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Ep 545 – Listener Essay “Just Your Average Not So Mormon Mom” by Cristina
She just wants to be like Jesus, but the Mormon church and Utah culture are standing in her way. Vote for Cristina’s essay here: https://www.proprofs.com/survey/t/?t...
Ep 544 – Listener Essay “Perfectionism, Self-Loathing, and the Virtue of Suffering” by Dave
Is there virtue in suffering? Do you really need the darkness to appreciate the light at the end of the tunnel? Dave shares his experience in today’s listener essay....
Ep 543 – Listener Essay “1984” by Matthew
What does George Orwell’s “1984” have to do with the church and the country in 2018? Vote for Matthew’s essay here: https://www.proprofs.com/survey/t/?title=x6art
Ep 542 – Shame
Matt is joined by Tom and Kristin to apologize for his treatment of Sam Young and to talk about Shame.
Ep 541 – Listener Essay “The Mask” by Troy
How hard is it to live a double life for the sake of your loved ones? Troy shares his experience in today’s listener essay, “The Mask.” Vote for Troy’s essay here: ht...
Ep 540 – Listener Essay “Confessions of a Former True Blue Believer” by Linda
Linda explains her struggles with the Mormon church, what it was that finally made her leave, and what that journey has now lead her to. Vote for Linda’s essay here: h...
Ep 539 – Listener Essay “Believe Yourself” by Chris
This is our first official singer songwriter submission. It is from Chris. We desire all to receive it. Vote for this essay here: https://proprofs.com/survey/t/?titl...
Ep 538 – Listener Essay “The View From Here” by Bryan
What does life look like for you? For Bryan, it is dark. It is 3-6-8. Three decades suffering from depression and anxiety. Six times being hospitalized for mental ...
Ep 537 – Listener Essay “Monogamy” by Sarah
Today’s essay is from Sarah. How do you define new boundaries when you leave the Mormon church, become a 7 on the Dawkin’s scale, and begin exploring new sexual relat...
Ep 536 – Chelsea Shields and the Biology of Connection
Do beliefs impact our biology? What about a rejection of those beliefs? Glenn sits down with Chelsea to talk about belief, culture, social media, the Mormon “cult” (...
Ep 535 – Disney Songs for Kids of Gay Sinning Sinners (and Jeremy Goff)
It’s been three years. And this episode just dropped off iTunes. So it’s time to put it back where it belongs. And you also get a bonus smackdown of Jeremy Goff. M...
Ep 534 – The Psychological Impact of Mormonism
Glenn and Tom sit down with licensed Psychologist Colton Miller to discuss the psychological impact of Mormonism. Access the new listener feedback survey here.
Ep 531 – Infant General Conference Oct 2018
It’s time, once again, for an Infant General Conference parody episode.
Ep 530 – A Manual for Creating Atheists, Part 6 – Street Epistemology
What is it like to actually do Street Epistemology? Glenn is joined by Randy, Delany, and Jimmy to talk to Street Epistemologists Reid Nicewonder and Anthony Magnabos...
Ep 529 – Sam Young Interview – Post Mortem
Tom and Matt are joined by Jake and Glenn to reflect on our recent Sam Young interview and the polarizing impact it had on all of us.
Ep 528 – A Manual for Creating Atheists, Part 5 – Mormon Missionaries
What happens when a Street Epistemologist sits down to atheist-convert two Mormon Missionaries who have sat down to Mormon-convert him? It’s a wild wacky panel discus...
Ep 527 – Jane and Emma the Movie: A Conversation with Screenwriter Melissa Leilani Larson
Glenn and Tom sit down (once again…) with Melissa Leilani Larson to discuss the movie Jane and Emma, showing in select theaters in Utah Oct 12-14, 2018. Go see it if ...
Ep 525 – Culture vs. Doctrine
What is the difference between Mormon culture and “the gospel?” You don’t have to be anti-mormon-crusader-extraordinaire Jeremy Goff or privately censured General Aut...
Ep 523 – Smackdown: A Manual for Creating Atheists, Part 4 – RELATIVISM
What is relativism? Is it okay for anyone to believe anything that they want? Where do you draw the line between what is okay to critique and what is off limits? To...
Ep 522 – Smackdown: The Excommunication Rap
Excommunication is all about love, right? Listen in as Glenn, Tom, Matt, Delany Darko, and Chelsea Shields smack down a video blog from Anti-Mormon Crusader Extraordi...
Ep 521 – Smackdown: A Manual for Creating Atheists, Part 3
What is the socratic method? How can it be used effectively in conversations with people who believe things differently than you do? Glenn is joined by Brother Jake...
Ep 520 – Smackdown: A Manual for Creating Atheists, Part 2
What is faith? How is it different from hope? What is an atheist? How is that different from an agnostic? Glenn is joined by Delany Darco and Tom Perry to discuss ...
Ep 518 – Bill Reel: Why I left the Mormon Church and what I now think about God
Glenn sits down with fellow sorta-Mormon podcaster Bill Reel to talk about podcasting, the reasons why he eventually left the church, and what he now thinks about Life...
Ep 517 – A Manual for Creating Atheists: An Extended Smackdown Teaser
Last week, Infants on Thrones started the process of smacking down (or, probably “smacking-up” really) Peter Boghossian’s important and provocative book “A Manual for ...
Ep 515 – Movie Review: Church and State
Bob is joined by Logan to review the documentary Church & State about the legalization of gay marriage in Utah. They also come up with the definitive top 5-ish list of...
Ep 514 – Of Left and Right and Grumpy Old Men
Glenn and Bob are joined by one-time Mormon Stories Europe host Claudia Fox Reppen to discuss our meandering parallel journeys navigating politics, religion, and all t...
Ep 512 – No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners, P2
The four noble truths. The eightfold path. The dangers of dogmatism. The suffering caused by over-attachment to an impermanent world. This is the 2nd half of Glenn...
Ep 511 – No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners, P1
Want to find peace even in the face of suffering? Noah did. Listen in as Glenn interviews Noah Rasheta, of the Secular Buddhism podcast, about his new book “No-Nonse...
Ep 510 – Missionary Dream Log, P3
Glenn reads two more entries from his 1991 Mormon Missionary dream log, and also responds to an excellent listener comment providing Jungian analysis to a dream from p...
Ep 509 – Reviewing the HBO Documentary “Believer”
Glenn is joined by Bob and Doug to review the HBO Documentary Believer.