Ep 14.2 – I Fear Dictatorial Dogmatism with Joseph Geisner Pt.2

Author: Bryce Blankenagel
Published: Thu 17 Jan 2019
Episode Link: https://glassboxpodcast.libsyn.com/ep-142-i-fear-dictatorial-dogmatism-with-joseph-geisner-pt2

Joe and I pick right back up where we left off with J. Golden Kimball. Joe walks us through nearly 80 years of Mormon history discussing disunity among General Authorities and censorship of General Conference addresses. As we broach more modern General Authorities we discuss how the modern conservative bend of the Mormon church was moved and shaped by prominent figures in the Quorum of Apostles. Ezra Taft Benson and the John Birch Society are the focus for a substantial part. Then Joe documents the lengths the Church will go to cover up controversial opinions from the pulpit, even going so far as to retape a portion of General Conference with a superimposed “cough track” at the cost of $10-15,000. Joe was nice enough to give us over 5 hours of his time, making this episode part 2 of 3.

Links mentioned in the show:

To the One https://archive.org/details/ToTheOne/page/n1

To Young Men Only https://archive.org/details/ToYoungMenOnly

Harold Lee talk https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/harold-b-lee_ye-deceived/

Benson BYU talk https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/ezra-taft-benson_safety-face-danger/

Rector talk https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/hartman-jr-rector_roots-branches/

Henry Eyring talk https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/henry-b-eyring_family/

Quinn telling about his conflicts with Packer http://signaturebookslibrary.org/on-being-a-mormon-historian/

Review of Packer's talk in FARMS https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1426&index=11

Packer provokes academics in Sunstone https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/issues/066.pdf

Lost Sermons https://eadview.lds.org/findingaid/CR%20100%20912/?componentid=427210