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 Leduke.

Well, hello, Garrett. Thanks for having me back.

Boy, that last episode was some of the worst reading that has ever been in the history of reading, in the history of words, really.

What, what, uh, what tipped you off that it was worse than other times?

My wife lovingly pointed out to me that she believed that I have a learning disability.

Is that a, in a loving way, though?

How does someone do that in a loving way?

She played the episode of the Cosby show where Theo realized he was dyslexic.

And she asked that I see a therapist, not just like a speech one, but like an actual. But like an actual therapist.

So it's beyond just the fact that you don't know how to read.

Yeah.

So I reached out to our mutual friend, Andy, and we'll see what we can do there.

But we have had numerous eye doctors email the podcast. We have. We are incredibly concerned about you.

Well, they should. It is, it is falling off a cliff. People think it's just old eyes. No,

the whole thing is just falling apart. You know what other concerned people have? We get lots of

cards and letters. There's just people are stopping us on the street. We get lots of cards and letters. There's just, people are stopping us on the street. We get cards and letters all the time.

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