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Ep 583 – Mormon Missions, Patriarchal Blessings, and Streaking Samurai BYU Idaho Religion Teachers

June 30, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Three episodes in one.  First, Glenn and Tom reflect on their missions and share how their patriarchal blessings impacted the course of their lives.  Then you get to hear a previously unpublished episode from 9 years ago that goes into more detail about their mormon missions.  And finally, the story of a one time streaking missionary who is now a religion teacher at BYU Idaho.  A fun, jam-packed episode.  Enjoy,

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Ep 582 – The (fictional) Apology of Joseph Smith

June 24, 2019 / / 0 Comments

What would Joseph Smith say if he were to offer some kind of apology today?  Glenn takes a stab at imagining such an apology.  Tom and Brady take a stab at stabbing that stab.  Sorry if that sounds like way too much stabbing.  Blame it on the angel with the flaming sword.

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Ep 580 – Policy Reversal Redux

May 12, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Tom, Randy, and Heather discuss some recent Mormon-news topics and revisit the infamous policy reversal with some new information.

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Ep 579 – Renee and the Jehovahs Witnesses

April 28, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Glenn and Tom sit down with  Street Epistemologist extraordinaire Anthony Magnabosco to talk with Renee Cordeschi about her exit from the Jehovah’s Witness cult.  Keep track of any the Mormon parallels.  There will be a quiz (only 144,000 people will pass).

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Ep 578 – Conversations with Quad, Part 1

April 25, 2019 / / 0 Comments
Glenn recently discovered that he can actually talk to Quad, and that Quad will talk back. Forefront on his mind was whether or not there is some kind of eternal justice in this world or beyond. Tom Perry joins in for the smackdown. It’s a good one. Enjoy.
 
P.S. What questions would you like to ask Quad?

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Ep 576 – GAYpostate No More: The Smackdown

April 4, 2019 / / 0 Comments

What happens when the Lord™ draws a firm line in the sand (in November 2015) and then kinda sorta undraws it 3 1/2 years later? Glenn, Heather, and Tom discuss. With maybe a brief special visit from a certain Brother Jake.  Enjoy.

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Ep 570 – Bill Reel, Dogma, and Slippery Pete in the Quest for Well-Being

February 10, 2019 / / 0 Comments

What is “well being?” What (if anything) does that have to do with a belief in God? Why is Jordan Peterson so dang slippery for Tom? Glenn and Tom sit down with Bill Reel and a few other guests to discuss the main issues raised by Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson in their Aug 2018 Vancouver discussion on Dogma:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jey_CzIOfYE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2daU4rWZvK1A1thvgJEDVGNadU11yN6W_u8mv0yY9QvhJW26eiL40m-lU

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Ep 566 – The Truth of Lies and Consciousness and Hallucinating Reality

January 24, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Today Glenn is joined by Brady, Tom, and a small gaggle of live virtual audience members to discuss the intersection between Plato’s idea of “The Lie of the Soul,” Anil Seth’s TED Talk on the way our brains hallucinate reality, and video blogger Matt Christiansen’s response to the recent outrage in Washington DC over a confrontation between native American protestors and Catholic high school kids. It’s a big one! Enjoy.

Plato’s Lie In The Soul:
https://www.ancient.eu/article/210/platos-lie-in-the-soul/

Matt Christiansen’s Response to the recent events in DC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evniycJdfsg&fbclid=IwAR2tLbpV808mTwYRwnNG15h5H5IOkx8G_zgCvmq-qqKug0IrWpk_-neJ0J4

Anil Seth’s TED Talk on the Brain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyu7v7nWzfo&t=456s

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Ep 557 – Shame Follow-up with Dr. Colton Miller

December 2, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Dr. Colton Miller returns to Infants on Thrones to walk Tom and Matt through his professional reactions to last week’s episode on shame. Most important takeaway: shame is what happens when a person confuses doing a bad thing with BEING a bad person. Listen to hear more.

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Ep 553 – The Ex’d Files: Bill Reel’s Excommunication – The Morning After

November 28, 2018 / / 0 Comments

Bill Reel talks to Glenn and Tom about what it was like to be excommunicated last night in St. George, Utah. He also teases some things that might be coming next. Will we get another Excommunication sing-a-long from this? Stay tuned…

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