Carol Lynn Pearson is one of the most beloved and successul Mormon authors, poets, and playwrights of all time. A comprehensive listing of her creative works can be found here. …
062-065: Women in the LDS Church – Margaret Merrill Toscano
Margaret Merrill Toscano is one of the most prominent and controversial feminists in the LDS church. In these episodes we discuss her early years growing up in Arizona as a …
415: Kate Kelly on the Ordination of Mormon Women (ordainwomen.org)
Today we interview Kate Kelly – Founder of the Ordain Women website (http://ordainwomen.org). In this episode we discuss: why Kate and her associates are calling for the ordination of LDS …
791-792: Tribalism and Mormon Identity
In this two-part series on Mormon Stories Podcast we interview the incredibly successful Mehrsa. Mehrsa and her family immigrated from Iran to the United States when she was 9. After …
826: The Weinstein #MeToo Movement, from a Mormon Context
In response to recent news stories involving Harvey Weinstein, Al Franken, Roy Moore, etc. – on the topics of sexual harassment, assault, rape, groping, etc., a University of Georgia law …
774: 30 Questions Nobody Asks My Husband at Church – Julie DeAzevedo Hanks
In this episode of Mormon Stories/Transitions, John and Margi interview the brilliant Dr. Julie DeAzevedo Hanks about her article titled “30 Questions Nobody Asks My Husband at Church.” John, Margi, and …
693-696: Nadine McCombs Hansen – Progressive Mormon Pioneer
Nadine McCombs Hansen has been championing progressive causes within Mormonism for over three decades. Some of her efforts include: Supporting the Equal Rights Amendment as a Mormon mother, including interactions …
Part 3: Fighting for the ERA, Female Ordination, and Same-Sex Marriage Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Part 4: Proposition 8, Protecting FLDS Children, and Final Thoughts Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
701-704: Kim Sandberg Turner – Navigating a Mormon faith transition as a Woman of a Certain Age
Kim Sandberg Turner is the founder of Women of a Certain Age (WOCA) – a network of support communities for 40+ post-Mormon women. In this four part episode, Kim discusses: Part …
706: Women of a Certain Age (WOCA)
We are a group of women 40+ with longer life experiences. We are grandmothers, mothers, aunts, single, divorced, widowed or married. We are LGBT friendly and feminists! Many of us …
671-672: Amy McPhie Allebest, Author of “Dear Mormon Man, Tell Me What You Would Do”
Amy McPhie Allebest is a lifelong member of the Church, a returned missionary, a temple-married wife and mother of four, a writer, and a graduate student at Stanford University. Last month, …
483-486: Christine Jeppsen Clark, Daughter of General Authority Malcolm Jeppsen
Christine Jeppsen Clark is a mother of six, a former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member, a Ph.D. graduate student focusing on dementia, and a dear personal friend. She is also the …
Part 1: Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s at ground zero of conservative Mormonism Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Part 3: Elder Malcolm Jeppsen's involvement in Avraham Gileadi's excommunication Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Part 4: Leaving the church as the daughter of a general authority, grandmother Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
1150-1154: Donna Showalter: The Faith Crisis of a Former Provo, Utah Relief Society President
What could cause one of the Mormon church’s “best and brightest” women to lose their faith in the church? For part 2 of this interview with Donna Showalter, we will hear …
1148-1149: Michael and Donna Showalter: Choosing Love Over Orthodoxy
For this interview with Donna and Michael Showalter, we will hear the story of the Showalter family’s Mormon journey, which includes living in very conservative Provo, Utah, Michael coming out …
1174-1176: Marlena Smith – Growing Up as a Black Mormon in Utah
Marlena Smith’s parents joined the Mormon church as black converts after the priesthood ban was lifted (1978). After her parents moved to Utah, Marlena was born in 1989 in Provo, …
1282-1286: Kalin Orgill Organ – Losing and Finding One’s Self in Search of Truth
Periodically on Mormon Stories Podcast I try to interview “normal” or everyday Mormons about their faith journey – and in every case these “normal” Mormons turn out to be extraordinarily …
1308-1310: Hannah Comeau – Struggling with Scrupulosity and Feminism as a Mormon Teenage Girl in Rexburg, Idaho
In today’s episode we sit down with Hannah Comeau, who shares her story about struggling with Scrupulosity (Religious OCD) and feminist inclinations as a Mormon teenage girl in Rexburg, Idaho. …
1354: Informed Consent and “Ableism” in the LDS Church – Katie Harmon
Katie Harmon was raised Catholic in Laramie, Wyoming. After falling in love with a Mormon boy at age 15, Katie became socially/emotionally converted to the LDS Church in spite of… …
1369-1371: The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City – Heather Gay and Dre Nord
Recently I was super fortunate to sit down with reality tv stars Heather Gay and Dre Nord – who are both currently appearing on BravoTV’s “Real Housewives of Salt Lake …