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Ep 449 – Listener Essay: “Heraldry” by Lincoln
Are groups really greater than the individual sum of its parts (even with a Mormon group?) Today’s listener essay comes from Lincoln. He titled it “Heraldry.” This is...
Ep 448 – Listener Essay: “My Response to Jonathan Haidt” by Miriam
Are groups really greater than the individual sum of its parts (even with a Mormon group?) Today’s listener essay comes from Miriam. She is calling it “My Response to...
Ep 447 – Listener Essay: “Hasadiga Runaway” by Nate
What do you do when you prepare for something incredible, but life has other plans? Today’s listener essay comes from Nate. We titled it “Hasadiga Runaway.” This is #...
Ep 446 – Listener Essay: “Choose for Yourself” by Ricky
When your friends all say they KNOW something is true and you’re not really sure, but they expect you to say you KNOW it too, what do you do? Today’s listener essay co...
Ep 445 – Listener Essay: “The Atheist and the Humanist” by Delaney Darco
How can you channel your inner Randy Snyder atheist without being a complete a-hole to believing family and friends (Delaney’s words, not mine…)? Today’s listener ess...
Ep 444 – Listener Essay: “Remarkably Unremarkable Me” by Liz
Remember when you used to think you were all that and a bag of chips cuz of the whole “chosen people” thing? Today’s listener essay comes from Liz. We are calling it...
Ep 443 – Listener Essay: “Religious Family Members” by Peter
How do you maintain a relationship with religious family members once you have left religion behind? Today’s listener essay comes from Peter. We are calling it “Reli...
Ep 442 – Listener Essay: “My Super Excruciating Mormonism” by Leah
Today’s listener essay comes from Leah. We are calling it “My Super Excruciating Mormonism.” This is 1 of 14 essays to come over the next 2 weeks on Infants on Thrones.
Ep 438 – The Religious Influence on my Life
Tom sits down with his oldest daughter who wrote an essay for a college class titled, “The Religious Influence on my Life.” She talks and writes about the shift her li...
Ep 437 – Spiral Dynamics (Infant Stylz)
Glenn joins forces with John Dehlin, Gina Colvin, Lindsay Hansen Park, and Jamie Hanis-Handy to discuss Spiral Dynamics, a data-based, psychological theory of how hum...
Ep 436 – The Religion of Science? – Part 2
Randy, Glenn, John, Lindsay, and Matt conclude their discussion of Rupert Sheldrake’s 2012 “Banned Ted Talk” about the 10 dogmas of a Scientific Materialist Worldview.
Ep 435 – The Religion of Science? – Part 1
What does it mean to be open-minded vs. closed-minded? We experienced some kind of “open vs. closed” clash of ideologies when we challenged and deconstructed the dogm...
Ep 434 – The REAL Antichrist
Glenn has figured out who the actual anti-christ is and what “anti-christ” actually means. And it’s not what you think! Unless, of course, it is. It’s really hard to t...
Ep 433 – EDM Music & Culture: The Calderwood’s Path to Healing and Connection
How do you heal after an excommunication? Matt talks with Carson and Marisa Calderwood about finding healing and community through EDM music and culture.
Ep 431 – Sapiens: More Fiction about Fictions – Part 2
Could a scientific mythology could bring balance to the force and peace & harmony to the galaxy? Listen in to Part 2 of this panel discussion of the book Sapiens with...
Ep 430 – Matt’s Christmas Story: Putting the Jesus back in X-Mas
Matt shares a recording that he made with his family on Christmas eve, where he discusses his recent rediscovery the value of Jesus.
Ep 428 – The Mormon Cultural Membrane
Glenn and Matt discuss Jonathan Haidt’s 2014 TED talk titled “Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence.” I know, I know. We had you at ecstasy! htt...
Ep 427 – 2018 Listener Essay Contest
Do you have something you want to say on Infants on Thrones? Now is your chance to say it, and possibly win a cash prize for doing it. This episode contains 4 examp...
Ep 426 – The Spiritual (sort of) Brain (kinda) Episode that Rocked the World of All Those Who’s World it Rocked
Why do otherwise smart and intelligent people defend really bad ideas? How does our brain respond to perceived threats? What are mirror neurons? Glenn shares a kook...
Ep 424 – Weird Alma
Tom and Matt are joined by Eric Herman, also known as Weird Alma. Eric talks about his journey from addiction, joining the church, and then eventually leaving. We also...
Ep 423 – Infants on Louis C.K., Sexual Misconduct, and Moral Panic
Bob is joined by Glenn, Tom, Matt, Randy, and friend-of-the-show Lindsay Hansen Park to discuss comedian Louis C.K.’s sexual misconduct in the context of “the reckonin...
Ep 422 – Me Too: Infants on Sexual Assault
In this Froback Friday hybrid, Glenn and Matt are joined by Nancy and Melissa to reflect on Nancy’s Listener Essay about Sexual Assault from Jan 2015.
Ep 421 – Masculine Manly Men: The Smackdown – Part 2
Mass shootings. Sexual assault. Why do men keep doing horrible things? Glenn, Matt, Jake, Lindsay, and Paige conclude their smack around of the article “Thoughts on...
Ep 420 – Masculine Manly Men: The Smackdown – Part 1
Mass shootings. Sexual assault. Why do men keep doing horrible things? Glenn, Matt, Jake, Lindsay, and Paige smack around the article “Thoughts on Vegas, and Why Me...
Ep 419 – Interview with a Paranormal Investigator
Who you gonna call? Listen in as Glenn talks with Ryan Straub, an honest to goodness PI (Paranormal Investigator) with honest to goodness experience with honest to go...
Ep 418 – Chunky Infant Ghost Stories – Oct 12
Mormon Ghost Stories are LAME.
Ep 417 – Chunky Infant Ghost Stories – Oct 11
Haunted houses and Mormon missionaries. This is the final “chunk” of the Oxenholm story. This is Chunk #11
Ep 416 – Chunky Infant Ghost Stories – Oct 10
Haunted houses and Mormon missionaries. One small piece of the story told for every day for the entire month of October. Here is Chunk #10
Ep 415 – Chunky Infant Ghost Stories – Oct 9
Haunted houses and Mormon missionaries. One small piece of the story told for every day for the entire month of October. Here is Chunk #9
Ep 414 – Infant General Conference – Oct 2017
It’s general conference parody time again. Enjoy.