Murder among the Mormons is the new Netflix film Directed by Jared Hess. The documentary film depicts the life of Mark Hofmann. The film does not spend much time on how Hofmann began producing successful forgeries of coins as young as fourteen. Hofmann's early forgery career was almost exclusively in coins and rare Mormon currency and he likely created hundreds of … [Read more...]
The “Real” Housewives of Salt Lake City Gets Real About What it is Like to Lose Good Standing With the LDS Church
The Bravo Network reality TV show franchise "real housewives'' has become a massive hit. This past year they added Salt Lake City to their roster of cities. Their formula is to put ladies who fit a unique set of physical characteristics together. The ladies are almost always tanned, evening-gown-wearing, glittery, dramatic, and out-spoken. For some reason, I don’t see ladies … [Read more...]
How Did Dave Robinson Get Away with Alleged Sexual Misconduct for so Long?
Salt Lake County Republican Party Chair Scott Miller stepped down due to increasing pressure from the media and the Republican Party about the mishandling of sexual harassment allegations. This story has been traveling around local news, but we at Utah Stories decided to ask a question that the other media isn’t asking: “How did Republican Chairman Scott Miller allow Dave … [Read more...]
Finding Focus:Advice from Bestselling Authors Mathew McConaughey and Tim Ferriss
In this episode of the Utah Stories podcast we depart from news, and we delve into a life philosophy. The main question we are seeking to answer is: How do we maintain focus in a world full of distractions? We find answers from a best-selling book, written for entrepreneurs nearly 14 years ago, "The Four-Hour Workweek." by Tim Ferriss and McConaughey's best-selling new book … [Read more...]
The Equality Act and Women’s Athletics in Utah
What do Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, and Abigail Shrier have to say about trans-women (biological men) competing in women's athletics? Currently, Utah and other states are at a crossroads: We need to decide if we value the new NCAA compliance standards, more than the gains that women have achieved in athletics. The new NCAA standards allow trans girls to compete in girls' … [Read more...]
Could Greater Adoption of Solar Power Save Utah From Dirty Air?
Why aren’t Utah’s political leaders using our budget surplus to expedite our transition? Utah has some of the very worst air quality in the world for the size of our population. In Utah, childhood asthma rates are some of the highest in the U.S. Our abnormally high rates of lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, emphysema are all linked to our particularly high-particulate … [Read more...]
Utes Used Psychedelics in Shamanic Rituals, but What Did They Eat?
A year ago on the Utah Stories podcast, we examined the practices of Native Americans in shamanic rituals, including their usage of psychedelics to conduct “vision quests” to better understand their purpose in life. We spoke to Dr. Reid Robison, who described their usage of DMT, peyote, and mushrooms in detail and how those practices are being emulated today to treat everything … [Read more...]
Should Utah Allow Transgender Girls – Biological Boys Compete in Sports against Biological Girls?
This past legislative session Utah joined 20 other states that proposed banning transgender girls (biological boys) from competing in school sports. HB 302, was introduced by Kera Birkeland R-Morgan, who is a women's athletics advocate. She made it clear in her statement: “This bill was never about not including others, and I want to make that very clear. This bill is about … [Read more...]
Who is Mitt Romney?
This past week Mitt Romney appeared out to prove all of the Utahns who are calling him a RINO (Republican in Name Only), that he is in fact a fiscal conservative as he called Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid Relief package, "a clunker". Romney pointed out how the United States is currently $23 trillion in debt, and that as interest rates begin to rise, there is no doubt that the … [Read more...]
Will The Church Be Softening Its Policy Regarding The Same Sex Marriage?
It’s been one year since BYU issued a statement that they will not be allowing nor providing any type of endorsement for same-sex couples or same-sex marriage. This statement released by the BYU honor code came as a blow to LGBQT students enrolled at BYU. Student organizer Baily Luck, a senior put together flyers and organized around fifty students who hiked up the hill with … [Read more...]