I'm Kara Santa Maria and this is Naked Mormonism.

I pledge my life all that I may have.

I will strive to the utmost of my ability to be what you would want me to be.

It's time to find the truth.

And having set our hand to the plow, we will never look back until this work is finished.

Where's the church going?

I have faith that the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith. But it will not be

saved in Washington. It will be saved by enlightened members of this church. The explicit tag is

there for a reason. So if you get offended at what's said,

it's not for you. But most importantly, you've pondered the truths you've heard. May they help

you become even better than you were. Skeptize everything. Welcome to episode 58 of the Naked Mormonism podcast, the serial Mormon history podcast.

Today is Thursday, July 13th, 2017.

My name is Bryce Blankanagle, and thank you for joining me.

On this week's episode, we jump right into the latter part of 1839, with the quorum of the 12 petitioning Joe to release the copyright on the Book of Mormon to begin printing the 1840 edition of the Book of Mormon.

The Times and Seasons Church Periodical begins begins circulating and Joe finally departs for Washington,

D.C. to speak with the POTUS about helping the Mormon refugees out of their dire straits.

The meeting doesn't go as planned, but Joe and Rigdon weren't done asking the government for

relief and are stuck in D.C. for another month and a half waiting for Congress

to come back after their winter recess. We finish up the episode with airing a conversation

I had with Molly Unmormon on Doubting Dogma podcast, discussing the Martin Willie Hancar companies

and other fun church stuff. But before we get started today, we are continuing our Patreon Pledge Drive to increase listener support, and more importantly, to give those that do support more of what they want.

Look, everybody, asking for money is a tough thing to do, but it's an important part of what makes this research possible.

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