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Introducing ‘The First Vision: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast’

Sponsored by BYU Studies—Latter-day Saints celebrate 1820 as the year in which Joseph Smith first saw and conversed with God the Father and Jesus Christ. To mark the bicentennial of this landmark event, the Joseph Smith Papers Project has released a six-episode podcast, The First Vision: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast.

Join host Spencer McBride as he introduces the first-ever podcast produced by the Joseph Smith Papers Project.

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“Dickens would be shocked at how much ‘A Christmas Carol’ shapes our holidays,” says scholar Natalie McKnight

Sponsored by BYU Studies—It’s been more than 175 years since Charles Dickens first published A Christmas Carol, but the book is as relevant as ever.

Join Natalie McKnight, president of the Dickens Society, as she talks about Dickens and Christmas.

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