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Hi, this is John Delin, and thank you again for joining us on Mormon Stories.

You are about to hear the final portion of my five-part interview with Dr. Richard Bushman,

former Stake President and current patriarch of the LDS Church, Professor of U.S. History,

and author of the book Joseph Smith Roughstone Rolling.

Before I play the interview, I wanted to share a few final thoughts.

At the beginning of the series, I indicated that Dr. Bushman and I intended to cover

ten or so of the toughest issues surrounding Joseph Smith's history.

Unfortunately, because of the breadth and depth of the first several segments, we burned

through all the time that Dr. Bushman was able to offer and will not continue beyond

this final episode, at least for now.

Dr. Bushman has indicated that he may have time at some future date to continue the series,

so there's still some chance, but for now, this will be the final segment of a five-part

interview with Dr. Richard Bushman.

I want to take the time, again, to thank Dr. Bushman for his willingness to come on Mormon

Stories podcast.

In making that decision, it seems as though he had everything to lose and precious little

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