Episode 26: The Three Nephites
Send us a text Finally, we focus on the stories of the most famous characters from LDS legends.
Latter-day Saints are a people of radical faith. Their tradition is one in which angels visit everyday people and sometimes men and women see the divine in stones. In this podcast we examine the lived religion of Latter-day Saints, the stories we tell, and the beliefs we debate. Join Christine and Chris Blythe, professional folklorists and LDS converts who openly profess their faith while exploring the traditions of their chosen people.

Send us a text Finally, we focus on the stories of the most famous characters from LDS legends.
Send us a text Today's episode we have on Liz Busby and Carl Cranney from Pop Culture on the Apricot Tree to discuss legends of Spencer W. Kimball having inspired Yoda!
Send us a text Celebrate Halloween with Angels and Seerstsones! This year we have stories of sleep paralysis, missionary ghost encounters in the Phillippines, and stories of Satanists in Provo!
Send us a text This episode we talk to Mahonri Stewart about his new play, Secrets of Sleepy Hollow, now showing at the Hive Collaborative in Provo, Utah. Plus, he tells us about a terrifying sleep paralysis experience that he incorporated into the play.
Send us a text This episode discusses the folklore that people often discussing when trying to explain why missionaries are forbidden to swim: the apparition of the destroyer on the Missouri River in 1834. This experience led to a prominent belief among Latter-day Saints that Satan had dominion over the water in the last days.
Send us a text Latter-day Saints wear the garment of the priesthood under their clothes. This garment includes promises of protection against spiritual and physical danger. In this episode, Christine and Chris dig into legends of its supernatural protection, legends about its origins, and legends about those who have defiled it.
Send us a text In this Episode, Jessica and Barrett Burgin discuss their short film, The Angel, which dives into all the supernatural LDS themes that we love. Plus, Jessica shares a really compelling family story about a supernatural assault that occurred in 1870s Utah.
Send us a text This episode looks at the representation of Latter-day Saints in popular culture, including the recent depiction of Latter-day Saint sexuality in the form of "soaking" and "jump humping."
Send us a text Chad Daybell accused the detectives involved in his case of being Immortal disciples of Cain. What was that about?
Send us a text This episode includes a review of the upcoming film, Heretic, and a discussion of missionary tracting (door knocking) stories.
Send us a text Where did Chad Daybell learn about reincarnation? Did he believe that he was the angel Raphael?
Send us a text All about Chad Daybell's beliefs on past lives and how he used this belief to manipulate others into believing they had a deep relationship with him and Lori Vallow.
Send us a text Where did Chad Daybell come up with his elaborate theology of demons? Turns out some basic ideas had their roots in the Latter-day Saint tradition, as well as the Bible, but the more peculiar developments occurred among a group of fringe visionaries in the twenty-first century.
Send us a text Lori Vallow saw Jesus Christ; she believed she was on the pathway to immortality. In this episode, I contextualize those beliefs.
Send us a text This episode is on Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow's beliefs about their relationship and the role they would play in the coming apocalypse.
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Send us a text How Chad Daybell's zombies relate to a long history of child murder based on supernatural causes.
Send us a text The first episode of our limited series on Chad Daybell entitled "Demons and Pendulums."
Send us a text This episode looks at stories of Latter-day Saints testing angels with a handshake.
Send us a text Stories of the dead reaching out to individuals in the temple.
Send us a text In regards to the news that the LDS Church has purchased the Kirtland Temple and Nauvoo sites from Community of Christ, Christine and I talk about our experience giving tours in Nauvoo while working for Community of Christ. We talk about the nature of historical presentation and we bring in a great story from Mags Edvalson that considers the different ways Community of Christ and LDS members appreciate these sites....
Send us a text Intro to Season 2
Send us a text Remastered Episode 5.
Send us a text Remastered Episode 4.
Send us a text Remastered Episode 3.
Send us a text Remastered version of Episode 2.
Send us a text This is a remastered version of Episode 1.
Send us a text This a Joseph Smith Birthday Short discussing the legend that Joseph Smith was born in the caul or the veil and what some people believed that meant in the nineteenth century.
Send us a text The "Public Dreams, Private Myths" art exhibit is only open until Saturday night at Writ and Vision in Provo!