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Interview w/ Whitney Horning, Author of “Joseph Smith Revealed: A Faithful Telling”

👇click “Show More” to skip to specific questions Whitney Horning’s book “Joseph Smith Revealed: A Faithful Telling” explores Joseph Smith’s energetic denunciation of polygamy amid the growing “new order of things” in Nauvoo. 1:00 – Whitney’s personal life, childhood, religious background, education, career, family & marriage, the evolution of her beliefs and how she came […]

Origins of LDS Polygamy: Samuel Smith & Orson Hyde’s Missionary Journals Among the Cochranites

What are the real origins of LDS polygamy? Where did it start? Who was involved? Where did these teachings of spiritual wives and plural wives come from? One of the earliest contemporary first hand records we have are the priceless journals of Samuel Smith and Orson Hyde, two early Mormon missionaries who detailed extensively their […]

Analyzing LDS Church History

Five major factors should be considered before one commits to believing historical source documents as completely valid or true. While we cannot fully understand what may have influenced the LDS historical statements, documents and memories of 200 years ago, we can (and probably should) reduce the chances of being misinformed as much as possible. This […]

Intro to the Hemlock Knots Show

An introduction to the Hemlock Knots show. We cover the origins, purpose and agenda of the website and the show, including which topics we’ll cover. We talk about the name of the show, the website, the community resources and the problems we’re trying to solve. 0:29 – What’s the show about? 1:11 – Peter Brown […]