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  • 172. Matthew Harris on Ezra Taft Benson (Part 2/2)

    172. Matthew Harris on Ezra Taft Benson (Part 2/2)
    Sep 11 2025
    In this episode, we conclude our interview with Dr. Matthew Harris about his book Watchman on the Tower: Ezra Taft Benson and the Making of the Mormon Right. Who was President Ezra Taft Benson, what were some of his teachings, and why do they matter today? From the White Horse Prophecy to the John Birch Society, from almost being on two Presidential tickets to his conflict with fellow Elder Hugh B. Brown – Dr. Harris takes us through some of the highlights, teachings, impact, and then the “remaking” of this controversial LDS Apostle who became the thirteenth Prophet-President of the LDS Church. Ezra Taft Benson was an author and speaker, firmly believing in “secret combinations” (that is, conspiracies) - and who frequently mixed his devotion to both Joseph Smith and Adam Smith. Listen in as Dr. Harris takes us through how to best understand and distinguish between Benson’s authoritative influence, and his broader influence today all along the Mormon corridor.Book: Watchman on the Tower: Ezra Taft Benson and the Making of the Mormon RightRelated resource: Thunder From the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and PoliticsSome other resources by Dr. Harris:Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial EqualityThe Mormon Church and Blacks: A Documentary History (edited with Newell Bringhurst)Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (edited with Jay Buckley)“Joseph Fielding Smith’s Evolving Views on Race: The Odyssey of a Mormon Apostle-President”“Mormons and Lineage: The Complicated History of Blacks and Patriarchal Blessings, 1830-2018”Some resources from Ezra Taft Benson (et al):Sample: D&C 98; 101.77-80; 134 and Ether 8Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson“The LDS Church and Politics”“The American Heritage of Freedom”“A Race Against Time”“Be Not Deceived”“Not Commanded in All Things”“Trust Not in the Arm of Flesh”“The Book of Mormon Warns America”“The Proper Role of Government”“Life is Eternal”“Civic Standards for the Faithful Saints” (audio)“Prepare Ye”“The Constitution: A Glorious Standard”“Our Priceless Heritage”“Freedom and Free Enterprise”“Fourteen Fundamentals of Following the Prophet”“Prepare Yourselves for the Great Day of the Lord”As President of the Church:“The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner”“Our Divine Constitution”“I Testify”“Beware of Pride”The Moral Basis of a Free Society; The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil; Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen; The Book of Mormon and the Constitution by H. Verlan AndersenStand Fast By Our Constitution by J. Reuben ClarkThe Naked Communist; The Naked Capitalist; Prophecy and Modern Times by Cleon SkousenOther resources:Mosiah Lyman Hancock AutobiographyPresident Brigham Young: JD 2.182; 7:13, 8.321; 12.121, 12.204President John Taylor: JD 21.8, 21.31; 22.143-44; 23.63; 26.38-39Elder George Q. Cannon: JD 23.104; 23.122President Joseph F. Smith; Elder Joseph Fielding Smith (Oct. 1918 General Conference)President George Albert Smith“The Profile of a Prophet”; “God is the Gardener” by Elder Hugh B. Brown“Overcome the World and Find Rest” by President Russell M. Nelson“Church Statement on White Horse Prophecy and Political Neutrality”Elder Statesman: A Biography of J. Reuben Clark; “Ezra Taft Benson and Mormon Political Conflicts” by D. Michael Quinn“Edwin Rushton as the Source of the White Horse Prophecy” by Don L. PenrodThe Lie That Will Not Die: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Hadassa Ben-IttoThe Pope and Mussolini; The Pope at War by David Kertzer
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    1 h y 28 m
  • 171. Matthew Harris on Ezra Taft Benson (Part 1/2)

    171. Matthew Harris on Ezra Taft Benson (Part 1/2)
    Sep 8 2025
    In this episode, we welcome Dr. Matthew Harris to discuss his book Watchman on the Tower: Ezra Taft Benson and the Making of the Mormon Right. Who was President Ezra Taft Benson, what were some of his teachings, and why do they matter today? From the White Horse Prophecy to the John Birch Society, from almost being on two Presidential tickets to his conflict with fellow Elder Hugh B. Brown – Dr. Harris takes us through some of the highlights, teachings, impact, and then the “remaking” of this controversial LDS Apostle who became the thirteenth Prophet-President of the LDS Church. Ezra Taft Benson was an author and speaker, firmly believing in “secret combinations” (that is, conspiracies) - and who frequently mixed his devotion to both Joseph Smith and Adam Smith. Listen in as Dr. Harris takes us through how to best understand and distinguish between Benson’s authoritative influence, and his broader influence today all along the Mormon corridor.Book: Watchman on the Tower: Ezra Taft Benson and the Making of the Mormon RightRelated resource: Thunder From the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and PoliticsSome other resources by Dr. Harris:Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial EqualityThe Mormon Church and Blacks: A Documentary History (edited with Newell Bringhurst)Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (edited with Jay Buckley)“Joseph Fielding Smith’s Evolving Views on Race: The Odyssey of a Mormon Apostle-President”“Mormons and Lineage: The Complicated History of Blacks and Patriarchal Blessings, 1830-2018”Some resources from Ezra Taft Benson (et al):Sample: D&C 98; 101.77-80; 134 and Ether 8Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson“The LDS Church and Politics”“The American Heritage of Freedom”“A Race Against Time”“Be Not Deceived”“Not Commanded in All Things”“Trust Not in the Arm of Flesh”“The Book of Mormon Warns America”“The Proper Role of Government”“Life is Eternal”“Civic Standards for the Faithful Saints” (audio)“Prepare Ye”“The Constitution: A Glorious Standard”“Our Priceless Heritage”“Freedom and Free Enterprise”“Fourteen Fundamentals of Following the Prophet”“Prepare Yourselves for the Great Day of the Lord”As President of the Church:“The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner”“Our Divine Constitution”“I Testify”“Beware of Pride”The Moral Basis of a Free Society; The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil; Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen; The Book of Mormon and the Constitution by H. Verlan AndersenStand Fast By Our Constitution by J. Reuben ClarkThe Naked Communist; The Naked Capitalist; Prophecy and Modern Times by Cleon SkousenOther resources:Mosiah Lyman Hancock AutobiographyPresident Brigham Young: JD 2.182; 7:13, 8.321; 12.121, 12.204President John Taylor: JD 21.8, 21.31; 22.143-44; 23.63; 26.38-39Elder George Q. Cannon: JD 23.104; 23.122President Joseph F. Smith; Elder Joseph Fielding Smith (Oct. 1918 General Conference)President George Albert Smith“The Profile of a Prophet”; “God is the Gardener” by Elder Hugh B. Brown“Overcome the World and Find Rest” by President Russell M. Nelson“Church Statement on White Horse Prophecy and Political Neutrality”Elder Statesman: A Biography of J. Reuben Clark; “Ezra Taft Benson and Mormon Political Conflicts” by D. Michael Quinn“Edwin Rushton as the Source of the White Horse Prophecy” by Don L. PenrodThe Lie That Will Not Die: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Hadassa Ben-IttoThe Pope and Mussolini; The Pope at War by David Kertzer
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    1 h y 25 m
  • 170. Stanley Payne on The Spanish Civil War

    170. Stanley Payne on The Spanish Civil War
    Sep 1 2025
    In this episode, we welcome Dr. Stanley G. Payne to discuss his book The Spanish Civil War. What is the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), and why does it matter? In a war often still wrongly characterized as liberal/republican vs. nationalist/fascist – how do we understand the incredibly violent and extensive worker revolution and the murder of nearly 7,000 clergy on one side, and the Roman Catholic identity of the Nationalists while uniting with the Falange (Fascists) and being supported by Muslim troops on the other? When most international attention was on a defunct Republican state, how has “the grand camouflage” led to a prominent narrative which overlooks and sanitizes one half of a bloody revolutionary civil war? How does communism and fascism fit into the story? General Francisco Franco was the youngest general in Europe in 1926. How did he end up being the central figure in a national dynamic of revolution and counter-revolution, bathed in religious rhetoric (on both sides) – and his eventual reaffirmation of Spanish Roman Catholic identity. Dr. Payne identifies the Spanish Civil War as War of Religion with many paradoxes – including Franco’s international relations, his relationship with the Vatican, and what would slowly lead to a decline of his counter-revolution following the war. How did Franco view Protestants? Indeed, how should Protestants view Franco? That last question is more engaged than answered as we have the opportunity to learn from one of the great historians of Spain.Book: The Spanish Civil WarOther resources by Dr. Payne:- Franco: A Personal and Political Biography- Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II- The Franco Regime, 1936-1975- The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933-1936: Origins of the Civil War- Fascism: Comparison and Definition- Fascism in Spain, 1923-1977- A History of Fascism, 1914-1945- En Defensa De Espana: Desmontando Mitos y Leyendas Negras- Spain: A Unique History- Spanish Catholicism: An Historical OverviewSee also the article: “The Road to Revolution”Other resources:Granada (Documentary); BBC In Our TimeThe Spanish Civil War by Hugh ThomasFascism: The Career of a Concept by Paul GottfriedLenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen
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    1 h y 41 m
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