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

Leduc, 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 Richard Leduc. Hello, Garrett. This will be

Maroni Part 3, because in season 3, we only do two and three parters. That's all we ever do,

as I said last episode. Well, it seems like that might not be completely honest. Check the tape.

I'm pretty confident. I say that every time for season three, we are excited actually to get

into this kind of fun, the way that Garrett teased the last episode talking about

what are the things that Moroni is teaching Joseph Smith to prepare him to be a prophet

and taking kind of a different approach there that I think was interesting but before we

jump into that and I go 45 straight minutes without talking. We're going to read a

we're going to read a couple of emails from the Phoebe Draper mailbag. But actually,

Garrett, before we do that, as is the birthday tradition of me purchasing for you books that

you either hate or anti-Mormon books that you also hate.

Yeah, that makes it sound like I like anti-Mormon books.

I got him secret garden and he hated that.

I got a Mormonism unveiled.

Couldn't put it down.

Well, so the majority of the books that I purchased, I have purchased for Garrett in the past

have been books that have been, you know, they're written in the last little bit, and he has

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