The Cultural Hall Podcast

What does it feel like to have postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety? What are the signs or symptoms? How do you know when you have it? And if you do have it, what should you do?

Public’s help sought in finding Mormon missionary last seen in Ogden The LDS Church is asking for the public’s help in locating a missionary serving in the Utah Ogden Mission, who was last seen Monday. Read Story A new hope!...

Sunglasses, hats and pants: Mormon missionaries be stylin’ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently made a few changes to the dress standards for its missionaries. The biggest change is that some female missionaries can now wear pants....

Mormon church weighs in on Obama’s transgender guidance, says ‘people of goodwill’ can reach solution The Utah-based LDS Church isn’t coming out directly in support of — or against — the Obama administration’s directive that transgender students be allowed to...

Brandy Vega is a former TV news personality, army veteran, freelancer, foster parent, mother to two daughters, Sunday School teacher and the founder of a new nonprofit called good deed revolution. She is doing good deeds, random acts of kindness ...

James Curran aka JamesTheMormon is the son of a US Diplomat and grew up overseas in Russia, China, Taiwan, and Uzbekistan; as a result he didn’t even know what rap was until he was 14. When he was 17 he recorded...

LDS leaders announce new teaching manual, teacher council meetings LDS leaders continued to implement an emphasis on improved church teaching and learning Sunday when they released a new manual for Sunday School and other teachers and announced a new program...

Jason Lyle Black is an award-winning concert pianist, composer, and stage performer from Salt Lake City.  Black has delighted audiences around the world with his piano comedy and his clever “musical story” videos.  But even deeper than that, he is...

LDS CHURCH MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IS LOWEST IN 80 YEARS In the past year, the Mormon Church has seen an increase in membership of approximately 1.7%. While that might seem like a fairly large figure, it actually represents the slowest growth...

Teenager Shot in Stomach at LDS Church Parking Lot A 19-year-old man was shot in the stomach at an LDS church parking lot in Gilbert, Arizona, according to Gilbert police. Read Story Mormon Channel Instagram post brings single mother, BYU...

Mormon missionary from Utah dies in Taiwan A Mormon missionary from North Ogden has died after he was hit by a car in Taiwan while riding a bike. Read Story 22-year-old gay Mormon activist commits suicide A well-liked and respected...

Brant A. Gardner (M.A. State University of New York Albany) is the author of Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon and The Gift and Power: Translating the Book of Mormon, both published through Greg Kofford Books. He has contributed articles...

2 teens vandalize Oregon LDS church, police say Patrons of an LDS church building in Oregon are baffled by the severe vandalism left behind earlier this week. Read Story Text of LDS general conference talks now available on lds.org The...

Lindsay Hansen Park currently works as the Assistant director for the Salt Lake non-profit Sunstone and blogs for feministmormonhousewives.org about women’s issues inside and outside of the Mormon church. She is the founder of the Feminist Mormon Housewives Podcast. Her...

Zimbabwe, Peru among targets for Mormon expansion The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced plans for four new temples as he kicked off the final day of a church conference in Salt Lake City....