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WARD RADIO
by Cardon Ellis
We delight in truth. We Denounce Deception. We Have Fun! We talk anything and everything tangential to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!DISCLAIMER: The Opinions expressed in this podcast are the opinions of the radio hosts themselves and do not represent official positions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are not apologists, we are just radio hosts who call it how we see it :)#Mormon #LDS #christian #cardonellis #midnightmormons #exmormon #jesus #God #thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdayssaints
Episodes
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Sooo... A Catholic and 2 Mormons Walk Into A Public Execution...
Pope Leo just called the death penalty an attack on the dignity of the human person.Catholics are already fighting. Trads say Chicago went woke. Others say finally.Trevor Tomesh @realdrtt (Catholic, former atheist) and Kai Schwemmer @kaischwem walk into the wigwam with Cardon.- Not new. Catechism...
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LDS Scholar Calls Into Anti-Mormon Radio Show and This Hilarious Thing happened!
Jackson Washburn — ASU, Harvard Divinity, UCLA PhD, Armenia mission — called into James White’s show and asked one question.Name a single work in Mormon studies you actually keep up on.White’s answer: a guy he knew who left, Blake Ostler from the late 90s, and “a lot of Dan McClellanism.”That’s…
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They Thought Joseph and Hyrum Were Buried Under Temple Square
Charlie Chaplin smuggled the raw negatives of **The Kid** into Salt Lake City inside **coffee cans** — hiding them from his estranged wife Mildred — and finished the picture in a rented room at the **Hotel Utah**.That building is now the **Joseph Smith Memorial Building**.This episode:- Plays the...
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Joseph Smith's ACTUAL Signature! Oh, And IF He Weren’t a Murderer, Hofmann Would Be So Cool.
A real Joseph Smith signature still exists — on a piece of paper closer to tissue than a dollar bill.**Kirtland Safety Society.** January 1837. Anti-banking notes. Joseph and Sidney. $15,000 forty years ago. North of $500,000 now.This episode is a live comparison:- Early notes: almost always...
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Joseph Smith's Sealing to 17 Year Old Girl WASN'T What You Think!
27 July 1842. Joseph Smith dictates a revelation to Newel K. Whitney. Those are the words Whitney uses to seal his daughter **Sarah Ann** to the Prophet.It’s on the Joseph Smith Papers. Typed later. Verified by the Whitneys. In the Church History Library.This episode reads the ceremony out loud —...
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I Can't Believe the LDS Conversation I Just Heard on PragerU! (feat. Joshua Carr)
On this episode, Joshua Carr joins us to talk about the recent interview he gave to Prager U regarding the darndest of LDS strengths!
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Debunking BAD takes on Good LDS Attendance Data by Pew Research!
Rylan, from Ether's Elephant, joins Cardon Ellis of Ward Radio in order to talk the good and the bad and the not-so-ugly stats on LDS attendance from Pew Research!
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New Theory: Joseph Used BOTH Stones in the Hat!
Jerry Grover walks in with a theory meant to end the shouting match.Joseph and Oliver said they used the **interpreters** the whole time. Emma, David Whitmer, and others talk about the **brown seer stone** after the 116 pages. Historians pick a side. Jerry’s riff: **maybe both were in the…
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Joseph Smith Wrote In The Adamic Language... To HIDE Things!
Ryan Wood read the Joseph Smith Papers as they came out. Buried in the Revelation Books — the same books printers used for the Doctrine and Covenants — is a song given by the gift of tongues in the **Adamic / “pure” language**, then translated into English.With **Dr. Christopher Blythe** (Joseph...
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Idaho Pro-Life Update!
Tonight Lisa Keller, community organizer from Idaho, joins Cardon Ellis and Brittany Ellis in the Ward Radio Wig-Wam to update us on the latest from Idaho!
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Tony Robbins and Patrick Bet-David just said WHAT?! About Latter-Day Saints?
Patrick Bet-David and Tony Robbins sat down to talk about America’s future — and walked straight into Mormon missions.Robbins: a **belief is a poor substitute for an experience.** PBD: send the kids out so they stop taking America for granted.This reaction episode is about why that only works…
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The Secret Alphabet Early Utah Mormons Tried to Replace English With
1869. The Salt Lake Temple is barely out of the ground. And the Saints are printing **First Nephi in a brand-new alphabet**.The **Deseret Alphabet** was Brigham Young’s phonetic rewrite of English — no silent letters, no exceptions. *Tough* is just **TUF**. Immigrants were supposed to learn…
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Is This the Only Photograph of Joseph Smith? The Filmmakers Make Their Case
**Exclusive.** We walked the actual studio where *Brother Joseph Again* was built — black walls, plaster busts, death masks, and a replica of the Smith-Larson daguerreotype locket the Church now owns.Joseph Smith is the only latter-day Church president with **no confirmed photograph**. For 182...
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For Those of You Considering Coming Back to the LDS Church...
Adam Whitbeck left. Then he came back. Then, in one month, he got his patriarchal blessing, drove 15 young men to camp, was ordained an elder, and went to the Payson Temple.This episode is for the person who already knows the Church is true on paper — and still can’t feel it.We talk about:- Why…
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Is Heavenly Mother the Holy Ghost? (Handle This Carefully)
This is a **touchy** conversation. Treat it that way.Latter-day Saints believe we have a Mother in Heaven. That part is real. What is *not* revealed is whether she is the Holy Ghost, whether there is one Mother or many, or how the Godhead is structured beyond what the scriptures already say.We…
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The Insane Christian Doctrine in First Drafts of STAR WARS!
Before *A New Hope*, George Lucas wrote **five complete scripts**. They are not the movie you know...In the early drafts:- The heroes weren’t Jedi. They were the **Dai Nogas**- The Force was the **Force of Others** — split into **Ashla** (good) and **Bogan** (evil)- A holy man called **the...
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Lindsay Clancy, Latter-Day Saintz, and Relief Society Cookies!
Brittany the Shadow, Sean Layton from Ward Radio Games, and Ethan Fausett, Discord Moderator, join Cardon Ellis and the World Wide Ward Radio fan base discuss Lindsay Clancy, Mormon Girlz, and enjoy some ginger snaps!
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A Latter-Day Saint Guide to Recognizing and Responding to "Cry-Bullies"
Kwaku El and Maddy Packer team up with Cardon Ellis and Brittany the Shadow to teach people how to recognize toxic "cry-bullism" online, and instruct us how to respond to it. It's gonna be fun.
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So... How Was Drive-Thru Church?!
Alright... so.... how was drive-through Church? #Pro-LDS #mormon
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Trinitarians are Abandoning the Trinity!
Another debate between a "Mormons-are-heretics" evangelical and a god-head-is-awesome" Mormon went really well for the 'mormon'
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Should We Ban YSA Wards Until We Figure Out What’s Going On?
Are Young Single Adult Wards helping people get married… or just teaching them how to stay single?In this episode we go after a question a lot of people are whispering:Should the Church dissolve YSA wards?We talk about:- Why early-2000s Mormon culture felt warmer — and why that energy is gone…
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Ex-Ex-Mormon Wave Incoming - Olivia Dunson vs. the Comment Section
Olivia Dunson — better known as "Inspire.w.Olivia" — is one of the fastest-rising Gen Z Latter-day Saint voices on Instagram and TikTok.Short, funny, honest, and occasionally savage.In this episode we play her viral reels, talk about the backlash she got from people who insist Mormons aren’t...
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The Iron Rod Wasn’t a Handrail (And Other Insights from Building Book of Mormon Legos)
KJ Hershey of 1830 Studios brought three prototype Book of Mormon brick sets into the studio — Laban’s house, Lehi’s Tree of Life vision, and Nephi’s ship — and the details are wild.In this episode we talk about:- Why these aren’t legally “Lego” sets (and how the brick market actually works)- Why...
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Right-Wing Latter-day Saints Are Anonymously Attacking LDS Podcasters
This one is raw.LDS Members Ugly Infighting Is Worse Than the Critics!Anonymous conservative LDS accounts — the Deseret Nation / “frogmo” corner of X — start calling LDS podcasters the “lowest form of latter-day life,” dunking on a year-old joke video, and treating humor like apostasy.That’s not...
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Immersive Book of Mormon Audio… and We Dream-Casted the Voices
Someone is finally making a full-cast, immersive audio experience of the Book of Mormon — without changing a single word of the text.In this episode we sit down with KJ from 1830 Studios to hear the first proof-of-concept chapters of 1 Nephi.He walks us through:Why most Book of Mormon audio /...
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Joseph Smith’s “Strange Relationship with Satan” DEBUNKED
A new wave of anti-Mormon content is recycling old claims that Joseph Smith was deeply involved with demons and occult rituals.In this episode we break down a recent video from the Catholic channel *Jesus and Whatnot* that argues Joseph Smith had more demonic encounters than any other religious...
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Book of Mormon Contradictions Actually PROVE It’s True
Most people treat “contradictions” in scripture as a problem. What if they’re actually one of the strongest evidences that the Book of Mormon is real?In this episode we dig into:- Why Nephi and Jacob clearly disagree about the Lamanites- Why treating the Book of Mormon like a single, univocal…
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Should We Start a Mormon Scientology Cult... i.e. Mormon-tology? Kwaku Has Some Thoughts...
Kwaku-el has been reading L. Ron Hubbard… and he’s not hating it.Should we start a NEW Cult?In this episode we go deep on:Why reading primary sources beats listening to criticsThe surprisingly useful ideas in Dianetics (reactive mind, engrams)How Scientology compares to Freemasonry more than...
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The Most Important Calling in the Church Is Dying - Do THIS Now!
Ministering is broken… and it’s one of the biggest reasons people feel alone at church.In this episode we sit down with Steve Webber — the man who literally wrote the book on ministering — to talk about:Why home teaching / ministering has collapsed since COVID.The powerful principle President...
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Demons on the Mission!
Doctor Christopher Blythe and the "Amateur Historian", Ryan Wood join Brad Witbeck, Kwaku El, Adam Witbeck, and Cardon Ellis in the studio to talk about all the absurd amount of stories regarding demonic possession on the mission!
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He Spoke to One of the Three Nephites! (feat. Reid Moon)
Reid Moon, premiere collector of rare Latter-day Saint artifacts and books, comes into the Ward Radio studio to discuss his unique experiences, books, and insights.
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Calvinist Hears Jacob Hansen's Debate and Converts! (Feat. Wyatt Evans)
Wyatt Evans watched the debate between God Logic and Jacob Hansen at the 2026 "Bless God" Summit and started down a path that ultimately led to his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, aka the "Mormons". He comes to the studio to discuss!
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Real Life Ex-Fundamentalist Tells All!
Lots of people don't realize this but Dr. Christopher Blythe used to put the fun in "fundy" and fundamentalist for a while and well... he's here to tell all. Ask me anything.
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INSANE False Prophets Gone Wrong! (feat. Christopher Blythe)
Doctor Christopher Blythe, expert of new religious movements, joins us in the Ward Radio Wigwam to talk about the top 5 craziest and coolest cults of the modern mormon era, and how they went WILD!
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Stephen King Is BIG MAD Utah Banned His Books! ... And WHY It's A GOOD Thing!
Stephen King is furious after Utah parents successfully got one of his books removed from school libraries.The book in question? Different Seasons — the collection that includes The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me.In this episode we break down:What Utah’s new parental rights law actually...
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Cliff Knechtle Gets Embarrassed by Muslim Apologists... Why It's SO Easy To Get Destroyed!
Cliff Knechtle and his son Stewart just got taken apart by Muslim apologists in a debate… and it’s painful to watch.When Your Own Team Says You Lost, Maybe It's Time For Some DEEP Reflection.In this episode we break down the exact moments where Cliff:Completely misstated the New Testament...
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Evangelical Anti-Mormons STILL Losing the Battle with Mormons... After A 29 Year Old Warning!
A 29-year-old article by evangelical scholars Carl Mosser and Paul Owen titled “Losing the Battle and Not Knowing It” warned that evangelicals were losing the intellectual and apologetic battle with Latter-day Saints — and most didn’t even realize it.In this episode, we revisit the article and...
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Where Are The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel? The Apocrypha Documents Prove They Are NOT In The Arctic.
A newly discovered apocryphal text claims to record Jesus Christ visiting the Lost Ten Tribes in a hidden “City of the Blessed.” The story matches exactly what Latter-day Saints would expect from a record of the Ten Tribes — a miraculous visit from the risen Lord, teaching, feasting, and...
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What Did Jesus DO for the 40 Days AFTER His Resurrection? (Luke's "Lacuna") Will Surprise You!
There's a massive hole in the New Testament that almost nobody talks about.In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus rises from the dead… and then basically disappears for 40 days with almost no explanation. Luke gives us only 211 words about the risen Lord’s ministry before jumping to Acts.In this episode…
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Putin vs Mormon Bishop: Arrested in His Garments for $50 Donation (They Call It Terrorism)
A Latter-Day Saint Branch President (Bishop?) in Russia was arrested and photographed in his garments after allegedly donating a small amount of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation founded by Alexei Navalny.Russian authorities labeled the donation “support for terrorism.”In this episode we...
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The "Gospel of Thomas" Just Nuked Biblical Dating 🤯 Prepare To Be Blown Away!
A newly published fragment of the Gospel of Thomas is causing major problems for traditional biblical scholarship.In this episode, we break down:Why this second-century Greek manuscript is so explosiveHow it interweaves sayings from Matthew, Luke, and ThomasThe two major theories (Upstream vs....
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Top 5 Craziest Things in the Joseph Smith Papers: Ryan Wood Read Them ALL!
Have YOU Read ALL of the Joseph Smith Papers?Ryan Wood @Amateur_LDS_Historian is one of the very few people (possibly the only amateur historian) who has read the entire Joseph Smith Papers collection — all 26+ volumes of primary documents, journals, revelations, and letters.In this episode, he...
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How To Destroy EVERY Anti-Mormon Argument!
Devin from Latter Day Logic shares his powerful 4-step framework (and 14-step version) for logically dismantling anti-Mormon arguments — especially the ones that go viral on TikTok and Instagram.In this episode we cover:How to respond when someone claims Joseph Smith married a 14-year-oldThe “You...
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We've Been Wrong about "After All We Can Do" This WHOLE TIME?!?! (Was Bruce R. McConkie Wrong?)
Jeff Harmon (co-founder of Angel Studios) shares a fresh and powerful interpretation of one of the most debated verses in the Book of Mormon: 2 Nephi 25:23.By connecting it to Alma 24:11, Jeff shows that “all we can do” is actually repentance — not a long list of works. This changes how we...
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The Most Beautiful Doors in History... And They're at BYU?!?!
Lorenzo Ghiberti spent 27 years creating what Michelangelo called “The Gates of Paradise” — the stunning bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery. Now, a high-quality replica is on display at the BYU Museum of Art.In this episode, we talk about:The incredible story behind Ghiberti’s masterpieceHow...
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"Flirt To Convert?" And How Early Christianity Turned Against Marriage!
Latter-day Saints rank near the top when it comes to marrying within their faith — right behind Hindus and evangelicals. But why does this matter?In this episode, we look at recent data on same-faith marriages and then dive into a deeper discussion: Why has the restored gospel placed such a…
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Secret Gospel of Mark: The Letter That Exposes Hidden Teachings Written By The Apostle Mark.
In 1958, scholar Morton Smith discovered a letter in the Mar Saba monastery written by Clement of Alexandria. The letter claims that the Gospel of Mark originally contained secret teachings and temple rituals from Jesus that were later removed.This letter (often called the Mar Saba Letter or…
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Fairy Smut: Should LDS Women Read It? How Bookrata Can Help...
“Fairy smut” (spicy fantasy romance novels like A Court of Thorns and Roses) has become extremely popular, including among some Relief Society sisters. But is it harmless fun, or is it shaping expectations in unhealthy ways?In this episode, we discuss:Why some women are drawn to these booksThe...
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Bruce R. McConkie Got This Book of Mormon Chapter Heading Wrong?!
The current chapter heading for Moroni chapter 2 says these events happened around AD 401–421. We think that’s incorrect.In this episode, we make the case that Moroni chapter 2 is not Moroni speaking in the 5th century. Instead, it is a direct record of Jesus Christ speaking to His twelve Nephite...
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Did The 3 Nephites Appear as Aliens From Another Planet? You Won't Believe This!
What if the Three Nephites weren’t just ancient disciples… but beings from another world?In 1940, a Dutch man named Udo Wartena claimed he had a close encounter with visitors from another planet while living in rural Montana.According to his account, the beings:Looked like regular menTraveled in…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We delight in truth. We Denounce Deception. We Have Fun! We talk anything and everything tangential to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!DISCLAIMER: The Opinions expressed in this podcast are the opinions of the radio hosts themselves and do not represent official positions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are not apologists, we are just radio hosts who call it how we see it :)#Mormon #LDS #christian #cardonellis #midnightmormons #exmormon #jesus #God #thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdayssaints
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