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A Recast of ‘Year of Polygamy Podcast’

The series follows the Mormon faith through the lens of “The Principle of Plural Marriage” from its genesis in 1831 with its originator Joseph Smith, through the hidden history and governmental pressure, to today and contemporary practicing Fundamentalist Mormons.

For the first time polygamy is dissected through a feminist viewpoint, with attention given to the experiences of the women, women who sacrificed everything and suffered long and are never mentioned in museums or landmark tours. Their experiences, along with interviews with experts, sc20140302_130747holars, historians, and those still affected directly by the practice, paint a new portrait of how the west was shaped, by the hard work and toil of these invisible women, hidden away through controversy.

Through Hansen’s careful work, we see how the practice of polygamy affected every aspect of the LDS church’s formation and is still a shadow hanging over the church, visible in it’s approach to marriage, the role of women, and the temple ceremonies. Instead of the historical footnote polygamy is often treated as, Hansen shows how this practice, started in secret and a direct cause of Joseph Smith’s death, responsible for driving the saints to Utah, and then outward again to Mexico and Canada, the root of power struggles both in the church and out, the cause of suspicion and eventually violence including the Mountain Meadows Massacre, was an instigator to most of the history of American West. For the first time, The Year of Polygamy shows how the west was settled not only to claim land and mineral rights, but in a very real way to control the bodies and sexuality of women in a way that reverberates today. Find our more at YearofPolygamy.com

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Recastable Episodes (365)

1. Episode 10: Polygamy in Nauvoo Jan. 29, 2014
2. Episode 11: Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde Feb. 11, 2014
3. Episode 12: Elizabeth Davis Durfee Feb. 13, 2014
4. Episode 13: Sarah Kingsley Cleveland Feb. 19, 2014
5. Episode 14: Delcena Johnson Sherman Feb. 21, 2014
6. Episode 15: Eliza R. Snow Feb. 26, 2014
7. Episode 16: Sarah Ann Whitney March 6, 2014
8. Episode 17: Martha McBride Knight March 12, 2014
9. Episode 18: Ruth Vose Sayers March 20, 2014
10. Episode 19: Flora Ann Woodworth March 20, 2014
11. Episode 20: Emily Partridge March 26, 2014
12. Episode 21: Joseph Smith’s Progeny April 7, 2014
13. Episode 22: Eliza Partridge April 9, 2014
14. Episode 23: Almera Johnson April 14, 2014
15. Episode 24: Lucy Walker April 23, 2014
16. Episode 25: The Lawrence Sisters April 30, 2014
17. Episode 26: Helen Mar Kimball May 9, 2014
18. Episode 109: It Could Have Been You- Lessons From Mountain Meadows Massacre May 12, 2014
19. Episode 27: Hannah Ells May 15, 2014
20. Episode 28: Elvira Cowles Holmes May 22, 2014
21. Episode 29: Rhoda Richards May 23, 2014
22. Episode 30: Olive Grey Frost May 29, 2014
23. Episode 31: Desdemona Wadsworth Fullmer June 3, 2014
24. Episode 32: Melissa Lott June 5, 2014
25. Episode 33: Nancy Winchester June 13, 2014
26. Episode 34: Fanny Young June 19, 2014
27. Episode 35: Interracial Polygamy and Lamanite Marriages June 21, 2014
28. Episode 36: Plural Marriage and the Martyrdom June 25, 2014
29. Episode 37: Polygamy and Winter Quarters July 2, 2014
30. Episode 38: Polygamy and Blood Atonement July 8, 2014
31. Episode 39: Early Utah Period Polygamy July 12, 2014
32. Episode 40: Heber C. Kimball July 17, 2014
33. Episode 41: Polygamy and the Family Public and Private July 21, 2014
34. Episode 42: The Scandal of Soldiers, Wives, and Sex July 26, 2014
35. Episode 43: Historian Joe Geisner and Violent 1850’s Utah July 28, 2014
36. Episode 44: The Utah War Aug. 3, 2014
37. Episode 45: Houses of Polygamy Aug. 7, 2014
38. Episode 46: A Brief History of Relief Society Aug. 10, 2014
39. Episode 47: Southern Utah Polygamy- St. George Aug. 15, 2014
40. Episode 48: Southern Utah Polygamy- Orderville, Santa Clara, Cedar City and Violence Aug. 16, 2014
41. Episode 49: Emma Lee French Aug. 25, 2014
42. Episode 50: Marriage to Brigham Young Aug. 30, 2014
43. Episode 51: Amelia Folsom “The Favorite Wife” Sept. 4, 2014
44. Episode 52: Obscure Polygamous Women and Paula Kelly Harline Sept. 8, 2014
45. Episode 53: Federal Legislation of Utah Polygamy Sept. 14, 2014
46. Episode 54: Lucinda Dalton, Feminist Mormon Pioneer Sept. 20, 2014
47. Episode 55: Emmeline Free- Brigham’s “Abandoned Pet” Sept. 22, 2014
48. Episode 56: Mormon Polygamy in the Mexican Colonies Sept. 29, 2014
49. Episode 57: Polygamy Gets the Right to Vote Oct. 9, 2014
50. Episode 58: Ann Gordge- The Mormon Calamity Jane Oct. 16, 2014
51. Episode 59: The New Church Essay, Part One Oct. 24, 2014
52. Episode 60: The 1890 Manifesto Oct. 25, 2014
53. Episode 61: Polygamy and Abuse Intro Nov. 10, 2014
54. Episode 62: Post-Manifesto Marriages Nov. 12, 2014
55. Episode 63: Phoebe Woodruff the Prophet’s Wife Nov. 20, 2014
56. Episode 64: Hannah Tapfield King -English Poetess Nov. 22, 2014
57. Episode 65: Joseph’s Polygamy Revelations Nov. 29, 2014
58. Episode 66: Mary Ann Jackson Dec. 5, 2014
59. Episode 67: John W. Woolley Dec. 8, 2014
60. Episode 68: The 1886 Revelation Dec. 9, 2014
61. Episode 69: From Polygamy to Peace- The Changing Church Dec. 12, 2014
62. Episode 70: Going Underground Dec. 22, 2014
63. Episode 71: Mormon Women in Prison Dec. 24, 2014
64. Episode 72: Generational Shifts Dec. 28, 2014
65. Episode 73: The Birth of Mormon Fundamentalism Dec. 29, 2014
66. Episode 74: Secrets and Wives with Sanjiv Bhattacharya Jan. 4, 2015
67. Episode 75: The Short Creek Raid Feb. 22, 2015
68. Episode 76: The LeBarons Feb. 22, 2015
69. Episode 77: The AUB (Apostolic United Brethren) Feb. 22, 2015
70. Episode 78: The Wives of John W. Woolley Feb. 22, 2015
71. Episode 79: The Kingston Group (Davis County Co-Op) Feb. 23, 2015
72. Episode 80: Married to a Prophet- An Interview with Irene Spencer Feb. 23, 2015
73. Episode 81: Lawless Women and Heber Kimball Feb. 23, 2015
74. Episode 82: Different Modern-Day Fundamentalist Groups Feb. 23, 2015
75. Episode 83: Daughter of a Prophet: Kristyn Decker on Leaving the AUB Feb. 27, 2015
76. Episode 84: The FLDS, Part One March 4, 2015
77. Episode 84: The FLDS, Part Two March 6, 2015
78. Episode 85: Warren Jeffs and His Crimes March 9, 2015
79. Episode 86: Growing up FLDS, an interview with Trevor Jeffs March 12, 2015
80. Episode 87: The Murder of Parley P. Pratt March 24, 2015
81. Episode 88: Ben Bistline, FLDS Historian March 30, 2015
82. Episode 89- An Interview with an Apostle for Centennial Park April 4, 2015
83. Episode 90: Joseph F. Smith and the Changing Church April 12, 2015
84. Episode 91: Polygamy as Art April 16, 2015
85. Episode 92: Rachel Ivins, Heber J. Grant, and the “End” of LDS Plural Marriage April 18, 2015
86. Episode 93: The Pacific Island and Mormon Polygamy April 23, 2015
87. Episode 94: Polygamy Controversies: Joseph Fought Polygamy? April 25, 2015
88. Episode 94: Polygamy Controversies: John C. Bennett May 4, 2015
89. Episode 94: Polygamy Controversies: Women Who Said No May 9, 2015
90. Episode 95: Dueling Josephs: How two Smith cousins shaped modern polygamy May 19, 2015
91. Episode 96: Polygamy as Feminist? With Dr. Janet Bennion May 24, 2015
92. Episode 97: Messy Mormon Polygamy Pt. 1 June 1, 2015
93. Episode 97: Messy Mormon Polygamy, Part 2 June 3, 2015
94. Episode 98: How Polygamy Affects LDS Doctrine, Policy, Theology, and Culture June 13, 2015
95. Episode 99: D. Michael Quinn and a Polygamy Church June 22, 2015
96. Episode 100: The Final Episode July 1, 2015
97. Episode 101: Year of Polygamy, a Year Later, Part 1 June 3, 2016
98. Episode 102: Year of Polygamy, a Year Later, Part 2 June 9, 2016
99. Episode 103: Year of Polygamy, a Year Later, Part 3 June 15, 2016
100. Episode 104: Year of Polygamy, a Year Later, Part 4: Muslim Polygamy June 15, 2016
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