Glenn reads an actual blog post written by an actual True Believing Mormon that actually compares the actual gospel to all things Tolkien. Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here Support the podcast on Patreon here Schedule a free 30-min Life Coaching consult with Glenn here
Real men take it black. Tom shares the mental gymnastics he went through as he was seduced by that very first cup of word of wisdom forbidden dark temptress. Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here Support the podcast on Patreon here Schedule a free 30-min Life Coaching consult with Glenn here
Mormon missions aren’t exactly everything you think they are. Glenn shares some stories about his missionary trainer, aka “The Streaking Samurai.” Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here Support the podcast on Patreon here Schedule a free 30-min Life Coaching consult with Glenn here
Glenn shares one of his greatest regrets. The phone call that he wishes he would have had with his former best friend, before that best friend took his own life. Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here Support the podcast on Patreon here Schedule a free 30-min Life Coaching consult with Glenn here...
Glenn recalls a very entertaining priesthood lesson. Yes, this actually happened. Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here Support the podcast on Patreon here Schedule a free 30-min Life Coaching consult with Glenn here
Glenn responds to listen “Annie” an active PIMO (Physically In, Mentally Out) BYU Student whose dear friend married a transgender woman and has to hide it from everyone at BYU. Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here Support the podcast on Patreon here Schedule a free 30-min Life Coaching consult with Glenn here...
The story of the Mormon church trying to flush a slightly off-message conference talk down the memory hole back in 1984. What was so “off message” that they had to try to change it forever? (That’s what is so… revealing). Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here . Support the podcast on Patreon here
Glenn responds to a listener’s question: “How do you replace religious existential dread for more ‘real’ existential dread about climate crisis, political and economic unrest, and what that means for the future of a young person.” Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here . Support the podcast on Patreon here
Welcome to February 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a multi-part series called “Reflections” where we revisit some of the best episodes from the past. Today’s episode was originally published in June 2015. Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here . Support the podcast on Patreon here...
That’s right. The One True Truth is finally here. Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here . Support the podcast on Patreon here
Pushing pause on the 13-part reflections series, but first — this. Glenn Ostlund will be speaking and leading two breakout sessions at the Jan 22, 2022 Thrive Conference in Phoenix. Purchase your tickets here . Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here . Support the podcast on Patreon here...
Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. Glenn Ostlund will be speaking and leading two breakout sessions at the Jan 22, 2022 Thrive Conference in Phoenix. Purchase your tickets here . Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here . Sup...
Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. This episode commemorates the moment of our “Dehlin bump” in 2014 when our listenership tripled — a significant time in the history of this podcast. It is also interesting to look back a...
Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. This episode contains the first three books of Abraham, retranslated through the snarky mind of a snarky Infant. Snark alert: It is full of snark. Glenn Ostlund will be speaking and lead...
Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. This is an awesome collection of amazing listener essays, interspersed with a few classic parody songs. Glenn Ostlund will be speaking and leading two breakout sessions at the Jan 22, 20...
Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. This is a previously unpublished conversation between Glenn Ostlund, Psychologist Rachel Harris (author of “Listening to Ayahuasca”) and neuroscientist Michael Ferguson 4 days after Glen...
For the ninth – and final — gift of Infant Christmas, an Infant gave to me, a brand new sorta-Christmassy mini-sode from 2021 called, “A Very Merry Visit from Death.”
For the eighth gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed episode from 2016 called: “Light the World Christmas Smackaround.”
For the seventh gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed episode from 2015 called: “Disproving Santa.”
For the sixth gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed minisode from 2015 called: “The Ghost of Christmas Past.”
For the fifth gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed episode from 2015 called: “Away in a Manger: The Smackdown.”
For the fourth gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed mini-sode from 2015 called: “First Presidency Christmas Message (featuring Neil Diamond).”
For the third gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed mini-sode from 2015 called: “Bah Humbug – The Dallin H. Oaks Christmas Card mini-Smackdown.”
For the second gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed mini-sode from 2014 called: “Zelph on the Shelph.”
For the first gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed episode from 2014 called: “The Christmas Jesus and Stuff.”
I really love to watch them roll.
If you chance to meet a frown, do not let it stay. Simply put it in the “eternal perspective” box, and reframe that frown away. (Or at least let it know it has a legit reason for being there, even if you can’t completely understand what that is!)
Do beliefs just go away, or do they simply change? For example, does “I do not believe in God” mean the same thing as “I do believe that there is no God?”
Is it actually true that even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes?
What happens when belief becomes a burden that you actually do bear? (Bare? Bear? Bare?)
