Something terrible is happening to the cows in Idaho and northern Utah. but who is behind it? Aliens? Angsty teenage vampires? Worshipers of Mithras reenacting the tauroctony? Amanda walks us through this eight-cow mystery that continues to terrorize ranchers throughout the Mountain West.
Journalist Sarah McCammon watched the Evangelical community shift from reviling Donald Trump to embracing him. The Latter-day Saints seem to have done the same thing. Drawing on years of political reporting and her own experience of “living, loving, and leaving” Evangelicalism, McCammon shows how Mormons followed a similar path, and what we can do to …
Some folks dream of flying, all their teeth falling out, seeing a deceased loved one, or being unexpectedly naked in public. Others dream of the location of a lost Nephite gold mine that will financially save the church in the last days. Bryan Buchanan tells the story of Bishop Koyle and his fabulous dreams and …
Linda Hamilton (author of The Fourth Wife) leads us through a discussion of the various spirits of Brigham Young’s plural wives who allegedly haunt their former homes. This isn’t the Linger Longer they signed up for!
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Two unsolved murders. One Black Mormon born into slavery. A doctor who challenged Brigham Young’s power. And a mutilated body left on Arsenal Hill with a warning pinned to its chest. In the winter of 1866, Salt Lake City became the scene of a story involving blood atonement, racial terror, vigilante violence, and a possible …
In 2006, Carol Lynn Pearson’s play “Facing East” premiered in Salt Lake City. Then it had runs off Broadway and in San Francisco. Focusing on the Mormon parents of a gay man who committed suicide, it helped religious families better understand their gay loved ones. The play will be revived in October and November 2026 …
Why did the U.S. Army build a fort above Salt Lake City with its guns pointed toward the Mormon capital? Lindsay Hansen Park and Bryan Buchanan trace the explosive history of Fort Douglas, from the Utah War and Brigham Young’s theocracy to Patrick Connor’s campaign to contain Mormon power, encourage mining, and remake the territory. …
Young Washington and Odysseus walk into a fast and testimony meeting. Only one will emerge triumphant! Both are violent. Both play fast and loose with their source material. And both are myths. In this episode, Stephen Carter compares the two movies for what they might offer to a Mormon audience. https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/SLP-215.mp3
He dedicated Jerusalem for the return of the Jews, renamed Nevada’s oldest town, nearly became president of the LDS Church, and may have helped create one of Mormonism’s most enduring succession myths. This week, Lindsay Hansen Park and Bryan Buchanan trace the astonishing and contradictory life of Apostle Orson Hyde, from orphaned boy who walked …
