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January 6, 2020January 7, 2020

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.

April 16, 2019July 10, 2019

10 questions with Ignacio Garcia

Sponsored by BYU Studies— Ignacio Garcia is the Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr. Professor of Western & Latino History at Brigham Young University and president of the Mormon History Association. Continue reading “10 questions with Ignacio Garcia”

May 15, 2018March 14, 2019

10 questions with Dennis B. Horne

I recently had the privilege to interview Dennis B. Horne.

Horne is the author of several books, including “Bruce R. McConkie: Highlights from his Life and Teachings,” “Called of God by Prophecy,” and “I Know He Lives: How 13 Special Witnesses Came to Know Christ.”

Dennis B. Horne, Photo provided by Dennis Horne.

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April 24, 2018July 25, 2018

10 questions with the editors of ‘Foundational Texts of Mormonism’

I recently had the privilege to interview Mark Ashurst McGee, Robin Scott Jensen, and Sharalyn D. Howcroft. They are the editors of “Foundational Texts of Mormonism: Examining Major Early Sources.”

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