Ep 72 — Joseph Smith Paralleled

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today is a bit of a classic deep dive into early Mormon history, sort of. We crack open the pages of Rick Grunder’s Mormon Parallels (linked below; please pick up a copy) and investigate what was in the air of 18th and early 19th century America. Turns out, Joseph Smith was not an island and the Book of Mormon is very much a product of its time. Let’s see how Shannon does with my clever little game of Mormon or Not!? After that we review a graphic novel</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Joseph Smith in Space: May the Farce Be With You</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">recommended to us by a lovely listener with a solid bead on our type of humor. Then we round out with some happy news about the Utah Supreme Court actually coming to the right decision for goddamn once!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show links: </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mormon Parallels by Rick Grunder sold directly by the author!</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><a href= "https://www.rickgrunder.com/parallels.htm"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.rickgrunder.com/parallels.htm</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">MOGP: The graphic novel Joseph Smith In Space: May the Farce Be With You, by Z.M. Thomas:</span> <a href= "https://smile.amazon.com/Joseph-Smith-Space-May-Farce-ebook/dp/B084326B9J/ref=sr_1_3"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://smile.amazon.com/Joseph-Smith-Space-May-Farce-ebook/dp/B084326B9J/ref=sr_1_3</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Info on Z. M. Thomas:</span> <a href= "https://twincitiesgeek.com/twin-cities-geek-staff/z-m-thomas/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> https://twincitiesgeek.com/twin-cities-geek-staff/z-m-thomas/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happy news: Utah Affirms Transgender Right to Change Birth Certificates:</span> <a h