The Latter Day Lens
Your home for authentic, faith-promoting, entertaining discussion of current events. In the podcast we tackle the tough topics that most people avoid and showcase how faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apply gospel principles in their everyday experiences. New episodes each Wednesday.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 138
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 57: Abortion and Men, Texting Culture, Can spiritual rebirth cure mental illness? Should the poor pay fewer taxes?
The Thought Provoker:
Matt is first this week. Exciting new research in the field of male contraceptives has identified a number of medications that a man can take that will make it impo…
Episode 56: Expensive Drugs, Power to the Patients, Trump Civil Penalty, the National Association of Realtors
The Thought Provoker
Sam is up first this week. And I make the argument that the high prices we pay here in the US for pharmaceuticals subsidize the entire world, but they guarantee the …
Episode 55: Tucker Carlson v Putin, He Gets Us, Tipping Etiquette, Why are American's so dissatisfied?
The Thought Provoker:
Shawn is up first this week. This week Tucker Carlson interviewed Vlad Putin and I got very mad because he didn’t challenge a single thing Putin said. Didn’t chall…
Episode 54: Swift/Superbowl/Vegas, Air Force One, Biden vs Trump, Conspiracy Theories and Truth in Advertising
The Thought Provoker:
One listener writes, “ I heard Shawn say that we shouldn't pay attention to the fact that people in blue states live longer. You talked about life expectancy, but …
Episode 53: Ban smartphones in schools? DINKs, Bi-partisan border bill, Is it time for stricter marijuana regulation?
Mailbag:
I thought your discussion about longevity and quality of life was interesting. Healthy living is something I think is very important, but I don't know that a health care solutio…
Episode 52: Is it unrighteous to support Donald Trump? Backlash against new Church Communications Director, LDS Social Media Influencers, Decline in quality of life in the United States
The Thought Provoker:
Matt is up first. Sam has been saying for a long time that Trump would be the Republican nominee. I have been saying that we should wait and see what the voters do,…
Episode 51: Archeology and the Book of Mormon, Changing families, changing social policies? Why does Matt hate Big Pharma?
Mailbag:
One listener writes “Military conscription has been shown to build a shared national identity, boost loyalty to the polity, and instill patriotism… But here’s the tradeoff: Men …
Episode 50: Gypsy Rose, Disney-world, The immigration crisis, Pharmaceuticals, Mandatory Military Service in the USA
One listener writes, Hey I wonder if you guys have heard of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard. She was recently released from prison for her role in the killing of her mother. Now she has over 7 mi…
2023 Year in Review, Predictions for 2024
2023 US politics. It may be hard to believe, but at this time in 2022, Donald Trump had not been indicted on a single criminal charge. As of today, Donald Trump has been indicted in fou…
Merry Christmas to all!
Most people don’t know that Kyiv is the birthplace of Christianity in the Slavic world. Ukrainians are used to having foreigners try to control the way that they worship. Despite the hu…
December 20, 2023; The Fall of Giuliani & the Fall of the GOP, Abortion in Texas, The Invisible Hand, Bureaucrats vs Billionaires
The Thought Provoker
Matt is up first. Recently, Rudy Giuliani was ordered to pay over $148 million to two Georgia election workers for defamation. This all stems from lies he told about…
December 13, 2023; Is the World Safer than Ever? Does the FBI deserve our respect? Anti-Semitism on College Campuses, Policy vs Doctrine part II
The Thought Provoker
Sam. All right, so here's my question. So I have friends that listen to our show and friends that are in the Chicagoland and in the Michigan area, Detroit, and other…
December 6, 2023; Newsom-DeSantis Debate, Truth in Media, Musk Loses Twitter Advertisers, Mark Cuban and Gambling in Texas, Doctrine vs Policy in the Church
Discussion of the Devate
Thought Provoker:
Since 2008, there has been a remarkable evolution in Russia's approach to propaganda. Described in this article, they focus on high numbers of c…
November 29, 2023; Third Party Candidates, Cancel Culture, Middle-way Church Members, What Entertainment is Inappropriate?
Mailbag: Your idea for a coffee substitute cafe in Provo has already been tried. Latter Day Cafe opened in Provo south of BYU in 2021 making drinks out of the Copomo seed, which they pr…
November 22, 2023; Surprising trends in youth church activity, Biden's handling of the Israel conflict, Does the Holy Ghost tell us what to do?, Romney's impeachment vote
The Thought Provoker:
Sam is first. Quote from Quentin L Cook’s devotional last night:
“Youth and young adults are not less active or leaving the Church in higher numbers than in the past…
November 15, 2023; Censure of Rep. Tlaib, Performative politics, Implanting neuralink to create cyborgs, Ballard and Romney
The Thought Provoker:
Matt is first this week: This week The US House voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her Israel-Hamas rhetoric in a stunning rebuke for using this phrase. A cen…
November 8 2023; Inheritance Tax? Government waste, Gen Z anxiety, Is Nvidia President Jensen Huang right about entrepreneurship? Peace vs Violence as a solution to conflict.
Mailbag: “Sam, If adversity is so great for immigrants, why not save some for the rich people? Why rob wealthy people of the chance to work their way up from the bottom? 100% inheritanc…
November 1 2023; Is marriage the solution to poverty? Young people want more platonic relationships and less sex on TV, The American Dream, Is the US more vulnerable to attacks from our enemies?
The Thought Provoker:
Shawn is first. I hope that he will choose something about how underwhelming Boston was. How he had high hopes given all the history there, but it was just another …
October 25, 2023: Is the US a meritocracy? Killers of the Flower Moon, The Two-Parent Privilege, The path to communism/authoritarianism
Thought Provoker:
First up, Sam. “participation trophies vs meritocracy”
Next up, Matt.” Martin Scorsese’s newly released film “Killers of the Flower Moon” is based on actual events that…
October 18, 2023: Justice for Trump?, Ban Tik Tok?, Is ethnicity a social construct?, Alcohol in the St. George Temple, Adam Smith vs President Nelson
Thought Provoker:
First up, Sam: Should members of the LDS Church support banning or censoring social media platforms like Tik Tok? https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/utah-ti…