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Hi, everybody. I'm Rebecca McClain. News Meets Insight and the stories of our faith unfold.

Hi, everybody. I'm Rebecca Bibliateka, and this is the Mormon Times. We are a weekly Mormon news program where we bring you the news stories and the latest articles that matter

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Today is December 10th. It's a Monday night, and we're going to delve into the articles that were top stories of the previous week.

So we're going to be talking about a new...

Rebecca, Rebecca, I hate to interrupt into your monologue, but I think it's December 11th.

Is it 11th? I'm so sorry. You've already started with the fake news.

Oh, you know what? It's okay. We can edit that part. No, I love it. I love it. What's a day amongst friends? What's a day? What's a day? It's a day amongst friends. I'll tell you guys. You know, we could have edited that out RFM. You didn't have to do that. No, I ran my The Good Book Club yesterday, and I had to do a very similar intro where I did say, it is Monday. It is December 10th, and I think that's why I did it. So would you like me to begin again? No, just keep going. This is fun. Probably understand that it is Monday.

Half the audience is going, oh my God, I just, you know, I forgot to do this thing and I had to do it.

And now, I think most people that have never even paid attention, but keep going, Rebecca.

I actually think nobody's logged on right now because we did start a minute early.

How many people are watching right now?

In this particular episode, which RFM has so kindly corrected me, just know that it is now

the 11th, which reminds me I need to pay my electric bill.

We're going to dive into the top news stories of the past week, including a new apostle

being called into the quorum of the 12 of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I don't think that we expected that announcement quite so soon. So we're going to be talking about that. Also, an announcement from Attorney General of Utah, Sean Reyes, who is not going to be seeking another term. That's very interesting. And we're going to be looking at that in depth. And then, of course, big weekend at the movies, the Blockbuster Book of Mormon movie, The Oath Opened. And RFM and I, yeah, look at that thumbs up. Tooth high. Oh, dear. Rebecca, our listeners don't know you're being sarcastic when you call it a blockbuster. Well, they'll find out if they stay tuned, won't they? Yeah, I was going to say something like,

it opened to packed theaters. It opens to theaters, yeah. We'll dive into all that. You're exactly

right. And we're going to be talking about who should be voted person of the year, 2023. So I think we'll

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