Episode 35: What Mormons (and post-Mormons) Should Know About COVID-19.
Episode 35: What Mormons (and post-Mormons) Should Know About COVID-19.
Blaire Ostler talks with Dr. Jordan Roberts about the basics of COVID-19: how it may have originated, how it spreads, wh... Read more
19 Mar 2020
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59mins
Episode 34: BYU Whiplash: A Conversation with Danny Dawson
Episode 34: BYU Whiplash: A Conversation with Danny Dawson
Though he loves BYU, as a gay student, Danny Dawson was never able to be himself there until the recent honor code revis... Read more
12 Mar 2020
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53mins
Episode 33: LDS Theology and the Transgender Experience: A Conversation with Kelli Potter
Episode 33: LDS Theology and the Transgender Experience: A Conversation with Kelli Potter
The latest LDS Handbook update about transgender members shows promise for the future but also has some theological and ... Read more
9 Mar 2020
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1hr 2mins
Episode 32: Trans and Mormon: A Conversation with Samantha Richardson
Episode 32: Trans and Mormon: A Conversation with Samantha Richardson
Samantha Richardson transitioned to being a woman in her 40s, and—to her great surprise—the Utah ward she moved into imm... Read more
28 Feb 2020
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1hr 29mins
Episode 31: From Asylum Seeker to Soldier to Advocate: A Conversation with Marta Vázquez
Episode 31: From Asylum Seeker to Soldier to Advocate: A Conversation with Marta Vázquez
Marta Vázquez came to the United States from Honduras at 17 years old, pregnant and with a small daughter in tow. Her go... Read more
7 Feb 2020
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1hr 1min
Episode 30: Race and Divorce in the LDS Church: A Conversation with Laura Ruiz
Episode 30: Race and Divorce in the LDS Church: A Conversation with Laura Ruiz
The stresses of race, patriarchy, politics, and sexual shame all contributed to the collapse of Laura Ruiz's marriage. C... Read more
23 Jan 2020
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50mins
Episode 29: How Community of Christ Expanded Its Priesthood: A Conversation with Kay Fletcher
Episode 29: How Community of Christ Expanded Its Priesthood: A Conversation with Kay Fletcher
Community of Christ started ordaining women to the priesthood in the mid-1980s and then (in the United States) members o... Read more
9 Jan 2020
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1hr 6mins
Episode 28: Allies to End Detention: An Interview with Jennifer Gonzalez
Episode 28: Allies to End Detention: An Interview with Jennifer Gonzalez
One day, Jennifer Gonzalez found out that there was a refugee detention center just 20 miles from where she lived. Her l... Read more
2 Jan 2020
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1hr 15mins
Episode 27: Mormonism, Nietzsche, and the Ostlers
Episode 27: Mormonism, Nietzsche, and the Ostlers
Two hundred years before John Fowler's Stages of Faith, the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche had already come up with a f... Read more
6 Dec 2019
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1hr 17mins
Episode 26: Queer Meals and Safe X-mas: A Conversation with Jerilyn Pool
Episode 26: Queer Meals and Safe X-mas: A Conversation with Jerilyn Pool
Answering a spiritual call to move from Oregon to Utah, Jerilyn Pool has been feeding, housing, and partying with Utah's... Read more
2 Dec 2019
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53mins