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SALT LAKE CITY — “When Calls the Heart” is coming back to television and co-creator Brian Bird can’t wait for fans to see what happens next. Continue reading “‘I can’t wait for (fans) to see the remaining episodes’: Brian Bird on ‘When Calls the Heart’ season 6”
As When Calls the Heart returns from its creative hiatus, co-creator and executive producer Brian Bird discusses how challenges have shaped the show and sets the stage for the rest of Season 6.
Continue reading “‘Persistence beats resistance’: Brian Bird addresses fans as ‘When Calls the Heart’ returns from creative hiatus”
Sponsored by BYU Studies—Quincy Newell is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Hamilton College and the author of Your Sister in the Gospel: The Life of Jane Manning James, a Nineteenth-Century Black Mormon (Oxford, 2019). Continue reading “10 questions with Quincy Newell”
Sponsored by BYU Studies— Ignacio Garcia is the Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr. Professor of Western & Latino History at Brigham Young University and President-Elect of the Mormon History Association. Continue reading “10 questions with Ignacio Garcia”
“THE TRAGEDY AND THE TRIUMPH,” edited by Charles Swift, BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, $17.99, 160 pages (nf)
Each year, scholars gather at Brigham Young University to give presentations on the life and mission of Jesus Christ. A new book published in partnership with BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book draws from the 2018 and 2019 Easter Conferences. Continue reading “‘The Tragedy and the Triumph’ compiles speeches from BYU Easter Conferences”
SALT LAKE CITY — It was 45 years ago this year that TV viewers first watched Ma and Pa Ingalls beam from their covered wagon down on their three young daughters frolicking in the prairie grasses. Continue reading “‘Little House on the Prairie’s’ Nellie Oleson looks back on the hit show 45 years after it started”
Jody Genessy is a sports reporter with the Deseret News and author of 100 things every Jazz fan should know and do before they die (Triumph Books, 2019). Continue reading “10 questions with Jody Genessy”
Sometimes the greatest stories are found in the most unlikely places. Thanks to a lonely grave in a Colorado cemetery, scores of women largely lost to history are having their stories shared with thousands. Continue reading “From a Utah woman who built her own ambulance in WWI to one who ran against her husband for Senate, this podcast wants you to know their stories – and their names”
When Calls the Heart composer John Sereda will be participating in 10 questions and wanted to send fans a message from his recent vacation to Egypt in advance of his interview. Continue reading “‘When Calls the Heart’ composer John Sereda sends his greetings from Egypt amidst show’s ‘creative hiatus’”
SALT LAKE CITY — Fans of the popular Hallmark Channel show “When Calls the Heart” have been on pins and needles ever since co-creator Brian Bird announced the show would be taking a “creative hiatus” following the abrupt exit of actress Lori Loughlin. Continue reading “Hallmark’s ‘When Calls the Heart’ showrunner Alfonso Moreno preparing for Season 6 creative retooling”