Episodes
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
2.1 Millennial musings
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
For the start of season 2, Aaron and Eric chat about the Millenium, signs of the second coming, transhumanism, and what % of the world is going to what % of hell in what % of a handbasket :)
Gospel topics second coming/millennium
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/second-coming-of-jesus-christ
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/millennium
5 myths about the millennium by Robert L. Millet
http://www.ldsliving.com/5-Millennium-Myths-You-Thought-Were-True/s/76486
Gospel principles
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
War
Parasites
Overpopulation
Our world in data
D&C 19
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/19
Transhumanism links
https://transfigurism.org/mormon-transhumanist-affirmation
Paradisiacal Glory by Katherine Cowley
https://lit.mormonartist.net/2019/07/paradisiacal-glory-katherine-cowley/
Brigham Young quote (from twitter :)
https://twitter.com/Keepapitchinin/status/1167127582489206785
Joel Pett climate summit cartoon
http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=41786
Nephi Anderson’s novel Added Upon
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17249
Gospel of Thomas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas
Isaiah 64:4
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/isa/64.4
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
1.10 Translation and the Book of Abraham
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
What do mummies, papyrus, and a great fire have to do with modern scripture? Join us as we look at the broad meaning of the word translation and how it can be applied to Joseph Smith’s work and the Pearl of Great Price.
Changes to the Lord’s Prayer
Joseph Smith’s translation of the Lord’s Prayer
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/jst/jst-matt/6.14
Wiki: Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Translation_of_the_Bible
Gospel topics essay: Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham
Abraham 3:22-23
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/abr/3.22-23?lang=eng#p22
Wiki: Critical appraisal of the Book of Abraham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_appraisal_of_the_Book_of_Abraham
Letters to a Young Mormon (pages 32 and 34), by Adam S. Miller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20427135-letters-to-a-young-mormon
South Park!
Saturday May 04, 2019
1.9 Drake’s equation and Mormon cosmology
Saturday May 04, 2019
Saturday May 04, 2019
Let’s talk about aliens! Our hosts discuss the Fermi paradox, Drake’s equation and SETI, and then cover how Mormon doctrines about many worlds relate to the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
Wiki links!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_cosmology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Follett_discourse
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens? Parts 1 and 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fQkVqno-uI
60 minutes interview with President Hinckley. Note this video doesn’t have the quote we mentioned which was actually from a Time article. We include here a FairMormon article discussing how President Hinckley was actually taken a bit out of context in that article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK0PxT5Vm4g
https://www.fairmormon.org/archive/publications/does_president_hinckley_understand_lds_doctrine
Literature!
Leviathan Wakes, by James S. A. Corey
https://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-Wakes-James-S-Corey/dp/0316129089
"Avek, Who Is Distributed" (story about baptizing an AI)
online:
https://lit.mormonartist.net/2016/02/avek-who-is-distributed/
Original discussion page:
https://motleyvision.org/2012/10/26/discuss-avek-who-is-distributed-by-steven-peck/
Collected here: https://amzn.to/2JbcZx8
Monsters & Mormons: https://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Mormons-Wm-Henry-Morris/dp/0982781245
"Let the Mountains Tremble for Adoniha Has Fallen" by Steven L. Peck (medieval Mormons on Mars)
"Bokev Momen" by D. Michael Martindale (aliens rescue adducted missionary)
"That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone (aliens that live in the Sun)
not included in discussion: "First Estate" by Katherine Woodbury: Mormon Ruth and her alien Boaz
Johnson, Hollis R. (1992), "Worlds", in Ludlow, Daniel H (ed.), Encyclopedia of Mormonism, New York: Macmillan Publishing, pp. 1595–96, ISBN 0-02-879602-0, OCLC 24502140
Saturday Apr 20, 2019
1.8 Polygamy’s Ghost
Saturday Apr 20, 2019
Saturday Apr 20, 2019
Our hosts discuss the book “The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy,” by Carol Lynn Pearson.
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men, by Carol Lynn Pearson:
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Eternal-Polygamy-Haunting-Hearts/dp/0997458208
Eric’s literary works:
The Widower: https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V42N02_137.pdf
The Prophetess of Mars: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NSJMQBV
Book review by Rebecca J
Privileged, by Kyle Korver
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba
Too sacred for public consumption -or- Disgusting the prophet’s wife, blog entry by Eric
The panel honoring Carol Lynn Pearson: AML Conference 2019. Quote from 1:28:57-1:31:25:
http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2019/04/carol-lynn-pearson-2019/
Friday Apr 05, 2019
1.7 Mormon literature and the AML
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
The 2019 Association for Mormon Letters conference was excellent. Our hosts use some of the panels as a means to discuss Mormon literature in general, focusing on the work of Carol Lynn Pearson, and on the new church history book, Saints.
Authors mentioned: Brandon Sanderson, Orson Scott Card, and DJ Butler. Favorite books by them:
Mistborn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn
Ender’s Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_Game
Witchy Eye: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30753675-witchy-eye
Carol Lynn Pearson: books mentioned: Beginnings, the Ghost of Eternal Polygamy, and Goodbye, I love you. The poem, A Motherless House:
http://www.amotherhere.com/coll/pearson1.php
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy will be discussed on a future episode:
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Eternal-Polygamy-Haunting-Hearts/dp/0997458208
The Saint’s panel was comprised of authors Scott Hales, James Goldberg, Melissa Leilani Larson, and Angela Hallstrom. Some of their work:
The Garden of Enid: http://thegardenofenid.tumblr.com/
The Five Books of Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/Five-Books-Jesus-James-Goldberg/dp/1479271306
Jane and Emma: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8581198
Bound on Earth: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2793921-bound-on-earth
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
1.6 I've a Mother there
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Heavenly Mother is one of the most interesting Latter-Day Saint doctrines! We don't know a lot, but what we do know is awesome. Enjoy!
Oh My Father
https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/o-my-father
LDS topics, Mother in Heaven
https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven
"A Mother There": A Survey of Historical Teachings about Mother in Heaven, by Author David L. Paulsen, Author Martin Pulido
https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/mother-there-survey-historical-teachings-about-mother-heaven
How to worship our Mother in Heaven (without getting excommunicated) by Kevin L. Barney
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V41N04_133.pdf
AML conference program
Poems!
Walk in the pink moccasins by Carol Lynn Pearson
https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/pdf/137-21-25.pdf
Motherless House by Carol Lynn Pearson
http://www.amotherhere.com/coll/pearson1.php#sthash.CcHmwUg0.dpbs
A hymn for mother’s day in long meter, by Theric Jepson
http://amotherhere.com/coll/jepson.php#sthash.492OBnkp.Cnftw0gn.dpbs
Saturday Mar 02, 2019
1.5 Agency and Determinism
Saturday Mar 02, 2019
Saturday Mar 02, 2019
Do we have free will? Is your neighbor a philosophical zombie? Are we living in a simulation? Our hosts hit scriptures, sci fi, and neurobiology to discuss agency and determinism in religion and science.
References
https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-4-freedom-to-choose
Arcadia from Tom Stoppard (mentioned in passing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia_(play)
JST as an anti-determinist text. Compare https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/10 and http://classic.scriptures.lds.org/en/jst/contents
The Hard Problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hard_Problem
Wiki article on the hard problem of consciousness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness
Joseph Campbell on consciousness https://amzn.to/2XuL9jW
Infinite monkey cage podcast. Two episodes:
Are We Living in a Simulation? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08zb4d8
The Mind v the Brain https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0901bw2
Theric’s story http://bit.ly/thafterlife
Good Time (words: Vasilis Pozios | Pictures: Zakk Saam) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tylerchintanner/all-we-ever-wanted-stories-of-a-better-world
Pascal’s wager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager
What's expected of us, by Ted Chiang: https://www.nature.com/articles/436150a
"Art is that over which beings with perfect knowledge can still have divergent viewpoints." ----D. Michael Martindale https://thmazing.blogspot.com/2011/08/found-quotes.html
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
1.4 Unutterables
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Secret or sacred? Taboo or simply uncomfortable? Important or trivial? With the temple ceremony changes in the news lately, our hosts discuss why Mormons don’t go into the ceremony specifics, what kinds of venues are appropriate for difficult subjects, and when it’s appropriate to espouse the virtue of silence. Also, awesome 80’s comics apparently helped change the church?
First Presidency Statement on Temples
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/temple-worship
Temple firesides in prep for the open house, including topics on Eve, the creation, and the temple experience.
Tweetstorm from @MattathiasW regarding silence and the temple ceremony
https://twitter.com/MattathiasW/status/1081576820057681920
Eric’s tweet requesting examples of some things Latter-day Saints shy away from speaking of
https://twitter.com/thmazing/status/1085779539668566016
Laugh precedes the miracle:: How Calvin Grondahl and Pat Bagley Changed Mormonism, by Lynne Gorton Cropper. The specific comic referred to in the episode is reproduced in this article.
The virtue of silence, by Scott Alexander. In the episode we cite this article but go in a different direction. It’s worth checking out the original topic.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/06/14/the-virtue-of-silence/
Monday Jan 21, 2019
1.3 Debts and outlays
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Our hosts look at how money moves through the church and some of the fascinating history behind its finances.
Church’s statement on its finances from 2018:
https://www.lds.org/church/news/read-a-summary-of-the-financial-information-released-by-the-church
Wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finances_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints
LDS Inc article from By Common Consent:
https://bycommonconsent.com/2016/06/02/lds-inc/
Mentioned by Eric but not really on topic ;) A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
https://books.google.com/books/about/?id=0fmxDQAAQBAJ
Money as debt website:
Playlist with the full documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdMxiaZGboJSgU2raUksCFGSUfWS8eHR8
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
0.1 Cold Open
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
Sunday Jan 13, 2019
Aaron and Eric introduce the podcast! Our hosts discuss critical thinking and its application to LDS miscellany and they describe their Berkeley influences. Also a magic card comes up, but it feels natural.
Magic card!
http://www.magicspoiler.com/mtg-spoiler/skewer-the-critics
Wikipedia on critical thinking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking
Eric’s reviews of the two books mentioned, Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover and The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker
https://thmazing.blogspot.com/2018/09/what-weird-expression-this-is.html#081
https://motleyvision.org/2009/10/14/elna-baker-slash-damage-control