Lindsay Hansen Park's Year of Polygamy - Mormon Stories Ep. 551

In this episode, we interview Lindsay Hansen Park about the completion of her Year of Polygamy podcast project. http://yearofpolygamy.com

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
04:00 Lindsay on things in childhood or upbringing that might have informed doing a podcast
06:37 Relevance of prophets being polygamous and jokes about the subject
09:28 Baptists send DVDs. FAIRmormon refutes. Lindsay finds out about Joseph's polygamy.
12:56 Quick overview of the history, starting with JS
16:40 Date of revelation
18:40 Church literature about polygamy. Secret vs sacred
21:09 Why did polygamy explode in 1840?
22:14 Joseph Smith's wives
25:07 Role of sex
27:10 Tactics used to convince women
31:40 Being rigorous about using the term pedophile
33:35 JS's polyandry. Role Emma
35:52 Joseph Smith vs Warren Jeffs
39:00 Women's spiritual experiences as a way to justify polygamy
42:18 Brigham Young's polygamy
45:15 LDS church telling stopping polygamy in 1890
49:38 John Taylor telling his son to carry on the practice?
52:00 LDS Splitoffs
53:40 Polygamists in LDS temples today
56:25 Main concentrations of Mormon fundamentalists. Numbers
59:50 Fundamentalist LDS members reaching out to Lindsay with a faith crisis
1:06:42 Polygamy looking cool and fun? Centennial park
1:12:09 Making the case for or against polygamy
1:16:02 Obedience to one leader is where the problem starts
1:16:30 Opinion on legalizing polygamy
1:19:26 Comparison with LGBT community fighting for same sex marriage
1:20:36 Feeling in danger or feeling uncomfortable because of this podcast?
1:22:39 Worried about the church taking action?
1:26:28 Testimony after studying polygamy
1:28:44 Other arguments trying to defend polygamy
1:31:11 Argument that JS never practiced it
1:32:24 Brian and Laura Hales
1:38:00 Church decanonizing 132 possibly?
1:40:49 Effect of Church Essays, and curriculum. Getting rid of polygamy?
1:43:32 Reactions to the podcast?
1:44:42 How did it touch people?
1:46:59 Did fundamentalist people stop believing because of it?
1:47:57 Did the podcast change Lindsay herself?
1:50:28 Wisdom or truth gained?
1:52:34 How can you support Lindsay?
1:55:08 Start Q&A
1:55:37 Advice for distancing from the LDS church
1:57:20 Contradictions in doctrine about the subject
2:01:49 Did the LDS church tell the truth in the early years? Framing.
2:07:10 Connection between polygamy and appeasing women
2:09:19 How does society finally pull the plug?
2:13:10 How did the podcast affect relations with e.g. your husband or family?
2:17:05 How do fundamentalist Mormons deal with LGBT children?
2:18:30 Allowed to being part in masonic rites as a reason to allow polygamy
2:21:36 Closing words