256-258: Dustin Jones and the Lingering Legacy of the LDS Negro Doctrine
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dustin Jones, a black active latter-day saint, about the unique challenges of growing up Mormon as one who has African ancestry. Dustin is bi-racial (Anglo and...
View Article260: 2011 SLC Conference Pt. 2 – Joanna Brooks on Mormon Identity in the 21st...
On June 11, 2011, members of the Mormon Stories community held their 2nd regional conference in Salt Lake City. In this keynote address entitled “Mormon Identity in the 21st Century: Claiming and...
View Article376: Margaret Young – Race and Gender Dynamics in Modern Mormonism
A Thoughtful Faith’s Kylan Rice presents an interview with LDS author, filmmaker, and playwright Margaret Young. In this interview Margaret shares her story of how she became enthralled with Mormon...
View Article383: Mr. Deity’s Brian Dalton Discusses Book of Mormon Racism with Dan...
This Mormon Matters episode hosted by Dan Wotherspoon examines the status of the claim that the Book of Mormon teaches that dark skin is a curse from God, that because of their wickedness God cursed a...
View Article436-437: Elijah Abel – Early Black Mormon Priesthood Holder
As an independent historian, Russell Stevenson has been studying Mormon history for nearly two decades. His first book, Black Mormon: The Story of Elijah Ables, tells the vexing story of race in...
View Article456-457: The LDS Indian Placement Program
As stated Wikipedia, the Indian Placement Program was a program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1947 to 2000, in which LDS Native American students were placed in LDS foster...
View Article511: Jan Shipps — New History of the Prairie and Mountain Saints; Race and...
Mormon Stories is very proud to introduce its newest sister podcast — Mormon Studies Podcast! In its inagural episode, host Brent Metcalfe interviews Jan Shipps. Jan is professor emeritus of history at...
View Article576-578: LDS General Conference October 2015 Review – Three More White Males...
In this episode an EPIC panel reviews the October 2015 General Conference wherein: The LDS Church misses an incredibly important opportunity to fill 3 vacancies in the quorum of the 12 with a person of...
View Article614-615: Reviewing 2015 with Lindsay Hansen Park, Dr. Gina Colvin, Sean...
As parts 3 and 4 in our series reviewing the events of Mormonism in 2015, we assemble another all-star panel including Lindsay Hansen Park, Dr. Gina Colvin, Dr. Kristy Money, and Sean Carter. Some of...
View Article627-628: Black Athletes at BYU with Darron Smith, Ph.D.
When Race, Religion, and Sport Collide tells the story of Brandon Davies’ dismissal from Brigham Young University’s NCAA playoff basketball team to illustrate the thorny intersection of religion, race,...
View Article629: Mormons and Colonization with Edyka Chilome
In this special episode of Mormon Stories podcast Lindsay Hansen Park (Sunstone, Year of Polygamy, Color of Heaven) interviews Edyka Chilome about Mormons and Colonization. Edyka’s bio: Edyka Chilomé,...
View Article630: Black Mormon Lives Matter
John Dehlin and Lindsay Hansen Park interview Mica McGriggs, Samy Galvez, and Tinesha Zandamela about race relations in the Mormon church, and their experiences growing up as people of color in a...
View Article757: Losing the Lamanites – Sarah Newcomb (NW Coastal Tribes – Tsimshian)
Continuing our series on “Losing the Lamanites,” we interview Sarah Newcomb who descends from the Tsimshian of the NW Coastal Tribes. In this interview we cover: How Sarah struggled as a youth knowing...
View Article789-790: Sean Carter – How White Supremacy Led Me Out of Mormonism
In this two-part episode of Mormon Stories, we interview Sean Carter—traveling law humorist of Lawpsided Seminars. In this entertaining and lively interview, we discuss: Sean’s upbringing as a black...
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