Thank you for visiting the Mormon Stories archive.
Mormon Stories was an Internet podcast and blog (i.e. radio/tv show/newspaper) created in 2005 by John Dehlin. At its inception, the project was meant to be:
- An open and honest exploration of some of the tougher intellectual and cultural issues within Mormonism, and
- A support to LDS Church members struggling in their faith/testimony over these difficult issues.
Over the course of three years, John conducted over 200 hours of audio and video interviews with various prominent Mormon academics, historians and critics. Some of the topics explored within the podcast include: Joseph Smith’s life, LDS polygamy, masonry, racism, feminism, homosexuality, apologetics, Book of Mormon historicity, the LDS missionary program, the reconciliation between faith and the intellect, and apostasy.
Some of the people interviewed include Richard and Claudia Bushman, Greg Prince, Todd Compton, Darius Gray and Margaret Young, Grant Palmer, Paul and Margaret Toscano, etc.
You can most easily access the full Mormon Stories audio and video archive by clicking here after you have installed iTunes (for full instructions, click here), or you can access individual episodes and essays here.
Warning: While several of these episodes could safely be counted as “faith-promoting,” other episodes could be considered disturbing to traditional LDS Church members: not because they are critical of the church, but because they deal candidly with very difficult topics. Consequently, listener/viewer discretion is advised.
To date, over 8.9 terabytes (8,900 gigabytes) of audio and video files have been downloaded from this site by well over 20,000 individual listeners worldwide.
Mormon Stories was retired by John in 2007. For an explanation as to why, see the Frequently Asked Questions page.
Finally, for those seeking resources to STAY in the LDS Church, please check out StayLDS.com.
