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How Will Dallin H. Oaks Lead the LDS Church?

RadioWest

KUER

Society & Culture

4.7772 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Dallin H. Oaks is the new president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We’re talking about who he is, and what to expect under his leadership.

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with pumpkin spice in everything from bakery treats to favorite drinks. All things pumpkin spice are

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available at local Harmon's stores. Harman's Grocery.com. On Tuesday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Dallin H. Oaks as the next president of the church.

0:31.3

The succession plan is straightforward, so this wasn't a surprise.

0:36.7

Now, he doesn't know this for sure, but the historian

0:39.3

Benjamin Park told us this week, he believes Dallin Oaks may see himself as having been

0:45.3

prepared for this moment, that his entire career has led to this point in American history

0:51.1

where social and political polarization has been chaotic and violent,

0:57.0

and that what the country and maybe the church needs right now is someone who can restore a sense

1:01.9

of order. Now, the reason Park believes this is because he says there's an origin story for how

1:08.9

Dalant Oaks came to see the world.

1:12.9

The United States has had a number of cataclysmic years, but few years were as consequential in America as 1968.

1:22.6

I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.

1:29.4

Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not be seeking re-election.

1:34.3

Richard Nixon was running on a law and order campaign.

1:38.4

If we look at America, we see cities enveloped in smoke and flame.

1:42.6

Martin Luther King Jr. was killed.

1:45.8

Police who have been keeping a close watch over the Nobel Peace Prize winner

1:49.2

because of Memphis turbulent racial situation were on the scene almost immediate.

1:55.1

And there was a rise of anti-Vietnam rhetoric.

1:59.9

In general, it seemed like the United States was on fire.

2:08.3

In the midst of all that crisis,

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