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Standard of Truth

S6E11 The Day Bernie Came Inside

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

4.9990 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss a bizarre culinary textbook that credits the founding of the Church to “Joseph Young,” and a missionary’s question about whether someone should pray to know if the Book of Mormon is true. Gerrit also shares an unforgettable Walgreens VHS story that ends with a strong testimony. Please join us in our Standard of Truth Dead and in Hell March Madness Bracket Buster Challenge: Password: rice https://fantasy.espn.com/tc/sharer?challengeId=277&from=espn&context=GROUP_INVITE&edition=espn-en&groupId=1d5c280f-2dc4-4104-8176-cc1fa81237f6&joinKey=3767b450-8248-37f2-b8f2-84f7a5625440 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: ⁠⁠questions@standardoftruthpodcast.com

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirk-Mott and Dr. Richard

0:08.2

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

0:14.3

and teachings of the prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and provide

0:20.4

context for events of the past.

0:23.1

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

0:40.6

Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.

0:47.0

I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Durkman, and I am joined by my friend Suzuki's sidekick and gangress pulling himself a long antelope.

0:50.6

I can't remember exactly, I can't remember exactly what the context of that comparison

0:55.9

was. I do. I remember

0:57.7

like it was yesterday I do.

1:00.3

What was it?

1:01.7

Well, the context was

1:03.1

is that I was taking 17 years

1:05.9

to complete a dissertation that any normal

1:07.9

person would take three or

1:09.7

one or negative. And you were comparing me to

1:14.2

something that was literally didn't have any back part of their body an antelope just with its front

1:20.1

legs just pulling itself along the highway is kind of the description that you painted of me which

1:26.4

was incredibly accurate.

1:28.6

Yeah.

1:29.0

And friend, Richard Ladoog.

1:33.3

That was all a subordinate clause.

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