Year of Polygamy Podcast
Summary: The series follows the Mormon faith through the lens of “The Principle of Plural Marriage” from its genesis in 1831 with its originator Joseph Smith, through the hidden history and governmental pressure, to today and contemporary practicing Fundamentalist Mormons. For the first time polygamy is dissected through a feminist viewpoint, with attention given to the experiences of the women, women who sacrificed everything and suffered long and are never mentioned in museums or landmark tours. Their experiences, along with interviews with experts, sc20140302_130747holars, historians, and those still affected directly by the practice, paint a new portrait of how the west was shaped, by the hard work and toil of these invisible women, hidden away through controversy. Through Hansen’s careful work, we see how the practice of polygamy affected every aspect of the LDS church’s formation and is still a shadow hanging over the church, visible in it’s approach to marriage, the role of women, and the temple ceremonies. Instead of the historical footnote polygamy is often treated as, Hansen shows how this practice, started in secret and a direct cause of Joseph Smith’s death, responsible for driving the saints to Utah, and then outward again to Mexico and Canada, the root of power struggles both in the church and out, the cause of suspicion and eventually violence including the Mountain Meadows Massacre, was an instigator to most of the history of American West. For the first time, The Year of Polygamy shows how the west was settled not only to claim land and mineral rights, but in a very real way to control the bodies and sexuality of women in a way that reverberates today. Find our more at YearofPolygamy.com
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Join Lindsay and she and Joe Geisner discuss the newly released Council of Fifty minutes. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Previous podcasts Joe Geisner has been on. * Council of Fifty Minutes * D. Michael Quinn’s article on Violence and Joseph Smith * LDS.org on Council of Fifty Minutes * Signature Books on Council of Fifty
This is a rebroadcast of a partnership interview recorded in 2014 with Mormon Expression and the FMH podcast. Lindsay and panelists discuss the events of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Please enjoy this episode in conjunction with episode 113.
Join Lindsay as she discusses the theories of mob psychology, mimetic violence, sacrifice, and how polygamous doctrine interacts with those theories. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Milgram experiment * Violence and the Sacred by Rene Girard * The Scapegoat by Rene Girard * Convergence Theory Intro * FAIR Mormon Mountain Meadows Massacre Summary * Gustav Le Bon’s The Crowd
Join Lindsay as she discusses the history of the “Polygamy Revelation,” or D&C 132, the 1843 Revelation, or the Celestial Marriage Revelation. Links and texts mentioned an read in this episode: * FAIR Mormon explaining the Reed Smoot hearing with Joseph F. Smith testimony The Persistence of Polygamy: Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy * Brian Hales/Laura Hales on Emma’s Reaction to the Revelation * Mormon Enigma by Linda Newell and Valeen Avery * Joseph Smith Papers Project’s explanation of the creation of D&C 132 * BYU Studies explanation of the creation of D&C 132 * Perry Porter’s section on Articles of Marriage * FAIR Mormon on the contradictions in the D&C * FAIR Mormon on the chapter in Jacob about polygamy * Article on Jacob Cochran * Latter-Day Revelation: Selections From the Doctrine & Covenants * Joseph Smith Papers Project on Emma Smith learning of the 1843 Revelation
Join Lindsay as she discusses the history of the “Polygamy Revelation,” or D&C 132, the 1843 Revelation, or the Celestial Marriage Revelation. Featuring an interview with Lancaster scholar, Sheldon Kent. Links and texts mentioned an read in this episode: * FAIR Mormon explaining the Reed Smoot hearing with Joseph F. Smith testimony The Persistence of Polygamy: Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy * Brian Hales/Laura Hales on Emma’s Reaction to the Revelation * Mormon Enigma by Linda Newell and Valeen Avery * Joseph Smith Papers Project’s explanation of the creation of D&C 132 * BYU Studies explanation of the creation of D&C 132 * Perry Porter’s section on Articles of Marriage * FAIR Mormon on the contradictions in the D&C * FAIR Mormon on the chapter in Jacob about polygamy * Article on Jacob Cochran * Latter-Day Revelation: Selections From the Doctrine & Covenants * Joseph Smith Papers Project on Emma Smith learning of the 1843 Revelation
Join Lindsay as she interviews Jeff Barlow, the Executive Director of the UEP, and Shirlee Draper, a trustee of the UEP, about what is happening on the ground in Short Creek today, as the FLDS group breaks up. Articles for more context: * United Effort Plan Trust official website * SL Trib’s coverage of this issue. * Coverage of Elisa Wall’s settlement * Some of the properties settled by the UEP Trust
Join Lindsay as she interviews Mormon Fundamentalist Moroni Lopez Jessop, about his life as an indie-punk rock youth, living as a Latino Mormon Fundamentalist and polygamist, being a father, and former social worker. Links mentioned in this episode: * Moroni’s personal blog * Moroni on NPR * Moroni’s Music Blog * Music on the podcast * Daily Mail Article about Moroni
Join Lindsay as she tells the story of three women who married a prominent Utah business man, Brigham Young Hampton. Their lives and relationships were forged during the Mormon Reformation. Links or text mentioned or read in this episode: * David Candland’s The Fireside Visitor * Connell ODonovan’s work on Dr. Robinson * Wikipedia’s Mormon Reformation * Jedediah Grant’s sermon on Hypocrisy * History of Fort Union in Midvale * Helen Emily Bone * Helen Huntley Hampton Clayton (Helen Emily Bone) Playing with Shadows: Voices of Dissent in the Mormon West (Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier) * Olsen, Steven L. “Celebrating Cultural Identity: Pioneer Day in Nineteenth-Century Mormonism.” BYU Studies 36:1 (1996-97):159-177. * David Candland * Prostitution, Polygamy, and Power
Join Lindsay as she interviews Brielle Decker, one of two women who have escaped being married to FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs. Links and topics mentioned in this podcast: * Kristyn Decker and Sound Choices Coalition * Holding Out Help * See who Brielle Decker is now * Brielle’s newest project, Voices for Dignity
Join Lindsay as she talks about the history of the Second Anointing, the “Fullness of the Priesthood,” and the ties to Plural Marriage. Links mentioned and articles read in this podcast: * The Fullness of the Priesthood: The Second Anointing in Latter-day Saint Theology and Practice by David John Buerger, Dialogue Vol 16 No 1 * Ogden Kraut’s: Calling and Election * Wilford Woodruff’s Journals * Richard Ware’s Ordinance of Second Anointings * MRM’s Second Anointing * Brigham Young’s sermon on the Beneficial Effects of Polygamy * LDS.org’s explanation of the Fullness of Times * History of Joseph Smith: Three Orders of the Priesthood * The Development of LDS Temple Worship, Devery Anderson, ps. xli-xlv * Bruce R. McConkie’s Mormon Doctrine
Join Lindsay as she interviews historian John Hamer about the life of Emma Smith. Part two of two.
Join Lindsay as she interviews historian John Hamer about the life of Emma Smith. Part one of two.
Join Gina Colvin from A Thoughtful Faith and Lindsay Hansen Park as they engage in a two-part, joint interview with Carol Lynn Pearson, author of Ghost of Eternal Polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Buy the book: Ghost of Eternal Polygamy * Tell your own story about polygamy here. * Listen to A Thoughtful Faith here.
Join Lindsay and Gina Colvin from A Thoughtful Faith as they engage in a two-part, joint interview with Carol Lynn Pearson, author of Ghost of Eternal Polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Buy the book: Ghost of Eternal Polygamy * Tell your own story about polygamy here. * Listen to A Thoughtful Faith here.
Join Lindsay as she interviews Tonia Tewell of Holding Out Help, a rescue organization for those leaving polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Find Holding Out Help on Facebook * How to donate to Holding Out Help
