Today we chat about prophecy, the book of Jarom, and what it means for us to be living in the middle. We draw especially on Sharon J. Harris’s brief theological introduction to Enos, Jarom, Omni. Check it out!Link to our Face in Hat discord

6.7 Women and Priesthood, Part 3

Apr 11th, 2024 54m 3s

The recent Worldwide Relief Society Devotional was awesome! One quote caused a bit of a kerfuffle, which sets the stage for part 3 of our series on women and priesthood. But the devotional really was great! Go watch it! And also listen to th

6.6 Women and Priesthood, Part 2

Mar 23rd, 2024 57m 13s

Credit, authority, the danger of hierarchies, and how Jewish whiskey relates to fiction, equity, and legislation. Join us in our second of a multipart series on women and the priesthood.Link to our Face in Hat discord server!https://discord.

6.5 Women and Priesthood, Part I

Feb 29th, 2024 1h 25m

Our first of a multi-part series on women and the Priesthood of the Church. Themes for this part include defining terms, Priesthood vs. religious office, and Priesthood in the past. Join us!Link to our Face in Hat discord server!https://dis

6.4 Taking the Stand

Jan 17th, 2024 1h 14m

Women LDS Relief Society leaders are no longer allowed on the stand in the Bay Area, as covered in Peggy Fletcher Stack’s SL Tribune’s article. On this show, we talk about activism in general, our reaction to this change (not great) and discus

6.3 Revelate!

Dec 23rd, 2023 1h 2m

Did you know that we as members of the Church believe in the Book of Revelation? Let’s have some fun and open some seals!Link to our Face in Hat discord server!https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwhNew YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!https://www.yout

6.2 Idol Meat

Sep 12th, 2023 1h 3m

In 1st Corinthians, Paul teaches about protecting the weak ones by avoiding the appearance of evil. Is this applicable to online discourse? Should we avoid the musty corners of church history or should we investigate? Is there harm in causin

6.1 Barbie as an Endowment Film

Aug 24th, 2023 45m 41s

Spoilers for the Barbie movie!! The Barbie movie takes people into the presence of God and delivers them to the real world. Join us as we discuss the LDS endowment, existentialism, and heavenly mother as we revel in one of the best movies rel

5.9 Golden plates, translation, and Tibetan Buddhism

Jun 26th, 2023 1h 14m

We welcome Tanner McAlister today as we discuss two articles on the translation of the Book of Mormon. We kick things off using our season’s reference, “Yet to be revealed”, from BYU studies. Grant Hardy’s article “The Book of Mormon Translat

5.8 Grace, works, and foreknowledge

May 25th, 2023 1h 7m

Two for one! Grace vs. works is one of our favorite topics, and the foreknowledge of God is another! The two articles from BYU Studies we are covering today relate to each other in fascinating ways. Join us as we discuss how we can approach G

5.7 War, Polygamy, and Disobedience

Apr 12th, 2023 1h 2m

When exactly are we supposed to be obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law? Nathan Oman’s article on Civil Disobedience in Latter-day Saint Thought took us down a winding road exploring this question. Ride along!Link to our Face in Hat disco

5.6 History, narration, and theological work

Feb 18th, 2023 55m 48s

Our church’s framing of the apostasy and restoration is changing, and Miranda Wilcox wrote about it! How we narrate our religious history affects our general understanding of Christian history, and can help us better appreciate the centuries o

5.5 Holy Matrimony, Holy Grail

Dec 23rd, 2022 25m 35s

So, was Jesus married? Our holiday edition of our series on open questions follows Christopher James Blythe’s article on the same question. Conspiracy, Assassin’s Creed, Dan Brown, this one’s got it all. Lots of great links in the show notes! S

5.4 Agency and its opposition

Dec 3rd, 2022 1h 10m

Agency is critical to the plan of salvation, and the adversary wanted it gone. But how? Philip L. Barlow wrote a banger of an article in Dialogue looking at prevailing theories, and argues the theology yields critical implications for how Mormo

5.3 Eternal individuation and King Follett

Oct 30th, 2022 1h 28m

We welcome William Morris aka Wm, founder of A Motley Vision, onto our show to talk about the BYU studies article, The King Follett Discourse: Pinnacle or Peripheral?, by James E. Faulconer and Susannah Morrison. We talk about the nature of in

5.2 Divinization and Deity

Oct 18th, 2022 1h 5m

It’s a two for one today as we look at two BYU studies articles on whether God ever has or is currently progressing, and on progression in the afterlife. Go deep with us! It’s so much fun! Plus Hadestown makes an appearance!Link to our Face

5.1 Open Questions, an intro to season 5

Sep 24th, 2022 52m 49s

Welcome to season 5! In this season we are studying the recent BYU Studies Quarterly issue 60:3: “Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology.” In each of the articles, an unsettled, open question is presented along with vie

4.8 Mormonism and Judaism

Jun 29th, 2022 55m 34s

Mormons love the Old Testament and everything about the Jewish faith and culture. Join us as we go into the history of Judaic influences on the LDS faith, and the sometimes complex relationship between our faiths.Link to our Face in Hat disco

4.7 Joshua and Jericho

Jun 11th, 2022 45m 6s

A fun primary lesson led to a deeper discussion of historicity and truth in the book of Joshua.Link to our Face in Hat discord server!https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwhWhat Do We Mean When We Say that the Scriptures Are True? By Michael Austinh

4.6 Critical reading and the Divine Feminine

Apr 20th, 2022 55m 24s

Reading scientific papers requires a critical mindset, but often ‘critical’ has a negative connotation. How can we apply critical reading to scriptures and conference addresses? This is especially relevant in the context of recent conference ad

4.5 Universalism and Heresy

Feb 3rd, 2022 54m 11s

Dr. Eugene England and Elder Bruce R. McConkie really didn’t agree on many points regarding the nature of God and the destiny of souls. For today’s show, we highly recommend Rebecca England’s essay linked in the show notes! We cover it briefly

4.4 Billions of quick hits

Jan 3rd, 2022 46m 20s

Happy new year! We revisit older shows, adding updates on finance (billions of dollars worth), the Provo temple, the Devil in church meetings and certain prophecies about the color of horses. Link to our Face in Hat discord server!https://di

4.3 Liberal hair lengths

Nov 24th, 2021 51m 49s

Starting off with the history of the People’s Park in Berkley, we segway into discussing Emily Kaplan’s article in the Washington Post, “The Rise of the Liberal Latter-day Saints.” It’s a great article and has generated lots of discussion, espe

4.2 In our lovely alphabet

Oct 9th, 2021 52m 42s

Brigham Young loved the Deseret alphabet, and so do we. It’s so cool looking and old and kinda weird. It’s perfect Mormon history and it’s forever enshrined in Unicode. Let’s take a look!Link to new Face in Hat discord server!https://discord

4.1 A modern miracle

Sep 26th, 2021 56m 2s

Did you know they had smallpox vaccines in the 1700s? Join us as we kick off season 4 of Face in Hat with some history and then an in-depth look at one of the most important modern miracles, the mRNA vaccine against Covid 19.Link to new Face