Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast, hosted by historian Dr. Garrett Dirkmont,

where we explore the early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

and gain rare historical insights into how a young farm boy was able to establish a new church

and grow it by way of visions,

manifestations, and miracles.

Hi, welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm

joined by my friend, Professor Richard Leduc.

Hello, Garrett.

In this week's podcast, we're doing part three about Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party

and the Civil War.

And the thing that kicked off this three-part podcast was a question around the influence

of Latter-day Saints and the Book of Mormon on Abraham Lincoln.

And there are some fairly dramatic claims that are made.

And so in the previous two episodes, you did a lot of context and setting the table for kind of what we want to talk about.

I feel like that's you saying that I said nothing at all.

Well, you said a lot of things for two hours.

And now we're here.

But didn't actually answer the question.

That's right.

And now we're here to answer the question.

I think a lot of, you know, Richard, you know, PhDs in business, right?

So he likes it to be efficient.

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