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Historian John Turner examines Brigham Young's leadership and legacy
Historian Dr. John G. Turner returns to discuss his biography of Brigham Young in a new series examining the second president of the LDS Church. The first episode has drawn over 16,000 views in its first day.
September 1, 2026 at 1:05 PM MT · via YouTube / Mormon Stories Podcast · 2 sources
LDS accountant debunks common tithing assumptions in viral video
A YouTube video by an LDS certified public accountant examining tithing calculations has drawn over 54,000 views in 15 hours and nearly 720 comments. Aaron Brewster, who has served as a ward financial clerk, addresses whether members should pay on gross or net income, what counts as income, and whether paying less affects blessings.
September 1, 2026 at 6:03 AM MT · via YouTube / Keystone
Podcast examines how Mormon conditioning can mask coercive control
A Mormon Discussion podcast episode featuring Teresa Hobbs, Bill Reel, and guest Wendi Jensen examines how Latter-day Saint cultural conditioning can make coercive control and abuse harder to recognize. The discussion argues that teachings emphasizing trust in authority, obedience, sacrifice, and forgiveness can inadvertently obscure abusive dynamics.
August 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM MT · via YouTube / Mormon Discussion Inc. · 2 sources
Congressman accused of shielding Mormon child abusers
A YouTube video by Jesse Dollemore accuses a Republican congressman of covering for child abusers with Mormon connections, drawing 30,000 views in its first two days. The video examines reporting on the congressman's alleged inaction on abuse cases.
August 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM MT · via YouTube / Jesse Dollemore · 3 sources
Ex-Mormon YouTuber warns against using FamilySearch genealogy site
Alyssa Grenfell's YouTube video argues that FamilySearch, the Church-operated genealogy website, has religious motivations beyond its public-facing free research tools. The video, which has drawn over 80,000 views in 14 hours, suggests the Church may use genealogical data for temple ordinances performed on behalf of the dead — a practice central to LDS doctrine but one that has drawn controversy when applied to Holocaust victims and others without family consent. FamilySearch is one of the world's largest genealogical databases and is offered free to the public regardless of religious affiliation.
August 29, 2026 at 6:05 AM MT · via YouTube / Alyssa Grenfell
Podcast examines White Horse Prophecy and LDS political involvement
The Church History Matters Podcast released an in-depth episode on the White Horse Prophecy — an apocryphal statement attributed to Joseph Smith predicting Latter-day Saints would save the U.S. Constitution when it "hangs by a thread." The video, with 8,146 views in 30 hours and 132 comments, examines the prophecy's text, historical red flags questioning its authenticity, and its use in modern political rhetoric.
August 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM MT · via YouTube / Church History Matters Podcast
Ex-Mormon describes discovering the Church 'is not what it claims to be'
Coy Johnston discusses his faith crisis in a Mormon Stories Podcast video published August 25, describing how serious religious study led him to conclude the LDS Church "is not what it claims to be." The video, with 13,619 views in 31 hours and 90 comments, explores Johnston's experience being labeled sinful or demonic for doubting while he was seeking honest answers to doctrinal questions.
August 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM MT · via YouTube / Mormon Stories Podcast · 2 sources
Texas Mormon teen describes path to Mexican cartel violence
A video interview on The Connect podcast chronicles a Texas man's account of moving from a strict Mormon upbringing to involvement in drug transportation and cartel-connected crime. Tyler, the subject, describes starting as a high school student moving drugs across state lines before becoming entangled in human-smuggling networks along the Texas-Mexico border.
August 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM MT · via YouTube / The Connect: With Johnny Mitchell
Apologist responds to Elder Corbridge's viral 'why people leave' video
Latter-day Saints are divided over a recent video from Elder Lawrence Corbridge about why some people leave the Church, and apologist channel Keystone offers a partial defense and a partial critique in a video gaining rapid traction.
August 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM MT · via YouTube / Keystone
Gay attorney Eli McCann discusses path to peace in Mormon Stories
Eli McCann, an attorney, writer, and Salt Lake Tribune humor columnist, discusses growing up gay in the LDS Church in a new Mormon Stories episode. McCann describes spending his life trying to find his way in a religion that never seemed to have space for him.
August 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM MT · via YouTube / Mormon Stories Podcast
Lesbian member describes loving church, discovering she couldn't stay
Carolyn Ball, a lesbian Latter-day Saint, describes her experience of loving the church—its community, doctrine, and the life she built inside it—while discovering an identity she did not choose and that did not go away, in a Mormon Stories Podcast interview that has drawn more than 19,000 views in its first day. Ball begins by naming what she valued about her faith before describing the collision between her sexual orientation and church teachings.
August 24, 2026 at 12:05 PM MT · via YouTube / Mormon Stories Podcast · 2 sources
E! News covers Mormon Wives star joining Dancing With Stars
E! News reports that Conner Leavitt from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives will compete for the Mirrorball Trophy on Dancing With the Stars Season 35, nearly a year after his wife Whitney Leavitt placed sixth on the show. The brief video has accumulated nearly 4,000 views. E! notes that Conner "certainly has plenty of fancy foot work to perfect before he busts a move in the ballroom."
August 23, 2026 at 7:08 AM MT · via YouTube / E! News · 6 sources