Summary: <br> <br> [dropcap]T[/dropcap]his week's show is special. We're joined by the anonymous author of <a href="https://amzn.to/2NlEoQr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">And It Was Very Good</a>, a Latter-day Saint book about sex. But this isn't just any book. This is a frank, specific book about sexuality as seen through the lens of Latter-day Saints.<br> <br> But are we comfortable with sexuality as Latter-day Saints? What hurdles do newlyweds face? Does being virtual mean being asexual for too many, thus making sex more difficult in marriage?<br> <br> Is US Latter-day Saint culture less healthy when it comes to sexuality than that found elsewhere? Has the purity movement ruined sex for Mormons?<br> <br> The author has excellent, well-researched insights on sexuality. Tune in!<br> <br> For a FREE pdf copy of the book, <a href="earthlyparents@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">send the author an email</a>.<br> <br> Warning: While this is a perfectly acceptable episode discussing sexuality in frank terms, some audiences might find it explicit.<br> Transcript<br> This Week In Mormons:<br> [0:00] Alright folks so here we are with a special week of this week in Mormons where we're going to do a little interview we're going to set the news aside that we usually talk about and instead<br> we're going to talk about sex that's right and then I'm sure most of you were rolling your eyes saying the worst person on Earth,<br> to talk about sex right now is Jeff and you're probably right but here we are this is the hand we've been dealt I'm very excited to talk about this this week though cuz a new book called and it was very good<br> that's essentially an LDS guide to sexuality and I think it's really fascinating and I have the author with me but the author wishes to remain.<br> I know it's it's officially authored by goodly parents should I just call you goodly can I call you googly as a nickname or do you prefer something else.<br> <br> And It Was Very Good:<br> [0:44] I think it's Earthly parent the goodly parents would be nice I think that implies that I'm rich I'm a goodly parents are good if you think that way.<br> <br> This Week In Mormons:<br> [0:51] I'm sorry it's Earthly parents I can call you or can I call you Earth's Earthly parents Anonymous Jim Joe.<br> <br> And It Was Very Good:<br> [0:58] My friends call me EP.<br> <br> This Week In Mormons:<br> [1:00] I'm going to call you Bernie Sanders the house that sound.<br> <br> And It Was Very Good:<br> [1:03] Oh that doesn't sound good how about you pee.<br> <br> This Week In Mormons:<br> [1:06] Epok I call you but if it works we'll do we pee so I imagine EP why don't you want anyone to know who you are it's not like you're an informant on a nightly news program or anything that's so skinny.<br> <br> And It Was Very Good:<br> [1:21] Well,<br> I would be fine with it however I'm married and my wife not so much so this is a book that I wrote and my wife edited for our children but also for the larger Latter-day Saints,<br> public as as we run it but.<br> One of the conditions was she didn't want people at church to be looking at her funny and thinking that they had some kind of insight into our sex life and so I have to remain anonymous and I'm honoring her wishes.<br> <br> This Week In Mormons:<br> [1:53] I mean I guess that's fair having read the book I don't think there's anything that's like rocking the boat too hard there I think the boat I think the book is is it's clear.<br> I think it's a matter of fact but just so you know on my end knowing the very little about your personal life or your ward,<br> I would read it and just assume you're a wise person who has done research and knows what you're talkin about as opposed to someone who was writing about your own sexual preferences for all the sea just so you kn...
