Latter Day Bridge Builders
Claim This Podcastby Mitch Crosgrove, Juliet Miller, Ashton Smith
Podcast Overview
<p>Striving to build bridges between active Latter-day Saints (Mormons), those who have left the faith, and everyone in between.</p><p>Join Mitch as he discusses different sides of church culture in a fair, unbiased and respectful way for all parties.</p><p>This podcast is a place where anyone with ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is welcome. Non-members of the church are also invited.</p>
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July 12, 2026
#040 -- "You Don't Struggle With This": Women & P*rnography in LDS Culture (w/ Madi Davis)
<p>Madi Davis (Sisters on the Front Lines) joins Mitch, Juliet, and Ashton to talk about something the church rarely acknowledges: women and pornography use. </p><p>Madi shares how she found pornography at 13 while sitting through Young Women's lessons insisting girls didn't struggle with it and how that silence shaped years of shame. </p><p>The conversation moves through the "addiction" label and why Madi pushes back on it, the difference between guilt and shame, why abstinence-based accountability models often backfire, and the messaging both men and women got growing up about whose "problem" this even was. </p><p>Ashton and Juliet share their own experiences with 12-step programs, purity culture, and the disconnect between how bodies are talked about at church versus in real life.</p><p>Find Madi at sistersonthefrontlines.com or https://www.instagram.com/sistersonthefrontlines </p><p>🌐 More episodes & links: https://linktr.ee/latterdaybridgebuilders📸 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latterdaybridgebuilders 🎥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@latterdaybridgebuilders☕ Support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LDSBridgebuilders👕 Merch Store:https://ldbb-shop.fourthwall.com</p>
July 5, 2026
#039 -- History as a Bridge: A Mormon Historian's Honest Take (ft. Dr. Benjamin Park)
<p>What happens when you study Mormon history without an agenda? Dr. Benjamin Park — historian, author of American Zion and Kingdom of Nauvoo, and former Mormon History Association president — joins Mitch, Juliet, and Ashton to talk about what it means to approach faith history honestly.We get into why history is rarely the reason people leave the church (but often the permission), whether the church intentionally hid its past, what "hermeneutics of generosity" actually means, and how figures like Thomas Jefferson and Brigham Young force us to wrestle with judging historical figures on their own terms, or not.Whether you're in, out, or somewhere in between, this one's for anyone who's ever felt like the history didn't quite match the story they were told.🔗 Find Ben's work at BenjaminEPark.com YouTube: @BenjaminParkHistorian🌐 More episodes & links: https://linktr.ee/latterdaybridgebuilders📸 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latterdaybridgebuilders 🎥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@latterdaybridgebuilders☕ Support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LDSBridgebuilders👕 Merch Store:https://ldbb-shop.fourthwall.com</p>
June 28, 2026
#038 -- Doubt Your Doubts (Tackling Cliches Series)
<p>"Doubt Your Doubts." Is It Actually Good Advice?</p><p>In this episode of Latter Day Bridge Builders, Mitch, Juliet, and Ashton dig into one of the most well-known phrases in LDS faith crisis conversations: "Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith." A line from Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf's October 2013 General Conference talk, Come, Join With Us.</p><p>Is the advice itself bad? Or is it the way it gets deployed that's the problem? The three co-hosts explore the difference between a phrase that invites reflection and one that shuts conversation down entirely, as well as share personal stories about how this cliché landed (or didn't) in their own lives.</p><p>Topics covered:</p><p>- The full context of Uchtdorf's original quote and what he actually meant</p><p>- How "doubt your doubts" can function as a thought-stopping technique</p><p>- Juliet's experience teaching seminary under the instruction to "never plant doubt"</p><p>- Ashton's take on how doubting his faith actually strengthened it over time</p><p>- Why "doubt your concerns" and "doubt your legitimate questions" don't hit the same</p><p>- Mitch's wish for more spaces (inside and outside the church) where people can genuinely wrestle with hard questions</p><p>Referenced in this episode:</p><p>Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Come, Join With Us (October 2013 General Conference): https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2013/10/come-join-with-us?lang=eng</p><p>Kelsey Sorensen, "Doubt Your Doubts: Is It Actually Good Advice for LDS Members?" — Exponent II: https://exponentii.org/blog/doubt-your-doubts-is-it-actually-good-advice-for-lds-members/</p><p>🌐 More episodes & links: https://linktr.ee/latterdaybridgebuilders📸 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latterdaybridgebuilders 🎥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@latterdaybridgebuilders☕ Support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LDSBridgebuilders</p><p>Merch: https://ldbb-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/all</p>
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- What is Latter Day Bridge Builders?
<p>Striving to build bridges between active Latter-day Saints (Mormons), those who have left the faith, and everyone in between.</p><p>Join Mitch as he discusses different sides of church culture in a fair, unbiased and respectful way for all parties.</p><p>This podcast is a place where anyone with ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is welcome. Non-members of the church are also invited.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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