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Soft White Underbelly guest Nathan Apffel, from "The Religion Business" says the LDS Church "terrifies" him—$350B in assets, an SEC fine, and leaders who "don't need" members. Cardon Ellis steel-mans what Nathan gets right about non-denominational money abuse and Matthew 25 care for the poor, then pushes back on church wealth claims, the SEC fine, and BYU funding. Plus: Why hierarchies aren't evil, Beneficial Life in 2008, and an open invite to tour Welfare Square.0:00:00 Nathan Apffel on Soft White Underbelly Critiques the LDS Church0:01:07 Soft White Underbelly and The Religion Business0:04:47 Nathan's Mission: Matthew 25 and Helping the Poor0:07:54 Against Organized Religion and Hierarchy0:10:41 Sponsor: Go and Do Travel0:11:23 Jesus Established a Church: Hierarchies Aren't Evil0:14:26 Non-Denominational Christianity: The Wild West0:21:11 Money as a Tool, Not "Sordid Gain"0:23:43 Could Churches Wipe Out Homelessness?0:26:35 Has Christianity Lost Its Moral Authority?0:32:01 "The LDS Church Doesn't Need Its Members"0:34:15 Church Wealth, Interest, and Funding BYU0:41:04 SEC Fine, Whistleblower, and "Lying" Claims0:48:50 Built on Tax Exemptions—or Widow's Mites?0:53:56 LDS Charity Worldwide vs. Cynical Math0:55:25 Transparency, Privacy, and Religious Freedom1:02:42 "I'd Start a Church": Mob Boss Legal Architecture1:04:55 Worst Church Abuses—and Why LDS Isn't That1:08:49 Invitation: Tour Welfare Square With Cardon

Trevor Tomesh is a Catholic computer science professor.Three months ago he got tired of people online being dicks to Mormons. So he started reading the Book of Mormon out loud on X.He finished it live at the Ward Radio General Conference afterparty. Moroni 10. The whole chapter. Moroni’s Promise.- Catholic prayer before the reading.- Gifts of the Spirit. Faith, hope, charity. The same Christ.- He was an atheist for 20 years. Met Richard Dawkins. Had a drink with Christopher Hitchens.- He tried Moroni’s challenge. God told him to stay Catholic.- Rosary, prayer culture, and why Mormons need better meal prayers.- President Oaks, Nostra Aetate, and why the leaders on both sides want us talking.- Favorite part of conference: the Liahona and the Tabernacle Choir.He doesn’t accept it as scripture. He still read every word.#Moroni10 #TrevorTomesh #BookOfMormon #WardRadioChapter Markers0:00 – Trevor Tomesh finishes the Book of Mormon 2:40 – Why he started reading it 7:20 – Catholic prayer 10:50 – Moroni 10 read live 18:20 – “The quick and the dead” 20:40 – Former atheist who met Dawkins and Hitchens 41:50 – The rosary and better Mormon prayers 47:10 – Other Jesus and interfaith heat 53:50 – How to make inroads 56:50 – Favorite part of conference 59:10 – Closing benedictionBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)We would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit:Wavemakers 2027:https://www.goanddotravel.com/wavemakers27wardradioChurch History Tour:https://www.goanddotravel.com/090927churchhistorywardradio⚡For more information on the Relay App, please visit:https://joinrelay.app/wardradio⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

The Chosen Season 6 trailer shows Native American and Asian warrior angels—and critics say Dallas Jenkins is sneaking in Mormon doctrine. Cardon Ellis and Brittany react to the backlash, the Book of Mormon geography theory behind it, Dallas Jenkins' own "I am not a Mormon" clip from Midnight Mormons, the Babylon Bee's satire, and what people inside The Chosen told Cardon about the angels ahead of the November 15 premiere. 00:00 The Chosen Season 6 Trailer Sparks Mormon Claims 01:01 Watching The Chosen Season 6 Trailer 01:56 Native American and Asian Warrior Angels 02:54 Backlash: Is Dallas Jenkins Trojan-Horsing Mormon Doctrine? 05:12 Dallas Jenkins: "I Am Not a Mormon" 06:28 What The Chosen's Team Says About the Angels 08:55 Babylon Bee: "The Chosen: Fire and Ash" 10:46 Chosen Insider: "This Might Cause a Stir" 13:17 The Chosen Season 6 Release Date: November 15

Elder Quentin L. Cook just warned against online anonymity for the third time, so is it time for Latter-day Saints on X to drop their anon accounts? Cardon Ellis is joined by Matthew Watkins of LDX fame, and Brad Whitbeck of Ward Radio to react to Elder Cook's BYU devotional on "hiding in the darkness of anonymity," the wave of members going public on X, and General Conference's call to be peacemakers. Plus: Elder Holland's "never check your religion at the door" warning, Matthew's story of going public and facing backlash, and how to extend grace online.00:00 Elder Quentin L. Cook's Third Warning on Online Anonymity02:00 Peacemaking: Seven General Conference Talks03:22 Is All Anonymity Wrong? What Elder Cook Means05:39 Elder Cook's BYU-Idaho Devotional on Anonymity09:56 Sponsor: Go and Do Travel10:53 Third Time's the Charm: X Users Drop Anonymity13:03 "How Many Tellings?" Prophets Repeating Peacemaking14:11 Shaming People Out of Anonymity?17:53 LDX Accounts Go Public and Troy Sariah's Challenge21:12 Lego Joseph Smith and Branded Accounts23:48 Elder Holland: Never Check Your Religion at the Door26:31 Hayden Christensen's Burglar and Being Known30:05 Matthew Watkins: A Recovering Anonymous Testimony35:14 How to Welcome People Dropping Anonymity38:52 The Hurting Person Behind an Anonymous Account40:13 Anonymity, the Garment, and Christ's Name41:57 Final Thoughts: Grace Online and Ben Franklin

I never thought I'd see the day when the Blaze TV finally defended "Mormonism" (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), instead of just letting it slide, but I stand corrected... and it was BEAUTIFUL to behold. Blaze TV's Pat Gray just called Allie Beth Stuckey's interview with ex-Mormon influencer Kylie Medrano a "pack of lies," and he's right. Cardon breaks down the temple myths, the Galatians 1:8 and "angel of light" attacks on the Book of Mormon, and why Jesus faced the same Beelzebub accusation. Then he looks at the good fruits of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 00:00 Pat Gray Defends LDS Church Against Allie Beth Stuckey 01:35 Why Won't Boomer Latter-day Saints Speak Up? 04:10 Pat Gray Unleashed Calls It a "Pack of Lies" 10:49 Kylie Medrano's Temple Endowment Myths 14:13 The "Elder Knight Effect" Mission Story 16:24 Galatians 1:8 and the Book of Mormon 19:42 "She Literally Got Everything Wrong" 22:38 Pat Gray and Glenn Beck's Conversion 24:56 "We've Never Met a Bad Mormon" 26:22 Anti-Mormon Trope: Satan as an Angel of Light 29:19 Matthew 12:24: Jesus Accused of the power of Beelzebub 31:37 Allie Beth Stuckey's "Satanic Underpinnings" Segment 35:32 Good Fruits: Missions, Welfare, JustServe.org 38:35 Anti-Mormon Rhetoric and the Grand Blanc Attack 40:16 Pat Gray: Mormons Are Not Evil 41:23 Good on The Blaze and Pat Gray

My Friends and I Debated Apologist Sean McDowell... Here's How It Went.

Elder Ronald A. Rasband stood up at a BYU devotional and announced the number.95,400 missionaries.A new record. Third new record in three months.- Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, sick in the wagon, still rose up and shouted “Hurrah for Israel.”- The room stood up and did it three times.- Up from 88,500 in July. Up from 90,000 last month.- The surge is the sisters. Age lowered to 18. Now over 30,000 women serving. Highest in church history.- A year ago: about 78,600. Now 95,400.- Other denominations have holy envy for a force of young people this size.- Missions still endow people with power. The ability to do hard things.#Missionaries #ElderRasband #WardRadio #HurrahForIsraelChapter Markers0:00 – 95,000 missionaries 1:20 – Brigham and Heber in the wagon 3:00 – The room stands and shouts 4:15 – The new record 6:00 – The sisters drove it 8:00 – Holy envy from outside 11:00 – Endowment of power 12:30 – Hurrah for IsraelBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)We would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit:Wavemakers 2027:https://www.goanddotravel.com/wavemakers27wardradioChurch History Tour:https://www.goanddotravel.com/090927churchhistorywardradio⚡For more information on the Relay App, please visit:https://joinrelay.app/wardradio⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

Alright Ladies and Gentlemen... Polygamy is officially BACK! And its NOT the Latter-Day Saints doing it this time! Meet Isaiah Ford and his two ministering wives, or "sisters in marriage", Shakayla and Lydia Ford. Introduced in front of a large graphic that says "Kingdom Marriage", this viral video is making WAVES online and we are here to surf them!

This one was heart-warming. Recently a friend of the show, Troy Sariah, also known as "Black Blessed LDS" on X, tagged Elder Gerrit W. Gong on a post he made, and Elder Gong responded! This wholesome reminder that we will leave the 99 for the 1 is the true "feel good" video of the week! #LDs #mormon #apostles

Ken LaCorte, host of "Elephants in Rooms" just released an interesting video analyzing why members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints are "winning". In this episode, Carodn Ellis, director and host of Ward Radio, reacts to what Ken LaCorte got right (and maybe a little wrong) in his analysis. Thank you to Ken LaCorte for obviously attempting to be "fair"... what a great conversation starter.

In a Massachusetts political campaign, a Latter Day Saint candidate, Elizabeth Dionne, is claiming to be the victim of anti-Mormon bigotry and targeted religious discriminatory remarks. We analyze her claims in this episode!

A gruesome attack upon the Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Karak, Jordan has prompted an official statement from the Church of JEsus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In this episode, Bart Marcois, ex-diplomat and Arabist for the United States and member of the church provides details and insight to host, Cardon Ellis. Articles cited in this video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/24/who-was-behind-the-deadly-church-shooting-in-jordanStatement by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: https://news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-leaders-extend-condolences-and-sympathy-following-tragedy-at-saint-george-greek-orthodox-church-in-jordanhttps://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-10-23/gunmen-open-fire-at-church-during-funeral-in-jordan-killing-7-wounding-34https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/24/seven-killed-and-40-injured-after-gunmen-open-fire-at-church-funeral-in-jordan

Lol. Every year we get a new rendition of Hamlet, "To celebrate Halloween or NOT to celebrate Haloween... THAT is the question!" This time, the prominent nay-sayer is Allie Beth Stuckey, but she isn't just coming for your favorite little holiday, she is after horror movies and true-crime drama herself! But, in the words of John Crist, "That's a tricky theology" right? We analyze in this video. #christian #relatable #LDS #bible #halloween

A proposed data center in Liberty, Missouri sits on the old Michael Arthur plantation.That’s where several Book of Mormon witnesses are buried. Christian Whitmer. Peter Whitmer Jr. Others nearby. Same ground holds slave burials, Mormon refugee graves, and the spot where pieces of Zelph were reburied after Zion’s Camp.John Haya-Czech walked into the Liberty City Council and told them. They said they’d never heard of it.- Church headquarters in the 1830s. Refugees living in the slave cabins. Bricks made by the Saints for Arthur’s house.- Monument placed in 2011. Right spot for awareness. Wrong spot for the actual burials.- Zelph’s thigh bone carried in Wilford Woodruff’s wagon, then reburied near Liberty.- Church owns the surrounding land. This parcel stayed private. Now it’s a data center site between Amazon and Ford.- City council: “This is the first we’re hearing of it.”- Taxes, archaeological surveys, and what happens when nobody checks.Call Gail Miller. Get it to national media. Or the bulldozers start.#BookOfMormon #Zelph #WardRadio #LibertyMissouri### Chapter Markers0:00 – Data center on the witnesses’ graves 1:30 – John Haya-Czech and the urgent text 4:40 – Which witnesses are buried here 7:00 – City council: “We didn’t know” 11:30 – The 2011 monument problem 17:40 – Zelph’s bones on the Arthur plantation 21:20 – Slave cabins, Mormon refugees, and the brick 40:30 – We know where the bodies are 46:00 – Why the church doesn’t own this parcel 52:30 – Call to action: Gail Miller and national mediaBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

Pope Leo just made an announcement against the Death Penalty, and Trevor Tomesh and Kai Schwemmer were on board! Here's the conversation and THIS is how they almost changed my mind.