LDS Uncorrelated

Mormon Folk Magic, Joseph Smith’s Occult Reputation & Dave Butler’s Cunning Man The hosts discuss ongoing interest in Joseph Smith’s seer stones, treasure digging, and whether these practices should be labeled “occult,” referencing questions from the FAIR Conference and Mark Ashurst-McGee’s work on Joseph as a “village seer.” Dave Butler introduces his novel series Cunning Man, co-written with Aaron Ritchie, about Hiram Woolley, a very Mormon sugar beet farmer in 1935 Utah who battl...

The hosts of LDS Uncorrelated celebrate strong early podcast numbers, then Arantza reports back from Florida girls camp, describing extreme heat, mosquitoes, ticks, and an alligator in the lake while she ran Book of Mormon Jeopardy and discussed camp traditions like songs, including “Mormon Boy,” and how these events build friendships and spiritual formation. The conversation turns to chastity teaching, rejecting the “chewed gum” metaphor and arguing for repentance through Christ and he...

LDS Uncorrelated: Mormon Cinema, Acting Origins & the Java Jive Coffee Date (with Brad Whitt) On LDS Uncorrelated, the hosts welcome guest Brad Whitt (Ward Radio, Escape from Germany, BYU Physical Science course videos) and discuss acting backgrounds, LDS culture, and LDS “homegrown” cinema. Arantxa shares starting acting at seven through auditions and agents, while Brad traces his start to school improv and studying acting at BYU, plus his mission in New York. The group debates key...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has opened the "Temple Experience" at its Salt Lake City Visitor Center a year before the re-dedication of the Salt Lake Temple. In it, people can see a replica of the actual temple rooms, including a Celestial Room and a sealing altar. What is the experience like? Plus, the gang debates how the temple can be implemented more fully in our lives and how we can better prep the Saints for their endowments?

LDS Uncorrelated: Hats, Correlation, Temple Culture, and Ghost Stories Five friends announce their new “LDS Uncorrelated” podcast and discuss Latter-day Saint culture versus doctrine through topics like hat etiquette during prayer, “Mormon Standard Time,” manners, and posting photos from a public temple media tour. They explore music in worship and the temple, including historical temple hymn-singing and hopes for more music today. The group explains church correlation beginning under D...