Latest Mormonhistory Podcast Episodes
Ep 136 – To Deprive a Citizen His Liberty
Naked Mormonism Podcast - January 04, 2019 06:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Jo’s arrested once again, but the stakes have never been higher. He and his posse make their way to Springfield, IL to determine whether or not a newly issued writ of Habeas Corpus should be honored at the federal level, or if Jo as accessory to murder in Missouri was a state is...
Ep 135 – Frederick G. Williams in Memoriam
Naked Mormonism Podcast - December 28, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we hear the Sunstone Seattle 2018 presentation on the Smith-entheogen theory. Cody Noconi begins with setting the psychedelic stage for entheogens in religious ritualism. Then he gives us a brief introduction of psychedelics in Mormonism. After that, yours truly takes us on a jo...
Ep 134 – BM Pt. 10 @OrsonHydeYoWife
Naked Mormonism Podcast - December 21, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, the election of 1842 has far-reaching consequences. We begin with a number of people getting sick in Nauvoo, then discuss the various meetings held to carry out the bankruptcy proceedings of prominent Nauvoo Mormons and all the drama with “lost” letters. Then we get into what th...
Ep 133 – BM Pt. 9 Moral or Physical Force
Naked Mormonism Podcast - December 14, 2018 07:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we get into politics of Illinois in 1842. This year was a contentious race with the Mormons wielding so much power through their friends in high places. Rigdon runs for Illinois State Congress but loses. The Mormons promise their vote for the Democrat to replace Governor Carlin ...
Ep 132 – BM Pt. 8 2 Bennetts for 1
Naked Mormonism Podcast - December 07, 2018 06:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, John C. Wreck-it Bennett’s leaving the church, Nauvoo Legion, and city government left a massive vacuum in his absence. James Gordon Bennett and James Arlington Bennet are appointed to offices to fill his place. We discuss who these guys were, how they found out about Mormonism,...
Ep 131 – BM Pt. 7 A Corny Escape
Naked Mormonism Podcast - November 30, 2018 08:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Joseph Smith is still a fugitive! He opines on relationships had and lost, loved and dead family members, and reflects on how important his friends are. Emma Smith and Eliza Snow pen letters back and forth with Governor Thomas Carlin. The brethren create a propaganda packet for ...
Ep 130 – Quadrennial Airlift Rescue
Naked Mormonism Podcast - November 23, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we get an airlift out of the valleys of deep Mormon history so we can see the mountain peaks we’ve scaled and view what lies ahead. This is 4 years of serial history in review, made in a format that can be used as a reference source to find information in the backlog. Show lin...
Ep 129 – Bennett Meltdown Pt. 6 Sarah Ann Whitney
Naked Mormonism Podcast - November 16, 2018 07:19 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we begin with a letter Emma Smith wrote to Governor Thomas Carlin reasoning and pleading for exoneration of her husband. Then we get into the complicated and controversial nature of a letter Joseph Smith wrote to his old friends, the Whitney family. We discuss the polygamous mar...
Ep 128 – Bennett Meltdown Pt 5: Fugitive Prophet
Naked Mormonism Podcast - November 09, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we finally return to our historical timeline and the Bennett Meltdown. Jo starts in the custody of the Adams County Sheriff. An “escape” occurs and Jo flees town with a bit of trickery. We spend some time reading letter correspondence between Jo and other “thinking few” Mormon e...
Ep 127 – History of Liverpool by Jonas Pierce
Naked Mormonism Podcast - November 02, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, I tell all of you about my time at the John Rylands Library. 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...
Ep 126 - QED Wrap Up & Interviews
Naked Mormonism Podcast - October 25, 2018 22:23 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, I snagged a few people at QEDcon 2018 in Manchester for some interviews. Give it a listen and I hope to see you at the next installment int 2020 if you can make it! Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.faceb...
Ep 125 – MLK Who? w/ Madison Harris
Naked Mormonism Podcast - October 18, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we take a break from the historical timeline to talk with Madison Harris. She presented at the John Whitmer Historical Conference 2018 and I snagged her for a quick interview on her presentation. She discusses racism within the ranks of 20th-century Mormon leadership. The centra...
Ep 124 – BM pt 4 Polygamy Post-Bennett w/Johnny Stephenson
Naked Mormonism Podcast - October 11, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we’re joined for part 2 of Johnny Stephenson’s interview on Mormon polygamy. Bennett’s expose printed in the Sangamo Journal, and later History of the Saints, altered Mormon polygamy from that time forward. Johnny walks us through how the expose affected the doctrine of polygamy...
Ep 123 – BM pt 3 Polygamy Pre-Bennett w/Johnny Stephenson
Naked Mormonism Podcast - October 04, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we’re joined for part 1 of Johnny Stephenson’s interview on Mormon polygamy. We cover a brief overview of Jo’s sexual escapades prior to 1842 and the evolution of the doctrine of polygamy through Kirtland, Missouri, and into Nauvoo. Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpo...
122 – Bennett Meltdown pt 2 Sarah Pratt
Naked Mormonism Podcast - September 27, 2018 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we dive into the continued chaos incited by Bennett’s violent departure from the church and his expose. Bennett gives voice to the voiceless and Jo slays the character of Sarah Pratt for allegations she made against his character. Nobody would escape the meltdown; the casualties...
Ep 121 – Bennett Meltdown pt. 1 Supercritical
Naked Mormonism Podcast - September 20, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we broach the Bennett meltdown of spring 1842. We read through the first of his exposes published in the Sangamo Journal July 8th. The public explodes at the revelations contained therein. We track everything as it develops chronologically and exhaustively. This marks part 1 of ...
Ep 120 – Bennett LOCA
Naked Mormonism Podcast - September 14, 2018 07:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, the Sangamo Journal compiles a massive expose of Joe Smith and the Mormons in preparation for Bennett’s serial expose letters. We set the stage by reading a few letter exchanges between Jo and Governor Carlin of Illinois, in a bid to gain total protection from Missouri “persecut...
Ep 119 – Bennett’s Brothel Gets Dumped
Naked Mormonism Podcast - September 07, 2018 05:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we continue rooting around in the muck of the underbelly of Nauvoo Mormonism. We discuss the primary catalyst that caused Bennett to be so opposed to Joseph Smith. With rampant rumors of adultery, Crazy Willey Smith pens “The Truant Husband” with a pleasant little PSA to all the...
Ep 118 – Snow on the Roxc
Naked Mormonism Podcast - August 31, 2018 04:36 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we dive into Eliza Roxcy Snow! She was smart, she was sassy, and she didn’t care what society said, she was going to do what she wanted to do. It’s finally time to introduce you to my historical crush… Links: Biography of Lorenzo Snow by Eliza Snow https://en.wikisource.or...
Ep 117 – Miss Nancy Rigdon
Naked Mormonism Podcast - August 24, 2018 05:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we get a brief character sketch of Nancy Rigdon, daughter of church leader, Hingepin Sidney Rigdon. Nancy grew up during the formative years of the Church in Kirtland and Missouri. Now, she’s 19-years old, single, and strong-willed to boot. Jo requests Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde...
Ep 116 – The Tongue is an Unruly Member
Naked Mormonism Podcast - August 17, 2018 03:52 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we take a bird’s eye overview of everything happening in 1842 and spend a bit of time focusing on the immediate fallout of Bennett’s public and vitriolic departure from the Church. We review some headlines covering the political movements of Joseph Smith’s Nauvoo Mormonism, brie...
Ep 115 – Bennett, Jo’s Kindred Scoundrel
Naked Mormonism Podcast - August 10, 2018 05:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we begin with discussing the rumor mill that was Nauvoo. The Relief Society, with Emma as head, was tasked with tracking down the source of salacious rumors concerning adultery within the Mormon elite and squashing said rumors. John C. Wreck-it Bennett becomes too brazen with hi...
Ep 114 – Bloody Brigham’s Mormon Theocracy with Will Bagley pt.2
Naked Mormonism Podcast - August 03, 2018 02:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Will Bagley joins us to share in his specialty, Bloody Brigham Young. We discuss a brief overview of how the Saints made their way from Nauvoo to the Great Basin in Mexico territory and the fun begins. Brigham Young realized Joseph Smith’s dreams of a Mormon theocracy and truly ...
Ep 113 – Mormon Theocracy with Will Bagley pt.1
Naked Mormonism Podcast - July 25, 2018 16:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Will Bagley takes us through the Joseph years of Mormon history and sets the precursor for next week’s episode where the blueprints Joseph laid are realized by Brigham Young. Show Links: Weird Alma https://weirdalma.bandcamp.com/ Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com ...
Ep 112 – By His Own Hand, the Best-Worst Mormon Scripture
Naked Mormonism Podcast - July 20, 2018 05:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we air a presentation given for Seattle Atheists all about Mormon scripture. It’s long, but good. Enjoy! Show Links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://p...
Ep 111 – Queen Me! Endowment Ceremony pt. 2
Naked Mormonism Podcast - July 13, 2018 02:27 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we dive into the women’s perspective of the endowment ceremony as introduced by Joseph and Hyrum Smith and streamlined by Brigham Young. We rely on exposes published after 1845 when thousands were initiated as the original endowment ceremony was successfully kept under wraps by ...
Ep 110 – King Me!
Naked Mormonism Podcast - July 06, 2018 06:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Joseph Smith introduces the endowment ceremony and forms the Quorum of the Anointed, or the Holy Order. Jo had been practicing esoteric rites from his earliest days in Kirtland, but this was the codification of the ceremony which would come to be practiced in every Mormon temple...
Ep 109 – Boggs Bites Port’s Bullet
Naked Mormonism Podcast - June 29, 2018 04:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Nauvoo has a lot of secrets to hide. We talk about Orrin Porter Rockwell and his trip to Missouri in May 1842. We discuss his “confrontation” with Governor Lilburn Boggs, of which Boggs was none the wiser until he awoke days later with multiple gunshot wounds. We cover Port’s qu...
Ep 108 – High Priestesses
Naked Mormonism Podcast - June 22, 2018 16:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Jo writes an epistle to the Relief Society. What were women’s roles in the Nauvoo Church? Did they have priesthood power? Was their society separate but equal to the men’s? Turns out Jo was a product of his time and he uses religions led by women in his day as an example of what...
Ep 107 – Emma Hale Elect Lady
Naked Mormonism Podcast - June 15, 2018 03:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we take a time warp back to episode 2 to revisit an aspect of Mormon history largely ignored in our timeline to this point, Emma Hale Smith. Little of her own writings survive the years and she left no journal or diary. We’re forced to construct an image of Emma to live in our m...
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