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by Bill Reel · 436 episodes
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LDS Church Burying Zelph Under A Data Center?
LDS Church Burying Zelph Under Data Center? | Mormon Newscast | October 19, 2026 Is the LDS Church preparing to build a massive data center over a significant piece of Mormon histo…
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1 h 23
Audra Phelps: Mormon (And Post-Mormon) Parenting
Are Mormons Raising Their Kids Wrong? | Audra Phelps on Mormon & Post-Mormon Parenting What happens when you leave Mormonism and realize you must rethink not only what you believe,…
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2 h 14
Trust, Obey, Endure: How Mormon Conditioning Makes Abuse Harder to Recognize
What happens when a religious system spends a lifetime teaching you to trust authority, obey, forgive, sacrifice, endure, distrust your own doubts, and fear the consequences of lea…
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2 h 11
How Mormonism Breaks Down Women’s Resistance
Why do intelligent, sincere women remain loyal to systems that often ask them to suppress their own intuition? In this episode, Bill Reel is joined by three thoughtful women- Jana…
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1 h 31
Find Out What REALLY Happened At Sunstone 2026!
RFM and Bill Reel host an august panel of Sunstone Symposium presenters and attendees, as they tell us fun and fascinating stories about what goes on behind the scenes of Sunstone!…
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4 h 06
Jodi Hildebrandt Wasn’t an Anomaly: The Danger of Mormon Therapists
Jodi Hildebrandt is not just the story of one deeply harmful therapist. She is a warning sign about what can happen when mental health care stops being guided by professional ethic…
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2 h 14
Charlie Kirk Preliminary Hearing Starts Today
The preliminary hearing has begun for the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, and prosecutors are laying out the evidence they believe justifies taking the case to trial. We…
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12 min
The Hill Cumorah: Why did the LDS Church & its apologists relocate it?
For most of Mormon history, Latter-day Saints believed the Hill Cumorah in Palmyra, New York was the very place where the final battles of the Book of Mormon took place and where M…
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9 min
Book of Mormon Translation
In this episode we examine one of the most foundational claims in Mormonism: the translation of the Book of Mormon. Most Latter-day Saints grew up hearing a very specific story. Jo…
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14 min
The Kinderhook Plates: A Joseph Smith Translation?
In this episode, we examine one of the lesser-known but revealing moments in Mormon history: the Kinderhook Plates. In 1843, a set of small brass plates covered with strange engrav…
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2 h 47
Sam Young: Protector of Mormon Children!
Sam Young is the legend who did amazing things almost a decade ago to protect children in the Mormon Church. Of course, the Mormon Church didn’t appreciate Sam’s efforts to protect…
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1 h 28
The LDS Label Machine
Why Do People Leave the LDS Church? In this episode of Mormonism Live, Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon examine a topic that has been discussed inside Mormonism for nearly two centu…
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12 min
The Book of Abraham: Can Joseph Translate Egyptian?
In this episode, we examine one of the clearest translation claims in Mormon history: the Book of Abraham. Joseph Smith said he translated ancient writings of Abraham from Egyptian…
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17 min
The Lost 116 Pages from the Book of Lehi: A Logical Deconstruction
The Lost 116 Pages — What Really Happened? In this episode, we take a careful look at one of the earliest and most important moments in the coming forth of the Book of Mormon: the…
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Why & When Fanny Alger Entered the Prophet Joseph Smith’s Home
When did Fanny Alger actually come to live in the Prophet Joseph Smith’s home and why? This episode takes a careful, historically grounded look at one of the most misunderstood tur…
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2 h 28
The Excommunication of Nemo: An Online Global Vigil [Special Episode]
Nemo the Mormon was recently summoned to a Disciplinary Council by his local church leaders in Oxford, England. While his Membership Council letter was vague on the exact reasons w…
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2 h 57
Denying Joseph Smith’s Polygamy Part 2 [Mormon Discussion 393]
In Part 2 of “Denying Joseph Smith’s Polygamy,” we continue on a compelling journey through conflicting narratives surrounding the origins of polygamy in Mormonism. Through the Res…
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4 h 56
Denying Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Historical Analysis of the Evidence Part 1 [Mormon Discussion 392]
In “Denying Joseph Smith’s Polygamy,” we embark on a compelling journey through conflicting narratives surrounding the origins of polygamy in Mormonism. Through the Research of Cla…
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1 h 38
Britt Hartley: No Nonsense Spirituality [Mormon Discussion 391]
In “No Nonsense Spirituality,” author, philosopher, and friend Britt Hartley offers a groundbreaking exploration that marries the rigor of rational inquiry with the depths of human…
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22 min
The Shocking Truth about Mandatory Reporting [Mormon Discussion: 390]
In this eye-opening episode of the Mormon Discussion podcast, host Bill Reel takes a brave and unexpected stance on a topic that has long been considered a cornerstone in the fight…