Year of Polygamy Podcast
Year of Polygamy Podcast
The Story of Mormon Plural Marriage
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May 24, 2015 • 57min
Episode 96: Polygamy as Feminist? With Dr. Janet Bennion
Join Lindsay as she interviews and covers the work of Dr. Janet Bennion, leading anthropologist who studies poly-families. Links mentioned in this podcast: The meanings of marriage in the West: Media, Gender, and the Law in Contemporary Mormon Polygamy Women […]
May 19, 2015 • 1h 11min
Episode 95: Dueling Josephs: How two Smith cousins shaped modern polygamy
Join Lindsay as she interviews two historians, John Hamer and Don Bradley about the Smith cousins, Joseph F. Smith and Joseph Smith III and how their public feud shaped 20th century polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: The Persistence of […]
May 9, 2015 • 1h 28min
Episode 94: Polygamy Controversies: Women Who Said No
Join Lindsay as she interviews Joe Geisner about women who rejected polygamy. This is part three in a four-part series of “Polygamy Controversies” that will air throughout the rest of the series. Links mentioned in this podcast: Daymon Smith’s […]
May 4, 2015 • 50min
Episode 94: Polygamy Controversies: John C. Bennett
Join Lindsay as she interviews historian Brian Hales about John C. Bennett, his reliability, and other controversial tales. This is part two in a four-part series of “Polygamy Controversies” that will air throughout the rest of the series. Links […]
Apr 25, 2015 • 53min
Episode 94: Polygamy Controversies: Joseph Fought Polygamy?
Join Lindsay as she interviews historian John Hamer about the “Joseph Fought Polygamy” claims and old RLDS polemics. This is part one in a four-part series of “Polygamy Controversies” that will air throughout the rest of the series. Links and […]
Apr 23, 2015 • 49min
Episode 93: The Pacific Island and Mormon Polygamy
Join Lindsay as she interviews historian Amanda Hendrix-Komoto about the history of Mormons in the Pacific and Polynesian Polygamy. Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: Remembering Iosepa by Matthew Kester Chosen People, a Promised Land: Mormonism and Race […]
Apr 18, 2015 • 58min
Episode 92: Rachel Ivins, Heber J. Grant, and the “End” of LDS Plural Marriage
Join Lindsay and Mithryn as they discuss the life of Heber J. Grant, Rachel Ivins, and the “end” of the LDS polygamy era. Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: Mithryn’s excellent timeline of Heber J. Grant Rachel […]
Apr 16, 2015 • 1h 4min
Episode 91: Polygamy as Art
Join Lindsay as she talks with two LDS Mormon artists about how they have used polygamy as a medium in their art. Links mentioned in this podcast: Leslie Olpin’s Etsy Shop Writ & Vision Bookshop where Leslie’s art is being […]
Apr 12, 2015 • 1h 4min
Episode 90: Joseph F. Smith and the Changing Church
Join Lindsay as she describes how the church slowly begins to move out of being a polygamous-centered church and the influence that Joseph F. Smith, and those around him had on that transition. Links and text mentioned and read […]
Apr 4, 2015 • 1h 28min
Episode 89- An Interview with an Apostle for Centennial Park
Join Lindsay as she interviews one of the spiritual leaders of a Mormon Fundamentalist group living in Centennial Park, Arizona. Claude Cawley, a High Priest Apostle for the group, tells of the history of Centennial Park and how […]
