Podcasts by Glass Box Podcast

Ep 91 — John C. Bennett from 2022-02-16T04:00

Much is said and thought of John C. Bennett from Nauvoo Mormon history, but what do the documents actually say? Today we go through a brief deep dive into this fa...

Ep 90 — MoF Finale! w/ Natasha Helfer from 2022-02-02T04:00

YES! WE’RE FINALLY DONE!! The Miracle of Forgiveness has been a grind and we’re finally putting this monster of a book to rest. However, we can’t do it alone so w...

Ep 89 - The Black 14 from 2022-01-19T04:00

The Black 14 was a group of athletes at University of Wyoming in Laramie who stood up to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and BYU. They suffered th...

Ep 88 - Mormon New Year's Resolutions; MoF pt. 9 from 2022-01-05T04:00

Yes, a show about New Year’s Resolutions for 2022! We discuss what resolutions the Mormon church should consider for the new year and some of the hold ups of acco...

Ep 87 - ALL MEDIA! from 2021-12-21T21:00

It’s the last episode of the year and since we had a blast doing an all media episode last year, we decided to make it a tradition! We each brought something to t...

Ep 86 - Good Science Beats Bad; MoF pt. 8 from 2021-12-08T04:00

We take on the next recommendation from the 2019 NPR broadcast Hidden Brain episode. Shannon tells us how our beliefs can be informed by people we trust and how r...

Ep 85: Influencing Minds; MoF pt. 7 from 2021-11-24T04:00

Our main segment features a piece done by NPR on their Hidden Brain podcast a few years ago. We discuss the type of mindset people need in order to be influenced ...

Ep 84 - Funny Mormon Stories from 2021-11-10T04:00

Let’s chat about some funny Mormon stories! We start from the earliest days of the church. We hear about missionaries raising the dead, Joseph Smith training a do...

Ep 83 - Bishop’s Interviews w/ Sam Young and Protect Every Child/Protect LDS Children; MoF Part 6 from 2021-10-27T03:00

Welcome to today’s show. This episode contains another installment in the dangerous shitshow that is the Miracle of Forgiveness. Because the chapter we discuss is...

Ep 82 - Oct 2021 General Conference from 2021-10-13T03:00

It’s that time again. Every six months we see what slipped through the cracks of General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We watched...

Ep 81 - Henry Caswell - Undisputed Anti-Mormon Champion from 2021-09-29T03:00

We have a fun episode for you this week! We begin with a vicious anti-Mormon story about Henry Caswell (Caswall) and the Greek Psalter incident in Joseph Smith’s ...

Ep 80 — More Changes in the Bishop’s Handbook; MoF Part 5 from 2021-09-15T03:00

Bishop’s Interviews Survey: https://forms.gle/LrhBWKkyX8DeGanh8<...

Ep 79 — Musket Fire and the Gay Agenda at BYU; Love&Sects w/Devin Sunde from 2021-09-01T03:00

Apostle, and glorified school teacher, Jeffrey R. Holland gave a speech at BYU recently titled The Second Half of the Second Century of BYU. It’s made waves withi...

Ep 78 — What are the feelings called “the spirit?”; MoF pt. 4 from 2021-08-18T03:00

Shannon brings us some interesting information derived from a recent study about feeling the spirit™. The study was conducted on a small population of believing M...

Ep 77 — We went to Sunstone! from 2021-08-04T01:00

We decided it was time for us to prove we are actual human beings! Shannon and Bryce were able to attend the Sunstone Symposium in Sandy, Utah, along with our fri...

Ep 76 — Captain Moroni Arrested! from 2021-07-21T03:00

You read that right! Captain Moroni, known as Caesar No-Salad to non-Mormons, who participated in the treasonous Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol building was a...

Ep 75 — Church changes Bishop’s Handbook, MOF part 3 from 2021-06-30T01:00

Last December, the church made some changes to the bishop’s handbook that bear a closer look, poor beleaguered Bryce gets to take on the 3rd segment of MOF, and t...

Ep 74 — Belva Lockwood; Mormon Poly Ally and Total Badass from 2021-06-16T03:00

This week’s show is a brief deep-dive into a lesser-known figure of American history and her connections to Mormon polygamy and the larger national women’s suffra...

Ep 73 — Church Policy Changes on Marriage; MoF part 2 from 2021-06-02T03:00

There was a recent announcement by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that they are no longer performing time-only marriages in the temple. What? Wha...

Ep 72 — Joseph Smith Paralleled from 2021-05-19T03:00

Today is a bit of a classic deep dive into early Mormon history, sort of. We crack open the pages of Rick Grunder’s Mormon Parallels (linked below; please pick up...

Ep 71 — More on race relations; Miracle of Forgiveness pt. 1 from 2021-05-05T03:00

For our main segment today, we do a brief deep-dive into the history of Asian-American immigration and public sentiment. Of course, we also analyze the Mormon ang...

Ep 70 — BYUtv and the Gay Agenda from 2021-04-21T03:00

Who wants something FUN today? We have had a few dark and depressing episodes lately that we decided we all needed a break. You need to see fun things to remind y...

Ep 69 — General Conference Apr 2021 from 2021-04-07T17:00

It’s that time of year again for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We managed to watch all of the April 2021 General Conference and have our analys...

Ep 68 — Naked Communist pt. 10 (FINAL!!); Trumbo from 2021-03-24T03:00

We’re finally done with The Naked Communist!!! Instead of drawing it out for 2 more MoGP segments, we devote the primary segment to wrapping up NC with Cleon Skou...

Ep 67 - Race, Equity, and Belonging at BYU from 2021-03-10T04:00

BYU recently released a report on racism and discrimination at the university campus including 26 recommendations to increase diversity. We read through the entir...

Ep 66 - Race Riot that Never Happened; Naked Communist pt. 9 from 2021-02-24T04:00

We start today’s episode with a brief deep-dive into a rumored race riot of 1965 that never happened in Salt Lake City. It reveals troubling trends we’ve seen pla...

Ep 65 - Boundaries! Part 2 from 2021-02-10T04:00

Boundaries Part 2! In this episode we give you some listener feedback from social media discussions on the Boundaries Part 1 episode. We talk to two very interest...

Ep 64 - Boundaries! pt. 1 from 2021-01-27T04:00

Special episode this week! Let’s talk about Boundaries: How the church and our TBM family and friends cross them and what we can do about it. We’ll introduce the ...

Episode 63: WikiLeaks Mormon Doc Dump; Naked Communist pt. 8 from 2021-01-13T04:00

Braden’s taking the week off so Shannon and Bryce spend a LONG episode going through a recent document dump by WikiLeaks concerning the Mormon church. After that ...

Ep 62 - End of year fun! from 2020-12-30T04:00

End-of-the-shit-year-of-2020 fun episode! We want to end the year on a high note and what better way to do that than to spend the entire episode talking about fun...

Ep 61 - Thomas Stuart Ferguson, BoM Archaeologist; The Naked Communist pt. 7 from 2020-12-16T04:00

We do a brief deep-dive into Book of Mormon archaeology, but probably not a story you’ve heard before. Thomas Stuart Ferguson was hired by BYU and the Mormon chur...

Ep 60 - #GiveThanks #ShowMyPrivilege from 2020-12-02T04:00

The Mormon Moses, Russel M. Nelson, recently released a video to all the social medias about a new ad campaign the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is ...

Ep 59 - Polygamy and Politics w/Cristina Rosetti; The Naked Communist pt. 6 from 2020-11-18T04:00

In light of a recent Twitter op-ed, we invite Dr. Cristina Rosetti onto the show to discuss a polygamist group in Utah (the Kingston Group) who’ve recently contri...

Ep 58 - Get Out&Vote from 2020-11-03T01:00

You heard it right, Justice Dallin H. Oaks said “Black lives matter”! Buuuuuuut, he said ‘but’ after it. We go top to bottom on Oaks’ recent BYU speech titled “Ra...

Ep 57 - Ezra Taft Benson, Making Mormon Right w/Matt Harris&Joe Geisner; The Naked Communist pt. 5 from 2020-10-21T03:00

A whole episode about Ezra Taft Benson and Cleon Skousen! We invite Dr. Matt Harris, author of the recent “Watchman on the Tower; Ezra Taft Benson and the Making ...

Ep 56 - Oct 2020 General Conference from 2020-10-07T05:49:21

I mean, the title is pretty self-explanatory. Yeah, it’s that long because boiling down 10 hours of brainwashing stupefaction takes a while. But, we discuss what ...

Ep 55 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Memoriam from 2020-09-23T03:00

We take this week’s episode as a time to reflect on the incredible life and legacy of one of the nation’s brightest minds. SCOTUS lost a paragon of civil rights a...

Ep 54 - Naked Racism and Naked Communist pt. 4 from 2020-09-09T03:00

Shannon Grover joins us again for the next installment of The Naked Communist, why don’t we just make it official? Welcome to our new permanent co-host!! We start...

Ep 53 - Mormon Membership Statistics from 2020-08-26T05:24:24

We’re joined by Brian Simper for an interview about Mormon membership statistics. Brian gave a presentation at the recent Sunstone Symposium and was kind enough t...

Ep 52 - Shannon Grover; The Naked Communist pt. 2 from 2020-08-12T03:00

Our resident General Authority, Shannon Grover, at long last joins us for an entire episode. We begin with hearing her story growing up in the church, her early l...

Ep 51 - Is Mormonism A Cult? from 2020-07-22T06:25:46

A lot of people have debated this question for decades. We sit down with some work from Steven Hassan, Margaret Singer, and other cult experts to discuss what mak...

Ep 50 - Ethical Non-Monogamy; The Naked Communist Pt. 1 from 2020-07-08T03:00

This episode begins with a panel discussion with Marie D’Elephant and Marissa McCool about navigating ethical non-monogamy. Open relationships/marriages can be a ...

Ep 49 - Defund Politics from 2020-06-24T03:00

Lots of interlocking stories to discuss this week. We jump right in with a discussion about the most recent headlines sparked by the protests following George Flo...

Ep 48 - The Negro: A Proclamation to the World; Case for BoM Final from 2020-06-10T03:00

Racial tensions and police brutality in America have caused protests, riots, and citizens becoming the victims of war crimes committed by our military-police forc...

Ep 47 - Haven’t We Done This Already? from 2020-05-27T05:00:39

Update on COVID-19 time! The Mormon church is taking steps to reopen wards around the globe while there’s no evidence that we’ve effectively flattened the curve. ...

Ep 46 - Broken Missionary plus Case for Book of Mormon pt. 4 from 2020-05-13T04:23:58

We do something a little different this week. This show starts out with an interview of two elders in the mission field who no longer believe in Mormonism, yet ar...

Ep 45 - Mormon Trivia: Culture vs. History from 2020-04-29T03:00

We take a break from headlines and current events to dabble into the lighter side of Mormonism. Braden and I square off in a trivia challenge drinking game. Brade...

Ep 44 - General Conference 4/20 from 2020-04-15T07:11:22

We hit our goal on patreon.com/glassboxpod! Braden had to watch General Conference for the first time in our podcast history. It, indeed, is a historic conference...

Ep 43 - Bring the Missionaries Home! from 2020-04-03T20:53:11

How is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints handling the Coronavirus epidemic? We explore current events and the coming end of the world. Then we get i...

Ep 42 - Coronavirus, Trump, and Mormonism; Everything We Know from 2020-03-18T06:24:53

Yes, we’re jumping into the outrage ball-pit of COVID-19, Coronavirus. We do our typical overview of the issue and piece together a chronology from multiple reput...

Ep 41 - BSA: Bankrupted by Sex Abuse from 2020-03-04T07:31:53

Boy Scouts of America is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy because of child sex abuse? We thank thee, O God, for our Profit, Russel M. Nelson for getting the Mormo...

Ep 40 - The Case for the Book of Mormon pt. 3 from 2020-02-19T06:06:37

The Wall Street Journal somehow got an interview with two of the leading guys of Mormon Money, the Presiding Bishop, Gerald Causse, and the head of Ensign Peak Ad...

Ep 39 - Super Bold Half-time Show from 2020-02-05T04:00

Clutch my pearls! Braden and I talk about the Super Bowl halftime show and the expected responses from Mormons scared that the female figure exists who never batt...

Ep 38 - It’s Mostly Applesauce Up There from 2020-01-22T04:00

2019 in review! We read through the recent Jana Riess article about the most significant Mormon headlines of 2019 and discuss some highlights. Then we make predic...

Ep 37 - Mormon Money pt.4; Welfare Kingdom from 2020-01-08T02:27:45

Today’s show centers around an interview with an anonymous person sharing her story of the Mormon welfare system. She’s currently undergoing a divorce and found o...

Ep 36 - Mormon Money pt.3; Russell Nelson, $124 Billion Goldmember at World’s End from 2019-12-24T10:00

$100 billion (yes… with a “B”) is a lot of money for the church to be hoarding. Unfortunately, the media coverage has been inaccurate in many regards and has miss...

Ep 35 - Mormon Money pt.2; The $100 Billion Empire Reichs Back (1930-1980) from 2019-12-17T17:02:18

Wheeew what a doozey! We cover Mormon Money from the 1930s to the 1980s. When this much money gets involved and a church grows to have a significant international...

Ep 34 - Mormon Money pt.1; In the Beginning (1830-1930) from 2019-12-11T05:55:36

We finally broach a subject that’s taken the back-burner for far too long. Mormon money is one of the most complicated subjects associated with the Church of Jesu...

Ep 33 - Whack Pack Attack w/Joe Geisner from 2019-11-27T03:00

Joe Geisner returns to spend 2 hours on one of the most iconic and influential characters in recent Mormon history, Boyd K. Packer. We discuss his inauguration in...

Ep 32 - Mormon Gay Conversion Therapy from 2019-11-13T03:00

From Evergreen to North Star, gay-conversion therapy runs deep through Mormon tradition. October headlines blazed with the LDS church opposing a ban on conversion...

Ep 31 - Oct 2019 GenCon from 2019-10-30T02:00

I watched it so you don’t have to. We go through every talk given during General Conference of October 2019 from Oaks to Oaks and back to Oaks again, we try to id...

Ep 30 - Gaddy v. LDS&Kay Burningham from 2019-09-18T02:00

Gaddy is suing the Mormon church for tithing and personal damages. We go through the case and discuss how likely it is to prevail as well as the class-action natu...

Ep 29 - Corporate Mormonism w/ Michael Byron from 2019-09-04T01:00

It’s a long episode today! Don’t let the long timestamp scare you away. We invite a guest to tell us his story of joining the church, working for the church, and ...

Ep 28 - Getting to Heaven pt. 3 from 2019-08-21T03:04:24

We finally wrap up the first Armstrong Lecture! We learn all about hell, the different degrees of the Celestial Kingdom, and Mormon trickle-down heaven! After tha...

Ep 27 - Getting to Heaven Pt. 2&Mormon Leaks Minute from 2019-07-31T02:00

Now we’ve had the introduction to how heaven is structured, let’s find out how we actually get to each of the degrees. Part 2 of this Armstrong lecture describes ...

Ep 26 - Getting to Heaven Pt. 1 from 2019-07-17T02:10:22

We’re doing something a little different for this episode! We start with a little background on how Braden and Bryce met and use that as a launch point to discuss...

Ep 25 - Sell My Gospel from 2019-07-03T06:04:59

Missions! Braden did his, Bryce left the Mormon church before he could do one. After Braden gives us an overview of his mission experience, we discuss the history...

Ep 24 - Lineage of Cain from 2019-06-05T01:21:54

It's been one year since the Be One Celebration; Mormonism isn’t racist anymore!!! We know the high-level overview of what the Priesthood ban included, now we tak...

Ep 23 - Why Start Now? from 2019-05-22T03:30:24

World tour time! Rusty and his apostle friend travel the world and meet Pacific Island dignitaries to bless the masses with their presence. Also, when a religion ...

Ep 22 - Less-Sexist Temple Ceremony from 2019-05-08T00:00

We finally discuss the Temple Endowment Ceremony changes as of January 2019! But not so fast! Before that we get into the Strengthening Church Members Committee (...

Ep 21.5 - Apr 2019 GenCon Pt. 2 from 2019-04-24T16:50:54

Just as the title states, Braden and I go through the Sunday April 2019 General Conference talks. We [I] watched it so you don’t have to! Plus Media of Great Pric...

Ep 21 - Apr 2019 GenCon Pt. 1 from 2019-04-24T04:30:31

Just as the title states, Braden and I go through the Saturday April 2019 General Conference talks. We [I] watched it so you don’t have to!

Episode 20 - Flip It and Reverse It from 2019-04-10T04:04:20

November 2015 exclusion policy? What November 2015 exclusion policy? Today is an historic day! The Mormon church ceased to be bigoted against LGBTQ+ people! Oh, w...

Ep 19 - Utah Theodemocracy from 2019-03-27T04:09:29

What’s the deal with cannabis in Utah? We resurrect this old headline to see if any new developments have occurred. We also invite Andrew Torrez from Opening Argu...

Ep 18 - Don’t Keep it a Secret! from 2019-03-13T03:00

Something slipped through the cracks and it smells fishy. We go through some of the quality control mechanisms used in Mormon genealogy research at the ward level...

Ep 17 - Slaves to the Man Who Communed With Jehovah from 2019-02-27T07:38:06

Even if it takes Black History Month to spur the conversation, we dive into racism in the Mormon church. We take a brief high-level overview of how non-white peop...

Ep 16 - It’s Alright to Be You from 2019-02-13T05:49:57

Braden did a thing! We start with an interview he had with Milo and Angela about their creative muse: healing after Mormonism. It’s alright to be you, everybody! ...

Ep 15 - Mormon Whack-a-Mole from 2019-01-25T04:48:12

REVELATION! Braden and I go through the history of Mormon Temple ceremonies. Remember folks, religion has ceremonies, cults have rituals… there’s totally a differ...

Ep 14.3 – Never More Disunited with Joseph Geisner Pt.3 from 2019-01-18T03:07:27

Join us for the epic conclusion to our discussion about disunity in Mormon leadership and censorship of General Conference addresses. We pick up with a long segment about Boyd K. Packer and cens...

Ep 14.2 – I Fear Dictatorial Dogmatism with Joseph Geisner Pt.2 from 2019-01-17T03:40:42

Joe and I pick right back up where we left off with J. Golden Kimball. Joe walks us through nearly 80 years of Mormon history discussing disunity among General Authorities and censorship of Gene...

Ep 14.1 – General Disunity with Joseph Geisner Pt.1 from 2019-01-16T04:19:15

Over 7,000 General Conference talks given by hundreds of General Authorities, mistakes must have been made, right? Our guest this week, Joe Geisner, walks us through 120 years of Mormon General ...

Ep 13 - 2018 in Review from 2019-01-02T03:18:02

The title says it all, this is 2018 in review! 2018 was an eventful year for the Mormon church and we review some of the most important headlines with the help of...

Ep 12 - #DeadPoolIsMySavior from 2018-12-19T00:00

What do current membership numbers of the Mormon church reveal about overall trends in membership? Is the dip in membership due to the secularization of America, ...

Ep 11 - Reely High Profile Xd from 2018-12-05T04:18:17

From the September Six to Bill Reel, we go through a highlight reel of some of the more prominent excommunications by the Mormon church. The takeaway? If you spea...

Ep 10 - Mormon Psychedelics 101 from 2018-11-21T03:15:05

Cody Noconi joins us to discuss drugs in early Mormonism. We get into the recent developments with Prop 2 in Utah (medical cannabis bill) and the Mormon church’s ...

Ep 9 - Slipped Through the Cracks pt. 2 from 2018-11-07T16:59:11

Part 2 of our analysis of General Conference Oct. 2018. We watched so you don’t have to. Enjoy!

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Ep 8 - Slipped Through the Cracks pt. 1 from 2018-11-07T05:41:58

We watched General Conference so you don’t have to. We cover a number of talks that slipped past the media but it ran a little longer than expected. Y’all get 2 p...

Ep 7 - Little Red Hatchling from 2018-09-26T06:57:25

It’s long overdue that we make a foray into politics. We examine the life and times of 7-time Utah Senator, Orrin Hatch. After that Braden tells us about Jesse Pi...

Ep 6 - The Axe Shall Fall from 2018-09-12T07:28:48

Part 2 of the Utah medical cannabis bill and a long bit about Sam Young’s excommunication hearing. Braden recommends a BOOK!? Then we talk about an experimental p...

Ep 5 - Can a Biz Kill Prop 2? from 2018-08-29T06:36:17

Prop 2 is set to make Utah a medical cannabis state. The Mormon Church released a statement and sent out emails to every member they have on record to vote oppose...

Ep 4 - LDS Really Don’t Care, Do U? from 2018-08-15T04:10:38

Braden doesn’t let Bryce fit a word in edgewise as we go through everything you need to know about Protect LDS Children and bishop’s interview policies. After a l...

Ep 3 - Affirmatively Bigoted from 2018-08-01T06:26:55

On this episode, we talk about the recent donation made by the Mormon Church to Affirmation, an LGBTQ+ support group in Utah. Turns out, the subject is much more ...

Ep 2 - Indian Racement Program from 2018-07-18T04:48:30

This episode begins with an extensive Mormon Leaks Minute with guest host Ryan McKnight. We dive into the $32 billion leak and then extensively discuss a report M...

Ep 1 - FREEdumb Festival from 2018-07-04T06:54

This episode begins with an Angel’s Trumpet segment about the American Freedom Festival in Provo and the controversy surrounding the organizers banning and immedi...

Ep 0 - Unboxing the Glass Box Podcast LISTEN FIRST from 2018-07-04T05:05:09

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