The First Vision: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

About The First Vision: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

The First Vision: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast is a six-part miniseries from the Joseph Smith Papers Project that explores the history and legacy of Joseph Smith's first vision. Series host Spencer W. McBride interviews historians and other scholars

Publisher

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jan 2020

Latest episode

20 Nov 2020

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Nov 2020

   Episode 7: New Podcast Mini-Series Announcement

   We are pleased to announce a new mini-series called The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast. The new podcast launches in January 2021 and explores the events that played a role in the restoration of the priesthood.

2. 

   3 Jan 2020

   Episode 6: “I Had Seen a Vision”

   Episode 6 - Why does the story of Joseph Smith’s first vision—a story about a teenage boy in western New York during the early nineteenth century—still resonate with people around the world today?

3. 

   3 Jan 2020

   Episode 5: “It Caused Me Great Reflection”

   Episode 5 - This episode explores the immediate aftermath of the First Vision and Joseph Smith’s recounting of the event throughout his life.

4. 

   3 Jan 2020

   Episode 4: “A Pillar of Light”

   Episode 4 - Have you ever heard the story of Joseph Smith’s first vision told using all the surviving accounts of the event? That’s the focus of this episode. Here, the nine different accounts from Joseph Smith’s lifetime are woven together.

5. 

   3 Jan 2020

   Episode 3: “I Retired to the Woods”

   Episode 3 - What did the place that came to be called the Sacred Grove look like when Joseph Smith entered in early spring 1820? What did it sound like? What did it smell like? In this episode we examine the environment in which Joseph Smith prayed.

6. 

   3 Jan 2020

   Episode 2: “What Is to Be Done?”

   Episode 2 - In 1820, Joseph Smith was seeking answers to the pressing questions of his soul. He wanted to know which church was the church of Jesus Christ, but that was not his only question.

7. 

   3 Jan 2020

   Episode 1: "An Unusual Excitement"

   Episode 1 - This episode explains how social, cultural, and economic changes created an environment in which Americans were actively engaged in conversations about the state

8. 

   3 Jan 2020

   Prologue: Introducing The First Vision

   Prologue - Listeners will hear a story that is simultaneously familiar and new as they learn little-known details of the story of Joseph Smith’s first vision—details that illuminate the event and its relevance today.

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