Latest Mormonhistory Podcast Episodes
Road to Carthage 10 - The New Reign
Naked Mormonism Podcast - September 11, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine the consequences of Joseph Smith’s death. Show notes of entire historical timeline: http://scripts.nakedmormonismpodcast.com/ Merch shop: https://groundgnomes.launchcart.store/joseph-smith-puppet-master-unisex-white-t-shirt/p/wdj205 Show links: Website http://n...
Road to Carthage 9 - Carthage Jail Gunfight
Naked Mormonism Podcast - September 04, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we discuss the assassinations of Hiram and Joseph Smith in Carthage Jail. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by...
Road to Carthage 8 - The Final Hour
Naked Mormonism Podcast - August 28, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine the events of June 27th, 1844 leading up to the assassinations of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in Carthage jail. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Pat...
Road to Carthage 7 - Pride
Naked Mormonism Podcast - August 21, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine the pride and arrogance of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by...
Road to Carthage 6 - Fury
Naked Mormonism Podcast - August 14, 2020 03:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine fury as a motivating factor in early Mormonism. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau h...
Road to Carthage 5 - Polygamy
Naked Mormonism Podcast - August 07, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine many facets of polygamy throughout early Mormon history. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason...
Road to Carthage 4 - Jealousy
Naked Mormonism Podcast - July 31, 2020 08:38 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine envy as a driving force behind the formation of Mormonism. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jas...
Road to Carthage 3 - Voracity
Naked Mormonism Podcast - July 24, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine debauchery and psychedelics in early Mormonism. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau h...
Road to Carthage 2 - Idleness
Naked Mormonism Podcast - July 17, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine early Mormonism formed as a cult for temporal gratification. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by J...
Road to Carthage 1 - Avarice
Naked Mormonism Podcast - July 10, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine money and power in early Mormonism. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://alosts...
Ep 214 – Mormonism From Its Infancy
Naked Mormonism Podcast - July 03, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Jo and Hyrum are in Carthage Jail. We spend this week talking about the grand plans of Joseph Smith’s Mormon theocracy to roll forth throughout the world. We discuss what this Mormon revolution would look like, the contrived theological boundaries which justified it, and the del...
Ep 213 – With Useful Studies Store Your Mind
Naked Mormonism Podcast - June 26, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we catch up with a bunch of figures in Nauvoo to see what they’ve been up to as events led to the prophet in Carthage Jail. We start off with discussing Eliza R. Snow, reading excerpts from her Nauvoo journal, conflicts with Emma and the Relief Society at large, who took over he...
Ep 212 – Emma Smith, Linda Newell, and Valeen Avery
Naked Mormonism Podcast - June 19, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Joseph and Hyrum Smith are locked up in Carthage Jail and they aren’t going anywhere. We take a little time to catch up with other prominent figures in Nauvoo history; this week begins with Emma Hale Smith. We discuss her role in the Relief Society, unwillingly policing polygamy...
Ep 211 – “I Think You Are Perfectly Safe”
Naked Mormonism Podcast - June 12, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Joseph and Hyrum Smith wake up in Carthage jail to a bustling town filled with anti-Mormon militiamen, surrounded by their closest acolytes. Various meeting take place, Jo sends messengers to Nauvoo calling for documents and witnesses in the upcoming trial for treason. Governor ...
Ep 210 – First Night in Carthage Jail
Naked Mormonism Podcast - June 05, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Jo and company spend their first entire day in the city of Carthage, one of the twin cities of anti-Mormonism. Governor Ford does his best to keep the peace and does so by marching Jo and Hyrum down the line of the various militias in Carthage shaking hands and providing proper ...
Ep 209 – “We Will Be Reconciled to Our Fate”
Naked Mormonism Podcast - May 29, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Joseph Smith crossed the Mississippi to go into hiding from Governor Ford’s arrest order. Emma and his friends blast him for cowardice and he agrees to finally surrender saying “[i]f my life is of no value to my friends, it is of none to myself.” Joseph and Hyrum decide to go “l...
Ep 208 – A Fateful Crossing of the Mississippi
Naked Mormonism Podcast - May 22, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, tensions are REALLY high between the Mormons and anti-Mormons in Nauvoo and Carthage respectively. We begin with John Taylor telling us about his meeting with Governor Thomas Ford about the Mormon side of the conflict. Because Ford was surrounded by enemies of the church as Tayl...
Ep 207 – “His Blood Would Be Shed”
Naked Mormonism Podcast - May 15, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Governor Thomas Ford is finally in town and he’s here to sort out the entire mess between the Mormons in Nauvoo and the anti-Mormons in Carthage. Meetings, letters, and affidavits are brought to Ford to inform him of the situation from both sides of the escalating conflict and h...
Ep 206 – I’d’ve Gone West and Raised A Mightier People
Naked Mormonism Podcast - May 08, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, the chaos following the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor continues to escalate. Joseph Smith calls together a military parade as a show of force to any enemies in the city where he gives his final public speech as first Prophet of Mormonism. Jo’s cronies are active in collect...
Ep 205 – An Inevitable Riot and a Sham Trial
Naked Mormonism Podcast - May 01, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Joseph Smith again heads to the courts charged with riot along with 17 other Mormon elites. Whether or not this Nauvoo Municipal Court hearing would carry any weight would forecast the actions of the Mormon leadership following it. None of the victims of the crime (destruction o...
Ep 204 – Joseph H. Jackson and Nauvoo Bogus
Naked Mormonism Podcast - April 24, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we take the opportunity to examine an enigmatic figure of Nauvoo Mormon history, Joseph H. Jackson. He visited the settlement in late 1842 where he was branded a Missouri spy and a Danite attempted to assassinate him. From that point forward he vowed revenge on the man responsib...
Ep 203 – Illinois-Mormon War of Extermination
Naked Mormonism Podcast - April 17, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine the immediate impact and fallout of the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor. The media throughout Illinois explodes at the overt act of Mormon tyranny and fascism. Joseph Smith is arrested by a constable from Carthage on a warrant issued by a judge from Carthage, but ...
Ep 202 – Nauvoo Expositor: Destruction
Naked Mormonism Podcast - April 10, 2020 05:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, the Nauvoo City Council spends all day 10 June 1844 deliberating about how to deal with the Nauvoo Expositor. The push through the council a new ordinance concerning libelous publications then spend the rest of the day discussing whether or not the Expositor should be declared a...
Q&A 4-6-2020
Naked Mormonism Podcast - April 07, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsAudio from Q&A livestream on Apr 6, 2020. Happy quarantine, everybody!
Ep 201 – Nauvoo Expositor: A Hat Full of Money
Naked Mormonism Podcast - April 03, 2020 13:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine the immediate aftermath of the Nauvoo Expositor being published. The Council of Fifty had some wonderfully grand plans for themselves and America. We spend a bit of time with the minutes to get a sense of what they had in mind. There were a lot of irons in the fire an...
Ep 200 – The Nauvoo Expositor & Zion
Naked Mormonism Podcast - March 27, 2020 08:47 - 4 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, yes, it is finally time to discuss the Nauvoo Expositor. What is the Nauvoo Expositor? Why is it so important to Mormon history? Why was it published? These are all questions we’ll answer by the end of the episode today. This is a story that’s been told a hundred times and they ...
Ep 199 – Lawful Dissent
Naked Mormonism Podcast - March 20, 2020 16:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we discuss the Law family. William, his wife Jane, and his brother Wilson, converted to the church in the mid-1830s and moved to the burgeoning city of Nauvoo in 1839. From that point forward, William and Jane were elevated to high-ranking levels of Mormon and city leadership. J...
Ep 198 – Higbee Dissent
Naked Mormonism Podcast - March 13, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, the Fosters, the Higbees, and the Laws in May of 1844 continue at the forefront of our examination. This week we focus in on the Higbee brothers, Chauncey and Francis (Frank). The Higbee families joined the church in 1832 during the Kirtland era before moving to Jackson County, ...
Ep 197 – Fostered Dissent
Naked Mormonism Podcast - March 06, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we talk about the Fosters, Robert D. and Charles A. Who are they? Why are they important? What did they do? Charles Foster, unfortunately, is a rather obscure historical figure. His brother Robert, however, figures prominently in the Mormon kingdom of Nauvoo from its inception. ...
Ep 196 – Joseph Smith Assassination Plot
Naked Mormonism Podcast - February 28, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine the times around General Conference of April 1844. Yes, the King Follett Discourse had been given, among many other interesting talks, but what was going on that may have contributed to it falling out of grand recognition we give it today? We examine the concomitant e...
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