All Episodes

Episode 167: The Morality of Modern Living: Redistricting, Shoplifting, and Lab-Grown Meat

Episode 166 Secret Combinations, the Voting Rights Act, and a River of Regret

Episode 165: Cancel Culture at UVU & the Legacy of Charlie Kirk

Episode 164: The Future of Marriage and the Ethics of the Automated Draft

Episode 163: The LDS Political Shift: MAGA, Birthright Citizenship, and General Conference

Episode 162: Gerrymandering, The SAVE Act, and the Non-Citizen Audit: Who Actually Controls the Vote?

Episode 161: Latter-day Stewardship: From Balanced Budgets to Defending the Constitution

Episode 160: LDS Perspectives on Wealth Taxes, Media Trends, Conflict in Iran, and Faith-Based Usury

Episode 159: Scandal, Fiction, and Faith: The Epstein Files Distraction and Evolving Gender Roles

Episode 158: LDS Perspectives on LGBTQ Identity Trends and Christian Nationalism

Episode 157: Stewardship or Ownership? Examining Copyrights, Inheritance Taxes, and Latter-day Prophecies about Gaza

Episode 156: From the Epstein Files to Elder Gilbert’s Calling to the Twelve: Finding Truth in the Noise

Episode 155: Does Healthcare Belong in the Constitution, Can AI Guide Judicial Wisdom, and is Satan the Great Separator in Politics?

Episode 154: Doomsday Clock 2026, Right to Repair, and Wolford v. Lopez Explained

Episode 153: The Latter-day Lens on Trump’s Second Term, Tariffs, and the Spirit World and Near Death Experiences

Episode 152: Is America a Failed Empire? The Two Unpopular Parties, Labor Unions, and Finding a Latter-day Lens on Political Philosophy

Episode 151: Worlds Without Number: From Bosco to Boundaries, Romney to Roswell

Episode 150: The Future of Public Service, Venezuela’s Regime Change, and Remembering President Holland

Episode 149: Church Influencers, State Rights, and the Labels That Divide Us

Episode 148: Abolish the FDA? The Radical Free Market Healthcare Fix & The "False Gods" of the US Military

Episode 147: US Religious Decline: Is America Becoming Like Europe? Political Power, Women's Distrust in American Democracy, and Wicked's Good vs. Evil

Episode 146: Should Governments Sell Land, MTG Retires from Congress, CDC Website Changes, The CIA's Secret Studies on Persuasion

Episode 145: Why Republicans Are in Trouble: Plus, The Debt Bomb and America's Biased Immigration Policy

Episode 144: Freedom, Power, and the Price of Morality: Is Hinckley's Debt Advice Outdated?

Episode 143: AI's Spiritual Skeptics, Epstein & the Royal Crown, Charlie Kirk's Shooter vs Ben Lomond High School Shooter

Episode 142: Islamophobia in New York, Zohran Mamdani's Socialism, A Record-Setting Grand Teton climb, and Trump's Pardons

Episode 141: The Latter Day Almanac: President Oaks' Politics, Homan's Bribery Scandal, and the Science of the Soul

Episode 140: The Antichrist, Argentina's Bailout, and the Inevitable War

Episode 139: Polygamy in Eternity, General Conference Insights, Betting Markets, Is Trump a Socialist?

Episode 138: Conference Predictions, Right-Wing Feminism, UDOT's Land Grab, Taylor Swift's Genius, and the Polygamy Question

Episode 137: AI's White Collar Armageddon, Is It Okay To Get Fired For Your Opinions, and Is the D&C Racist?

Episode 136: RFK Jr.: Integrity or Sellout?, Kamala Harris's Critique of Biden, Appropriate Response to Political Anger, Rise of Depression Diagnoses in the US

Episode 135: The American Dream, Unequal Responses to Tragedy, Trump's Use of Power, We Love Those Who Praise Us

Episode 134: Trump, Flag Burning, the Success of Socialism in Spain, and the Decline of Christianity in the United States

Episode 133: The Brotherhood Crisis: Are Men Morally Obligated to Make Friends?

Episode 132: Zipper Merging, Arresting Putin, the Intel Socialism Debate, and the Need for Male Mentors

Episode 131: Is the Second Coming Imminent? Russia, the Economy, and Latter-day Prophecy

Episode 130: The Agency of AI, the Morality of Medical Debt Reporting, & Loneliness in Zion

Episode 129: 4-Day Work Week, & Texas Redistricting:, Communal Economic Equality

Episode 128: MAGA's Meaning, Epstein's Secrets, China 2.0, and the Morality of Legal Fees

Episode 127: Unsolved Crimes, Undocumented Workers, and Unchecked Power: Where Do We Draw the Line?

Episode 126: Unpacking Propaganda, Power, and Protest

Episode 125: Hyperinflation Fears, Job Market Realities, Iran's Nuclear Claims, and Synthetic DNA Ethics

Episode 124: Is America Headed for Civil War? Decoding Political Toxicity, Voucher Waste, and Moral Authority in a Divided Nation.

Episode 123: Military Presence, Digital Dating, Celebrity Faith, & Religious Freedom

Episode 122: What Is America? Media Polarization, Gaza Coverage, and Whether Natural Laws Actually Exist

Episode 121: Jail Escapes, Presidential Pardons, and the BYU Honor Code

Episode 120: College, Culture, Calling Out Racism, and the Supreme Court

Episode 119: AI Ethics, Biden's Presidency, and Refugee Politics: Where Morality Meets Democracy

Episode 118: Self-Reliance, Racial Gap in Small Business Success, Ukraine's Mineral Deal, and Religious Expression in Academia

Episode 117: Faith in a Fractured World: Misinformation, Politics & Divine Guidance Today

Episode 116: White Collar Crime, Taxes, Trump's First 100 Days: A Provocative Discussion

Episode 115: Biden Better on the Border than Trump, Mormon Views on the Pope, App Control, Lottery Wins, & Money Dysphoria

Episode 114: Oligarchy, ProPublica's Prophecy, a Lost Deportee, and the IVF Parenthood Question

Episode 113: Police Training Gaps, CBT for Crime Reduction, Trump's Tariffs, and Four Strains of LDS Thought

Episode 112: Politics, College, and General Conference: A Lively Debate

Episode 111: Beyond Divides: College Worth, Church Growth, Happiness, and Immigration

Episode 110: Trump's Speech to Congress, Partisan Views of Foreign Countries, Suing Church Members, America's Christian Heritage

Episode 109: Ukraine, DOGE, Lazy federal employees, Cloud hosting of explicit images, The latter day lens on racism

Episode 108: Republicans and traditional gender roles, Disappointed Trump voters, Germany's move to the right, The abundance movement

Episode 107: Immigration, COVID-19, Integrity, Post WWII International Order

Episode 106: The Economy, Robocalls, Ranchers Rights, Promoting the Family

Episode 105: Can Manufacturing be Saved, Andy Reid's Favorite Trilogy, Unequal Justice, Peace in Politics

Episode 104: Implicit Racism, Transgender Ban, Deep Seek, Trump's First Week

Episode 103: Same Sex Marriage in Thailand, Freeze on US Foreign Aid, Transgender Dorms, Germany's AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland)

Episode 102: Seditious Conspiracy, Shari Franke, Dementia

Episode 101: BYU Faculty Challenges, Partisan Optimism/Pessimism in 2025, A Felon in the White House

Episode 100: Sam's final episode

Episode 99: Special Guest Host, New Year’s Resolutions

Episode 98: Does American Democracy Require Christianity? Defeating Drug Cartels, How to make big changes

Episode 97: Lina Khan, NBA YoungBoy, SNL, Syria

Episode 96: The US Senate vs Airline CEOs, The cost of healthcare in the US, Government vs Private Sector Efficiency, Guardrails for gambling

Episode 95: Warning Labels, Biden pardons Biden, Abraham Lincoln and the Book of Mormon vs Gandhi and MLK Jr.

Episode 94: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dominica and foreign aid, The Diploma Divide

Episode 93: New Takes on the 2024 Election, Mormonism in canonized scripture

Matt has fled the country. New episode next week

Episode 92: Post-election, non-election episode.

Episode 91: Election Special Trump vs Harris, Why vote?

Episode 90: Wealth, Proud to be an American? Russian Propaganda and Freedom of the Press

Episode 89: From Rockets to Feelings: SpaceX Success, Clean Energy Controversies, and the Evolution of Parenting

Episode 88: Conference predictions, Trump trials, political debate, Middle East, abortion, young women, FOIA, public service, morality, political climate

Episode 87: Predictions, predictions, predictions

Episode 86: The Role of Prophecy in Our Lives

Episode 85: Trump's friends and advisors, Housing prices, Debate talk, Healthcare solutions

Episode 84: Religious pupils do better in school, Origin of religion, Raffle fundraisers, Hole-in-one insurance, Descriptive Representation and Kamala Harris

Episode 83: Imagine Dragons, Protecting Voting Rights, Fatherhood, Being Kind on Social Media

Episode 82: Twitter misinformation, BYU football predictions, RFK Jr and Censorship, Would President Benson be a Democrat today?

Episode 81: The afterlife, bribes, tariffs, Romney 4 Prez, NASA & Boeing, Ranked choice voting

Episode 80: Learning from the other side, The Pelosi Act, Venezuela, The White Horse Prophecy

Episode 79: Are healthcare costs killing the American Dream? Was Vance the wrong VP pick? Should Gen Z lose themselves in public service? Biden's proposals to save the Supreme Court

Episode 78: The Party Decides, Rating the presidential candidates, The Republican National Convention, The church builds affordable housing in Hawaii

Episode 77: Trump Shooting, Republicans are socialists too, seeking riches, Bloomberg's $1 billion donation to medical schools

Episode 76: Can you be LGBTQ and active LDS? God's hand in the presidential race, BofM witnesses, Border security and gun control

Episode 75: Mormon Saints, Does God Bless the USA? Paris Hilton, Are pets human?

Episode 74: Life coaching, Corporate hijacking, Surgeon General social media warning label

Episode 73: Is it morally wrong to be rich? Is Matt a liberal, is Sam conservative? Trump's Tariff Proposal, Movie Pass, Movie Crash

Episode 72: Social Media and Free Will, YouTube Religion Conference, Hunter Biden v. Donald Trump, Equality of Economic Outcomes

Episode 71: RESPECT for elementary education, capitalism v meta-Marxism, Right wing reaction to Trump conviction, MLB reconciles racial injustice

Episode 70: Trump v Biden in the polls, NCAA paying student athletes, #rawmilk, Will 2024 see the rise of global authoritarianism?

Episode 69: Changes in church policy, Assuming the best about the political opposition, Biden legalizes marijuana, Military humanitarian assistance in Gaza

Episode 68: The Greatest Hits!

Episode 67: OpenAI copyright infringement, LDS culture intruding on doctrine, Employee engagement, Ranking prophets

Episode 66: The Booming US Economy, Chad Daybell vs Donald Trump, Libertarians and the Law, Stricter laws against lying and stealing?

Episode 65: Free speech at USC and Google, Michael Jordan wins at NASCAR, churchofjesuschrist.org, Owning and employing as a pathway to wealth and wellbeing

Episode 64: Accountability for GC Predictions, Green Tea, The Family Proclamation: A political document?

Episode 63: Hurry and listen before the Second Coming, Real Mormonism, Trans Awareness Day on Easter

Episode 62: General Conference predictions, Elon Musk and freedom of speech, change to policy about undergarments? Oregon recriminalizes drugs, Racism in Idaho

Episode 61: BYU Sunday Play, Religious Authority of Women in the Church, ISIS-K attack in Moscow, Should voters listen to people who work with candidates?

Episode 60: History vs Religion, Tax subsidies for professional sports, Tesla/Mr. Beast/Government Programs, Taxation without representation?

Episode 59: LDS Leaders Anti-Trump? Recall elections, Crisis in Public Education, CBD and Federalism

Episode 58: Looking beyond the mark, Was Putin afraid of Navalny? Diversity of music at church, Celebrating Black History Month

Episode 57: Abortion and Men, Texting Culture, Can spiritual rebirth cure mental illness? Should the poor pay fewer taxes?

Episode 56: Expensive Drugs, Power to the Patients, Trump Civil Penalty, the National Association of Realtors

Episode 55: Tucker Carlson v Putin, He Gets Us, Tipping Etiquette, Why are American's so dissatisfied?

Episode 54: Swift/Superbowl/Vegas, Air Force One, Biden vs Trump, Conspiracy Theories and Truth in Advertising

Episode 53: Ban smartphones in schools? DINKs, Bi-partisan border bill, Is it time for stricter marijuana regulation?

Episode 52: Is it unrighteous to support Donald Trump? Backlash against new Church Communications Director, LDS Social Media Influencers, Decline in quality of life in the United States

Episode 51: Archeology and the Book of Mormon, Changing families, changing social policies? Why does Matt hate Big Pharma?

Episode 50: Gypsy Rose, Disney-world, The immigration crisis, Pharmaceuticals, Mandatory Military Service in the USA

2023 Year in Review, Predictions for 2024

Merry Christmas to all!

December 20, 2023; The Fall of Giuliani & the Fall of the GOP, Abortion in Texas, The Invisible Hand, Bureaucrats vs Billionaires

December 13, 2023; Is the World Safer than Ever? Does the FBI deserve our respect? Anti-Semitism on College Campuses, Policy vs Doctrine part II

December 6, 2023; Newsom-DeSantis Debate, Truth in Media, Musk Loses Twitter Advertisers, Mark Cuban and Gambling in Texas, Doctrine vs Policy in the Church

November 29, 2023; Third Party Candidates, Cancel Culture, Middle-way Church Members, What Entertainment is Inappropriate?

November 22, 2023; Surprising trends in youth church activity, Biden's handling of the Israel conflict, Does the Holy Ghost tell us what to do?, Romney's impeachment vote

November 15, 2023; Censure of Rep. Tlaib, Performative politics, Implanting neuralink to create cyborgs, Ballard and Romney

November 8 2023; Inheritance Tax? Government waste, Gen Z anxiety, Is Nvidia President Jensen Huang right about entrepreneurship? Peace vs Violence as a solution to conflict.

November 1 2023; Is marriage the solution to poverty? Young people want more platonic relationships and less sex on TV, The American Dream, Is the US more vulnerable to attacks from our enemies?

October 25, 2023: Is the US a meritocracy? Killers of the Flower Moon, The Two-Parent Privilege, The path to communism/authoritarianism

October 18, 2023: Justice for Trump?, Ban Tik Tok?, Is ethnicity a social construct?, Alcohol in the St. George Temple, Adam Smith vs President Nelson

October 11, 2023: Salvation vs Exaltation, Democrats and job growth, Parents behaving badly at youth sports, What are the appropriate limits on free speech?

October 4 2023: Hollywood morality, 2nd Amendment, Who sings hymns?, Government Shutdowns, Liquor sales in Utah cities, President Oaks

September 27, 2023: Are Muslims Christian? Dallas Mayor switching parties, Moral implications of AI, LDS.org website, General Conference predictions

September 20, 2023: What to do when famous people behave badly, President Ballard rebukes OUR founder, Annotated Book of Mormon, Leadership principles from Airbnb

September 13, 2023: Healthcare a right or a privilege, College rankings, Joseph Smith papers, Cheating in high school athletics.

September 6, 2023: Inequality and the collapse of civilization, Mormon's coopting the cross, Should Trump stand trial, New Covid shutdowns, What happened to the Republican Party?

August 30 2023: Prigozhin, CES Honor Code, Trauma in the church, GOP Presidential Debate, The value of leadership

Russia and Ukraine Part III: Russian Monuments replaced, Navalny and democracy in Russia, Wagner Group in Africa

August 16, 2023: Grassroots activism, FBI kills Utah man, Confronting #exmormon, Election reform

August 9, 2023: Church growth, business principles and church callings, Hitler, Delusional disorder vs revelation

August 2, 2023: UFOs, Recycling Fraud in Arizona, The Sound of Freedom, How Can We Simplify Our Lives?

July 26, 2023: Try that in a Small Town, Suicide in Rural America, True Crime, Do we have a moral obligation to be informed?

July 19, 2023: In which we discuss questions from listeners. Lots of fun stuff in this episode.

July 12, 2023: Cocaine at the White House, Lindsay Graham flip-flopper, Surprisingly Strong US Economy, Proper role of the US Supreme Court

July 5, 2023; Porn in Utah, Ecstasy, Mental Health, and the Word of Wisdom, Are Unions Good for Society?

June 28, 2023: The Bible is Back! Hunter Biden vs Donald Trump, Stem-Cell Chicken? How to find the truth

June 21, 2023: Lifestyles of the Super rich, Conservation leases on BLM Land, UNESCO, Legalize voting for non-citizens

June 14, 2023: Mass Shootings, Russian War Crimes, Politics in Church, How Best to Follow the Prophet

June 7, 2023: Liz Cheney, Pride Month, GOP Candidates, Activism Toward the Church

May 31, 2023: Racial Inequality, Corporate Activism, Prisoner Swaps, Insider Trading in Congress, Electric Vehicles

May 24th, 2023: Crime, Reparations, Punishing former presidents, China and the debt ceiling

May 17, 2023: Local Control of Schools, George Santos, Title 42, Immigration

May 10, 2023: Media Bias, Seditious Conspiracy Conviction, Young LDS Liberals, 8th Graders Abysmal Knowledge of History and Civics

May 3, 2023: Bank Regulations, GOP 2024 Presidential Candidates, Political News Media Landscape, What Obligations Do News Outlets Have?

Russia and Ukraine Part II

April 19, 2023: US Exceptionalism, Jack Teixeira, Clarence Thomas, Should the Government Pay off Individual Debts?

April 12, 2023: NASA, Trump Indictment, Abortion, Unequal Justice in the United States

April 5, 2023: Life in Utah, Impact of Mission Presidents and their wives, General Conference,

March 29, 2023: Origin Story

March 22, 2023; Bank Failures, Losing with Grace, Arctic Drilling, Imperfect People as Prophets

March 15, 2023: Proper Role of Government, Government Regulation of Tech, Mexican Drug Cartels, Government Assistance to the Poor

March 8, 2023: Child Labor, Dogs, CPAC/TPAC, Undocumented Immigrants

Feb. 1, 2023: School Choice, Section 230, Transgender Laws, Proper Role of Government

March 1, 2023: Las Vegas, Abortion, Too Old for Elected Office?, Ensign Peak/SEC Settlement, Mass Shootings

Feb. 15, 2023: Utah Ponzi Schemes, NBA YoungBoy, Biden State of the Union, Битва за Бахмут

Feb. 8, 2023: COVID is over, Mr. Beast cured blindness, Bad Mormon, BYU tenure changes

Russia and Ukraine Part I

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