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 as she interviews Muslim feminist Yasmin Rehman about polygamy in Islam and in other religious communities. [powerepress] Links mentioned in this podcast: * Moving in the Shadows,Violence in the Lives of Minority Women and Children edited by Yasmin Rehman * Yasmin Rehman on Sharia Guidance * Rehman on the importance of Women’s Rights
Join Lindsay and her husband Dallin as they are interviewed by FMH’s Sara Burlingame about how Year of Polygamy has affected and changed them.
This is part two of a six-part series updating listeners on Year of Polygamy, a year after the final episode wrapped up. Join Lindsay as she interviews Brenda Nicholoson, who left the FLDS group four years ago. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Follow Brenda on Facebook for updates on the FLDS trials and court proceedings * Support Brenda’s GoFundMe (even after it has hit its target) * Brenda’s blog * Follow the link to Brenda’s story map of demography of boys and girls in FLDS
This is part one of a six-part series updating listeners on Year of Polygamy, a year after the final episode wrapped up. Join Lindsay as she interviews Jeremy Tucker about leaving the Kingston group. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Listen to the original Kingston interview here. * Bumper by Ladi Murasaki * Secrets and Wives: The Hidden World of Mormon Polygamy by Sanjiv Bhattacharya
Join Lindsay as she records her final episode in the Year of Polygamy series. Part Two of this episode. Mormon historians talk about their personal views on Mormon polygamy: The Live Recording taped on June 27, 2015 at Writ & Vision in Provo, Utah. Special thanks to Writ & Vision and Brad Kramer for hosting our final episode. Please go support them!
Join Lindsay as she interviews famed Mormon and American historian, D. Michael Quinn as he tells the story of how the Mormon church has evolved in its relationship with polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Slate: The Case of the Mormon Historian * PBS interview with D. Michael Quinn * Books by D. Michael Quinn
Join Lindsay as she discusses how polygamy affects modern LDS doctrine and culture. Featuring special interviews with Claudia Bushman, Kristy Money, and Cami Ashby. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Elder Russell M. Nelson discusses Mormon Celestial Marriage at the 178 General Conference * Dialogue Article on the demographics of the Celestial Kingdom * Chapter 7: Providing Temple Ordinances, Member’s Guide to Temple and Family History Work, (2012), 29–36 * MRM’s quotes about polygamy being essential * LDS.org on the Three Degrees of Glory * Bruce R. McConkie’s Mormon Doctrine * Elder Quentin L. Cook, an Apostle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, appealed to news media in 2008 * Quotes at the end of the podcast by LDS leaders * Polygamy as an Abrahamic Sacrifice–Dr. Valerie Hudson– Fair Mormon Podcast
Join Lindsay as she discusses the way polygamy is still connected to the leadership and culture of the LDS church. Links mentioned in this podcast: * The Private versus the Public David O. McKay : Profile of a Complex Personality by Newell G. Bringhurst Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay: David O. McKay David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism by Gregory A. Prince * Seeking “the Good, the Pure, the Elevating”: A Short History of Mormon Fiction, Part 1 By Richard H. Cracroft Saturday’s Warriors: How Mormons went from beard-wearing radicals to clean-cut conformists, By Matthew Bowman * Eugene Kovalenko’s Blog about his interaction with Harold B. Lee * God Will Not Be Mocked by Spencer W. Kimball * Elder Ezra Taft Benson on the Last Days Youtube * Elder Ezra Taft Benson on the Last Days Conference Talk, May, 1982 * Excerpt from Ezra Taft Benson on socialism and communism * Image of some of the leaders and their family connections * Saturday’s Warrior on Youtube
Join Lindsay as she tells how the LDS church transitioned into the modern age and attempted to tie up the messy, loose-ends of plural marriage. This episodes features Sara Hanks telling the story of Amy B. Lyman. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Wives and Other Women: Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Lives of John Q. Cannon, Frank J. Cannon, and Abraham H. Cannon by Kenneth L. Cannon II * A Ministry of Blessing : Nicholas Groesbeck Smith by Lavina Fielding Anderson * D. Michael Quinn on being a Mormon Historian * A CROSSROADS FOR MORMON WOMEN: AMY BROWN LYMAN, J. REUBEN CLARK, AND THE DECLINE OF ORGANIZED WOMEN’S ACTIVISM IN THE RELIEF SOCIETY, by Dave Hall * TRANSGRESSION IN THE LATTER-DAY SAINT COMMUNITY: THE CASE OF RICHARD R. LYMAN, by Gary James Bergera * Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists by Martha Sonntag Bradley History of Emma Romney Eyring, “Story of My Life”
Join Lindsay as she interviews and covers the work of Dr. Janet Bennion, leading anthropologist who studies poly-families. Links mentioned in this podcast: * The meanings of marriage in the West: Media, Gender, and the Law in Contemporary Mormon Polygamy Women of Principle: Female Networking in Contemporary Mormon Polygyny * Desert Patriarchy: Mormon and Mennonite Communities in the Chihuahua Valley Evaluating the Effects of Polygamy on Women and Children in Four North American Mormon Fundamentalist Groups: An Anthropological Study Polygamy in Primetime: Media, Gender, and Politics in Mormon Fundamentalism Mormon Stories Interview: Dr. Janet Bennion – Living Among Mormon Fundamentalist Polygamy as an Anthropologist
Join Lindsay as she interviews two historians, John Hamer and Don Bradley about the Smith cousins, Joseph F. Smith and Joseph Smith III and how their public feud shaped 20th century polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: * The Persistence of Polygamy, Volume II * Joseph Smith III: Pragmatic Prophet book * LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley’s speech on Joseph Smith III * Dialogue: Joseph Smith III’s 1844 Blessing and The Mormons of Utah * Dialogue: Methods and Motives: Joseph Smith III’ s Opposition to Polygamy, 1860-9 0 * Joseph F. Smith Affidavits from Mormon Polygamy Documents
Join Lindsay as she interviews Joe Geisner about women who rejected polygamy. This is part three in a four-part series of “Polygamy Controversies” that will air throughout the rest of the series. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Daymon Smith’s dissertation Elizabeth Brockbank’s story * Martha Brotherton’s Story * Dialogue Article about Sarah Pratt
Join Lindsay as she interviews historian Brian Hales about John C. Bennett, his reliability, and other controversial tales. This is part two in a four-part series of “Polygamy Controversies” that will air throughout the rest of the series. Links mentioned in this podcast: * Part one of episode 94 * What Abortion was like in the 19th Century * Women’s health issues in the 19th Century * Mormon Polygamy Documents * Mormonism Exposed by John C. Bennett * Joseph Smith paper’s Bio of John Bennett * LDS Picture story of Trouble in Nauvoo with John C. Bennett * Wiki page on John C. Bennett * Andrew F. Smith’s review of Saintly Scoundrel * Subscribe to the Journal of Mormon History to get Brian Hales’ summer article on Bennett * Brian Hales and Laura Hales’ new book: Joseph Smith Polygamy; Towards a Better Understanding * Invention of Ketchup
Join Lindsay as she interviews historian John Hamer about the “Joseph Fought Polygamy” claims and old RLDS polemics. This is part one in a four-part series of “Polygamy Controversies” that will air throughout the rest of the series. Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: * Joseph Fought Polygamy website * Joseph Fought Polygamy ebook * Rock Waterman: Why I’m Abandoning Polygamy * Waterman’s guest post for Mormon Matters * Sunstone Article on William Clayton and his pregnant plural wife Margaret * Wiki on Jacob Cochran * Joseph Smith Polygamy Timeline * Evidence to refute “Joseph Fought Polygamy”
Join Lindsay as she interviews historian Amanda Hendrix-Komoto about the history of Mormons in the Pacific and Polynesian Polygamy. Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: * Remembering Iosepa by Matthew Kester * Chosen People, a Promised Land: Mormonism and Race in Hawaii by Okalani K. Aikau * Waves of Resistance by Isaiah Helekunhini Walker * Lanier Britsch’s Mormona: The Mormons in Hawaii * Benjamin Franklin Grouard * Skeleton Information about Nahina * Benjamin Franklin Grouard’s son * Zion in Paradise, Early Mormons in the South Seas * San Bernardino by Edward Lyman * Info about B.F. Grouard’s second wife, Louisa Grouard * A Bit of Polynesia Remains in the Salt Desert Christian Science Monitor: Luau in the desert Wikie page on Hagoth Robert E. Parsons, “Hagoth and the Polynesians,” in The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr. Wandering Significance: Hagoth and the many migrations of latter-day Lamanite/Nephite Identity Wiki Page on Iosepa Honolulu Magazine on Iosepa Graves mark a Utah town settled by Hawaii Mormons
