I’m excited to introduce Joe Jessop. He’s the LDS grandson of polygamist leader Rulon Allred. Joe will talk about growing up in the Apostolic United Brethren (that’s Kody Brown’s group for those of you who watch Sister Wives), and we’ll learn more about how the group is organized. Do they have a prophet or a council that leads? How did they split from the FLDS? What do we know about John Taylor’s 1886 revelation about polygamy? Who is Lorin Woolley, and can he be believed about the roots of Mormon fundamentalism? Check out our conversation…

Transcript to follow soon.

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0:00 Intro to Apostolic United Brethren

13:14 1886 Revelation

16:30 History of Manifestos

22:05 Is Lorin Woolley’s Story Reliable?

26:41 AUB/FLDS Split in 1951

37:57 John Taylor On the Run

40:07 Did Heber J Grant Start Fundamentalism?

43:35 Lebaron Groups Hit List

55:01 How Montana Gained Polygamists

1:00:51 When Polygamists Join LDS Church

1:05:35 How LDS Lost(?) Priesthood in 1978

1:12:23 Why Seniority is Good For Succession

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