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687: Mormon Transitions Podcast Introduction Jan 12, 2017

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An introduction to Mormon Transitions Live! podcast, hosted by John and Margi Dehlin. Panelists on today’s episode include Amy Grubbs, Shandi Hill, Marco Perez and Dan Wotherspoon.

**682: Sara Urquhart - Building a Successful Business (Altitude Summit) as a Stay-at-Home Mom Pt. 1** Dec 19, 2016
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Sara Stanley Urquhart was the founding director of Altitude Summit, the premiere conference for creative entrepreneurs, stylish social media influencers, and bloggers. Past speakers at the conference include Martha Stewart, Ben Silbermann (Pinterest founder), Jessica Alba, Jordan Ferney (Oh Happy Day!), Liz Stanley (Say Yes), and Heather Armstrong (Dooce).

Sara created this successful business as a means to generate income when her husband, Stephen H. Urquhart, decided to run for the Utah State Legislature.

In this two-part interview, Sara discusses:

Part 1: How she created Altitude Summit as a stay-at-home Mom with four children. She also discusses the design blogging industry as a whole.

Part 2: Her Mormon faith transition.

Additional Bio: Sara runs an eponymous consulting business. She sits on the Salt Lake City Planning Commission and board of directors for the Women’s Resource Center at the University of Utah. She is the founding board president of the St. George Family Support Center (2007-09). She was a member and board chair of the St. George Art Around the Corner Foundation (1998-2009). Sara has her bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and her Masters of Emergency Planning from Jacksonville State University. Sara and Stephen have four children.

**681: Stephen Urquhart - Former Utah State Senator on LDS Church Influence in the Utah Legislature Pt. 2** Dec 12, 2016
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Stephen Urquhart was raised in Houston, Texas, where he and his family converted to the LDS church after the suicide of his older brother. After serving an LDS mission in Brazil, Steve married Sara Stanley and graduated from BYU Law School -- ultimately settling in St. George, Utah.

After developing a successful law career in St. George, Stephen served for 16 years in the Utah State Legislature, representing Washington County. In total, Stephen served 8 years in the Utah House of Representatives, and 8 years in the Utah Senate.

During this vast legislative career, Stephen championed legislation on several issues crucial to Utahns, including: public land use, water rights, death penalty, increasing citizen access to legal services, numerous initiatives to improve K-12 and higher education in Utah, and most recently -- anti-discrimination and hate crimes legislation (LGBT), as well as the legalization of medical marijuana.

In this two-part episode, Stephen discusses:

Part 1: His early years in the LDS Church, and his legal and legislative careers in Utah.

Part 2: His experiences and reflections on the powerful influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on the Utah legislative process, and his loss of LDS faith after witnessing the negative impact of LDS LGBT policies on several people close to him.

679: Lance Allred - First Deaf Player in NBA Pt. 2 Dec 05, 2016

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Lance Allred's Mormon story is fascinating for so many reasons.

He is the grandson of assassinated Mormon fundamentalist prophet Rulon Allred.
He was born deaf, and stands 6'11" tall.
He was a star basketball player for East High school (SLC, Utah), and played college basketball both at the University of Utah and Weber State University.
Lance developed scrupulosity (religious OCD), at least partially as a result of both perfectionism, and guilt/shame relating to matters of sexuality.
NCAA legend Rick Marjerus was fired as University of Utah basketball coach because of his verbal abuse of Lance.
After college, Lance went on to play 10 years of professional basketball (mostly overseas), including playing a year for the Cleveland Cavaliers with Lebron James (pre-Miami), amongst other teams (he even met Larry Bird!).
Lance become a popular public speaker, perhaps most recently known for his "What is Your Polygamy" TEDx talk.
Lance has fascinating insights on faith, doubt, and disbelief.

Lance's web site can be found here: http://www.lanceallred41.com

678: Lance Allred - First Deaf Player in NBA Pt. 1 Dec 05, 2016

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Lance Allred's Mormon story is fascinating for so many reasons.

He is the grandson of assassinated Mormon fundamentalist prophet Rulon Allred.
He was born deaf, and stands 6'11" tall.
He was a star basketball player for East High school (SLC, Utah), and played college basketball both at the University of Utah and Weber State University.
Lance developed scrupulosity (religious OCD), at least partially as a result of both perfectionism, and guilt/shame relating to matters of sexuality.
NCAA legend Rick Marjerus was fired as University of Utah basketball coach because of his verbal abuse of Lance.
After college, Lance went on to play 10 years of professional basketball (mostly overseas), including playing a year for the Cleveland Cavaliers with Lebron James (pre-Miami), amongst other teams (he even met Larry Bird!).
Lance become a popular public speaker, perhaps most recently known for his "What is Your Polygamy" TEDx talk.
Lance has fascinating insights on faith, doubt, and disbelief.

Lance's web site can be found here: http://www.lanceallred41.com

677: Vance Allred - Son of AUB Polygamist Prophet Rulon Allred Pt. 3 Nov 29, 2016

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Rulon Clark Allred (March 29, 1906 – May 10, 1977) was a homeopath and chiropractor in Salt Lake City and the founder/leader of what is now the Apostolic United Brethren, a breakaway sect of polygamous Mormon fundamentalists in Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Arizona, United States. He was murdered on the orders of Ervil LeBaron, the head of a rival polygamous sect (Wikipedia).

Vance Allred is Rulon's Allred's son, and at one point was a chief apologist for Mormon fundamentalist polygamy, and was being groomed to succeed his father as prophet of the AUB. In this three part series, Vance Allred discusses:

Part 1: His father's rise to power, via the founding of the Apostolic United Brethren, and Vance's early years as the son of a polygamist prophet.
Part 2: The events leading up to Rulon Allred's assassination, and Vance's candid critique of his father's work, and
Part 3: The sexual abuse in the AUB that led Vance to leave the AUB, and the events that led Vance to join the LDS church (requiring an interview with two LDS apostles). Finally, Vance discusses the factors that led to him becoming inactive LDS.

676: Vance Allred - Son of AUB Polygamist Prophet Rulon Allred Pt. 2 Nov 29, 2016

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Part 1: His father's rise to power, via the founding of the Apostolic United Brethren, and Vance's early years as the son of a polygamist prophet.
Part 2: The events leading up to Rulon Allred's assassination, and Vance's candid critique of his father's work, and
Part 3: The sexual abuse in the AUB that led Vance to leave the AUB, and the events that led Vance to join the LDS church (requiring an interview with two LDS apostles). Finally, Vance discusses the factors that led to him becoming inactive LDS.

675: Vance Allred - Son of AUB Polygamist Prophet Rulon Allred Pt. 1 Nov 29, 2016

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Part 1: His father's rise to power, via the founding of the Apostolic United Brethren, and Vance's early years as the son of a polygamist prophet.
Part 2: The events leading up to Rulon Allred's assassination, and Vance's candid critique of his father's work, and
Part 3: The sexual abuse in the AUB that led Vance to leave the AUB, and the events that led Vance to join the LDS church (requiring an interview with two LDS apostles). Finally, Vance discusses the factors that led to him becoming inactive LDS.

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