Church at the end of 2004.

Is $200 billion really not that much for a global church?

Could the LDS Church really end world hunger with its resources?

These questions and more.

We'll explore this evening on Mormonism live.

Oh! This evening on Mormonism live. Was that supposed to be people applauding?

Those were people applauding. Did you not hear it?

No, to me it sounded like a million voices, crying out together at once and suddenly going silent. Oh, it sounded pretty normal on my end, so folks, you can let us know how that sounded for you. Yes, how did that sound for you? Yeah, please. But anyway, it's great to be here. It's Wednesday night. It's Mormonism live. How are you, Mr. Real? I am doing so good, Mr. Radio Free Mormon. How are you? I am fine, except for the fact that I had this whole script written out to read right when the show started. And you said, okay, we're going to go live in three, two, one. And then I thought, oh, wait, I'm supposed to be reading the script.

Yeah. And you might have even started it just a second. There's this thing, right? We have to go live and then we've got a way to short moment for it to show up. And you've got maybe a different screen open or something. So maybe you don't catch exactly when that happens. And we sort of have to guess at it. But here we are. And it is January 22nd, 2025. And you're in charge this week. You've got a great episode for us. And I'm excited for the show tonight.

Well, thank you very much. I am too, because the good people at The Widows Might Report have

released a year in summary for 2024,

and it covers a number of interesting things.

And we were fortunate enough to be able to get a professor of accounting to come on the show with us.

And I'm speaking, of course, of Spencer Anderson from Indiana University. Professor Anderson, welcome aboard.

Welcome. Thanks. It's nice to be back. Well, it's great to have you. You know, without going

into detail, I'll tell you what, I'll withdraw that question, okay? It has to do with you and your

involvement in widows might

and what it might or might not be. And all of a sudden, I thought, why am I even going there?

But you are familiar with the report, the year and report from 2024 that the widows might put out.

Absolutely. Yeah. Okay. Well, that's why we had you on here. So you can explain it to us.

Can you tell our audience, for any of them who don't know, in a thumbnail version, what the Widows might report is?

Sure. Yeah. So it's a, it's an organization, I suppose, a grassroots sort of organization of, of members and current and former members, active and inactive, from a variety of different professions.

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