Saints Podcast

Each week the Saints podcast features interviews with historians, General Authorities, writers, researchers, and others involved with the new history of the Church, Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days.

S4 Episode 21: A Conversation with the Saints Writing Team 04/08/2025

S4 Episode 21: A Conversation with the Saints Writing Team In the final episode of season 4, we hear from Lisa Christensen, Scott Hales, James Perry, Lisa Olsen Tait, and Jed Woodworth as they reflect on the process of writing the books and what they hope Church members take away from Saints. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/35995860

S4 Episode 20: Life-Giving Water in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 04/01/2025

S4 Episode 20: Life-Giving Water in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Willy Binene and his family fled their home in 1993 to escape widespread violence. They settled far away in another part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they found ways to share the restored gospel and participated in a life-changing water project supported by the Church. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/35964865

S4 Episode 19: Faith amid Tragedy in Peru 03/25/2025

S4 Episode 19: Faith amid Tragedy in Peru In 1990, a terrorist attack in Peru left missionary Manuel Navarro gravely injured. In this episode, Manuel recounts what happened that night and how the Lord has been with him even in the darkest moments. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/35791325

S4 Episode 18: Benemérito: Latter-day Saint Education in Mexico 03/20/2025

S4 Episode 18: Benemérito: Latter-day Saint Education in Mexico For fifty years, the Church operated a secondary school in Mexico City, shaping the lives of countless students. One of those students, Isabel Santana, tell us about her time at Benemérito in the 1960s and 1970s and reflects on the school’s lasting legacy. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/35791310

S4 Episode 17: The Origins of Latter-day Saint Charities 03/11/2025

S4 Episode 17: The Origins of Latter-day Saint Charities In this episode, we speak with Ike Ferguson to learn more about how the Church’s worldwide humanitarian aid program began with a pressing need in East Africa. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/35609790

S4 Episode 16: The Church Comes to Sicily, Italy 03/05/2025

S4 Episode 16: The Church Comes to Sicily, Italy The restored gospel blossomed on the island of Sicily thanks to women and men who heard and followed spiritual promptings. Ether Simoncini, a descendent of some of Italy’s pioneers, shares more of the story. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/35546905

S4 Episode 15: Saints and the Vietnam War 02/25/2025

S4 Episode 15: Saints and the Vietnam War As the Vietnam War raged, local Church members and missionaries worked side by side to hold the Saigon Branch together. Former missionary Lewis Hassell recounts seeing the hand of the Lord amid uncertainty and evacuations. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/35354925

S4 Episode 14: Uncovering a Treasure Trove of African American Genealogy 02/19/2025

S4 Episode 14: Uncovering a Treasure Trove of African American Genealogy In this episode, Darius Gray, Marie Taylor, and Henry tell the unlikely story of how, in the 1990s, prison inmates led the effort to digitize a priceless family history record. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/35353920

S4 Episode 13: Preach My Gospel in India 01/28/2025

S4 Episode 13: Preach My Gospel in India Join Allwyn Kilbert and Sonia Gupta as they talk about the Church in India and the dramatic changes to missionary work that came about when Preach My Gospel was introduced. Historian Taunalyn Ford shares additional insights. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34947900

S4 Episode 12: A Lifelong Ministry: Silvia Allred 01/21/2025

S4 Episode 12: A Lifelong Ministry: Silvia Allred Silvia Allred has spent her life in gospel service, from a teenaged Sunday School teacher to counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency. Learn from her experiences and testimony in this episode. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34947820

S4 Episode 11: Newfound Religious Freedom in Czechoslovakia 01/14/2025

S4 Episode 11: Newfound Religious Freedom in Czechoslovakia How does it feel to have to hide your religion from your neighbors? And how does life change when you are suddenly free to express your beliefs? In this episode, Olga Kovářová Campora talks about her experiences as a Latter-day Saint during Czechoslovakia’s peaceful transition to democracy. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34700730

S4 Episode 10: Brazil’s Faithful Pioneers 01/07/2025

S4 Episode 10: Brazil’s Faithful Pioneers Hélio and Nair Camargo were beloved Latter-day Saint leaders in São Paulo, Brazil. Learn more about how they came to embrace the restored gospel and how the Church has grown in this part of South America. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34700660

S4 Episode 9: A Native American Saint in the Indian Student Placement Program 12/31/2024

S4 Episode 9: A Native American Saint in the Indian Student Placement Program In the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of Latter-day Saint students left their homes on Native American reservations to live with host families during the school year. Maeta Holiday Beck talks about the blessings and challenges she experienced in this Church program. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34550495

S4 Episode 8: Missionary Work through Music in South Korea 12/24/2024

S4 Episode 8: Missionary Work through Music in South Korea In this episode we talk to Stan Bronson and Jini Roby to learn more about the remarkable life of Hwang Keun Ok, who dedicated herself to improving the lives of orphaned girls in South Korea /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34550425

S4 Episode 7: Miracles for the East German Saints 12/17/2024

S4 Episode 7: Miracles for the East German Saints Tobias Burkhardt experienced hardship as a young Latter-day Saint in the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War. But in this episode, he also talks about the blessings that came with trials as well as the faith of his parents, Henry and Inge. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34491985

S4 Episode 6: Leaders in the Church: Ardeth Kapp and Ruth Funk 12/10/2024

S4 Episode 6: Leaders in the Church: Ardeth Kapp and Ruth Funk The Young Women organization underwent significant changes in the 1970s and 1980s, helping Latter-day Saint girls better understand their divine identity and role in the Restoration. This episode highlights two Church leaders who were key to these developments. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34355015

S4 Episode 5: The Perpetual Education Fund in Honduras 12/03/2024

S4 Episode 5: The Perpetual Education Fund in Honduras Latin American Saints Emma and Hector David Hernandez reflect on their years juggling work, school, Church responsibilities, and young children. The Perpetual Education Fund provided a path to help them succeed. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34254415

S4 Episode 4: Dreams of a Hong Kong Temple 11/26/2024

S4 Episode 4: Dreams of a Hong Kong Temple James Perry and Tesia Tsai host this episode featuring Arthur and Lorine Jue, two children of Nora Koot, who was a pioneer of the Church in Hong Kong. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34021607

S4 Episode 3: Osmondmania 11/19/2024

S4 Episode 3: Osmondmania In this episode, learn more about how the Osmond family shared the restored gospel with fans around the world through their music and example. Guests include Jay Osmond and Susan Unklesbay, one of the many people who joined the Church because of the Osmonds. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/34019572

S4 Episode 2: Building Missionaries in the British Isles 11/12/2024

S4 Episode 2: Building Missionaries in the British Isles Suzette and Geoff Dunning, featured in volume 4 as young adults in the 1960s, join us to talk about the impact the building program and “building missionaries” had on the Church in Great Britain. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/33839207

S4 Episode 1: A 13-Year-Old Primary President in Uruguay 11/05/2024

S4 Episode 1: A 13-Year-Old Primary President in Uruguay Delia Rochon, who is featured in volume, tells us about joining the church as a teenager in Uruguay and the difference her Church service has made in her own life and the lives of countless others. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/33783787

S4 Episode 0: A Conversation with the Church Historian, Elder Kyle S. McKay 10/29/2024

S4 Episode 0: A Conversation with the Church Historian, Elder Kyle S. McKay Welcome back to the fourth season of the Saints podcast. In this episode, learn more about how and why Saints came to be as James Perry and Lisa Christensen speak with Scott Hales, writer and literary editor on the Saints team, and Elder Kyle S. McKay, a General Authority Seventy who serves as Church Historian and Recorder. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/33649727

V3-E 41 Podcast Survey Promo 02/03/2023

V3-E 41 Podcast Survey Promo Please take a survey to share with us what you think of the podcasts from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. podcastsurvey.churchofjesuschrist.org /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/27917628

V3 - E40: Season Finale 12/21/2022

V3 - E40: Season Finale In this season finale, Jed Woodworth, managing historian of the Saints project, Scott Hales, the literary editor of the volume, and Lisa Olsen Tait, a general editor for this volume, join us to take a look back over volume 3 and to reflect on its production. We discuss the challenges of researching and writing this volume during COVID 19. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/27917625

V3 - E39: A New Era 12/14/2022

V3 - E39: A New Era Today we are joined by Ray Kuehne, a historian of German Church History, and Christian Fingerle, the Europe Area Church History Manager, to discuss the significance of the Swiss temple and the improving situation that the Church found itself in Europe ten years after the Second World War. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/27917622

V3 - E38: More Power, More Light 12/07/2022

V3 - E38: More Power, More Light As Latter-day Saints prepare for a temple in Europe there are practical considerations that Church leaders have to deal with. In today's episode we have Virginia Pearce Cowley, an author and former member of the Young Women General Presidency, and Christian Euvrard, a sociologist and historian of European Church History, joining us to discuss the state of the Church in Europe and Gordon B. Hinckley's efforts to start operations in the Swiss Temple. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/27917619

V3 - E37: With Real Intent 11/30/2022

V3 - E37: With Real Intent In the early 1950s, German Latter-day Saint Henry Burkhardt has to navigate numerous pressures as he interacts with the German Democratic Republic as a Church leader. Joining us today is Matt Heiss, a manager in the Church History Department, and Tobias Burkhardt, the son of Henry Burkhardt. We discuss Henry's efforts to keep the Church going and the complicated topic of how he related to the government. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/27917616

V3 - E36: Carefully and Prayerfully 11/23/2022

V3 - E36: Carefully and Prayerfully This week we are joined by Alan Parrish, an emeritus professor of religious education at Brigham Young University, and Melissa Inouye, an historian in the Church History Department. First we discuss Clemencia Pivaral's journey to the Mesa Arizona Temple from her native home in Guatemala and the significance of such a journey. We then talk about John A. Widtsoe, a prominent recurring character in the book and his role in facilitating a temple for Europe. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/27917613

V3 - E35: We Cannot Fail 11/16/2022

V3 - E35: We Cannot Fail James Miller, a Church History Specialist in the Church History Department, joins us today to discuss the rising tensions in Central and Eastern Europe especially in Czechoslovakia. We also have Laura Paulsen-Howe, the Art Curator over global acquisitions in the Church History Museum, who shares additional insights into the Book of Mormon art created by Arnold Friberg. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/27917610

V3 - E34: Go and See 11/09/2022

V3 - E34: Go and See Angela Hallstrom, a writer and former member of the Saints team, and Melissa Inouye, a historian in the Church History Department, join us to discuss the lives of two Latter-day Saint women in the years after the Second World War. We also discuss the different ways that Saints is used by readers and why we need a history such as this. /episode/index/show/923a88ff-5477-48ef-9e26-23e1c9c1b55e/id/27917607

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