A few years ago, the LDS Church switched from 3 hour church to 2 hour church. Is that helpful or hurtful to retention of members? Scott Vance weighs in, and we'll also discuss the loss of Church pagea

How are LDS adjacent groups funded? Scott Vance recently presented a paper at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) in Salt Lake City on how LDS adjacent groups are funded directly a

Bryan Ready has visited the Nauvoo Pageant for years, and now he's part of the cast! He'll describe his experiences in the pageant, and how Casey Griffiths asked him to write about Church history site

Why do industrialized countries lose religion? Dr Ryan Cragun has a very interesting theory. We'll also talk about other projects he is working on. Check out our conversation by subscribing to our fre

What role does politics play in religious affiliation? Dr Ryan Cragun gives us a few hints and discusses his upcoming book on the topic. We'll also discuss his recent papers asking when women get LDS

We've talked about why people don't identify as religious, but is it true that Conservative Churches grow at a faster rate? Is it true churches in the Global South are growing? Why is that? Dr Ryan Cr

LDS are legendary for tracking membership statistics. How do other religions track membership, or do they? We'll talk about the rise of Nones, the 2nd fastest growing religious group with Sociologist

Dr Ryan Cragun made news this week when he said that Utah is no longer a majority Mormon state. How did he come to that conclusion? We'll talk about it in our next conversation. Check it out! - https:

We're discussing 2 of the 7 gospels in the Book of Mormon: Gospel of Abinadi and Gospel of Samuel the Lamanite. Check out our conversation.... - https://youtu.be/KZlWJZPlVxQ - Dont miss our other con

Dr Rosalynde Welch discusses atonement theology & 2 of the gospels in the Book of Mormon: Gospel of Mary & Gospel of Mosiah. We'll get into atonement theology and discuss whether Joseph Smith's world