Latest Josephsmith Podcast Episodes
The Common Mormon & The Good Death
Siblings in Zion - April 21, 2024 22:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa shares the story and meaning of her first tattoo, an update on her feelings around her grad school experience, and her thoughts on reading ‘The Testaments’ by Margaret Atwood. The siblings then discuss recent thoughts around death and the treatment of remains, and their potential p...
It's Feeling a Bit Culty
Siblings in Zion - February 11, 2024 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa shares her struggles and thoughts on her grad school experience as she prepares to be a therapist, and how her religious past informs her approach and understanding of the system. The siblings read some *fascinating* articles on tithing from the most recent issue of Liahona, and d...
Marriage Is for Losers | More Sh*t From BYU-I
Siblings in Zion - December 23, 2023 23:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa shares more eyebrow-raising notes from her BYU-Idaho classes. Dating, sexuality, gender and marriage roles, revelation, ’NCMO’, suppressing desire, boundaries, bogus statistics, terrible advice & more! — Christopher Columbus episode of Everywhere You Go is Bullsh*t: http://tinyur...
Sh*t My BYU Professor Said | Temple Marriage Prep
Siblings in Zion - November 12, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa shares highlights from her notes taken during several classes at BYU-Idaho, including some real whoppers from ‘Prep for Temple Marriage’ that drive Brother Dan to bewilderment and the both of them to giggles. --- The ExMo Candle Co. - https://exmocandles.com/ --- http://sibli...
Do You Want to Sing a Hymn?
Siblings in Zion - July 29, 2023 21:41 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBonus material from our episode ‘Christian & Atheist Walk Into a Bar’ - Comparing Christian and Mormon hymns, the power of music and art in relation to faith in God, as well as a Christian perspective on Stoicism and the precariousness of interpreting the Bible. Bonus points to those who have ...
Christian & Atheist Walk Into a Bar
Siblings in Zion - May 21, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDan and Lisa welcome Brother Bryan, a Christian who was previously involved with the Four Square church and now associates with the Church of the Nazarene. Bryan and Dan have had several fruitful discussions around Faith, Atheism, Christian denominations, biblical literalism, similarities and...
King Follett Discourse (Abridged)
Siblings in Zion - January 22, 2023 05:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFor those who have already read or are quite familiar with the 'King Follett Discourse', this episode of our reading and commentary is abridged to contain less of the text read aloud. You can find the complete version previously published ... --- In this episode the siblings read and commen...
The King Follett Discourse (Reading & Commentary)
Siblings in Zion - January 15, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this episode the siblings read and comment on 'The King Follett Discourse', its theological significance, and its influence on Mormonism. In April of 1844, Joseph Smith spoke to a crowd of many thousands (saints and detractors alike) and delivered what would be the most directly recorded pu...
What's Working for You?
Siblings in Zion - September 25, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe siblings return to kick off Season 5! No plan, just going for it. They talk about what is 'working for them', current events in Mormon world, 'Keep Sweet' and the FLDS, Book Reports!, how they've changed since starting this podcast, and how they will be approaching this season's content an...
Mormonism to Mushrooms | A Conversion Story
Siblings in Zion - June 19, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this season’s finale, the siblings welcome special guest Brother Jordan to tell his story of converting to the LDS church at 18, going the Missionary Training Center *twice*, serving a mission in Buenos Aires where he was held at gunpoint multiple times and suffered from ‘Jeep Butt’, attended...
Mormon Mary Poppins & The Mission President
Siblings in Zion - June 05, 2022 12:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa concludes the journey of reading from her past as she shares exchanges between herself and the President of the Florida Jacksonville Mission, where she devoted 18 months to proselytize for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Stress, fear of failure, indoctrination, cog...
'Dying' in Florida | Mormon Missionary
Siblings in Zion - May 22, 2022 12:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa concludes sharing excerpts from the many emails she sent to family and friends each 'Preparation Day' while she served a mission for the LDS church. Training other missionaries, feelings of inadequacy, ‘dying’ a missionary death, explaining the mormon slang term ‘trunky’, and convi...
Letters From a Young Companion | Mormon Indoctrination - Part 5
Siblings in Zion - May 08, 2022 10:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa shares excerpts from the many emails she sent to family and friends each 'Preparation Day' while she served a mission for the LDS church. Stories of drunk men giving blessings, flat tires, slammed doors, cognitive dissonance, snake bites, and stalking the local Florida population. ...
Letters From a Young Companion | Mormon Missionary
Siblings in Zion - May 08, 2022 10:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa shares excerpts from the many emails she sent to family and friends each 'Preparation Day' while she served a mission for the LDS church. Stories of drunk men giving blessings, flat tires, slammed doors, cognitive dissonance, snake bites, and stalking the local Florida population. ...
Leave it in Dan! with Latter-Day Lesbian
Siblings in Zion - April 24, 2022 16:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this bonus episode you will hear a special presentation of the Latter-Day Lesbian podcast on which Brother Dan was a guest! LDL is a podcast about an 'Ex-Mormon gay girl trying to figure out her life'. That girl is Shelly and her partner and co-host is Mary, a former evangelical christian. ...
Sister Missionary in Florida | Mormon Indoctrination - Part 4
Siblings in Zion - April 10, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe return to Sister Lisa's journals as she shares from her time serving a mission in Jacksonville, Florida for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many companions, many breakdowns, many prayers, many letters, many tears. Much indoctrination ... This episode is also available ent...
Missionary in Florida | Mormon Indoctrination - Part 4
Siblings in Zion - April 10, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe return to Sister Lisa's journals as she shares from her time serving a mission in Jacksonville, Florida for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many companions, many breakdowns, many prayers, many letters, many tears. Much indoctrination ... This episode is also available ent...
Sister Missionary in Florida
Siblings in Zion - April 10, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe return to Sister Lisa's journals as she shares from her time serving a mission in Jacksonville, Florida for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many companions, many breakdowns, many prayers, many letters, many tears. Much indoctrination ... This episode is also available ent...
We Are All Tomorrow's Food
Siblings in Zion - March 27, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this episode, Brother Dan concludes in sharing his written ‘Shower Thoughts’ beyond Mormonism. This set of musings trend towards mortality, atheism, philosophy, religiosity, logical fallacies, nature, humanism, and the future. ‘Religion really is a further complication on top of something w...
This Is Not the Place
Siblings in Zion - March 13, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this episode, it is Brother Dan’s turn to share his own writings - ‘Shower Thoughts’ you might call them. This set of musings came while studying The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its history and doctrine, and contemplating its validity in the real world as well as its role in ...
Missionary Training | Mormon Indoctrination - Part 3
Siblings in Zion - February 27, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAs we continue in Sister Lisa’s journals, we arrive at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah - where young men and women encounter a kind of ‘indoctrination bootcamp’ before heading out for 1.5-2 years to spread 'the gospel' 24/7. She shares her experience of acquiescing to the control ...
Mormon Missionary Training Center
Siblings in Zion - February 27, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAs we continue in Sister Lisa’s journals, we arrive at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah - where young men and women encounter a kind of ‘indoctrination bootcamp’ before heading out for 1.5-2 years to spread 'the gospel' 24/7. She shares her experience of acquiescing to the control ...
The Walls of BYU | Mormon Indoctrination
Siblings in Zion - February 13, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa continues her journey through the many journals she kept during her young life as a Mormon. She recalls her time at BYU-Idaho, the insulation it encouraged, her decision to leave and serve a mission for the church, and her first experience with the LDS temple endowment. ‘They have ...
The Walls of BYU | Mormon Indoctrination - Part 2
Siblings in Zion - February 13, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSister Lisa continues her journey through the many journals she kept during her young life as a Mormon. She recalls her time at BYU-Idaho, the insulation it encouraged, her decision to leave and serve a mission for the church, and her first experience with the LDS temple endowment. ‘They have ...
The Husband List | Mormon Indoctrination - Part 1
Siblings in Zion - January 30, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe first in a series of episodes in which Sister Lisa presents entries from the many journals she kept during her young life, essentially documenting her indoctrination in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Girl’s summer camp, Personal Progress, Seminary, Father’s blessings, and t...
The Husband List | Mormon Indoctrination
Siblings in Zion - January 30, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe first in a series of episodes in which Sister Lisa presents entries from the many journals she kept during her young life, essentially documenting her indoctrination in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Girl’s summer camp, Personal Progress, Seminary, Father’s blessings, and t...
Freaky Geeky Christmas
Siblings in Zion - December 19, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBefore the next season starts, the siblings present a bonus chat to get things rolling: What they’ve been reading, watching, thinking about … Talking their way through the cognitive reframing of Christmas traditions outside of religion, and a preview what’s ahead in Season 4! --- Alan Watts ...
Now That's What I Call Scripture!
Siblings in Zion - September 19, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this third season finale: the siblings use a random scripture generator to compare the text, tone, and perceived value of verses from the books of the Bible and the Mormon scriptures: The Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price. Lisa also applies her Mormon missiona...
Mormonism 101 | Part 2 - Blessed & Cursed
Siblings in Zion - August 15, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe siblings conclude reading the Mormonism 101 article published by the LDS church which presents a series of ‘frequently asked questions’ and answers that leave a lot to be desired when it comes to honesty and candor. Topics covered include: garments, polygamy, race relations, the location ...
Mormonism 101 | Part 1 - Endurance & Exaltation
Siblings in Zion - August 01, 2021 17:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAn FAQ article was published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints nearly a decade ago in an effort to help educate the news media and the curious public about their particular brand of Christianity. This recently became the source of some hubbub around the unique Mormon teaching...