Conversations about the religious and spiritual life on the other side of fundamentalism
 
Category: <span>Podcasts</span>

152: Josh Brazier: Missions, ‘American Saviors’, Serving and Becoming Teachable

Josh Brazier is the executive director of the Kaiizen Foundation which is a non-profit organization that arranges volunteer groups of young people to travel to orphanages around the world where they undertake building, cleaning up, renovation, friendship …

151: Thomas McConkie: A Compassionate Response

In October 2015 I interviewed Thomas Wirthlin McConkie, author of Navigating Mormon Faith Crisis – A Simple Developmental Map.   It was a memorable conversation characterized by its intimacy and its mutual vulnerability.   This interview kicked off …

150: Suzette Smith: A Personal Story of the Exponent II Magazine

Suzette Smith is a single, cancer-surviving Mormon feminist who maintains a strong faith in the LDS church while at the same time wishing for change, particularly for women. Her singular story points to the importance …

149: Greg Olsen: Painting Jesus

Greg Olsen has been a prolific artist producing some of Mormonism’s most iconic paintings.  He joins me to discuss his work and  what it means to visually represent our most deeply held spiritual yearnings, and …

148: Brad Levin: Religious Freedom and Belief at BYU

A discussion with Brad Levin, a founder of Free BYU, about the issues arising when BYU students change their spiritual and religious beliefs. From Free BYU’s page: “Under BYU’s existing policies, LDS students who change their personal beliefs about God are …

145-147: Lynn Packer: Paul H. Dunn “Lying for the Lord”

Lynn Packer, nephew of Boyd K.  was an investigative journalist who looked closely into the claims of Paul H. Dunn and discovered there to be startling concerns, not just with his storytelling but also his …

144: Emily Jensen & Tracy McKay-Lamb: Has Zion Fled?

Jensen and McKay have edited a collection of essays from contemporary US Mormons about the idea of Zion.  Though the idea of Zion has been reconceptualized over time from  being understood as an ideal community, …

143: Tariq Khan: Politics and Oppression

At the April 2016 conference Elder Patrick Kearon petitioned Mormons worldwide: “Each one of us can increase our awareness of world events that drive these families from their homes. We must take a stand against …

142: Jon Ogden: A Mormon Millennial’s View on Truth, Beauty and Goodness

Mormon Millennial and blogger Jon Ogden recently lit up the internet with his thought provoking essay on truth, beauty and goodness as a way of working through faith crisis.  Getting the balance right, he argues, …

141: Bryndis Roberts: The Future of Ordain Women

Atlanta based attorney Bryndis Roberts is the chair-elect of Ordain Women.  In 2008 Bryndis joined the LDS church from the Black Baptist church and served for a number of years as a  Relief Society President in an …