Year of Polygamy Podcast
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Oct 24, 2014 • 1h 41min
Episode 59: The New Church Essay, Part One
This episode originally appeared on Mormonstories.org and is hosted by John Dehlin. Join John, Lindsay, John Hamer, and J. Nelson-Seawright as they discuss LDS.org’s newest essay on polygamy in Kirtland and Nauvoo. Or listen on Mormon Stories here!
Oct 16, 2014 • 1h 11min
Episode 58: Ann Gordge- The Mormon Calamity Jane
Join Lindsay as she discusses the fantastic and gruesome autobiography of the youngest wife of John D. Lee, Ann Gordge. This episode contains strong themes of violence and listener discretion is advised. Links mentioned in this podcast: […]
Oct 9, 2014 • 1h 12min
Episode 57: Polygamy Gets the Right to Vote
Join Lindsay and Kate Kelly as they discuss the Women’s Suffrage movement and how polygamy played and integral role. Links mentioned in this podcast: Photo of Martha Huges Cannon in the Utah State Senate in 1897 Sister-Wives and Suffragists: Polygamy […]
Sep 29, 2014 • 58min
Episode 56: Mormon Polygamy in the Mexican Colonies
Join Lindsay as she talks with historian Barbara Jones Brown about polygamy in Mexico around the turn of the century. Links mentioned in this podcast: Join the Mormon History Association! Article in Deseret News, “Remembering a Grand Soul, Lorna […]
Sep 22, 2014 • 28min
Episode 55: Emmeline Free- Brigham’s “Abandoned Pet”
Join Lindsay as she interview genealogist Corey Horward about one of Brigham Young’s most beloved wives, Emmeline Free. Links mentioned in this podcast: Emmeline Free Young Biographical Sketch, by Corey Howard Newspaper article, “Brigham’s Abandoned Pet”
Sep 20, 2014 • 38min
Episode 54: Lucinda Dalton, Feminist Mormon Pioneer
Join Lindsay as she discusses the life of Women’s Exponent writer Lucinda Dalton and the strange case of her posthumous divorce from her polygamist husband. Links mentioned in this podcast: Buy the reading guide here! Sister Saints […]
Sep 14, 2014 • 58min
Episode 53: Federal Legislation of Utah Polygamy
Join Lindsay as she interviews Perry Porter about the legislation and laws surrounding Mormon polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: Perry’s chronology of polygamy site Dialogue: Politicians, Mormons, Utah, and Statehood Religious duty arguments Article of marriage (Footnotes below […]
Sep 8, 2014 • 48min
Episode 52: Obscure Polygamous Women and Paula Kelly Harline
Join Lindsay as she chats with author of The Polygamous Wives Writing Club, Paula Kelly Harline about her book, her opinions on the practice of plural marriage, and the voices of obscure Mormon frontierswomen. Links mentioned in this podcast: […]
Sep 4, 2014 • 40min
Episode 51: Amelia Folsom “The Favorite Wife”
Join Lindsay as she discusses the famous woman married to Brigham Young, dubbed as “Brigham’s Pet,” Amelia Folsom, said to be his favorite wife. Links mentioned in this podcast: The Tyranny of Mormonism: Or An Englishwoman in Utah; an Autobiography […]
Aug 30, 2014 • 1h 13min
Episode 50: Marriage to Brigham Young
Join Lindsay as she interviews former LDS Church archivist and former State of Utah archivist Jeffery Johnson about the women married to Brigham Young. Links mentioned in this episode: Defining ‘Wife’: The Brigham Young Households,” by Jeffrey Johnson […]
