Ep 174 - Legal Polygamy w/ Philippa Meek Pt. 1
Naked Mormonism Podcast
Bryce Blankenagel
4.7 • 680 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2019
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, we take a break from our historical timeline to bring you a special guest. Philippa Meek is a research fellow at Exeter University specializing in polygamous religious sects. Part one of our discussion walks us through the controversial and intense history of early Mormon polygamy in Nauvoo and Utah. Then we dive into the legal issues surrounding the Utah Mormons and how the federal government passed numerous acts to specifically target Mormon polygamy, as well as the Mormon response to this increased pressure. Tune in next week to hear about navigating the legal sphere of legalizing polygamy!
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@philippajmeek
https://exeter.academia.edu/PhilippaJulietMeek
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I am Ryan McKnight. |
| 0:01.6 | I'm Kara Santa Maria. |
| 0:03.1 | I am Christopher Smith. |
| 0:04.6 | Hi, I'm Andrew Torres. |
| 0:06.1 | This is Naked Mormonism. |
| 0:09.0 | The Serial Mormon History Podcast. |
| 0:14.6 | Welcome to Episode 174 of Naked Mormonism. |
| 0:18.1 | Today we are taking a break from our historical timeline to get into a two-part |
| 0:22.2 | discussion with Philippa J. Meek. Philippa was kind enough to give us a lot of her time to really |
| 0:29.4 | discuss a bit of Navu polygamy as well as Utah polygamy in this first part. And then in the |
| 0:35.3 | second part, which will be coming at you next week, we discuss the kind of legal sphere of polygamy and what decriminalization looks for, |
| 0:42.5 | uh, looks like, pardon me. So to kick off this episode, we're going to get into Navu Polygamy. |
| 0:48.1 | And with so without further ado, we're going to kick off this episode and discuss Navu and Utah Polygamy |
| 0:53.3 | with Philip Amique. |
| 1:04.0 | Polygamy is a fascinating subject within Mormonism and Mormon history. Entire books have been written advocating for certain |
| 1:12.3 | perspectives of early Mormon polygamy, and entire volumes have been written about the modern day |
| 1:17.4 | practice. This subject of vigorous debate has given birth to a litany of popular culture about |
| 1:23.3 | polygamy, specifically Mormon polygamy, even though the practice is far more prevalent in |
| 1:28.2 | Islamic traditions, even in America, in spite of polygamy status as legally taboo. |
| 1:33.7 | Our guest today is a doctoral researcher at the University of Exeter, researching the realities |
| 1:38.9 | of Mormon polygamy as it is practiced today, and what that looks like in comparison to media |
| 1:44.0 | representations of Mormon polygamy, such as TV shows, news media, and what that looks like in comparison to media representations of |
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