1649: John Dehlin in the Hot Seat - An Interview with Rick Bennett of Gospel Tangents
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2022
⏱️ 239 minutes
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Summary
John takes the hot seat this time as Rick Bennett from YouTube Channel Gospel Tangents does the interviewing. Gospel Tangents is a channel looking to represent a 360 degree view of Mormonism and welcomes guests representing various views and experiences of the Restoration Gospel started by Joseph Smith.
Rick calls John Dehlin the "grandfather" of Mormon podcasting. Not that he's old, but rather internet-old! Rick asks John about his journey in and out of the Church, dating an Oscar-winning actress in high school, some of his dealing with general authorities, and his excommunication and aftermath. They also discuss his tangles with apologists & neo-apologists, the Swedish Rescue, and whether he really wants people to stay LDS.
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Show notes:
- Richard D. Poll: What the Church Means to People Like Me
- Mormon Baseball Baptism Era D. Michael Quinn
- MS 101-103: Ted Lyon on LDS Church Change, Latin American Missions, LDS Membership Statistics & Thoughtful Faith
- The Cumorah Project
- Ordain Women
- John’s TED Talk
- Sunstone
- New Order Mormon
- Mormon Matters
- Wheat and Tares
- By Common Consent
- Dialogue Journal
- No man knows my history
- Rough Stone Rolling
- Reuters Special Report: Mormonism besieged by the modern age
- MS 343-344: Mormonism and the Internet with John Dehlin, Scott Gordon (FAIR) and Rosemary Avance
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Mormon Stories podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | I am both your host and the guest for today's episode. |
| 0:08.2 | And here's what I mean by that. |
| 0:10.1 | Today we have in studio the man, the myth, the legend Rick Bennett. |
| 0:14.4 | Hey, Rick. |
| 0:15.4 | Hey, John. |
| 0:16.4 | How you doing? |
| 0:17.4 | Good. |
| 0:18.4 | For those of you who don't know Rick, Rick is the host of a really important podcast slash |
| 0:21.2 | YouTube channel called Gospel Tangents. |
| 0:24.2 | And for several years now, Rick has been interviewing what I would say mostly is members |
| 0:28.6 | of the Mormon studies kind of scholarship community. |
| 0:32.2 | He's interviewed Richard Bushman, he's interviewed Matt Harris, Shannon Flynn, lots of cool people. |
| 0:38.3 | It's a great library, a really important asset for those who are in the know. |
| 0:42.4 | Even yesterday in my interview with Tom, Thomas Murphy, he mentions how important Rick |
| 0:46.3 | Bennett's stuff. |
| 0:47.3 | Stephen Pininger really loves Ben and Steve mentioned him. |
| 0:50.3 | This is definitely a fan boy. |
| 0:51.6 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:52.6 | And we're both mutual fans of Stephen. |
| 0:54.6 | So anyway, I've also known Rick for many years kind of on the blogger, Nackle, and he does |
| 0:59.4 | great work. |
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