S6E11 The Day Bernie Came Inside

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 990 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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