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Sunstone Firesides Podcast

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In 1935, Lowell L. Bennion, at the University of Utah’s LDS Institute of Religion introduced “fireside chats” as inspirational talks for students. Featuring a weekly evening podcast, join a range of incredible hosts as they chat with diverse guests from across the Mormon spectrum.

  • 59 minutes 56 seconds
    Episode 35: What Mormons (and post-Mormons) Should Know About COVID-19.
    Blaire Ostler talks with Dr. Jordan Roberts about the basics of COVID-19: how it may have originated, how it spreads, what families can do about containing it, and hopeful scenarios for the future. Listen to this episode here. 
  • 1 hour 21 seconds
    Episode 9: A Trans-Masculine/Asexual Mormon Experience
    Trigger Warning: This episode contains reference to self harm and suicidal ideation. In this episode, Blaire Ostler interviews Kris Irvin, a trans-masculine, asexual Mormon about their experience in the Church, coming out, and living their life in a heterosexual marriage. Listen to this episode here.
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Episode 15: The Last Manti Pageant
    Join Firesides host Blaire Ostler as she and her husband Drew recount their experiences attending the last run of the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti, Utah. They discuss an overview of the experience, the doctrinal and cultural implications, and the history of the pageant itself. Listen to this episode here. Links mentioned in this episode: …
  • 48 minutes 46 seconds
    Episode 14: Lifting Up the Hands that Hang Down: A Conversation with Kathy Carlston
    A Columbine shooting survivor, Kathy Carlston is a self-identified queer woman who was raised within Mormonism and became married to her wife Berta Marquez. In this podcast she discusses candidly and with raw honesty her battles with conversion therapy, depression, her own suicidality, and the death by suicide of her beautiful wife ‘Bear’. Kathy shares …
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Episode 13: Mixed-Orientation Marriages
    Gay individuals who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and who wish to remain in good standing have two options as it relates to romance and marriage. Pursuing a same-sex relationship is considered a grievous sin and is contrary to as-of-yet revealed doctrine. Celibacy during this life is one option. …
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Episode 12: Mystic Mormon Women
    Firesides host Kalani Tonga interviews three mystic Mormon women about their current spiritual practices including tarot, Lotería and Kabbalah. Jennifer Gonzalez, Sara Katherine Staheli Hanks, and Kimberly Lewis each discuss their mystical practices and how it intersects with their collective Mormon upbringings. Listen to this episode here.
  • 45 minutes 11 seconds
    Episode 11: Syrian Refugee Stories
    Sara Fisk interviews Fatmeh, a refugee who left Syria at the height of the war. Hear about her upbringing in Syria, her experience with the war, and what it was like to resettle in the U.S. Listen to this episode here.    
  • 53 minutes 36 seconds
    Episode 10: The Mormon Story of Matthew Shepard’s death
    Lindsay Hansen Park interviews Representative Sara Burlingame of Wyoming Equality about the murder of Matthew Shepard by two Mormons and the impact two decades later. Listen to this episode here.
  • 52 minutes 42 seconds
    Episode 8: Quincy Newell and the Biography of Jane Manning James
    On this week’s episode, Cristina speaks with Quincy Newell about her upcoming book, Your Sister in the Gospel: The Life of Jane Manning James, a Nineteenth-Century Black Mormon. While many know brief parts about Jane’s life, Quincy offers a complex look at Jane’s life, faith, infamous sealing, and legacy. Her book seeks to understand Mormonism’s …
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Episode 17: An Introduction to Flourish Counseling Services
    Flourish Counseling Services is a pioneer in providing therapy especially tailored to the LGBTQ community in Utah. Though it has never been an easy road, it has always been a rewarding one. Blaire Ostler talks with Lisa Hansen and Laura Skaggs Dulin about their experiences. Listen to this episode here.
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Episode 7: Abuse and Healing in a Mormon Context
    Trigger Warning: This episode focuses on ritual abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence. Lindsay Hansen Park interviews Amber Whitley and Teresa Edmunds on the topic of abuse and healing. Amber Whitley has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Utah. Her research focused on the healing process of sexual abuse survivors in the …
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