Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont and Professor Richard

Luduke explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the

life and teachings of Prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and

provide context for events of the past. They approach the

history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.

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

Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, Professor nearly doctor, but not quite Dr. Ladook.

Hello, Garrett. We do receive many emails where people ask the question, are you a doctor yet?

Have you finished yet? And do you think it's because they have a medical emergency in some kind? question, are you a doctor yet? Have you finished yet?

Do you think it's because they have a medical emergency of some kind? Well, there's a couple things. First of all, when I do earn the PhD, everyone will know. Yeah, you'll know. I'm going to send

it in smokescreen. I'm going to make sure that I mention it here. We're going to have our friend Brady

change the intro. It'll be like a carpet bombing of he is now a doctor.

A hundred percent.

Are you going to require everyone you know to call you doctor?

My children?

Absolutely.

Everyone.

Everyone that I've never met.

When you fill out like a reservation form and it has a place to put in a title.

Yes.

Okay. like a reservation form and it has a place to put in a title yes okay also in addition to that in the

class that I teach at the University of Utah I'm gonna you know I wear a regular you know

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