Hi, everyone. This is John with a brief disclaimer before you listen to this three-part interview

with Grant Palmer. First, I want to say that I love Grant Palmer. I think he's amazing and

I'm really honored to have him on Mormon stories for the second time. If you care to, please

go back and listen to my interview with him about his book and insider's view of Mormon

origins. It's definitely one of the most important interviews I've done on Mormon stories.

But I wanted to do a disclaimer. It's more a disclaimer about me than it is about Grant.

I've been receiving a lot of feedback on Mormon stories lately that some people feel like

Mormon stories has become too negative. I'm trying really hard to be fair and balanced

and I've brought on several people that would be considered faithful or apologetic. I've

brought on Terrell Gibbons lately and Brent Gardner and Charles Harrell. But for some reason

people feel like the tone in Mormon stories has turned negative. I just want to first say

that it is an absolute goal of Mormon stories to be a safe place for believers and non-believers

to both listen on the podcast. The second thing I want to say is that even though we strive

for that, sometimes we're going to interview people who have lost their faith or who

ask hard questions about Mormonism. That's probably never going to change. But I guess

because the topic of this podcast coming up is so sensitive because Grant Palmer has

done some writing and research lately on sexual allegations regarding Joseph Smith. And then

we're going to talk about the William Law Story, which is a really hard story to hear.

I just want to let my listeners know that this is going to be a really hard podcast to listen

to. If you're faithful, if you have tender ears, if in any way you are sensitive to more

tough discussions, I just want to warn you now on this one. Just please don't even listen.

Just please put it down. If you're interested in these types of allegations, if you want

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