The Priesthood Restored
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Show overview
The Priesthood Restored launched in 2020 and has put out 7 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 3 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 22 min and 37 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 5.4 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2021, with 6 episodes published. Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
From the publisher
The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast explores the events and circumstances that played a role in the restoration of the priesthood. Spencer W. McBride interviews historians, researchers, General Authorities, and others.
Latest Episodes
Episode 6: "Sacred Sites and Ongoing Restorations"
n this episode we discover how the Priesthood Restoration Site became a destination for thousands of people to visit each year and consider how the history of the priesthood restoration influences the religious devotion of Latter-day Saints today.
Episode 4: "The Fulness of the Priesthood"
In this episode we examine the ways that Joseph Smith's understanding of the priesthood and its role in the lives of Latter-day Saints expanded with time, experience, and additional revelation.
Episode 5: "The Priesthood Organization"
After Joseph Smith's death church leaders continued to develop priesthood organization in response to the needs of a growing church. This episode also explains how the temple and priesthood restrictions based on race came to be and how it ended.
Episode 3: "The Voice of Peter, James, and John"
This episode explores what we know and what we don't about the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood and the establishment of the church. We glean what we can from historical documents to learn more about the timing and location of the visitation
Episode 2: "Days Never to Be Forgotten"
This episode tells the story of John the Baptist's conferral of the Aaronic priesthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on May 15 1829 in Harmony Pennsylvania. It also considers what else was happening on that day that helps shape our understanding
Episode 1: "The Great Strife and Noise"
This episode examines the religious landscape of the United States in 1829 and how debates among Americans over priesthood may have shaped the way that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery considered their own questions about religious authority.
Episode 0: Series Introduction
Listeners will hear the story of the Restoration of the Priesthood in a way that reveals how that restoration was a prolonged process and not simply a series of angelic visitations. With: Spencer McBride.