By Megan Greenwood Or download the audio file here: Linguini to Spare I am really good in a crisis. Seriously. Really good. I’m actually kind of famous for it. Cancer diagnosis? I’m your gal. Divorce? I’ve got you. Lost your job? I’m here to help. Years ago, my mom and I were …
Author: Stephen Carter
The Mormonator and Me: A Pandemic Face-off
By John Hatch John Hatch is an editor at Signature Books. His book “What Do You Mean, Murder?” Clue and the Making of a Cult Classic will be published in 2023. Or, download the audio here: The Mormonator and Me: A Pandemic Face-off One Sunday morning, about eight months into the pandemic, …
Wilkinson the Man
By Gary James Bergera “I never aspired to be a popular president. I did aspire to get things done, and the two were not always compatible.” Click here to download the audio file: Wilkinson the Man Read the original article here.
The Swearing Elders: The First Generation of Modern Mormon Intellectuals
By Thomas A. Blakely Or click to download the audio file: The Swearing Elders: The First Generation of Modern Mormon Intellectuals. Read the text here.
Writing the History of Pets and Other Animals in Mormondom
By Edgar C. Snow Jr. Or, right-click here to download the audio file: Writing the History of Pets and Other Animals in Mormondom Click here to read the PDF version of this article.
Saturday’s Werewolf: The Doctrine that Makes Stephenie Meyer’s Lycanthropes Golden Investigators
By Eric W. Jepson Or, right-click here to download the audio file: Saturday’s Werewolf Read the article with your eyeballs here: Saturday’s Werewolf text
The Cost of Credulity: Mormon Urban Legends and the War on Terror
By Robert A. Rees Robert A. Rees is the Director of Mormon Studies at Graduate Theological Union. Or right-click here to download the audio file: The Cost of Credulity: Mormons Urban Legends and the War on Terror Click here to read a PDF of the article.
Progressive Polygamy
By Brady Williams When Brady Williams is not spending time with his especially large family hiking, playing croquet, or watching movies, he’s out and about trying to make a difference in this world—from relieving modern-day slavery in Guinea Bissau to teaching construction trades in Haiti. Or, right-click here to download the audio file: …
Cultural, Demographic, and Judicial Trends Leading Toward the Popular Acceptance and Eventual Legalization of Polygamy: A Libertarian Polemic
By George R. Compton George R. Compton Ph.D. (economics, UCLA, 1976) writes on various controversial subjects ranging from U.S. Middle Eastern policy to immigration and education reforms. A frequent presenter at the Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium, he has served in a variety of Church callings and carries a current temple recommend. Legalized polygamy is …
Legalizing Polygamy: Cultural Bias, Moral Obligation, and Social Tolerance
By Robyn Williams Robyn Williams graduated spring 2017 with a B.S. in English creative writing and plans to continue writing and advocating for positive social change. Robyn enjoys traveling, hiking, and playing with her large, wonderful family, including her husband, four sisterwives, and their 25 children, of which she is the biological mother to five. …