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Skeptize everything.

Welcome, welcome. This is episode 90 of the Naked Mormonism podcast, the serial Mormon history podcast. Today is Thursday, February 15th, 2018. My name is Bryce Blankanagle, and thank you for joining me. On this episode, we begin with an interview discussing 19th century American politics.

Our guest walks us through the rise of the Jacksonian Democratic Party in the wake of the War of 1812 and walks through how popular opinion and the anti-Jackson sentiments led to the rise and fall of the Whig political party.

Dovetailing off the discussion with Chris, we jump into Illinois politics and the formation

of the anti-Mormon political party to combat the growing power of the Saints in Navu and

Hancock County politics. The Mormons organized the Navu Legion into a military parade for the

1841 Fourth of July celebration,

which a number of politicians and dignitaries attended to show their support for the Mormons.

Joe's truly living the American dream.

We're going with a slightly unorthodox approach for today's show.

We usually start with the historical timeline segment of the episode and then move on to

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