LDS Miscellany through a Berkeley Lens
Face in Hat
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LDS Miscellany through a Berkeley Lens
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Recent Episodes
May 16, 2026
7.12 The Proc of ‘95
We felt “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” deserved its own minisode, so join us as we take a modern look at this document, nearly wrapping up our tour of American Zion by Benjamin Park. Two more to go! Link to our Face in Hat discord server! https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh YouTube channel! Thanks Eric! https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists Dialogue Podcast Network https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/ American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657 The Family: A Proclamation to the World https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world Raising Kids and Running a Household: How Working Parents Share the Load https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/11/04/raising-kids-and-running-a-household-how-working-parents-share-the-load/ Almost 1 in 5 stay-at-home parents in the U.S. are dads https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/03/almost-1-in-5-stay-at-home-parents-in-the-us-are-dads/ The Proclamation on Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family:_A_Proclamation_to_the_World More from Melissa Inouye https://substack.com/profile/180982606-melissa-inouye The Plan and the Proclamation, by Elder (now President) Dallin H. Oaks https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2017/10/the-plan-and-the-proclamation The Family-Centered Gospel of Jesus Christ, by President Dallin H. Oaks. This is a more recent talk that also mentions the proclamation. It also includes talk of President Oaks’ own family, including his father. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/10/58oaks “There Is Always a Struggle”: An Interview with Chieko N. Okazaki, by Gregory A. Prince https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/there-is-always-a-struggle-an-interview-with-chieko-n-okazaki/ Source of Eric’s quote about W. H. Pugmire https://lordbassingtonbassington.blogspot.com/2009/12/queen-of-eldritch-horror.html My AMV interview with the Queen of Eldritch Horror, by Eric Jepson https://thmazing.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-amv-interview-with-queen-of-eldritch.html New York Doll (2005) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436629/
March 23, 2026
7.11 Camelot’s Road
In the 1970s, Leonard Arrington formed an enclave of church scholars and historians that had such an open attitude of research and discovery that they called it Camelot. By the early 90s, attitudes had shifted greatly against these “so-called” intellectuals, and not just them but also feminists and LGBTQ groups. The road from Camelot had many twists and turns. Join us as we read the next chapter of American Zion, “Fault Lines, 1970-1995.” Link to our Face in Hat discord server! https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh YouTube channel! Thanks Eric! https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists Dialogue Podcast Network https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/ American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657 Leonard J. Arrington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_J._Arrington Likely the quote about false robes of the priesthood is not Packer but Nibley? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSjE2Ks38uE&t=1s September Six https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Six For more info on President Oak’s comments on religious freedom and past and present policies, see Nathan Oman’s book! Living Oracles: Law and the Latter-day Saint Tradition, by Nathan B. Oman https://www.amazon.com/Living-Oracles-Latter-day-Saint-Tradition/dp/0197825818 He also gave a talk recently! https://vimeo.com/1171661828 Lester E. Bush Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_E._Bush_Jr. The big article on the priesthood ban in Dialog, by Lester E. Bush https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V08N01_13.pdf Zootopia Exposed! (Part Two) https://overcast.fm/+AA5IlBTodVE LDS Genesis Group https://www.ldsgenesisgroup.org/ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Thatcher_Ulrich Carol Lynn Pearson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Lynn_Pearson Fascinating Womanhood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascinating_Womanhood The God Makers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Makers Saturday’s Warrior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday%27s_Warrior Added Upon: A Story, by Nephi Anderso https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1508762.Added_Upon Moral Majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority Woman’s Exponent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman%27s_Exponent Exponent II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponent_II Equal Rights Amendment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment Solus, by Anonymous https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/solus/ “Well behaved women rarely make history”, quote by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Thatcher_Ulrich#.22Well-behaved_women_seldom_make_history.22 A House Full of Females, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_Full_of_Females Phyllis Schlafly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Schlafly Sonia Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Johnson Crossing the Rubicon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Rubicon The Miracle of Forgiveness, by Spencer W. Kimball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_of_Forgiveness The band Eric mentioned, fronted by Amy Gileadi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunfall_Festival Margaret Merrill Toscano work on Dialogue https://www.dialoguejournal.com/dialogue-journal-authors/margaret-merrill-toscano/ Strengthening Church Members Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strengthening_Church_Members_Committee
December 30, 2025
7.10 Year end loose ends (martyrdom, polygamy, and the drawn sword)
End of the year show! We cover topics from the tail end of the Doctrine and Covenants that have been kicking around in our heads. We’ll be back next year continuing with more of American Zion! Link to our Face in Hat discord server! https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh YouTube channel! Thanks Eric! https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists Dialogue Podcast Network https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/ American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657 Berkeley Ward Centennial https://berkeleyward.org/100/ D&C 135 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/135?lang=eng Praise to the Man, Hymn 27 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/music/songs/praise-to-the-man?lang=eng Original lyrics of Praise to the Man https://bhroberts.org/records/6kQ26b-UhyHjb/lyrics_to_joseph_smith_praise_to_the_man_originally_published_in_1844 More on the conspiracy against Joseph being infiltrated in the book Saints: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/43-a-public-nuisance?lang=eng#p21 Joseph and Emma Grow Old Together, by Eric Jepson https://lit.mormonartist.net/2018/06/joseph-and-emma-grow-old-together-by-eric-jepson/ Culprit (single) by LOYAL WIFE. Check this out, it’s awesome! https://sunsetalliance.bandcamp.com/album/culprit-single Official Declaration 1 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/od/1?lang=eng The Messenger and the Manifesto, by Jed Woodworth https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/revelations-in-context/the-messenger-and-the-manifesto?lang=eng Episode 1.8, Polygamy’s Ghost https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/episode-8-polygamy-s-ghost/ Seminary manual, Doctrine and Covenants 132:1–2, 34–66, Plural Marriage https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-seminary-teacher-manual-2025/453-doctrine-and-covenants-132-1-2-34-66?lang=eng Polygamy google search https://www.google.com/search?q=was+polygamy+a+commandment+lds Newsroom link: Polygamy: Latter-day Saints and the Practice of Plural Marriage https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/polygamy-latter-day-saints-and-the-practice-of-plural-marriage Fanny Alger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Alger Lots of details on Fanny Alger on fairlatterdaysaints.org: https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Joseph_Smith/Polygamy/Plural_wives/Fanny_Alger/Discovered_in_a_barn Encouraging Joseph Smith to Practice Plural Marriage: The Accounts of the Angel with a Drawn Sword, by Brian C. Hales https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Encouraging-Joseph-Smith-to-Practice-Plural-Marriage-The-Accounts-of-the-Angel-with-a-Drawn-Sword.pdf Statement on Polygamy by Brian C. Hales https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/testimonies/scholars/brian-c-hales Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Rollins_Lightner A note about “Father, Mother, Mother, and Mom”, Orson Scott Card’s musical about polygamy, is on his wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card_bibliography#Plays A pdf version is available! https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/006-f1-f16.pdf Pop Culture on the Apricot Tree, a podcast dedicated to discussing pop culture from a Latter-day Saint perspective https://www.popcultureapricottree.com/
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