Ep. 13 - Jim Bennett - Candidate, Writer, Mormon

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Congressional candidate Jim Bennett is our guest on the podcast this week! Jim comes from a family with a strong history of service in politics and the church. Jim and Shawn talk about Jim's father, the greatly respected late Senator Bob Bennett and his fascinating life. They also talk about his great grandparents Heber J. Grand and David O. McKay. Jim tells us what life is like running for political office, why he is part of a third party and how being a member of the church affects it all. Jim is funny, bright and open. You will love hearing his story.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
0:07.8	Day Saints. Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:13.1	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:22.8	Hello, friends, and welcome to another episode of Latter Day Lives.
0:26.9	Thank you so much for joining us.
0:28.9	My name is Sean Rappere.
0:30.1	I am your host, and this is episode 13.
0:33.7	And on the show today, we have got a tremendous guest.
0:37.0	Jim Bennett is running for Congress in the state of Utah, and he is really shaking things up out there. Just an incredible guy. He not only does he have his own political aspirations, he's also the son of former senator of the state of Utah, the late Robert Bennett, very well-beloved and respected man
0:56.7	in politics. And boy, we have a great conversation. Jim is an incredible guy. And you're
1:03.6	really going to love it. In the My Latter-Day Life section, I'm going to talk a little bit about
1:08.6	lifting others. And before we jump into the show, a couple of items of housekeeping.
1:14.8	First of all, I want to give a special thanks to one of our listeners.
1:18.7	I was out of town this weekend and checked in on Instagram to take a look at the
1:23.2	Latter Day Lives page on Instagram.
1:25.6	And one of our listeners, Ryan Snar, he goes by Snarly
1:29.2	illustrations. He had done an illustration of me, of the host, Sean Rappier, and had drawn it.
1:37.3	And it's fantastic. It was so fun to see that. And he actually put it in front of the Latter Day
1:42.7	Lives logo and wrote a nice little piece about it.
1:46.9	I shared it if you want to check it out. It's on our Facebook page and our Instagram page,
1:51.6	and I have zero illustration talent or skills whatsoever. Ryan, thank you again. That just made
1:58.9	my weekend. So fantastic. I'm so impressed. It's been
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