Latest Mormonhistory Podcast Episodes
Ep 106 – Book of Abraham Logical pt 2
Naked Mormonism Podcast - June 08, 2018 02:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we wrap up our logical deconstruction of the Book of Abraham. We focus our petrifying gaze on the lds.org essay titled, ‘Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham,’ the LDS Church’s official statement on this challenging piece of Mormon scripture. Is it merely more apol...
Ep 105 – Book of Abraham Logical pt1
Naked Mormonism Podcast - June 01, 2018 05:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we jump into the logical deconstruction of the Book of Abraham. We deal with the apologetic arguments made to claim the Book of Abraham is ‘historically plausible’. Historically plausible doesn’t mean probable or authentic, so what does it really mean? Can one believe in a book ...
Ep 104 – Book of Abraham Spiritual plus Lesley Butterfield
Naked Mormonism Podcast - May 25, 2018 01:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we dive into the actual content of the Book of Abraham in our continued examination of the history of the book. We read extracts of each chapter with a bit of study guide along the way. We cover Abraham’s story arc in the book, the deeper doctrines and teachings which come from ...
Ep 103 – Book of Abraham Physical Plus Jake Farr-Wharton
Naked Mormonism Podcast - May 18, 2018 03:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we begin a 3-part deconstruction of the Book of Abraham. We begin with the cultural realm captivated by Egyptian Antiquities with Napoleon’s discoveries and how such discoveries influenced minds in 19th-century America. We trace collections of papyri and artifacts being studied ...
Ep 102 – Mother’s Day, The Virtues of Our Legacy
Naked Mormonism Podcast - May 11, 2018 03:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we take the opportunity of Mother’s Day to examine the life and struggles of some of the most prominent mothers throughout Mormon history. From Lucy Mack Smith caring for her children in ill health, to Mother Elizabeth Ann Whitney providing a home for Joseph and Emma when they f...
Ep 101 – For the Relief of Nauvoo Society plus Kate Kelly
Naked Mormonism Podcast - May 04, 2018 03:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is finally established. We walk through the set and setting of Nauvoo in early 1842 being built on nothing more than credit. Men are the providers, while women are tasked with home chores, raising children, and maybe doing a small money-making...
Ep 100 – Mormonism and Masonry Inextricably Tied
Naked Mormonism Podcast - April 27, 2018 03:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we dive into the world of Masonry and Mormonism. In 1842, Joseph ascended to Master Mason “at-sight,” and seven weeks later revealed his Temple Endowment ceremony. If we view more of Joseph Smith’s timeline, we find Masonry was highly influential on the prophet from his earliest...
Ep 99 – I’ve Had Enough Trouble with This Thing
Naked Mormonism Podcast - April 20, 2018 02:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we wrap up 1841 and get into early 1842. Jo revises the Book of Mormon and calls it the most correct book of any on the earth. Ebenezer Robinson’s belief in the morality of monogamy likely conflicts with his position as chief editor of the Times and Season so Brigham Young has t...
Ep 98 – Standard Operating Protectionism
Naked Mormonism Podcast - April 13, 2018 03:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we talk General Conference of October, 1841. Some financial problems within the Church are dealt with when Bloody Brigham Young rips up an old bank note and gives it to the wind. Jo offers a profound sermon concerning Baptisms for the Dead and then proceeds to hold it hostage un...
Ep 97 – Lawsuits, Politics, and Temples
Naked Mormonism Podcast - April 06, 2018 07:01 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we take a step back and try to view the recent headlines with a little bit of historical perspective. From the current rape scandal, to general conference, to the Protect LDS Children march, we try to put historical context on everything which happened this past week. We’ll resu...
Ep 96 – Jane Doe, Joseph L. Bishop, LDS Inc.
Naked Mormonism Podcast - March 27, 2018 08:00 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we dive into the recent leak from Mormon Leaks of Jane Doe interviewing Joseph L. Bishop wherein she accuses him of sexually assaulting her. There’s a lot to parse out with this story as it broke at a crucial time ramping up to the Protect LDS Children March happening at the end...
Ep 95 – LDS Inc.
Naked Mormonism Podcast - March 23, 2018 02:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we examine when Jo’s Mormonism became a business venture as much as a religion. It didn’t take long into Mormon history before God felt the need to interfere with Church finances. From that time forward, revelation after revelation centered on money just as much as ecclesiastica...
Ep 94 – Purging Any Opposed Plus Lydia Finch
Naked Mormonism Podcast - March 16, 2018 03:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we dive into our historical timeline by examining the power of the press in early Mormonism. From the BoM to the Times and Seasons, the Mormons were publication fiends in absolute control of the information going out of Nauvoo through public literature. Ebenezer Robinson, Robert...
Ep 93 – CC Protect LDS Children
Naked Mormonism Podcast - March 09, 2018 07:10 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we invite Sam Young of the Protect LDS Children campaign. Currently, Sam’s petition has over 16,000 signatures urging the LDS Church to change its policy concerning how Bishop’s interviews are conducted. As it currently stands, Bishops frequently ask sexually explicit questions ...
Ep 92 – Joseph’s Myth Plus Justin Clark
Naked Mormonism Podcast - March 02, 2018 03:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we cover the evolution of the first vision accounts spurred by an 1841 interview with Joseph’s brother, Reverend William Smith. From the 1829 revelation included as D&C 20 today, to the mid-1830s, to the John Whitmer history in 1838, to the History of the Church printed in the T...
Ep 91 – Calculated Risks, Legendary Rewards with Michael Schaffer
Naked Mormonism Podcast - February 23, 2018 04:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Brigham Young and the Quorum of Apostles slowly trickle back into Nauvoo after their surprisingly successful mission trip in Europe. Joseph provides a divine revelation to Bloody Brigham, thus relieving him from any future mission trip duties. Zina Diantha and the entire Hunting...
Ep 90 – I’ll Show You a Bonaparte
Naked Mormonism Podcast - February 16, 2018 03:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we begin with an interview discussing 19th-century American politics. Our guest walks us through the rise of the Jacksonian Democratic party in the wake of the War of 1812 and walks us through how popular opinion and anti-Jackson sentiments led to the rise and fall of the Whig p...
Ep 89 – Pass Go Collect 60 Bodyguards
Naked Mormonism Podcast - February 09, 2018 07:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we give Willard Richards his very own NaMo Nickname and read his whitewashed history of Jo’s arrest and court hearing in June of 1841. Jo had found some way to squirrel himself out from under nearly every legal trouble with which he was accused since he’d started the religion 11...
Ep 88 – Joseph Smith Arrested… Again
Naked Mormonism Podcast - February 02, 2018 03:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we pick up with giving Wilford Woodruff his very own NaMo nickname. After that we jump into the historical timeline following the Q12 on their journey from Liverpool to New York and the great tempests and near death they faced. Then we zoom back in to Nauvoo to see what Jo and f...
Ep 87 – Greener Grass in Nauvoo
Naked Mormonism Podcast - January 26, 2018 04:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we give Hyrum Smith his long overdue NaMo nickname. We catch up with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as their mission in Europe draws to a close. They have been busy, baptizing and converting thousands of prospects into Mormons eager to move stateside to see how green the gras...
Ep 86 – Talos’ Temple Crown
Naked Mormonism Podcast - January 19, 2018 05:53 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, Jo and friends have been busy for the first week of April 1841. We examine Jo’s enclave of Nauvoo through the eyes of the most pressing business to be handled through the April General Conference. Rigdon steps aside to make room for John Wreck-it Bennett to be Jo’s left-hand man...
Ep 85 – Mormon Titan
Naked Mormonism Podcast - January 12, 2018 04:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we pickup the timeline in early April 1841 with Joseph being sealed to Louisa Beaman, his first polygamist wife in Nauvoo. We introduce the Beaman family and discuss Joseph Bates Noble at length to learn how he came to be in the circle of elites in Nauvoo. Jo must have trusted N...
Ep 84 – CC Polygamy Pt7 Roy Jeffs Pt2 Thomas Monson Death
Naked Mormonism Podcast - January 05, 2018 03:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we get into part 2 of the interview with Warren Jeffs’s son, Roy, and hear about his transition out of the FLDS and how he’s doing today a few years after leaving. After that I recount a bit of my journey to Short Creek over the holiday season and discuss the death of the Mormon...
Ep 83 – CC Polygamy Pt6 Roy Jeffs Pt1
Naked Mormonism Podcast - December 29, 2017 01:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we invite on one of Warren Jeffs’ sons, Roy, to tell us his walk through growing up as a millennial in the FLDS under Rulon and Warren Jeffs. Roy’s story is very compelling and he has a lot to tell the world. Check out his other interviews and appearances in media in the followi...
Ep 82 – CC Polygamy Pt5 Lindsay Park & MLM
Naked Mormonism Podcast - December 21, 2017 19:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we invite returning guest, Lindsay Hansen Park of Sunstone and Year of Polygamy, to discuss some contemporary issues with modern-day polygamy and some of the prominent sects of Fundamentalist Mormonism. What some see as practicing religious freedom, others may consider sexual co...
Ep 81 – CC Polygamy Pt4 FLDS Warren Jeffs
Naked Mormonism Podcast - December 15, 2017 04:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we continue our examination of Mormon polygamy by walking through more than a century of plural marriage history affiliated with Mormonism. We begin with the Second Manifesto of 1904 and discuss the rise of the Council of Friends and the resulting Fundamentalist Mormon sects whi...
Ep 80 – CC Polygamy Pt3 The Stone Rolls Forth
Naked Mormonism Podcast - December 08, 2017 03:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we cover the major sprouts of Mormonism which sprang from the fertile religion Nauvoo soil. From the Strangites, to Whiteites, to Josephites, to Brighamites, to Godbeites, and back to Brighamites again, every major faction of Mormonism seems to have a highly polarized stance on ...
Ep 79 – CC Polygamy Pt2 Joseph Smith
Naked Mormonism Podcast - December 01, 2017 07:12 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we jump into part 2 of our dive into the history of polygamy, and we’re going to focus in on Joseph Smith and Mormonism specifically. For ease of listening we break this episode into three separate segments (The Entered Apprentice, The Fellowcraft, The Master). Links: Plural...
Ep 78 – CC Polygamy Pt1
Naked Mormonism Podcast - November 24, 2017 23:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we finally dive into polygamy. We’re ramping up for polygamy in Nauvoo prior to April 1841, but before doing so we have to set the historical stage to understand the world from which Mormon polygamy evolved. We begin with marriage from the dawn of historical time and skim across...
Ep 77 – An Army to Raise a Temple
Naked Mormonism Podcast - November 17, 2017 03:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 652 ratingsOn this episode, we bring somebody into our timeline who will become an important dissenting voice against the Mormons throughout the rest of their years in Nauvoo, Thomas Coke Sharp. Raised by a Methodist preacher and learned in all things anti-Mormon, Thomas Sharp’s paper will become an intere...
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