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<p>Craig travels to Utah to unlock the mysteries of his Uncle Brent’s life - literally. </p>

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57: Pioneer Stock, Part 2: A Life Deferred

In our last episode, you heard part one of Pioneer's Stock,

a story by Craig Mangum about his attempt

to discover the truth about the lives of his gay Mormon uncles,

For most of the time Larry and Brent were alive,

Craig was either too far away or too scared

to talk to them about what it was like to try to be themselves

in a religious community that shunned them.

Now that they're both gone, Craig's been doing research on them

And Craig sometimes describes that work as talking back

we're going to hear about the lengths Craig was willing to go to,

to tune in more directly to those flickering signals from the past.

When I graduated BYU, I moved to New York

Every house is haunted. In each episode of Family Ghosts, we investigate the true story behind a mysterious figure whose legend has followed a family for generations. Grandmothers who were secretly jewel smugglers, uncles who led double lives, siblings who vanished without a trace, and other ghostly characters who cast shadows over our lives in ways that might not be immediately obvious. We are all formed in part by our familial collections of secrets, intrigues, and myths. By engaging with each others’ legends, perhaps we can see each others’ realities more clearly. Hosted by Moth Grand Slam winner Sam Dingman, whose stories have been featured on Risk!, TBTL, Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything, and The Moth Radio Hour.

0:00.0	You're listening to WALT.
0:02.0	Oh, bro.
0:06.0	Homemade radio.
0:08.0	Hello, Ghost Family.
0:10.0	Welcome to Family Ghosts.
0:20.0	In our last episode, you heard part one of Pioneer's Stock,
0:24.0	a story by Craig Mangum about his attempt
0:27.0	to discover the truth about the lives of his gay Mormon uncles,
0:31.0	Larry and Brent.
0:33.0	For most of the time Larry and Brent were alive,
0:36.0	Craig was either too far away or too scared
0:40.0	to talk to them about what it was like to try to be themselves
0:43.0	in a religious community that shunned them.
0:50.0	Now that they're both gone, Craig's been doing research on them
0:53.0	for the last few years.
0:55.0	And Craig sometimes describes that work as talking back
0:59.0	and forth through spiritual tin cans.
1:03.0	This week, in part two of Craig's story,
1:06.0	we're going to hear about the lengths Craig was willing to go to,
1:09.0	to tune in more directly to those flickering signals from the past.
1:14.0	Here's Craig.
1:15.0	When I graduated BYU, I moved to New York
	...

57: Pioneer Stock, Part 2: A Life Deferred

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