Mormon Land podcast

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.

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.

 

#100

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 Saint... more

11 Jun 2025

31 MINS

31:58

11 Jun 2025


#99

A new biography finds both “prophet” and “scoundrel” in Joseph Smith | Episode 394

In 2012, scholar John Turner published an award-winning <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Br... more

04 Jun 2025

45 MINS

45:04

04 Jun 2025


#98

Mormons in Media crossover: Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 2 — Did they really do all of this s...

In the second monthly bonus episode brought to you by a collaboration of “Mormon Land” and... more

01 Jun 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:49

01 Jun 2025


#97

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 gro... more

28 May 2025

31 MINS

31:30

28 May 2025


#96

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 <a hr... more

21 May 2025

34 MINS

34:25

21 May 2025


#95

The real story about perfectionism | Episode 391

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are more <a href='https://www.s... more

14 May 2025

45 MINS

45:20

14 May 2025


#94

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 T... more

07 May 2025

47 MINS

47:05

07 May 2025


#93

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 ... more

04 May 2025

52 MINS

52:32

04 May 2025


#92

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. Wh... more

30 Apr 2025

38 MINS

38:01

30 Apr 2025


#91

Racism in the LDS Church: There's still work to do, says Mauli Bonner | Episode 388

While the <a href='https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/03/01/mormon-land-black-priesthood... more

23 Apr 2025

31 MINS

31:20

23 Apr 2025


#90

LDS missionary program offsets falling birthrates — for now | Episode 387

As a proselytizing faith with a committed corps of volunteer missionaries, The Church of J... more

16 Apr 2025

31 MINS

31:50

16 Apr 2025


#89

Why the new garments are a hit and reminder of a changing church | Episode 386

When news broke last fall that <a href='https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/10/16/lds-tem... more

09 Apr 2025

33 MINS

33:00

09 Apr 2025


#88

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 effor... more

02 Apr 2025

35 MINS

35:42

02 Apr 2025


#87

'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 h... more

26 Mar 2025

44 MINS

44:52

26 Mar 2025


#86

How politics and polarization are shaping Latter-day Saints in the U.S. | Episode 383

A new report by the Pew Research Center, the <a href='https://www.pewresearch.org/religiou... more

19 Mar 2025

37 MINS

37:37

19 Mar 2025


#85

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... more

12 Mar 2025

29 MINS

29:05

12 Mar 2025


#84

The conservative LDS prophet who led fights over evolution, the age of the Earth and orthodoxy | Epi...

Joseph Fielding Smith’s family tree alone makes him a significant player in the history of... more

05 Mar 2025

46 MINS

46:09

05 Mar 2025


#83

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 e... more

26 Feb 2025

39 MINS

39:50

26 Feb 2025


#82

Why those anti-LDS chants at BYU games? | Episode 379

When Brigham Young University teams play on the road, they, like any visiting opponent, ex... more

19 Feb 2025

35 MINS

35:12

19 Feb 2025


#81

Johnathan Rauch on the LDS Church's trailblazing compromises for the good of the country | Episode 3...

Since America’s founding, Christianity has been a “load-bearing wall” of democracy, but in... more

12 Feb 2025

32 MINS

32:20

12 Feb 2025