1625: Ellee Duke and Auz Engemann Part 2 - Going Deeper After Mormonism
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2022
⏱️ 169 minutes
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Summary
Singer songwriter Ellee Duke and her husband Auz Engemann share what life was like growing up in affluent (even idyllic) Mormon communities (Provo and Draper, Utah) and why they decided to eventually distance themselves from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Ellee explains how she got her start in music, why she turned down American idol, and what challenges she had to overcome to finally bring her career into alignment with what she truly wanted—without losing herself in the expectations of others.
Other topics include Auz’ connections to big names like Larry David and the Osmonds, his struggle with Adderall addiction, the dangers of bishop roulette, and Ellee losing her gay uncle to suicide.
We also premiere Ellee’s newest single about her Mormon faith crisis entitled “Deeper” - available on Spotify.
Ellee’s TikTok & Instagram: @elleeduke
Ellee Duke the Singer Who Said No to American Idol
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of more |
| 0:03.1 | mstores podcast. I am one of your hosts for today John DeLynn. And |
| 0:07.3 | of course, I'm in the studio today with special guest co host |
| 0:11.6 | Samantha Shelley. Hey Samantha, welcome back. |
| 0:14.3 | Hi. |
| 0:15.6 | Good to have you. It is July 11th. And we are now in part two of |
| 0:21.4 | what I'm finding to be a really fascinating, epic, interesting |
| 0:26.6 | heartfelt interview with Ellie Duke and Oz Ingeman. And we've |
| 0:32.2 | covered so many cool themes and topics. So if you haven't |
| 0:35.5 | watched part one, pause this, go back and watch or listen to |
| 0:39.4 | part one, but in part one, we talked about Ellie growing up in |
| 0:44.2 | draper Utah, knowing that she wanted to be a singer songwriter |
| 0:48.2 | from a very young age and how she and her family were super |
| 0:54.2 | determined, including going to Nashville, including, you know, |
| 0:57.6 | auditioning for American Idol, including hanging her |
| 1:00.8 | dues, including winning Alta Idol. What was it called? |
| 1:04.1 | Alta Idol. |
| 1:05.6 | Even winning Alta Idol. |
| 1:08.9 | Doing whatever it takes to to make it big in the music industry. |
| 1:13.0 | And when we left off for your part, Ellie, you, you had been |
| 1:18.5 | accepted onto American Idol, but you declined because you also |
| 1:22.7 | got an offer to have a recording contract. And I should also |
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