540: A Curated Revue of Hilarious Tales from Mormondom (New York City Event)

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 May 2015

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

This event, organized by Kate Kelly, was held in New York City on Saturday, April 25th, 6:30pm. Billed as "A Curated Revue of Hilarious Tales from Mormondom," it entailed a delightful evening of Mormon (and post-Mormon) storytelling and humor.

Sean Carter: Harvard Law graduate and professional legal humorist (www.lawhumorist.com). Sean is the author of the first-ever comedic legal
treatise – “If It Does Not Fit, Must You Acquit?: Your Humorous Guide to the Law.” His syndicated legal humor column has appeared in general circulation newspapers in more than 30 states. Sean was baptized into the Mormon Church in May, 2011.
Jill Wagner: High school Spanish teacher and Story League Legend whose family comes from the Mormon colonies in Juarez, Mexico http://www.storyleague.org/legends/jill/.
Steven Puente: Licensed social worker practicing in a methadone clinic in Bronx, NY. Steven is a featured performer at The Moth (http://themoth.org/posts/storytellers/steven-puente), and Steven was featured in a New York Times story about young, hip Mormons (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/fashion/young-mormons-find-ways-to-be-hip.html).
Troy Williams: Returned missionary, Executive Director of Equality Utah and unofficial 'gay Mayor of Salt Lake City.' Troy worked at 90.9 FM KRCL for 10 years and was the executive producer and host of RadioActive. In 2009 he co-wrote the one-woman show, The Passion of Sister Dottie S. Dixon, and was also the producer on the TLC original series Breaking the Faith.
Sara Burlingame: Faith organizer at the Human Rights Campaign, from Cheyenne, Wyoming and spends more time investing in the Mormon community than any never-mo…EVER! Sara has never been a Mormon, but she has been an artisan bread baker, a poet, a Bahai and an enthusiastic casserole consumer. She is a perma-blogger at Feminist Mormon Housewives, among other fabulous endeavors.
Elna Baker: writer and performer of humorous stories. Her stories have been featured on radio programs such as NPR’s This American Life, The Moth, BBC Radio 4 and Studio 360. Author of The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir.

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1:01.0	I'm very excited about this. I've had this idea of doing a Mormon Stories live storytelling event for several years and it just never worked out in a ventown for you can't hear.
1:13.0	Okay, can you hear now?
1:16.0	Okay, so I'm in town for work and we decided to do Mormon Stories event. Live event. Exciting.
1:25.0	So we're having several Storytellers tonight. A really talented crew if I do say so myself.
1:36.0	All of whom are Mormon or former Mormon except for it with the Larry and Loving exception of Sarah Burlingham who is a never-mo.
1:46.0	But very, very involved in Mormon community. So yeah, I'm excited. He's excited.
1:53.0	It's like Mormon Wild and Rockest Flight Club. I love it. We're not used to clapping.
2:04.0	So yeah, we're going to get some great stories. We're going to have some high, some lows. Emotional lows, don't worry.
2:13.0	Yeah, and I'm really, really excited. So I think is Steven here? Steven? Okay. Steven was going to be our first storyteller but looks like he's running a little late.
2:26.0	So I'm going to pull in sacrament meeting when they're getting awkwardly low on testimonies and they just randomly call on someone.
2:34.0	They're like, hey you. Come up and give your testimony and you're like, no. Okay, so I'm going to randomly call on a selected storyteller to go first.
2:46.0	Sean, how do you feel about starting us off? Yes, yes.
2:53.0	Okay. This is Sean Carter. He is amazing for many reasons. He's a law graduate, Harvard Law graduate.
3:05.0	But then when I found out later that he actually went for being a Harvard Law graduate to being a law humorist, I was like, this guy really knows what's going on.
3:15.0	He's also a recent convert to Mormonism, but got baptized in 2011 and it's on the board of four-day women. Give it up for Sean.
3:28.0	So, so it's Pics and I'll start my name is Sean Carter. I'm a Mormon. It's hard for me to say that. I don't say that out loud very often.
3:39.0	It's not just because I'm ashamed of it. That's largely it. But it's harder for me than it would be for some view.
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