In this episode, Lindsay and Bryan unravel the Steptoe Expedition, a moment of uneasy calm before the storm of the Utah War and Mountain Meadows Massacre. What began as a military survey spiraled into scandal, seduction, and cultural collision, as Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry set his sights on Mary Ann Ayers Young (Brigham’s daughter-in-law!) and ignited …
Tag: Mormon Feminism
Episode 144: Mail Bag: Malissa Lott
Once again, through no action or righteousness on their part, another great story landed in the lap of Lindsay and Bryan. That’s right, it’s mailbag time again! A friend of a listener was going through some papers of her mother’s and found an affidavit from a woman claiming to be a plural wife of Joseph …
Episode 139: The History of the Exponent II
The Sunstone Mormon History Podcast recently took off their “regular chronology” hat for a minute and put on the “fantastic new book” hat (it’s hot pink, thanks for asking). Lindsay and Bryan sat down with Katie Ludlow Rich and Heather Sundahl—authors of “50 Years of Exponent II” (published by Signature Books)—to talk about their book. …
Not Such an Odd Couple: Mormon Feminism and LGBT Advocacy
Mormon feminists and Mormon LGBT members are often viewed as two separate groups with distinct agendas. While each group may have goals that differ from those of the other, are there significant ways they are similar? What are the goals and initiatives of each group—and are the goals well defined and uncontested? What are the …