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Hello and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast.

I'm John DeLin your host and I'm very excited to have all of you with us today.

And I'm also very excited to have with us a very special guest and a good friend.

His name is Dan Wotherspoon.

Dan has been working hard in the world of Mormon Studies for many, many years.

He has a PhD in religion from the Claremont Graduate School.

He also has a Master's in Religious Studies from Arizona State University.

He's a former editor of Sunstone Magazine, the director of the Sunstone Education Foundation.

He did that for about eight years.

He's done a lot of cool things academically.

He recently helped create the Eugene England Foundation website at EugeneEngland.org.

And most importantly, he's just a towering intellect.

The guy's got a memory that I've almost never seen matched in my professional career.

And the reason why I brought him on today is a couple of reasons.

He's done some recent podcast for us, which we're very grateful.

Some of the best ones I think Mormon Stories has ever had.

But also, I've had many people write in recently with Mormon Stories and request that I interview more people

who have struggled with their faith but found a way to stay in the Church and to have a positive relationship with the Church.

Even when they know all the tough stuff.

And that is a description that I think suits Dan very well.

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