Year of Polygamy Podcast

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Episode 48: Southern Utah Polygamy- Orderville, Santa Clara, Cedar City and Violence Aug 16, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she discusses interesting Southern Utah communities that practiced plural marriage including Orderville and the United Order, Santa Clara and Cedar City. TW: This post contains strong themes of violence. Links mentioned in this post: Leonard J. […]

Episode 47: Southern Utah Polygamy- St. George Aug 15, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she discusses the history of St. George and several prominent polygamists in the area. Links and text mentioned in this podcast: Jacob Hamblin’s Bio, a Frontier Life by Todd Compton Larry Logue, “A Time of Marriage: […]

Episode 46: A Brief History of Relief Society Aug 10, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she discusses the creation, suspension and continuation of the Relief Society. Links mentioned in this podcast: Keepapitchinin Forgotten Relief Societies 1844-67 by Richard Jensen Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society Mormon Enigma The First Fifty […]

Episode 45: Houses of Polygamy Aug 07, 2014

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‘ Join Lindsay as she discusses three famous homes integral to the history of Utah polygamy- the Beehive House, the Lion House, and the Gardo House. Links and text mentioned and read in this podcast: You can read the text […]

Episode 44: The Utah War Aug 03, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she interviews historian Joseph Geisner about 1850’s Utah including stories about Bill Hickman and Porter Rockwell. This episode contains strong themes of violence. This is part two of a two-part episode. Links and text mentioned and […]

Episode 43: Historian Joe Geisner and Violent 1850’s Utah Jul 28, 2014

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Episode 42: The Scandal of Soldiers, Wives, and Sex Jul 26, 2014

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TW: This podcast contains some discussions of rape. Join Lindsay as she discusses how women’s sexuality became the catalyst for a decade or more of Mormon violence, and the curious Victorian scandal involving Brigham Young’s daughter-in-law and a “Gentile” soldier. […]

Episode 41: Polygamy and the Family Public and Private Jul 21, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she discusses what plural marriages did to prescribed family roles and how it affected the mental health of plural wives. Links mentioned in this podcast: Daily Life on the Nineteenth Century American Frontier By Mary Ellen […]

Episode 39: Early Utah Period Polygamy Jul 12, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she discusses how the practice of plural marriage evolved in early Mormon Utah in the 1850’s.Links mentioned in this podcast: Buy the reading guide here. Buy the reading guide here. Buy the reading guide here. Buy the […]

Episode 38: Polygamy and Blood Atonement Jul 08, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she discusses the first public acknowledgement of polygamy, divorces and marriages, the Early Utah Period, and Blood Atonement. Links mentioned in this podcast: Read the transcript of this episode here. (h/t Kecia Gilliam) Sources for controversial sermons: […]

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