Mormon Land
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Mormon Land
Mormon Land explores the contours and complexities of LDS news. It’s hosted by award-winning religion writer Peggy Fletcher Stack and Salt Lake Tribune managing editor David Noyce.
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Reflections on General Conference | Episode 411
The 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints looked much like any other in recent years.
There wer...
Dallin Oaks was a close Russell Nelson ally, but he could change the church’s direction | Episode 410
As accolades and adoration continue to pour in after the death of President Russell M. Nelson, it could be time to assess the historical perspective a...
How to achieve the 'soulful sex' God desires for couples | Episode 409
Passion. Intimacy. Eroticism. Arousal. Sex.
These terms are as much a part of God’s plan in the theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
'Mormons in Media' crossover: Why are there so many Mormon-ish people on DWTS?
On the September crossover episode between ‘Mormon Land’ and ‘Mormons in Media, ’ Rebbie and Nicole are both newcomers to 'Dancing With The Stars.' Wh...
After Charlie Kirk shooting, how to practice President Nelson’s call for peacemaking | Replay
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issuing two news releases condemning violence and call...
A look at President Nelson's leadership, legacy as he turns 101 | Episode 408
When Russell M. Nelson, already the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, turned 100 last year, the Utah-based fai...
Why the LDS Church is an ‘inconvenient faith’ | Episode 407
A new nine-part video series about Mormonism, titled “An Inconvenient Faith,” was recently uploaded to YouTube.
It tackles the thorniest issues...
Would A.I. help or hurt the spirit of LDS sacrament meetings? | Episode 406
Is the following playing out more and more among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
• The bishop asks Brother So-and-So...
Is big money for sports at odds with BYU's religious mission? | Episode 405
The mission statement of Brigham Young University, the flagship school of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, says nothing about pursuing...
The discovery about a prominent LDS pioneer holds lessons about racial profiling | Episode 404
For many early Utah pioneers, James Brown Jr. was a hero of sorts. He led a Mormon Battalion company into the Salt Lake Valley just days after Brigham...
Tattoos can be 'personal and sacred' | Episode 403
Gordon B. Hinckley, then president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stepped up to the microphone in General Conference in the fall...
'Mormons in Media' crossver: Witch parties, NCMOs, and marriage pressure — dissecting Provo's latest dating show
On the fourth crossover episode between ‘Mormon Land’ and ‘Mormons in Media, ’ Rebbie and Nicole dissect the latest dating show to come out of Provo —...
Members can fight Trump’s crackdown, LDS immigration attorney says, in ways the church can’t or won’t | Episode 402
To Christians everywhere, the story of refugees is a part of Scripture. It is sacred. Adam and Eve, Moses and the Israelites, the Book of Mormon’s Leh...
Adventures and misadventures from the pioneers' trek | Episode 401
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a standard crossing-the-Plains narrative: Pioneers traversed the Mississippi River on...
Should the LDS Church endorse political candidates? | Episode 400
The latest word from the IRS is that, contrary to popular belief, churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates from the pulpi...
How Mormon Women for Ethical Government is tackling tough issues | Episode 399
This nonpartisan Latter-day Saint group has called out President Donald Trump for continuing to spread the false narrative that the 2020 election was...
'Mormons in Media' crossver: SLOMW reunion — Reality TV heaviness, BYU super weekend, and Nick Viall
On the third crossover episode between ‘Mormon Land’ and ‘Mormons in Media, ’ Rebbie and Nicole are joined by Meg Walter, host of the ‘Hive Mind’ podc...
Tom Christofferson about LGBTQ+ issues within the church | Episode 398
On Sept. 28, 2017, The Salt Lake Tribune premiered a new podcast, “Mormon Land,” and its first guest was Tom Christofferson, a prominent LGBTQ+ member...
Meet the first woman to lead a church with ties to Joseph Smith | Episode 397
Stassi D. Cramm did not spend her childhood fantasizing about becoming the first female prophet-president in the Community of Christ’s 165-year histor...
The life and times of a liberal apostle | Episode 396
To many liberal members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, apostle Hugh B. Brown was an ecclesiastical icon, a fierce warrior for soc...
How LGBTQ+ advocacy in the LDS Church has evolved | Episode 395
Critics often say that there is no place in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for LGBTQ+ members. After all, they rightly point out, the...
A new biography finds both “prophet” and “scoundrel” in Joseph Smith | Episode 394
In 2012, scholar John Turner published an award-winning biography of Brigham Young, a mountain of a man in Western Americana. But there remained a big...
Mormons in Media crossover: Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 2 — Did they really do all of this sober?
In the second monthly bonus episode brought to you by a collaboration of “Mormon Land” and “Mormons in Media,” Latter-day Saint Rebbie Brassfield and...
From Africa: Why the LDS faith is drawing so many converts | Episode 393
It took more than three decades for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to grow its membership in Kenya from a handful in the late 1980s t...
Catholic conclave vs. LDS succession — Is one system better? | Episode 392
As the world held its collective breath for white smoke at the Vatican to signal the selection of a new Catholic pope, some members of The Church of J...
The real story about perfectionism | Episode 391
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are more prone to perfectionism.
That was the assumption, at least, that Justin Dyer,...
From stay-at-home-mom to breadwinner — help for LDS women if the marriage ends | Episode 390
In 1981, then-apostle Ezra Taft Benson rose to the pulpit during a General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and told wome...
Mormons in Media crossover: What is Heather Gay teaching people about Latter-day Saint heaven?
In the first monthly bonus episode brought to you by a collaboration of “Mormon Land” and “Mormons in Media,” Latter-day Saint Rebbie Brassfield and n...
Announcing a new podcast partnership all about Latter-day Saints in pop culture | Episode 389
Taylor Frankie Paul. Litia Garr. Shari Franke. Andy Reid. Lisa Barlow. Hannah Neeleman. What do all these people have in common?
For our online...
Racism in the LDS Church: There's still work to do, says Mauli Bonner | Episode 388
While the racist priesthood/temple ban in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is indeed in the past, racism itself remains very much in th...
LDS missionary program offsets falling birthrates — for now | Episode 387
As a proselytizing faith with a committed corps of volunteer missionaries, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is forever driven to boost...
Why the new garments are a hit and reminder of a changing church | Episode 386
When news broke last fall that redesigned temple garments — including a sleeveless version — were already on sale in some foreign countries, it became...
The evolution of Exponent II and LDS feminism | Episode 385
In the mid-1970s, a tiny group of Latter-day Saint women in Boston launched a modest effort to discuss women’s issues — past and present — in a magazi...
'Latter Day Struggles' podcasters discuss their resignation from the church | Episode 384
As practicing Latter-day Saints with nuanced faith, Valerie and Nathan Hamaker wanted to help fellow believers grappling with a “faith crisis” or how...
How politics and polarization are shaping Latter-day Saints in the U.S. | Episode 383
A new report by the Pew Research Center, the Religious Landscape Study, has given members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plenty to...
What many Latter-day Saints and church leaders get wrong about pornography | Episode 382
Pornography — broadly defined as sexually explicit images — has become a sort-of wallpaper of modern lives. It is everywhere: in our books, movies, co...
The conservative LDS prophet who led fights over evolution, the age of the Earth and orthodoxy | Episode 381
Joseph Fielding Smith’s family tree alone makes him a significant player in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
His...
Are LDS men falling prey to extremist masculinity? | Episode 380
Certainly not for the first time, the United States has become a hotbed of hot takes and even hotter debates over men’s roles in the home and society....
Why those anti-LDS chants at BYU games? | Episode 379
When Brigham Young University teams play on the road, they, like any visiting opponent, expect to encounter their share of jeers from the home crowd....
Johnathan Rauch on the LDS Church's trailblazing compromises for the good of the country | Episode 378
Since America’s founding, Christianity has been a “load-bearing wall” of democracy, but in recent decades it has given up that role — and that, argues...