I am Ryan McKnight.

I'm Kara Santa Maria.

I am Christopher Smith.

Hi, I'm Andrew Torres.

This is Naked Mormonism.

The Serial Mormon History Podcast. It's a trumpet.

No, it's an apron.

No, it's a man's face.

We spend a lot of time examining small details within Mormon history, and it's really easy to lose sight of the entire picture.

There's a trade-off here.

You know, we can root around in the mud and the muck covering the valleys of deep Mormon history,

but that can only be done at the sacrifice of losing sight of the mountaintops.

We could remain on the mountaintops and look into the valleys of deeper history,

but the finer details where nuanced conversations

happen are left too vague to understand that nuance.

So what's the solution when we find ourselves lost in the historical valleys without the

mountaintops in sight?

Well, when we take an airlift extraction out and navigate our way with some new foresight?

Now, this belabored analogy, it's my way of saying, let's review how we got to where we are

in Mormon history. I frequently make the mistake of thinking that everybody listening is

working with the same set of information in their brain as I am. I'm trying to be the tour guide

here, but I too often

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