In this episode, I talk with Matthew Bowman, author of Joseph Fielding Smith: A Mormon Theologian – published by University of Illinois Press.  The book focuses on the thought and writings of long-serving LDS Apostle, Church Historian, and Church President,… Continue Reading…

In this episode, I talk with W. Paul Reeve and Christopher B. Rich, two of the authors of This Abominable Slavery: Race, Religion, and the Battle over Human Bondage in Antebellum Utah, published by Oxford University Press. This important book… Continue Reading…

In this episode, I’m joined by Taylor Petrey, author of the recent book, Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos – published by University of North Carolina Press.  As he discusses, Petrey’s book explores some new and exciting ways to rethink… Continue Reading…

In this episode, I interview Steven C. Taysom, author of the recent book, Like a Fiery Meteor: The Life of Joseph F. Smith, published by University of Utah Press. We discuss the book and the extraordinary life of the sixth… Continue Reading…

In this episode, I am joined by Shinji Takagi, Meagan Rainock, and Conan Grames – authors of the recent book, Unique But Not Different: Latter-day Saints in Japan – published by Greg Kofford Books.  We discuss the survey they conducted… Continue Reading…

In this episode, I interview Cheryl Bruno and John Dinger about their recent book, Come Up Hither to Zion: William Marks and the Mormon Concept of Gathering, published by Greg Kofford Books.

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Kyle Walker about his new book, Sister to the Prophet: The Life of Katharine Smith Salisbury, published by the BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book.  In this new book, he tells the… Continue Reading…

In this episode, I interview Dr. Matthew L. Harris about his new book, Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality, published by Oxford University Press. In this groundbreaking work, Harris tells the history of the Church of… Continue Reading…

In this episode, I speak with Adam Stokes, an elder and apostle in the Church of Christ with the Elijah Message, Assured Way of the Lord. We discuss the history of his church and Adam tells us about his church·s… Continue Reading…

In this episode, I speak with Dr. David Howlett about the history and importance of the Kirtland Temple. David also shares some of his research on religious pilgrimage. David is a visiting assistant professor of religion at Smith College and… Continue Reading…