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
May 24th, 2023: Crime, Reparations, Punishing former presidents, China and the debt ceiling
A security guard at Walgreens shot and killed a shoplifter last month. The security guard claimed it was self-defense, but security footage seems to suggest otherwise. The DA has declin…
May 17, 2023: Local Control of Schools, George Santos, Title 42, Immigration
Sticking with education news, The state of Florida has just released its list of banned textbooks for the upcoming school year. On the department of education website, they list some of…
May 10, 2023: Media Bias, Seditious Conspiracy Conviction, Young LDS Liberals, 8th Graders Abysmal Knowledge of History and Civics
Remember that Republican donor? Well, it turns out that he was also paying for one of Justice Thomas’s dependents to attend private school. Some Republicans say that this is no big deal…
May 3, 2023: Bank Regulations, GOP 2024 Presidential Candidates, Political News Media Landscape, What Obligations Do News Outlets Have?
The Federal Reserve has completed its investigation into the collapse of Silicone Valley Bank. They have concluded that failure to properly regulate mid-size banks played a large role i…
Russia and Ukraine Part II
Today we are joined by two of our good friends Brian and Alex to continue our discussion about Russia and Ukraine.
Introductions. Brian and Alex, feel free to share whatever you want to …
April 19, 2023: US Exceptionalism, Jack Teixeira, Clarence Thomas, Should the Government Pay off Individual Debts?
The United States has a long political history of viewing ourselves as a “City Upon a Hill”. In this view, the US is the model of Christian Charity and points the way for the rest of th…
April 12, 2023: NASA, Trump Indictment, Abortion, Unequal Justice in the United States
- NASA announced the crew that would be flying the Artemis II mission and landing on the moon. It’s kind of exciting to have ambitious space goals again, but at the same time, this stuff …
April 5, 2023: Life in Utah, Impact of Mission Presidents and their wives, General Conference,
- Shawn helps us understand the challenges of Utah culture.
- Our first mission president's wife recently passed away at 91 years old. We don't spend a lot of time talking about this calling…
March 29, 2023: Origin Story
1. What is the Latter Day Lens
2. We agree that there are universal truths in religion? What about politics or government?
3. For us, religion influences our political views, but for some…
March 22, 2023; Bank Failures, Losing with Grace, Arctic Drilling, Imperfect People as Prophets
- Elizabeth Warren argued recently that if Republicans had not loosened regulations on mid-major banks in 2018, SVB and Signature Bank would not have failed. The text of the bill is here.…
March 15, 2023: Proper Role of Government, Government Regulation of Tech, Mexican Drug Cartels, Government Assistance to the Poor
On 60 minutes recently, the President of Microsoft (Brad Smith) suggested that it would be a good idea to have a government regulatory body—like the FAA for airlines or the FDA for drug…
March 8, 2023: Child Labor, Dogs, CPAC/TPAC, Undocumented Immigrants
The number of children being employed illegally has been steadily growing, with a 69% increase since 2018. Last year, the U.S. Department of Labor found that 835 companies were employin…
Feb. 1, 2023: School Choice, Section 230, Transgender Laws, Proper Role of Government
· School vouchers: Who benefits from them, are they a good idea?
· Section 230: Should social media companies be liable for content on their platforms, like other media com…
March 1, 2023: Las Vegas, Abortion, Too Old for Elected Office?, Ensign Peak/SEC Settlement, Mass Shootings
- Right now, the Utah legislature is discussing a bill that would strip Planned Parenthood of its medical license and make it more difficult for women to access abortions. What should be …
Feb. 15, 2023: Utah Ponzi Schemes, NBA YoungBoy, Biden State of the Union, Битва за Бахмут
- Federal investigators have accused two people of targeting members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a $500 million Ponzi scheme. And Utah has more Ponzi schemes per…
Feb. 8, 2023: COVID is over, Mr. Beast cured blindness, Bad Mormon, BYU tenure changes
- The COVID Health emergency will officially end in May, and along with it a bunch of government benefits that were put into place for the pandemic. CNN has a list here. Personally, I am …
Russia and Ukraine Part I
Who are we? Why would you want to listen to us?
This episode introduces your hosts and the reason for the podcast. You've never heard talk about Ukraine or Russia like this before. We ma…
Welcome To The Latter Day Lens
An exciting new podcast is coming soon. Your home for unscripted, faith-promoting, entertaining discussion of current political events. We tackle the tough topics that most people avoid…