Looking back at 5,000 episodes of 'Music & the Spoken Word’
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🗓️ 24 June 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square celebrates a historic milestone on July 13, 2025, when it airs its 5,000th broadcast of “Music & the Spoken Word.” This occasion will commemorate more than nine decades of inspirational sacred music and messages shared with audiences around the world. To discuss this achievement nearly a century in the making, Tabernacle Choir President Michael O. Leavitt and the “voice of the choir,” producer, principal writer and presenter Derrick Porter join the Church News podcast — recorded inside the Tabernacle on Temple Square — to discuss the importance of sacred music. They explore how the choir’s music has touched the lives of members and friends of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worldwide for generations past and will for generations to come.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Hosts Jon Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News, and Church News reporter Mary Richards share unique views of the stories, events, and people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | The world has faced a lot of trials in the 98 years and 5,000 editions. |
| 0:13.0 | And the Great Depression occurred. |
| 0:15.0 | Music in the spoken word was there. |
| 0:17.0 | When World War II came, music in the spoken word was there. You can go through all |
| 0:23.0 | the events of time, and music and the spoken word has been and will be a consistent part |
| 0:28.3 | of our lives. And I think that's really what we're celebrating. 5,000 is a big number, but |
| 0:34.1 | what we're celebrating is the feeling it gives people and the way it sustains their life |
| 0:39.3 | and that it will continue on. |
| 0:41.3 | Because we're talking about a language of the spirit that penetrates people |
| 0:48.3 | and sacred music is a vector for that. |
| 0:52.3 | It causes us to reflect. It causes us to be peaceful. So sacred music |
| 0:59.9 | not only is something that evokes feeling, it unites. This is John Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News. |
| 1:12.1 | Welcome to the Church News podcast. |
| 1:14.3 | Today we're taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:23.6 | The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square celebrates a historic milestone on July 13, 2025, when it airs its 5,000th broadcast of music and the spoken word. |
| 1:34.4 | This special occasion will commemorate more than nine decades of inspirational, sacred music, and messages shared with audiences around the world. |
| 1:42.6 | To help discuss this monumental achievement nearly a century in the making, |
| 1:47.1 | Tabernacle Choir President Michael O. Leavitt, and Voice of the Choir, producer, principal writer, and presenter Derek Porter, |
| 1:53.8 | joined the Church News podcast, recorded inside the tabernacle on Temple Square, to discuss the importance |
| 1:59.1 | of sacred music and how the choir's music has touched the lives of members and friends of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worldwide for generations past and generations to come. |
| 2:09.7 | The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square present music and the spoken word. |
| 2:28.3 | Yeah. Present, Music and the Spoken Word. The biggest reason that we are here to talk to you today is that music and the spoken word is about to hit a momentous milestone. |
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