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Mormon Discussion Podcast analyzes Church growth data with researcher Alex Bass
Mormon Discussion Podcast host Bill Reel interviews Alex Bass, researcher behind Mormon Metrics and Bass Empirical, examining what membership data reveals about growth, decline, and retention in the LDS Church. The episode asks whether Mormonism is growing, shrinking, or stable, using Bass's quantitative analysis.
November 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM MT · via YouTube / Mormon Discussion Inc.
Generally Unquotable examines Church investments, tithing push, attorney story
Generally Unquotable's latest news roundup covers four Mormon business and accountability stories: Salt Lake Tribune reporting on Church investment activity, a prominent LDS attorney in the news, analysis of Mormonism as a business enterprise, and a growing campaign encouraging college students to pay tithing despite financial strain.
November 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM MT · via YouTube / Generally Unquotable
Woman raised Mormon discusses leaving faith, joining OnlyFans
Soft White Underbelly interviewed a woman named Kit who was raised Mormon and now works on OnlyFans, in a video drawing 137,000 views in 22 hours. The interview explores the distance between her religious upbringing and her current life.
November 10, 2026 at 2:21 AM MT · via YouTube / Soft White Underbelly
Mormon News Podcast covers bishop interviews, Utah politics, BYU-Utah game
The Mormon News Podcast's latest episode examines a controversial video from LDS influencer Becky Squire defending bishop interviews with minors, the shifting political landscape in Utah after the 2026 midterms, and university enrollment changes following the Church's missionary age change, hosts John Dehlin and Meggan Hayes report.
November 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM MT · via YouTube / Mormon Stories Podcast · 3 sources
Catholic professor spent three months reading the entire Book of Mormon
History Unmasked profiles Trevor Tomesh, a Catholic computer science professor and former atheist who spent three months reading the entire Book of Mormon as a religious outsider. The video has generated 20,096 views in 39 hours.
November 8, 2026 at 10:02 PM MT · via YouTube / History Unmasked
Church History Matters explores first changes to temple sealing ordinance
The Church History Matters podcast examines the earliest modifications to the LDS temple sealing ordinance for marriage in a new episode drawing 30,345 views in 17 hours — the channel's strongest velocity in the current batch. Hosts discuss when and why changes occurred in the ritual's language and procedures.
November 8, 2026 at 4:03 AM MT · via YouTube / Church History Matters
Mormonish Podcast asks if apostle will attend brother's sentencing
The Mormonish Podcast has published a video asking whether D. Todd Christofferson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, will attend the November 17, 2026 sentencing of his brother Wade Christofferson in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio. Wade Christofferson faces a sentence of 10 years to life.
November 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM MT · via YouTube / Mormonish Podcast
Scholar critiques LDS purity culture and labor practices
Daniella Mestyanek Young, a scholar of cults and extreme groups, argues her objections to Mormonism center not on belief but on the Church's purity culture and what she characterizes as labor exploitation. The "Knitting Cult Lady" video has drawn 11,283 views in 37 hours and 162 comments.
November 7, 2026 at 2:34 AM MT · via YouTube / Knitting Cult Lady
Faithful Mormons discover coffee, blame Brigham Young for the ban
The Mormonish Podcast examines a trend of faithful Latter-day Saints beginning to drink coffee while attributing the prohibition to Brigham Young rather than core doctrine—a workaround the host describes as "genius." The 5,100-view video in 34 hours explores how some members are reinterpreting the Word of Wisdom's coffee ban.
November 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM MT · via YouTube / Mormonish Podcast
Bishop's wife defends youth chastity interviews; commenters push back
A bishop's wife attempts to normalize one-on-one interviews between bishops and youth about sexual topics in a video that has drawn 4,535 views in nine hours and 57 comments, most critical. The Mormonish Podcast channel reports the video's comment section shows strong opposition to the practice, with viewers calling the interviews inappropriate.
November 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM MT · via YouTube / Mormonish Podcast · 3 sources
Returned missionary discusses family's faith transition during his mission
"Let's Talk w/ Hayden Carroll" posted an interview with a returned missionary whose entire family left the LDS Church while he was serving his mission, drawing 33,562 views in 21 hours and 351 comments. The video explores the emotional and relational complications when a missionary returns to find his family's faith has shifted.
November 5, 2026 at 4:03 AM MT · via YouTube / Let's Talk w/ Hayden Carroll
Debate video pits active members against ex-Mormons on Church origins
"The Way with Brian Davila" posted a debate video titled "2 Mormons Vs 2 Ex-Mormons: Was The LDS Church Started By Con Men?" that drew 22,415 views in 20 hours and 991 comments. The video frames the founding of Mormonism as a question of fraud versus divine restoration, with representatives from both sides arguing their positions.
November 5, 2026 at 4:03 AM MT · via YouTube / The Way with Brian Davila