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This Global Latter-day Life
by CGU Podcasts
Half storytelling, half conversation, This Global Latter-day Life features the perspectives and life stories of Latter-day Saints from Botswana, Mexico, the Caribbean, and other countries around the world. Based on oral histories from CGU’s Mormon collections, each episode tackles issues like race, culture, gender, and identity. We’ll be joined by scholars and other community members who offer insights and explore questions that arise along the way.
Episodes
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Episode 8: Strengthening Families in Nicaragua
This episode features the story of Rosa, a woman from Nicaragua. Having been raised without positive male influences, Rosa has looked to church teachings to form her ideal masculinity based on the Proclamation to the World. MA student Amy Elkins discusses with Amanda Tew, a temporary resident of...
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Episode 7: On the Borderlands
This episode features an interview with Nick, a Mexican American member of the church. Unable to fully claim either a Mexican or American identity, Nick describes living on the borderlands between LDS and mainstream culture, his “Mexican-ness” and “American-ness,” and his mother’s LDS heritage…
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Episode 6: Moving to an LDS Community
In this episode, MA student Emily McClean and Dr. Julie K. Allen examine an interview with “Freya", a Swedish student at BYU Provo. Having grown up as part of a religious minority, Freya finds moving to a high-density Mormon community instructive and liberating. Her experiences reveal how Mormon...
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Episode 5: In Search of a "Gospel Culture"
This episode focuses on Shiralee’s story, an LDS woman of multiple ethnic heritages. Not claiming any single cultural identity, and having lived in many locations, Shiralee has adopted a fundamental identity based on “gospel culture”. Yet as she has moved to different states and countries, she…
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Episode 4: Pioneering in Southeast Asia
In this episode, PhD candidate Lori Denning and Dr. Stacilee Ford, professor of history and gender at Hong Kong University, discuss the complexity of LDS identity in southeastern Asia. Their discussion is based on “Claire’s” story, a woman from Malaysia with a multi-faith background. Through her...
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Episode 3: Learning of the Priesthood-Temple Ban
In this episode, Claremont Graduate University student, Natalie Nelson and Dr. Caroline Kline discuss Kaya’s story, a young adult from a Zulu tribe. Although raised in the church, Kaya only heard of the black Priesthood-Temple ban during an institute class. Despite the shock, Kaya decided to not...
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Episode 2: Navigating Mormon Colonialism
In this episode, PhD students Joseph DuWors and Vinna Chowriamah discuss the impact of colonialism and racism on church members in Mauritius. Reviewing an interview with “Jacques,” a Mauritian of European descent, they explore how race and “otherness” can effect church experience. Vinna, also a...
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Episode 1: Latter-Day Saint Emigration
This episode features the experiences and perspectives of Ruth, a Zimbabwean convert who is studying at BYU-Idaho. Comparing her expectations of living in an LDS community and the reality, Ruth believes American members do not yet fully understand or embrace the dynamics and implications of a...
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Season 2 Introduction
Welcome to season 2! We have switched podcast platforms, so please resubscribe wherever you get your podcasts in order to access season 2. RSS feed is https://www.globallatterday.org/feed.xml Like the first season, the podcast will share the stories and voices of Latter-day Saints from around the...
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Sarah: Navajo and Latter-day Saint
This episode features the story of Sarah, a Navajo church member, who has experienced some dislocation from her Navajo culture of origin. She discusses her family’s history with the church and on the reservation and her search for stability in her life. Farina King joins Caroline to discuss the...
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Kalani: Navigating Biraciality in the U.S.
This episode features the story of Kalani, who navigated membership in the church during times when interracial marriage was discouraged. She discusses the difficulties those teachings brought into her life, as well as the challenges of her years as a single mother. Kalani Tonga joins Caroline in…
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Thabisa: Injustice, Race, and South Africa
This episode features the story of Thabisa, who navigated the brutal injustice of apartheid South Africa, and who ultimately found a sense of peace when she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kalani Tonga joins Caroline in a discussion about Thabisa’s oral history, focusing…
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Beth: Escaping Abuse
This episode tells the story of Beth from the Caribbean, who experienced abuse at the hands of her husband. She escaped and built a life for herself in the United States, ultimately becoming a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sarah Bonilla joins Caroline in a discussion...
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Ana: Ending Silence about Domestic Violence
This episode features the oral history of Ana from Mexico, who found herself in an abusive Latter-day Saint marriage. Eventually Ana, with the help of friends and family, took steps to end the abuse and to push against prevailing norms that lead women to keep silent about the problem. Sarah…
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Naomi: Single in Botswana
This episode explores the oral life history of Naomi, a convert from Botswana, who navigates the challenges of Latter-day Saint single life in a context where societal norms and parental expectations sometimes conflict with church chastity standards. Taunalyn Ford joins Caroline in a discussion...
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Aanya: Single in India
This episode features the oral history of Aanya, a convert from India, who is searching for a spouse who shares her vision of partnership and self-development. Taunalyn Ford joins Caroline in a discussion about marriage, caste, and family structures in India. Taunalyn is a fellow at the Maxwell...
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Mary-Anne and Sofia: The Drive to Better One’s Life
This double episode features the stories of Sofia from Mexico and Mary-Anne from Botswana, whose lives changed in big but practical ways when they joined the church — gaining literacy and other skills which enabled them to carve out new opportunities. Melissa Inouye joins Caroline in a discussion...
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Introducing This Global Latter-day Life
Join host Caroline Kline to hear about the perspectives and life stories of Latter-day Saints from places like Botswana, Mexico, the Caribbean, and other countries around the world. Each of the women you’ll meet in this podcast contributed her story to Claremont Graduate University’s Mormon oral...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Half storytelling, half conversation, This Global Latter-day Life features the perspectives and life stories of Latter-day Saints from Botswana, Mexico, the Caribbean, and other countries around the world. Based on oral histories from CGU’s Mormon collections, each episode tackles issues like race, culture, gender, and identity. We’ll be joined by scholars and other community members who offer insights and explore questions that arise along the way.
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Half storytelling, half conversation, This Global Latter-day Life features the perspectives and life stories of Latter-day Saints from Botswana, Mexico, the Caribbean, and other countries around the world. Based on oral histories from CGU’s Mormon collections, each episode tackles issues like race,...
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