Mormon Land
Kanaal Besonderhede
Mormon Land
Mormon Land explores the contours and complexities of LDS news. It’s hosted by award-winning religion writer Peggy Fletcher Stack and Salt Lake Tribune managing editor David Noyce.
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134 episodes
‘Mormon Land’ tribute: Historian Ardis Parshall talks about pioneer adventures and misadventures
Note to readers and listeners • In a tribute to Salt Lake Tribune guest columnist Ardis Parshall, who died earlier this week, we are replaying this “M...
Humorist Eli McCann and his husband discuss the laughs and love they find in LDS culture | Episode 428
Faithful Salt Lake Tribune readers know Eli McCann well. He’s the award-winning columnist who has them cracking up about coming out as a coffee drinke...
‘Mormons in Media’ crossover: Are LDS communities uniquely vulnerable to people like Ruby Franke & Jodi Hildebrandt?
There is no shortage of documentaries detailing the crimes of Ruby Franke and Hildebrandt. On this ‘Mormons in Media’ crossover, we unpack the Netflix...
Why Richard Bushman, the dean of LDS historians, would welcome the Second Coming | Episode 427
By all accounts, Richard Bushman could be considered the patriarch of Mormon history.
For more than nine decades, he has lived it, studied it, a...
Latter-day Saints speak from the front lines in Minneapolis | Episode 426
Daily life in and around Minneapolis has taken on a sharper edge since the federal government unleashed a mass deportation campaign in the city.
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The history of LDS garments — from long sleeve to sleeveless | Episode 425
For most of its nearly 200-year history, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints considered temple clothing — including what are known as “gar...
Why LDS meetinghouses have basketball courts — the rise and fall of ‘church ball’
Enter many a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the U.S. and you will find a pew-packed chapel next to a ready-mad...
'Mormons in Media' crossover: What if your tithing paid for a Housewife's Louis Vuitton?
The new year started and so did the reality television. On this 'Mormon Land' and 'Mormons in Media' crossover, we unpack TLC's new docuseries The Cul...
Why apostle Dieter Uchtdorf is so popular | Episode 423
With the recent deaths of Russell Nelson and Jeffrey Holland, apostle Dieter Uchtdorf moved two steps closer to the top rung on the leadership ladder...
The intrigue and insights in selecting new apostles | Episode 422
Picking new apostles is a significant and solemn responsibility for presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
After all, an...
What did Joseph Smith really look like? | Replay
December marks the 220th anniversary of the birth of Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith, who was born Dec. 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont.
In recog...
The NAACP president is eager to talk with new LDS President Dallin Oaks | Episode 421
In the 1960s, the NAACP was among the loudest critics of the policy by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the time to exclude Black me...
Scholar Dan McClellan on LDS approval of new Bible translations | Episode 420
Embedded in the oft-cited Articles of Faith, written by church founder Joseph Smith, is this statement: “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as...
Status of LDS women two years after their removal from the stand | Episode 419
For a decade, Latter-day Saint female officers in the San Francisco Bay Area had joined male leaders in sitting on the stand, facing members, during S...
'Mormons in Media' crossover: 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' villains, patriarchy in religion, and the impact of young marriage
Content warning: We touch lightly on the topic of sexual assault. Please take care while listening.
On the December crossover episode between ‘M...
How and why some football players are choosing one year missions | Episode 418
Brigham Young University star football recruits Ryder Lyons and Brock Harris are stepping away from the gridiron and stepping up to serve missions for...
Why stories of the ‘Three Nephites’ continue to teach, tantalize and amuse members | Episode 417
If you ask members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints if they know about the “Three Nephites,” chances are most will know the allusion...
How much sway do top LDS leaders hold over members’ views? | Episode 416
A grassroots movement centered in Salt Lake City more than 40 years ago kept Utah and Nevada from hosting the world’s largest nuclear weapons system....
A deep analysis of the 55 new LDS missions | Episode 415
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced plans to add 55 missions across the globe next year.
That’s the most since th...
Fact and fiction in “Truth & Treason” | Episode 414
The heroic tale of Helmuth Hübener, a teenage Latter-day Saint activist who was executed in 1942 for trying to warn Germans about Hitler’s lies, is fa...
'Mormons in Media' crossover: Secret Lives vs. SLC Housewives: What's going on with Utah women and reality TV?
On the November crossover episode between ‘Mormon Land’ and ‘Mormons in Media, ’ Rebbie and Nicole are joined by humor columnist Eli McCann to talk Re...
How LDS temples have changed over time | Episode 413
If there is a constant in the history of Latter-day Saint temple worship, it is change. Language used, covenants made, clothing worn and meaning ascri...
LDS leadership succession could change under a 'bold' president | Episode 412
Of the major Western religious traditions in the United States, only The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints retains the service-until-death p...
The life of Dallin H. Oaks | Replay
It’s fitting this week to revisit our 2021 “Mormon Land” podcast with the biographer of President Dallin H. Oaks, the newly installed leader of The Ch...
Reflections on General Conference | Episode 411
The 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints looked much like any other in recent years.
There wer...
Dallin Oaks was a close Russell Nelson ally, but he could change the church’s direction | Episode 410
As accolades and adoration continue to pour in after the death of President Russell M. Nelson, it could be time to assess the historical perspective a...
How to achieve the 'soulful sex' God desires for couples | Episode 409
Passion. Intimacy. Eroticism. Arousal. Sex.
These terms are as much a part of God’s plan in the theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
'Mormons in Media' crossover: Why are there so many Mormon-ish people on DWTS?
On the September crossover episode between ‘Mormon Land’ and ‘Mormons in Media, ’ Rebbie and Nicole are both newcomers to 'Dancing With The Stars.' Wh...
After Charlie Kirk shooting, how to practice President Nelson’s call for peacemaking | Replay
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issuing two news releases condemning violence and call...
A look at President Nelson's leadership, legacy as he turns 101 | Episode 408
When Russell M. Nelson, already the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, turned 100 last year, the Utah-based fai...
Why the LDS Church is an ‘inconvenient faith’ | Episode 407
A new nine-part video series about Mormonism, titled “An Inconvenient Faith,” was recently uploaded to YouTube.
It tackles the thorniest issues...
Would A.I. help or hurt the spirit of LDS sacrament meetings? | Episode 406
Is the following playing out more and more among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
• The bishop asks Brother So-and-So...
Is big money for sports at odds with BYU's religious mission? | Episode 405
The mission statement of Brigham Young University, the flagship school of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, says nothing about pursuing...
The discovery about a prominent LDS pioneer holds lessons about racial profiling | Episode 404
For many early Utah pioneers, James Brown Jr. was a hero of sorts. He led a Mormon Battalion company into the Salt Lake Valley just days after Brigham...
Tattoos can be 'personal and sacred' | Episode 403
Gordon B. Hinckley, then president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stepped up to the microphone in General Conference in the fall...
'Mormons in Media' crossver: Witch parties, NCMOs, and marriage pressure — dissecting Provo's latest dating show
On the fourth crossover episode between ‘Mormon Land’ and ‘Mormons in Media, ’ Rebbie and Nicole dissect the latest dating show to come out of Provo —...
Members can fight Trump’s crackdown, LDS immigration attorney says, in ways the church can’t or won’t | Episode 402
To Christians everywhere, the story of refugees is a part of Scripture. It is sacred. Adam and Eve, Moses and the Israelites, the Book of Mormon’s Leh...
Adventures and misadventures from the pioneers' trek | Episode 401
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a standard crossing-the-Plains narrative: Pioneers traversed the Mississippi River on...
Should the LDS Church endorse political candidates? | Episode 400
The latest word from the IRS is that, contrary to popular belief, churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates from the pulpi...
How Mormon Women for Ethical Government is tackling tough issues | Episode 399
This nonpartisan Latter-day Saint group has called out President Donald Trump for continuing to spread the false narrative that the 2020 election was...