S4E41 Six Days in August

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In this episode, we begin with a celebration of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin temple. We play everyone’s favorite game “Fun with General Conference”. We discuss the historical context behind the movie Six Days in August which is a dramatization of the succession crisis after the murder of Joseph Smith. Six Days in August Trailer: https://youtu.be/8JcNJzfDtyY?si=Fa7lKg2yUyOaATpd Where to find the film: https://witnessesfilm.com Picture of Gerrit as a missionary in Wisconsin: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YbvYLklH80gbm-ijfjHI2otZ_ir9zYPL/view?usp=sharing Standard of Truth Tour dates for the summer of 2025: ⁠https://standardoftruth.com/tours/⁠ Missouri/Nauvoo – June 22nd through June 28th Palmyra/Kirtland – August 3rd through August 9th Sign up for our free monthly email: ⁠ ⁠https://standardoftruthpodcast.substack.com⁠ If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: ⁠⁠[email protected]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont and Professor Richard
0:07.8	Leduc, explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the
0:13.2	life and teachings of Prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and
0:18.8	provide context for events of the past.
0:21.7	They approach the history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.
0:41.3	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard Truth podcast.
0:47.4	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, now even sadder,
0:52.0	as Oklahoma State has dropped yet another game, Professor Richard Leduke.
0:54.7	They got whooped by West Virginia.
0:56.3	Hello, Garrett.
1:00.6	It was, I thought they would perform better.
1:02.7	I thought that would be a bounce back game for them.
1:07.5	But apparently the bounce back was them being pummeled on the floor like a basketball being dribbled.
1:09.3	Well, Garrett, Alabama loses.
1:12.9	Miami probably should have, but, you know, the ACC refs really, I had a friend
1:17.8	texting me.
1:18.4	The ACC really wants them in the playoff.
1:22.0	Alabama loses, Tennessee loses, USC loses.
1:24.9	It was, it was a upsets galore, Garrett. It was a, it was a fantastic
1:30.4	conference weekend. That's what we're talking about. The Vanderbilt, Alabama, I mean,
1:35.1	they haven't beaten Alabama in 40 years. 40 years. Yeah. Yeah. And when Alabama, when they did beat Alabama, that was this super down year for Alabama where they lost six games.
1:49.6	And one of them was to Vanderbilt.
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