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  • Ep 186 — REM Model of Human Behavior w/ Chris Shelton | The Christ Who Heals pt. finale

    Ep 186 — REM Model of Human Behavior w/ Chris Shelton | The Christ Who Heals pt. finale
    Oct 1 2025

    We invite back Chris Shelton MSc from his YouTube channel by the same name to talk all about cults. He’s here to share his model of human behavior, the REM (Reason/Rationalization, Emotion, Morality) and we get lost deep into the weeds discussing it and related cult topics. After that, we wrap up the Givens with the final installment of The Christ Who Heals. We go through the entire part 2 of the book and tell what book/author we’re reviewing next year. After that we talk about windows being turned into solar panels!

    Links: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/55#full-transcript

    https://uncorrelatedmormonism.com/19-similarities-between-joseph-smith-and-emanuel-swedenborg/

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/feb/09/darwin.eye

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_W._Smith

    Happy News: https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/clear-coating-turns-windows-into-solar-panels

    Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g

    Most recent episode: The secret history of the Mormon church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJkzxy6Qsg

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  • Ep 185 — 3 New Gospel Topics Essays | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    Ep 185 — 3 New Gospel Topics Essays | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
    Sep 17 2025
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released 3 new Gospel Topics Essays in July. We go through each of them, discuss the information that’s missing, chat about the propaganda woven into every line, and speculate as to the impetus behind the new essays. For ease of listening, the Book of Mormon Translation starts at 13:31, the Plural Marriage starts at 1:01:24, and Joseph Smith’s Character starts at 1:53:15. After that we chat Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a post-apocalyptic wasteland movie about two warring cult leaders. Then we wrap with happy news about metalheads fighting bullying in schools! Show Notes: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/book-of-mormon-translation?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/plural-marriage?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/joseph-smiths-character?lang=eng https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Question:_Why_were_the_gold_plates_needed_at_all_if_they_weren%27t_used_directly_during_the_translation_process%3F https://www.analyzingmormonism.com/changes-to-the-book-of-mormon/ https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/introduction-to-state-of-illinois-v-js-for-assault-and-battery/1 https://www.thechurchnews.com/2012/5/26/23225539/kirtland-safety-society/ https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/kirtland-safety-society-notes-4-january-9-march-1837/1 https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/council-of-fifty-minutes-march-1844-january-1846-volume-1-10-march-1844-1-march-1845/99#full-transcript MOGP: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12037194/?ref_=hm_rvi_i_12 Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/furiosa Happy News: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99mdjp97m0o Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g Most recent episode: The secret history of the Mormon church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJkzxy6Qsg Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod Patreon page for documentary: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glassboxpodcast BlueSky: @glassboxpodcast.bsky.social Other BlueSky: @bryceblankenagel.bsky.social and @shannongrover.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/ Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop Or find the merch store by clicking on “Store” here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html One time Paypal donation: bryceblankenagel@gmail.com Venmo: @Shannon-Grover-10
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  • Ep 184 — Are Mormons Christian | The Christ Who Heals pt. 1

    Ep 184 — Are Mormons Christian | The Christ Who Heals pt. 1
    Sep 3 2025

    Are Mormons Christian? According to most Christians, no. According to them, Jesus Christ is literally in the name of the church! We dig into the bedrock on this issue to see what does or does not qualify as “Christian”. After that, we dive into the final of the Givens trilogy, The Christ Who Heals. It’s more or less a 130-page missionary discussion with a few dribbles of ancient theologian writings. After that we talk about a statue being built to Robert Smalls in South Carolina.

    Show Notes:

    Jesus in Islam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_in_Islam

    Jewish views on Jesus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_views_on_Jesus

    Buddhism and Christianity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_Christianity

    Bodhisattva: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva

    The real reason mormons aren’t in the Christian Club: https://wheatandtares.org/2022/10/28/the-real-reason-mormons-arent-in-the-christian-club/

    Nicene Creed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed

    Happy News:

    Robert Smalls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls

    Statue in SC https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-smalls-statue-south-carolina/

    Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g

    Most recent episode: The secret history of the Mormon church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJkzxy6Qsg

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  • Ep 183 — Hatch & Jones, Victims of Mormon Violence w/ Belle Holsinger | The Godfather

    Ep 183 — Hatch & Jones, Victims of Mormon Violence w/ Belle Holsinger | The Godfather
    Aug 20 2025

    You asked for it and you got it! We interviewed Belle Holsinger who we talked about last episode in our Sunstone recap. She gave us the absolutely riveting information from her presentation at Sunstone titled “Bearing witness: The castration and murder of Henry Jones and his mother, Hannah Jones Gailey Hatch.” Following our time with Belle, we watched The Godfather because what OTHER movie is as fitting? We then closed with some incredible new breakthroughs in cancer research. Enjoy!



    Show Notes:

    Belle’s Contact information: BelleSingerBook@gmail.com

    MOGP: The Godfather

    IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/

    Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-godfather-part-i

    Happy News: Trojan horse bacteria sneak cancer-killing viruses into tumors: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250816113522.htm



    Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g

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  • Ep 182 — Sunstone 2025 Wrap-up

    Ep 182 — Sunstone 2025 Wrap-up
    Aug 6 2025

    We went to Sunstone Symposium in SLC, like we try to do every year! It was fantastic and a great place to meet good folks, visit old friends, and learn new things along the way. We discuss some of our favorite sessions and experiences from this year’s Mormon conference.

    Check out Sunstone and consider attending next year! https://sunstone.org/

    Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g

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  • Ep 181 — Word Vomit and Verbosity | The Crucible of Doubt pt. 3

    Ep 181 — Word Vomit and Verbosity | The Crucible of Doubt pt. 3
    Jul 23 2025

    Your two favorite long winded podcasters are talking about word vomit and verbosity today, which is particularly fitting since today’s Sword of Laman segment covers the last part of the 2nd Givens book, The Crucible of Doubt. We then cleanse your palette with some good news out of Illinois. Enjoy!

    Sword of Laman:

    https://freshairarchive.org/segments/richard-dawkins-argument-atheism

    Happy News: Illinois keeps 988 lifeline for LGBTQIA+ youth even after national extension hangs up: https://khqa.com/news/local/illinois-to-keep-988-suicide-crisis-lifeline-for-lgbtqia-youth-after-national-extension-hangs-up-federal-funding-cuts-trump-administration-governor-jb-pritzker-idhs-secretary-dulce-m-quintero-mental-health-behavioral-services-counseling-support-teens

    Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g

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  • Ep 180 — John Taylor 1886 Permanent Polygamy Revelation | National Treasure

    Ep 180 — John Taylor 1886 Permanent Polygamy Revelation | National Treasure
    Jul 9 2025
    The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just dropped a revelatory bomb on the Mormon history community and we’re gunna talk about it. John Taylor (prophet 1880-1887) wrote a revelation saying that the new and everlasting covenant is actually “everlasting” and cannot be revoked or abrogated. However, the prophet after Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, wrote the First Manifesto bringing the church into compliance with the law of the land. However, plural marriages continued to be performed. The Reed Smoot hearings turned the eyes of the nation to the kingdom of god in Deseret and every clandestine plural marriage put a lie to the Manifesto. Church leaders are excommunicated and it leads to the formation of the Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints. The church has suppressed this revelation in its vaults for nearly a century while openly denying that it even existed. After that we chat about more secrets hiding in plain sight with the movie National Treasure. We wrap with happy news about diabetes therapy and a gaggle of listener mail. Show Notes: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/3aec2ea6-fdeb-4866-9529-47e27f9cd3b9/0/0?lang=eng https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/71550f40-40e2-4f22-a513-d9efed66649a/0?view=browse https://mormonr.org/qnas/vFgD6f/john_taylors_1886_revelation?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22720170685&gbraid=0AAAAAoS5E7acFZisa2VHLpSqmjwjxuxAo&gclid=Cj0KCQjw953DBhCyARIsANhIZoZY8hL6lOziHIlmcVnNbCHkiECSLz8brsdbJy0ni61rrba3Qcklb8oaAkVpEALw_wcB https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/lds-church-authority-and-new-plural-marriages-1890-1904/ https://mormonr.org/qnas/vFgD6f/john_taylors_1886_revelation/research#re-fbkJxk-qnXgKg https://bhroberts.org/records/fbkJxk-bB2xDk/byu_religious_studies_center_publication_on_john_taylor_discusses_the_1886_revelation https://bhroberts.org/files/bHthmd/scan-bB2xDk-bHthmd.pdf?r=bB2xDk&t=eyJhbGciOiJkaXIiLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIn0..Ljnea7CqFcI514tv.MWAtt1USKQyIBx5hJeD1he-VlQl6HV5eDevc9XGHctIBqDnl3hQ6UY9uGlOYy3cJoJ6SG7H9UgXWNRtSHGg4AWQTt76BTFyruwynbZPv-ta9Sqwc1MiNTMA4D5bJ0wDKNLqn1I1ZW96aQh9fE3XonduR9AeovvqRkhlf80-xZsjjnHaGWGILhfe6hlbWunSLVvMxtMKbcmJywR4aR8z_2aD9_NRxC1-fb0e3If80Vy9otGsidu2NjHcmecljQwblGIFvHsSDUoBKqB8NH7VohmRAoJxTnqjoy8vYxcyw0j7Q8HcUBPyzQmLSU_lvRxvRly2pxjTCo6Ng-OlNVohEmFSQAWXo80Qi7R54xy1xIvW2_lP0pXMRw9VRIizzbfUcmspMcRwqC0aBtSI9_QhVFAiom1w.DIL9f7HVhjoKTWkeFO1Sqw https://mormonpolygamydocuments.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1886-Revelation-article.pdf https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/John_Taylor%27s_statements_regarding_polygamy https://rsc.byu.edu/champion-liberty-john-taylor/john-revelator-written-revelations-john-taylor#_note-40 https://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2025/06/john-taylor-and-the-1886-revelation/ https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/john-taylor https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/first-annual-message-first-term https://josephsmithfoundation.org/john-taylors-last-days-vision-1877/ https://www.fromthedesk.org/john-taylor-revelations/#_ftn1 https://rsc.byu.edu/champion-liberty-john-taylor/john-revelator-written-revelations-john-taylor#_noteref-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20080309131303/http://gainesjunction.tamu.edu/issues/vol3num1/ishin/ishin.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JYcVJKnfmg https://rsc.byu.edu/prophets-apostles-last-dispensation/john-whittaker-taylor https://historicalgeneralconferences.weebly.com/john-w-taylor.html https://tokensandsigns.org/betrayed-for-loyalty-john-w-taylor-and-polygamy/ https://mormondiscussionpodcast.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/John-W.-Taylor-Trial.pdf https://sunstone.org/john-w-woolley-as-a-highly-trusted-mormon-from-september-1886-to-december-1913/ https://mormonfundamentalism.com/history/lorin-c-woolley-and-his-council-of-seven-friends/ https://mormonpolygamydocuments.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/MF0273.pdf https://mormonfundamentalism.com/1886-revelation-importance/ https://www.fromthedesk.org/joseph-white-musser-mormon-fundamentalist/ https://prophetsseersandrevelators.wordpress.com/2022/09/01/third-manifesto/ https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/704 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/first-annual-message-first-term MOGP: National Treasure: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368891/?ref_=tt_rvi_i_7 Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/national-treasure Information about Charles Carroll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carroll_of_Carrollton# Explore the Knights Templar: https://www.centreofexcellence.com/the-knights-templar/# Happy News: A new diabetes treatment could free people from insulin injections: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/type-1-diabetes-cell-therapy-insulin Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism. Here’s the most recent episode on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsofor4IgR8&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g&index=65&t=...
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  • Ep 179 — Great Leaders | Crucible of Doubt pt. 2

    Ep 179 — Great Leaders | Crucible of Doubt pt. 2
    Jun 25 2025
    Let’s talk leaders. What qualities does a great leader have? What’s the difference between a good and great leader? And we talk about three leaders in history. In our Sword of Laman segment, we cover the next few chapters of the Givens’ book. And to clear your palette, we share a news article about a charitable move Bill Gates is making. Enjoy! Show Notes: What is Ethical Leadership and Why is it Important?: https://professional.dce.harvard.edu/blog/what-is-ethical-leadership-and-why-is-it-important/#The-6-Main-Principles-of-Ethical-Leadership What Great Leaders do that Good Leaders Don’t: ​​https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougsundheim/2023/04/13/what-great-leaders-do-that-good-leaders-dont/ Elizabeth I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I# Queen Elizabeth I: The controversies and accomplishments: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/queen-elizabeth-l-0011092 Elizabeth I, Religious Questions and the fate of Mary, Queen of Scots: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-I/Religious-questions-and-the-fate-of-Mary-Queen-of-Scots Bloody Mary: The Marriage, Reign, and Death of a Queen of England: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/bloody-mary-marriage-reign-and-death-queen-england-004122 Catherine the Great: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great# Legacy of Catherine the Great: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-the-Great/Legacy Imperial Crown of Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_crown_of_Russia The Story of Catherine the Great: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-catherine-great-180974863/ Hypocrite, reactionary, usurper, sex maniac: is Catherine the Great’s reputation justified?: https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/catherine-great-russian-empress-reputation-justified/ 10 Reasons Lincoln was Secretly a Terrible President: https://listverse.com/2013/12/05/10-reasons-lincoln-was-secretly-a-terrible-president/ 5 Ugly Facts about Abraham Lincoln that No One Likes to Talk About: https://www.moviemaker.com/abraham-lincoln/ The Great Writ, North and South: https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/the-great-writ-north-and-south/ Everything Wrong with the Lincoln Administration: https://www.libertarianism.org/everything-wrong-presidents/everything-wrong-lincoln-administration Happy News: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4qg5gzgzxo Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism. Here’s the most recent episode on Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod Patreon page for documentary: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glassboxpodcast BlueSky: @glassboxpodcast.bsky.social Other BlueSky: @bryceblankenagel.bsky.social and @shannongrover.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/ Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop Or find the merch store by clicking on “Store” here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html One time Paypal donation: bryceblankenagel@gmail.com Venmo: @Shannon-Grover-10
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