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Ep 175 – Billy in 4c

Remember the blind kid with the dead parrot from Dumb & Dumber? He’s a Mormon. And he talks with Randy and Glenn about his experience as a child actor and his journey through faith transition. I just thought he was real quiet. Turns out, he’s not.

Ep 174 – The Lost Book of Mormon

Randy, Matt, John and Glenn review Avi Steinberg’s “The Lost Book of Mormon: A Journey Through the Mythic Lands of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Kansas City, Missouri” – a playful look at Joseph Smith as a prolific American author. Sorry, no singing this time.

Ep 173 – General Conference – Infant Style

Join us for a special edition of the April 2015 General Conference. Because one weekend of General Conference just isn’t enough… without this.

Special thanks to Jake, Glenn, Randy, and Bob for “assisting” the Brethren.

Ep 172 – Who is #anyopposed?

What happens when you stand up and vocally oppose at LDS General conference? Why would anyone even want to consider such a thing?

Matt sits down with Scott, Micah, and Don — the organizers of the Any Opposed campaign — to talk about their recent vocal opposition at LDS General Conference.

Ep 169 – Saturday’s Warrior Smackdown

Join Randy, Matt, John and Glenn for an introspective and occasionally on-tune critique of the great Mormon classic Saturday’s Warrior. It is our very first sing-a-long Smackdown: A John Hamer production. Enjoy! (we did)

Ep 168 – The NEW Book of Abraham – Chapter 1

Glenn gazes into his peep stone for a new translation of an old (but not THAT old) classic.

Ep 167 – Embracing Contradictions

How reliable are the stories we tell ourselves about our own experiences in life? How reliable is memory? Are we simply surrounded by fiction?

Glenn, Tom, and Jake talk to special guest Tierza about her excellent listener essay “Embracing Contradictions.”

Ep 164 – The Atheist Bible Salesman

Bob, Jake, and Randy are joined by special guest Trevor McKendrick aka “The Atheist Bible Salesman.” Listen in as they discuss his story of growing up Mormon, leaving the Church, getting married in the temple, and making money from selling Bibles… not necessarily in that order.

Also discussed: what it’s like to have Fox News cover your story without your involvement.

Ep 160 – Any Opposed

Scott presents the brief but fascinating history of dissent in the General Conference of the Mormon church. For more information, check out anyopposed.org

Ep 158 – Free Will

Can people really choose what they believe?  Are any of us really “free” to choose anything at all?   We don’t know.  But we’re going to talk about it anyway.

So listen in as Randy, Jake, Glenn, John Hamer and El Tom Perry (aka “the Tom”) dance around and around in word circles. Cuz they are fun word circles. They just are.

The Sam Harris lecture on Free Will can be found here.

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