s Complicated: A Conversation with Jane Christie.
- E86: This Is Your Brain on Polygamy.
- E85: The Real Way to Bring People Back into Mormonism: A Conversation with Peter Bleakley.
- E84: Politics is Religion Now: And That’s Terrible News for Mormonism.
- E83: a Good Year to Die?: an Oddly Mormon Approach to Progression.
- E82: Christmas Is a Mass Psychedelic Trip: and We Really Need It This Year.
- E81: We Get Gratitude All Wrong and #Givethanks Proved It.
- E80: Sunday School Spy: How COVID-19 Helped Me Infiltrate My Ward.
- E78: October 2020 Conference Analysis
- E77: Faith Journeys in Britain.
- E76: Jesus as a Liberal
- Episode 75: Jesus as a Conservative
- Episode 74: The American Indian/Lamanite Disconnect.
- Episode 73: Bathing with God: An Interview with Glenn Ostlund.
- Episode 72: Mormonism and White Supremacy in Education.
- Episode 71: John’s Book of Mormon Project: an Introduction.
- Episode 70: What Happens When White People Talk With White People About Race?
- Episode 69: a Technological Resurrection.
- Episode 68: Black and Queer in the LDS Church: A Conversation with LeiLoni Lee.
- Episode 67: Will Church Ever Be Church Again?
- Episode 66: Mormonism and White Supremacy
- Episode 65: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism: A Conversation with Taylor Petrey.
- Episode 64: Writing Mormon History: Historians and Their Books.
- Episode 63: How Mormons Shoot Themselves in the Foot on the Internet
- Episode 62: What Would a Prophetic People Do During a Pandemic?
- Episode 61: Mormonism after COVID-19.
- Episode 60: April 2020 General Conference Analysis.
- Episode 59: Turning Tragedy into Triumph: And Other Terrible Ideas.
- Episode 58: Trapped in Babel: Healing the Religious and Political Divide
- Episode 57: The Weird But Obvious Reasons Why the LDS Church Doesn’t Want You to Stream Sacrament Meeting.
- Episode 56: Legalizing Polygamy: an Article by George R. Compton
- Episode 55: A Tale of Two Republicans: How Mitt Romney and Mike Lee Are Two Sides of the LDS Coin
- Episode 54: Mormon Philosophy Simplified: A Conversation with Brittney Hartley
- Episode 53: Tight Like Unto a Dish?: A Conversation with MormonLeaks
- Episode 52: The Ex-Mormon Overcorrection
- Episode 51: Returning to Church Without Returning to Church
- Episode 50: Religion Is a Technology, and Jesus Was a Saboteur
- Episode 49: What Was In the Lost 116 Pages?: An Interview with Don Bradley
- Episode 48: LGBTQ Equality Would Break LDS Doctrine: A Call for Responses
- Episode 47: What Really Happened to the Lost 116 Pages?: An Interview with Don Bradley
- Episode 46: John’s Top-Ten List
- Episode 45: What Would Jesus Do with $100 Billion?
- Episode 44: a Christmas Carol Conspiracy Theory
- Episode 43: the Sunstone Santa Special
- Episode 42: Ministering to Those Who Question: A Conversation with David B. Ostler
- Episode 41: Your Faith Crisis Isn’t Actually Yours
- Episode 40: Mormon Iconoclast Part 4: Eric Samuelsen’s “Borderlands.”
- Episode 39: Mormon Iconoclast Part 3: Eric Samuelsen’s ‘Peculiarities.’
- Episode 38: How ‘Saw’ Is the Ultimate Mormon Horror Film
- Episode 37: Mormon Iconoclast Part 2: Eric Samuelsen’s “the Plan.”
- Episode 36: Mormon Iconoclast: an Introduction to Eric Samuelsen.
- Episode 35: Wayne Booth: “the Rhetorician Who Can Change Everything.”
- Episode 34: Expanding the Soul … and the Podcast: A Conversation with Jaxon Washburn
- Episode 33: A History of the Faith Crisis: A Conversation with Jeff Burton
- Episode 32: Too Interesting to Leave: A Conversation with Rick Bennett
- Episode 31: Early Mormonism and the Masonic Worldview
- Episode 30: An Introduction to Mormon Transhumanism: A Conversation with Blaire Ostler.
- Episode 29: Revising Your Sexual Story: A Conversation with Natasha Helfer Parker
- Episode 28: Overcoming the Anger: How to Let Go and Move on
- Episode 27: Farewell to Manti: a Visit to the Last Pageant
- Episode 26: A Post- Mormon Sex Primer with Mary Fisher
- Episode 25: Not Church
- Episode 24: Life Outside the Closet: A Talk with the Latter-day Lesbians
- Episode 23: Striking a Balance: Finding the Podcast’s Voice
- Epsiode 22: You’re Not Alone: A Conversation with the Mama Dragons
- Episode 21: The Art of a Skillful Faith Transition: A Conversation with Stephen Carter
- Episode 20: The Case for Therapy: A Discussion with Jenny Marrow
- Episode 19: Our Favorite (Weird) Kirtland Stories
- Episode 18: Making Connections Between Mormon Communities
- Episode 17: Mormons Building Bridges
- Episode 16: From Outrage to Silence: A Conversation with Gina Colvin
- Episode 15: Building Community after Mormonism
- Episode 14: The Unknown McKay: An Interview with Harvard Heath
- Episode 13: Marriage on a Tightrope
- Episode 12: Post-Mormon Advice
- Episode 11: Changes in Mormonism
- Episode 10: Mormon Theology is Queer: An Interview with Blaire Ostler.
- Episode 9: Sunstone History Podcast
- Episode 8: February 2019 Mormon News Round-Up
- Episode 7: You Can Leave the Church, but Can’t Leave It Alone?
- Episode 6: An Interview with the Truth and Transparency Foundation
- Episode 5: Ponzi Schemes and Mormonism
- Episode 4: Sunstone Firesides
- Episode 3: Cristina Rosetti and Lindsay Hansen Park
- Episode 2: Jeffrey S. Anderson
- Episode 1: Sam Young
- Episode 0: John Larsen
- E94: Do You Doubt Deeply Enough?
- E93: the Connection Between the Descendants of Confederate Veterans, Mormons … and the Rest of Us.
- E92: Viva la Renovation!: A Response to Patrick Q. Mason’s Book “Restoration: God’s Call to the 21st Century.”
- E91: “Murder Among the Mormons:” A Conversation with Shannon Flynn.
- E90: Sealed: An Unexpected Journey into the Heart of Grace: A Conversation with Katie Langston.
- E89: Murder Among the Mormons: We Were There.
- E88: “Murder Among the Mormons”: A Conversation with the Directors.
- E87: It’s Complicated: A Conversation with Jane Christie.
- E86: This Is Your Brain on Polygamy.
- E85: The Real Way to Bring People Back into Mormonism: A Conversation with Peter Bleakley.
- E84: Politics is Religion Now: And That’s Terrible News for Mormonism.
- E83: a Good Year to Die?: an Oddly Mormon Approach to Progression.
- E82: Christmas Is a Mass Psychedelic Trip: and We Really Need It This Year.
- E81: We Get Gratitude All Wrong and #Givethanks Proved It.
- E80: Sunday School Spy: How COVID-19 Helped Me Infiltrate My Ward.
- E78: October 2020 Conference Analysis
- E77: Faith Journeys in Britain.
- E76: Jesus as a Liberal
- Episode 75: Jesus as a Conservative
- Episode 74: The American Indian/Lamanite Disconnect.
- Episode 73: Bathing with God: An Interview with Glenn Ostlund.
- Episode 72: Mormonism and White Supremacy in Education.
- Episode 71: John’s Book of Mormon Project: an Introduction.
- Episode 70: What Happens When White People Talk With White People About Race?
- Episode 69: a Technological Resurrection.
- Episode 68: Black and Queer in the LDS Church: A Conversation with LeiLoni Lee.
- Episode 67: Will Church Ever Be Church Again?
- Episode 66: Mormonism and White Supremacy
- Episode 65: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism: A Conversation with Taylor Petrey.
- Episode 64: Writing Mormon History: Historians and Their Books.
- Episode 63: How Mormons Shoot Themselves in the Foot on the Internet
- Episode 62: What Would a Prophetic People Do During a Pandemic?
- Episode 61: Mormonism after COVID-19.
- Episode 60: April 2020 General Conference Analysis.
- Episode 59: Turning Tragedy into Triumph: And Other Terrible Ideas.
- Episode 58: Trapped in Babel: Healing the Religious and Political Divide
- Episode 57: The Weird But Obvious Reasons Why the LDS Church Doesn’t Want You to Stream Sacrament Meeting.
- Episode 56: Legalizing Polygamy: an Article by George R. Compton
- Episode 55: A Tale of Two Republicans: How Mitt Romney and Mike Lee Are Two Sides of the LDS Coin
- Episode 54: Mormon Philosophy Simplified: A Conversation with Brittney Hartley
- Episode 53: Tight Like Unto a Dish?: A Conversation with MormonLeaks
- Episode 52: The Ex-Mormon Overcorrection
- Episode 51: Returning to Church Without Returning to Church
- Episode 50: Religion Is a Technology, and Jesus Was a Saboteur
- Episode 49: What Was In the Lost 116 Pages?: An Interview with Don Bradley
- Episode 48: LGBTQ Equality Would Break LDS Doctrine: A Call for Responses
- Episode 47: What Really Happened to the Lost 116 Pages?: An Interview with Don Bradley
- Episode 46: John’s Top-Ten List
- Episode 45: What Would Jesus Do with $100 Billion?
- Episode 44: a Christmas Carol Conspiracy Theory
- Episode 43: the Sunstone Santa Special
- Episode 42: Ministering to Those Who Question: A Conversation with David B. Ostler
- Episode 41: Your Faith Crisis Isn’t Actually Yours
- Episode 40: Mormon Iconoclast Part 4: Eric Samuelsen’s “Borderlands.”
- Episode 39: Mormon Iconoclast Part 3: Eric Samuelsen’s ‘Peculiarities.’
- Episode 38: How ‘Saw’ Is the Ultimate Mormon Horror Film
- Episode 37: Mormon Iconoclast Part 2: Eric Samuelsen’s “the Plan.”
- Episode 36: Mormon Iconoclast: an Introduction to Eric Samuelsen.
- Episode 35: Wayne Booth: “the Rhetorician Who Can Change Everything.”
- Episode 34: Expanding the Soul … and the Podcast: A Conversation with Jaxon Washburn
- Episode 33: A History of the Faith Crisis: A Conversation with Jeff Burton
- Episode 32: Too Interesting to Leave: A Conversation with Rick Bennett
- Episode 31: Early Mormonism and the Masonic Worldview
- Episode 30: An Introduction to Mormon Transhumanism: A Conversation with Blaire Ostler.
- Episode 29: Revising Your Sexual Story: A Conversation with Natasha Helfer Parker
- Episode 28: Overcoming the Anger: How to Let Go and Move on
- Episode 27: Farewell to Manti: a Visit to the Last Pageant
- Episode 26: A Post- Mormon Sex Primer with Mary Fisher
- Episode 25: Not Church
- Episode 24: Life Outside the Closet: A Talk with the Latter-day Lesbians
- Episode 23: Striking a Balance: Finding the Podcast’s Voice
- Epsiode 22: You’re Not Alone: A Conversation with the Mama Dragons
- Episode 21: The Art of a Skillful Faith Transition: A Conversation with Stephen Carter
- Episode 20: The Case for Therapy: A Discussion with Jenny Marrow
- Episode 19: Our Favorite (Weird) Kirtland Stories
- Episode 18: Making Connections Between Mormon Communities
- Episode 17: Mormons Building Bridges
- Episode 16: From Outrage to Silence: A Conversation with Gina Colvin
- Episode 15: Building Community after Mormonism
- Episode 14: The Unknown McKay: An Interview with Harvard Heath
- Episode 13: Marriage on a Tightrope
- Episode 12: Post-Mormon Advice
- Episode 11: Changes in Mormonism
- Episode 10: Mormon Theology is Queer: An Interview with Blaire Ostler.
- Episode 9: Sunstone History Podcast
- Episode 8: February 2019 Mormon News Round-Up
- Episode 7: You Can Leave the Church, but Can’t Leave It Alone?
- Episode 6: An Interview with the Truth and Transparency Foundation
- Episode 5: Ponzi Schemes and Mormonism
- Episode 4: Sunstone Firesides
- Episode 3: Cristina Rosetti and Lindsay Hansen Park
- Episode 2: Jeffrey S. Anderson
- Episode 1: Sam Young
- Episode 0: John Larsen
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