In reflection of our annual conference, Whitmer Cast will bring you a cornucopia of podcast hosts, essays, and historians to share the joy of restoration history with a broader audience. As the first historian of the early restoration movement, John Whitmer chronicled the beginnings of Joseph Smith’s Church of Christ (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) from its inception. Whitmer Cast, produced by the John Whitmer Historical Association, is proud to continue John Whitmer’s legacy in highlighting the fascinating field of Mormon restoration and Community of Christ Studies.
Episode 39: After Happiness: Living with Faith in a Time of Crisis
In this episode, Joseph DuWors speaks with Natalie Brown about After Happiness, a thoughtful challenge to the idea that faithful living should reliably produce happiness, success, or a neatly ordered life. Brown reflects on suffering, grief, and disappointment, arguing for a faith capacious enough to include lament, uncertainty, and experiences that resist easy explanation. The conversation explores what it means to remain in relationship with God and a faith community when inherited formulas no longer seem adequate. Rather than making happiness the goal of discipleship, Brown invites readers to center love, goodness, honesty, and faithfulness amid life’s unresolved complexity.
8 Jul 2026
Episode 38: Unsettling Scripture: Iroquois and the Book of Mormon
In this episode, first-time host Joseph DuWors, PhD candidate in Mormon Studies, interviews retired Prof. Thomas Murphy about his provocative new book that seeks to center Indigenous connections to the Book of Mormon, both in its origin and in how modern readers receive it. We are joined by New Zealand Latter-day Saint and author Ganesh Cherian, whose own book Joseph Smith: The Architect of Mormonism, shares some overlap with Prof. Murphy’s, and whose experience in traditional Māori lands sensitizes him to histories of colonialism and post-colonial discourse.
21 Jun 2026
Episode 37: 40 Questions about Mormonism with Kyle Beshears
In this episode, host Katherine Pollock talks with Kyle Beshears about his new book, 40 Questions about Mormonism, as well as the history of Mormon and Evangelical dialogue.
About the book:
https://www.kregel.com/theology-and-religious-studies/40-questions-about-mormonism/ (https://www.kregel.com/theology-and-religious-studies/40-questions-about-mormonism/)
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https://www.patreon.com/JohnWhitmerHistoricalAssociation (https://www.patreon.com/JohnWhitmerHistoricalAssociation)
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