#2-1 Peculiar Normies
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Adam and Tanner return after a long hiatus and man has a lot changed. This episode is all about integrating living healthy, interesting lives with indirect missionary work and how we often miss the mark by aiming at it too directly.
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#88- Season 1 Finale
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It's time for Adam and Tanner to take a break, reassess, and then come back with a show that's better than ever.
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#87- Source-based faith with Todd Michael
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In this episode Adam and Tanner bring on Todd Michael - a man who's in the midst of a massive leap of faith. Todd tells his story about quitting his job and moving across the country without any safety net other than his faith in the fact that this was revealed to him that he needed to make it happen. He talks about how - while the details may be unique - we're all going to have to commit to our faith and take the risks the Lord wants of us.
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#86- The faith to wait
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Adam and Tanner are both huge proponents of action and have advocating that since the first episode of the show. However, there are times the Lord wants us to wait and rely on Him, instead of always needing to work through our own trials and problems. They discuss this principle, their own limitations with it, why it's so difficult, and much more in this week's episode.
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#85- Memes & Guilds
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In this episode, Adam talks Tanner into revisiting the culture conversation. They break down the differences between proactive and reactive culture, getting though the "cringe" phase, who it is we're trying to affect with our culture, funding through patrons rather than purchases, and what to do about various barriers of entry.
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#84- Inferior identities
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In this episode, Adam and Tanner go through their takeaways from President Nelson's address to the youth in May of 2022. They talk through the primary and auxiliary identities we're supposed to have, how to differentiate ourselves as individuals while still being primarily children of God. They also work through the genius in making every identity gender and sexuality based and why it's been so effective in detaching us from God and each other.
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#83- Chronically cheerful and perpetual pessimists
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In this episode, Adam and Tanner work throught the relationship between optimisim and honesty. They talk about the murmuring of the Israelites and Laman and Lemuel, along with how easy it is to over correct and have a facade of everything being awesome all the time. They talk through how the Atonement is the solution to both of these and that real growth comes from doing the right things, for the right reasons, with Christ making up the deficits.
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#82- Trust, obey, and perfect
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In this episode, Adam and Tanner talk about the new show "Under the Banner of Heaven," why it's not worth paying attention to, and what it brings to light in regards to Mormonism vs the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They move on to talk about why we, as members, have a different perspective on cultural events around us. They finish by discussing the merits of perfecting an offering before sacrificing it to the Lord, rather than always expecting Him to work with us through our consecration.
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#81- Whose fault and responsibility
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In this episode, Adam and Tanner continue their discussion on favorite talks from the April 2022 General Conference. They talk about Elder Kearon's talk and how important it is to both believe and understand how applicable the Atonement is, how both God and Satan will take different approaches to blame and responsibility, and why a better understanding can lead to compassion without compromise.
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#80- April 2022 General Conference Report
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In this week's episode, Adam and Tanner talk about their biggest takeaways from the most recent session of General Conference. They discuss proving contraries, focusing on the Tree of Life instead of the Great and Spacious Building, expanding how they interact with people online, and more.
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All too often the focus is on those who make the decision to go - the room that they need and the grace they should be extended. This is true. They are children of God and deserve his love. And those who stay also need space to process the pain, anger, and even a sense of betrayal that can come from big changes like this.
There are no easy, cut-and-paste answers here. And that doesn't mean it should be treated with kids gloves or not discussed at all.