Dialogue Journal Podcast

<p>We are delighted to be offering another full issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought in audio format. Check out the magnificent contents of our Winter Issue: “Heretic and the Inversion of the Mormon…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/winter-2025-issue-full-podcast/">Winter 2025 Issue Full Podcast</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of Dialogue Unbound, Dialogue editors Margaret Olsen Hemming and Caroline Kline sit down with religion scholar Jana Riess and political scientist Benjamin Knoll to explore one of the most pressing questions in…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/generations-in-transition-mormon-disaffiliation-belief/">Generations in Transition: Belief, Disaffiliation, and the Future of Mormonism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>David Banack walks us through the Exodus narrative and ways to find meaning today. David Banack is a semi-retired attorney living in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A teenage convert to the LDS Church, he attended BYU,…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/exodus-narratives-and-deliverance-gospel-study-with-david-banack/">Exodus Narratives and Deliverance: Gospel Study with David Banack</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Dialogue is pleased to release this bonus afterchat with Dale Lawton from his lesson on March 8, 2026 discussing ways we can help God’s children today in our world. Dale Gunn-Lawton is a Managing Director…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/afterchat-with-dale-lawton-on-helping-gods-children/">Afterchat with Dale Lawton on Helping God’s Children</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Dale Lawton uses the covenants of Old Testament to look at how church members can be more open to working with other communities to do good in the world. Dale Gunn-Lawton is a Managing Director…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/finding-our-place-in-gods-plan-gospel-study-with-dale-lawton/">Finding Our Place in God’s Plan: Gospel Study with Dale Lawton</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>What happens when a horror film mirrors the structure of Mormon ritual? In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Ryan M. Springer joins Dialogue editor Margaret Olsen Hemming and podcast producer Daniel Foster Smith to explore…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/reading-heretic-through-mormon-rituals-springer/">Reading Heretic Through Mormon Rituals: A Conversation with Ryan M. Springer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Rebecca Nibley considers the choices of Abraham and his family and the ripples that caused, for good and bad.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/exploring-the-abrahamic-stories-gospel-study-with-rebecca-nibley/">Exploring the Abrahamic Stories: Gospel Study with Rebecca Nibley</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Stephanie Kilpatrick joins us to discuss her personal essay “Sneaking to Church in Saudi,” featured in the Winter 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. In…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/sneaking-to-church-in-saudi-dialogue-out-loud/">Faith Under Constraint: Sneaking to Church in Saudi Arabia: A Conversation with Stephanie Kilpatrick</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, host Caroline Kline speaks with scholar Thomas W. Murphy about his article from the Winter 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, “White Is an Ite:…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/unity-indigenous-erasure-book-of-mormon-thomas-w-murphy/">Unity and Indigenous Erasure in the Book of Mormon: A Conversation with Thomas W. Murphy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Come enjoy a thoughtful brainstorming session studying Genesis 1-11 (creation, Adam and Eve, Noah, Babel) and the relevant parts of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price with a roundtable of Dialogue board members.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/exploring-genesis-gospel-study-with-dialogue-board-members/">Exploring Genesis: Gospel Study with Dialogue Board Members</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought presents “Heretic and the Inversion of the Mormon Endowment.” Note that any footnotes/images and/or graphs are not included. For the complete experience of this article, please see the PDF/HTML…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/audio-heretic-and-the-inversion-of-the-mormon-endowment/">AUDIO: Heretic and the Inversion of the Mormon Endowment</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of Dialogue Unbound, host Caroline Kline speaks with Amy Watkins Jensen and Fara Sneddon about the long, unfinished story of women claiming authority, voice, and power within Mormonism. Drawing on history, lived experience, and contemporary activism, the conversation explores…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/women-claiming-power-mormonism/">Women Claiming Power in Mormonism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought presents “The Power of Words.” Note that any footnotes/images and/or graphs are not included. For the complete experience of this article, please see the PDF/HTML version at dialoguejournal.com. This…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/audio-the-power-of-words/">AUDIO: The Power of Words</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>It’s time for our annual Mormon Studies Books in Review episode, where we take stock of the most compelling non-fiction, literature, and creative works on Mormon themes published in 2025. In this wide-ranging conversation, Dialogue book review editors…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/2025-mormon-studies-books-in-review/">2025 Mormon Studies Books in Review</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode, Dialogue editor Margaret Olsen Hemming interviews historian Matthew L. Harris about his article “Saving the Constitution” with White Christian Nationalism: Ezra Taft Benson, W. Cleon Skousen, and Their Attempt to Solicit the…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/mormonism-anticommunism-christian-nationalism-harris/">Mormonism, Anticommunism, & the Politics of Christian Nationalism: A Conversation w/ Matthew Harris</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Dialogue fiction co-editors Ryan Shoemaker and Joe Plicka speak with writer Charity Shumway about her short story “The First Letter She Found,” published in the Fall 2025 issue…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/writing-mormon-letters-charity-shumway-dialogue-out-loud/">Writing Mormon Letters: A Conversation with Charity Shumway</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Dan McClellan introduces us to the books of the Old Testament with scholarship and testimony. Dan McClellan’s research focuses on the languages and history of the Bible, as well as on the conceptualization of deity,…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/seeing-the-old-testament-clearly-gospel-study-with-dan-mcclellan/">Seeing the Old Testament Clearly: Gospel Study with Dan McClellan</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>We are delighted to be offering another full issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought in audio format. The Fall 2025 issue features standout scholarship including Suzanne E. Greco’s critical examination of men’s violence…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/fall-2025-issue-full-podcast/">Fall 2025 Issue Full Podcast</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, we present “The First Letter She Found” by Charity Shumway, a deeply intimate short story about faith, embodiment, love, and the quiet costs of self-surrender across generations. Framed…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/the-first-letter-she-found-dialogue-out-loud/">The First Letter She Found by Charity Shumway: Audio Story</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this Winter 2025 Issue Overview, Dialogue co-editors Margaret Olsen Hemming and Caroline Kline are joined by the journal’s subject editors to introduce the latest issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought and highlight…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/winter-2025-issue-overview/">Winter 2025 Issue Overview</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought presents “Christmas is Music by Justin Goodson” read by the author. Note that any footnotes/images and/or graphs are not included. For the complete experience of this article, please see…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/audio-christmas-is-music/">AUDIO: Christmas is Music</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Dialogue art editor Amanda Beardsley sits down with Paola Bidinelli, the cover artist for the Fall 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, to explore the…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/when-materials-speak-paola-bidinelli/">When Materials Speak: A Conversation with Paola Bidinelli</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Because Gospel Study lessons around the church did not focus on Official Declaration 2 this December, Dialogue is pleased to present this important lesson with Kimberly Applewhite Teitter, talking about why it is important that…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/insights-into-official-declaration-2-dialogue-gospel-study-with-kimberly-applewhite-teitter/">Insights into Official Declaration 2: Dialogue Gospel Study with Kimberly Applewhite Teitter</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this special video Gospel Study presentation, join friends of Dialogue Zyon Smiley, Ramona Morris, Chase Phillips, and Andrew Evans as they discuss various aspects of Official Declaration 2, which includes personal and theological insights…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/special-official-declaration-2-lesson-from-dialogue-gospel-study/">Special Official Declaration 2 Lesson from Dialogue Gospel Study</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Suzanne E. Greco discussed “From Persecuted to Perpetrator: Healing the Church’s Trauma Through Ancestral Ties” in this important new Gospel Study. Suzanne E. Greco, a GBV survivor, holds a Master’s in Theology rom Harvard Divinity…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/healing-the-churchs-trauma-through-ancestral-ties-gospel-study-with-suzanne-e-greco/">Healing the Church’s Trauma Through Ancestral Ties: Gospel Study with Suzanne E. Greco</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of Dialogue Book Report, we gather three celebrated voices in contemporary LDS poetry for a conversation about faith, family, and the sacred in everyday life. Poet Zachary Hutchins discusses Joseph: An Epic,…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/lds-poetry-conversation-hutchins-larsen-garcia/">Poetry and LDS Experiences: With Liz Garcia, Zachary Hutchins & Lance Larsen</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought presents “Thanksgiving Turkeys, Paradox, and Godhood.” Note that any footnotes/images and/or graphs are not included. For the complete experience of this article, please see the PDF/HTML version at dialoguejournal.com.…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/audio-thanksgiving-turkeys-paradox-and-godhood/">AUDIO: Thanksgiving Turkeys, Paradox, and Godhood</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Dialogue is pleased to release this bonus afterchat with Dr. Benjamin Park from his lesson on November 16, 2025 talking about the Trauma of Nauvoo and D&C 132 in the scriptural canon. Benjamin Park received…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/afterchat-with-benjamin-park-on-dc-132/">Afterchat with Benjamin Park on D&C 132</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode of Dialogue Unbound, host and Dialogue co-editor Caroline Kline is joined by Katie Ludlow Rich, Liz Johnson, and Dialogue’s production editor Daniel Foster Smith for a wide-ranging conversation about the hit series…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/unpacking-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-feminism-influence-and-lds-culture/">Unpacking Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Feminism, Influence, and LDS Culture</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>Benjamin E. Park considers the history of Nauvoo and D&C 132 in this fascinating and important lesson. Benjamin Park received degrees from Brigham Young University (BA, English and history), the University of Edinburgh (MSc, Theology…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/trauma-of-nauvoo-gospel-study-with-benjamin-e-park/">Trauma of Nauvoo: Gospel Study with Benjamin E. Park</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>

<p>What do the Illuminati, Freemasons, and anti-Jacobin conspiracies of the late 18th century have to do with the Book of Mormon? More than you might think. In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, co-editor Caroline…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com/diablogue/secret-societies-colby-townsend/">Secret Societies and Scripture: A Conversation with Colby Townsend</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dialoguejournal.com">Dialogue Journal</a>.</p>