Conversations about the religious and spiritual life on the other side of fundamentalism
 
Month: <span>May 2019</span>

292: Deconstruction Done Graciously: Anthony Miller

Anthony Miller lives in Billings Montana.  He grew up Mormon.  He did all the things required of good Mormon boys, and he thought he knew where his life was heading.  But a dramatic and sudden …

291: “Your Children Are Not Safe!”: Alice Koivu & Kelly Plante

At the beginning of May 2019 two mothers of children who were sexually abused by convicted paedophile, Michael Jensen, appeared back in their former ward in Martinsburg, West Virginia to warn the congregation that the …

290: Reflecting on Childhood Sexual Abuse: Lucy Cammock

Lucy Cammock talks passionately and with clarity about the subtle side of sexual abuse trauma that trailed her (a church-related sexual abuse survivor) through her life.  “I’m never done with the trauma”, she argues.  And …

289: Section 132: Read In Plain English by Gina Colvin

Section 132 was Joseph Smith’s revelation that provided the theological justification that allowed select men of the early LDS restoration to have sex with more than one authorized partner. For The Church of Jesus Christ …

288: Boy Scouts, the LDS Church and Sexual Predators: Tim Kosnoff

Tim Kosnoff, victims’ advocate and attorney, returns to the podcast to discuss the growing wave of sexual abuse allegations being made against the Boys Scouts and the long-standing relationship between the BSA and the LDS …