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A Funny Thing Happened at the Houdini Seance! RFM: 489
Halloween marks the 100th anniversary of Harry Houdini’s tragic and untimely death. For years thereafter, Houdini’s surviving widow held annual…
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“Black Skin” as Curse from God: RFM: 488
In this episode, we’re tackling a central theme throughout the Book of Mormon – the “curse of a skin of blackness.” Brace yourselves…
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Mormon Apologists DEBUNKED!
RFM and Bill Reel are joined this week by Meggan Hayes from “Generally Unquotable” to break down several of the talks from this past FAIRMormon…
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Joseph Smith vs. The Headless Horseman: RFM: 487
What can we learn about Joseph Smith from Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”? Plenty, as it turns out! Join RFM as he delves into the frightful…
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FAIRMormon Conference Dissection! Part 1
Bill Reel and RFM take a look at the recent FAIRMormon apologetic conference that took place last August. The amazing thing is that Mormon apologetics isn’t…
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All-Star Panel on General Conference: RFM: 486
RFM is joined by Meggan Hayes (“Generally Unquotable), Jim Bennett (“Inside Out”), Randy Bell and Summur-Rayn Berrett for a discussion of the highlights of the…
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Sunday Afternoon Session: General Conference Review: RFM: 485
General Conference Post-Mortem 2026! (Sunday Afternoon) Join Radio Free Mormon immediately after the Sunday Afternoon Session for his rapid-fire reactions…
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Sunday Morning Session: General Conference Recap: RFM: 484
General Conference Post-Mortem 2026! (Sunday Morning) Join Radio Free Mormon immediately after the Sunday Morning Session for his rapid-fire reactions, sharp…
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Saturday Afternoon Session! General Conference Recap: RFM: 483
Join Radio Free Mormon immediately after the Sunday Afternoon Session for his rapid-fire reactions, sharp analysis, historical context, and hot takes on what…
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Saturday Morning Session! General Conference Recap! RFM: 482
Join Radio Free Mormon immediately after the Saturday Morning Session for his rapid-fire reactions, sharp analysis, historical context, and hot takes on what…
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Sunday Morning Session: General Conference Recap: RFM: 484
General Conference Post-Mortem 2026! (Sunday Morning) Join Radio Free Mormon immediately after the Sunday Morning Session for his rapid-fire reactions, sharp…
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Saturday Afternoon Session! General Conference Recap: RFM: 483
Join Radio Free Mormon immediately after the Sunday Afternoon Session for his rapid-fire reactions, sharp analysis, historical context, and hot takes on what…
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Saturday Morning Session! General Conference Recap! RFM: 482
Join Radio Free Mormon immediately after the Saturday Morning Session for his rapid-fire reactions, sharp analysis, historical context, and hot takes on what…
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John Dehlin Joins Mormonism Live!: LDS Church vs. Mormon Stories — Who’s Telling the Truth?
Tonight on Mormonism LIVE, Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon are joined by special guest John Dehlin for an exhaustive examination of the LDS Church’s lawsuit…
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Mormon Apologist Exposes Himself! RFM: 481
Ever wonder if Mormon Apologists like Jacob Hansen actually believe the arguments they make on behalf of the Mormon Church? Well that answer is now settled…
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Will The Church’s Lawsuit Be Dismissed? RFM: 480
All the pleadings have been drafted and filed relating to John Dehlin’s Motion to Dismiss the Church’s trademark infringement case against him. RFM…
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Ex-Mormon The Musical
On this episode of Mormonism Live, we sit down with Rachelle and John Moyer, the creators behind “Ex-Mormon: The Musical,” to talk about how the project came…
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Heresy Hunters On Planet Provo!
Elder Bruce R. McConkie gave one of his most famous talks in history in 1980 named “The Seven Deadly Heresies.” RFM and Bill Reel break down this…
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How Did Joseph Smith Know All This?
Tonight on Mormonism Live, we examine a recurring pattern in Joseph Smith’s prophetic career: when he encountered something mysterious, incomplete…
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LDS Church Caught Lying In Court: RFM: 478
This time the LDS Church has gone too far! Lying to its membership is one thing, because the members know better than to criticize the leaders of the Church…
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Ward Radio Helps John’s Case: RFM: 477
In a strange turn of events, Mormon apologist Cardon Ellis is helping John Dehlin fight the LDS Church in the lawsuit the church is bringing to try to shut…
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RFM Fixes The Book of Mormon: RFM: 476
In this amazing episode of RFM, we get three podcasts in one! The first deals with comments collected from apologetic podcasts that may end up being useful to…
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Native American Legends in BOM!
RFM and Bill Reel are joined by Dr. Thomas Murphy to discuss what the presence of Native American myths, individuals, and stories in the Book of Mormon means…
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RFM Slams Church Lawsuit: RFM: 471
The Mormon Church is claiming their lawsuit against John Dehlin has nothing to do with freedom of speech. Of course not! They are just trying to sue John…
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Lying About Prophets: RFM: 470
Mormon apologist Jacob Hansen has chosen the hill he wants to die on. That hill is his unusual position that even though prophets can be (and have been!)…
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Mormonism’s Zelph – The White Lamanite
In June 1834, while marching with Zion’s Camp through Illinois, Joseph Smith and his followers came across an ancient Native American burial mound. Members of…
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Find Out What REALLY Happened At Sunstone 2026!
RFM and Bill Reel host an august panel of Sunstone Symposium presenters and attendees, as they tell us fun and fascinating stories about what goes on behind…
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Mormon Church Wins Arizona CSA Case: RFM: 469
Kolby Reddish and RFM used their combined legal education, experience and acumen to break down and analyze the recent Arizona Supreme Court Case dismissing the…
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Zion’s Camp: Turning Failure Into Faith
What if one of the most important events in early Mormon history never actually accomplished what it set out to do? In 1834, Joseph Smith organized nearly 200…
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Mormon Endowment’s Earliest Historical Form !
What did the Nauvoo Temple endowment look like in its earliest form? In this episode of Mormonism Live, Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon examine one of the…
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Dallin Oaks Exposed: RFM: 468
President Dallin Hoaks has gone on record giving us every reason we need to not trust what he says. In this episode, Radio Free Mormon brings the receipts…
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Mormon Africa Baptism Fraud: RFM: 467
The LDS Church claims huge growth in membership numbers in Africa. But is this claim true? Or is it manufactured like the baptism numbers claimed for Central…
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Black Mormons Speak Out!
RFM and Bill Reel are joined by a special panel of Black Mormons and ex-Mormons in this important episode. What is it like experiencing Mormonism through the…
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Mormon Apologist Loses Mind: RFM: 466
Jacob Hansen has been slowly but surely losing his mind over the last several years. Okay. Not so slowly. But still. The past week has brought not one, but…
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Elder D. Todd Christofferson Needs To Step Down! [RFM:466]
Radio Free Mormon details the circumstances leading up to the guilty plea last Thursday in federal court by Wade Christofferson to CSA charges. What did D…
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They’re Still Using My Research: RFM: 465
RFM was a Mormon apologist 40-years ago, and as part of that ended up writing a paper on Lehi’s Dream that was published in The Journal of Book of Mormon…
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Obviously a 19th Century Production!
We have shown in a prior podcast that the Book of Mormon answers all the important religious disputes of Joseph Smith’s day. In this episode we…
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RFM Does Church History Sites: RFM: 464
Dr. Randall Bell and RFM head east for a crazy two days of jamming as many church history sites in as we possibly can handle! We took photos and video to…
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Joseph Smith’s Polygamy with Jeremy Hoop
For decades, the historical consensus has been that Joseph Smith introduced and practiced plural marriage in Nauvoo. But a small group of researchers has…
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The William Clayton Journals – What’s In Them?
Tonight on Mormonism Live, Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon take a deep dive into one of the most talked-about Mormon history stories in recent memory: the…
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From Jewish to Mormon and Beyond! RFM: 463
RFM is joined by Dr. Don Cohen who outlines his fascinating journey from the Jewish faith in which he was born, to his conversion to Mormonism, and from there…
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When Was the Book of Mormon Created?
Does the Book of Mormon fit better in the ancient world or in early nineteenth century America when it was created? Defenders of the book point to a handful of…
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Leaving Mormonism: RFM: 462
RFM is joined by former Mormon Ted Novak, who shares his story of faith and ultimately, of faith deconstruction. Ted thought he studied his religion while he…
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Church Historian Apologizes: RFM: 461
BREAKING NEWS! Elder Kyle McKay, Church Historian for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, apologized in writing for racially insensitive comments…
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The Forensic Autopsy of Mormon Apologetics
What if the most revealing thing about Mormon apologetics isn’t the evidence being presented… but the behavioral patterns behind the arguments? Tonight…
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“Reckless Ben” Gets Silenced! RFM: 460
Famous Youtuber “Reckless Ben” just got served with a restraining order forbidding him from podcasting anymore about the “Bricks &…
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LDS Church Membership Tanks!
The Mormon Church keeps telling us it is growing. And not only is it growing, they say it is growing faster than it has ever grown in history! And yet faithful…
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Don’t You Forget About Moroni: RFM 459
Ever wonder what happens when you take all the earliest accounts of the Angel Moroni appearing to Joseph Smith and compare them? The answers can be problematic…
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Joseph Smith’s 1832 First Vision: Excised with a Penknife & Hidden Away?
Tonight on Mormonism Live we tackle one of the most controversial and uncomfortable documents in LDS history: Joseph Smith’s 1832 First Vision account. Not the…
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Podcaster Meggan Hayes (Generally Unquotable) Joins the Show!
Bill Reel and RFM are joined this week by Meggan Hayes, host of the “Generally Unquotable” podcast, which features a news report on things Mormon…
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They Didn’t Tell Me This!!! RFM: 458
I had a faith crisis in my mid-twenties. A big faith crisis. It involved a salamander and it involved a letter. It made me question everything I thought I knew…
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Moroni As A Treasure Guardian
Tonight on Mormonism Live, we explore one of the most uncomfortable and fascinating questions in early Mormon history: Was Moroni originally understood through…
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The Hidden Cost of Mormon Belief: Conditioned From Childhood
What if the harm didn’t start with a crisis… but with what you were taught as a child? In this episode of Mormonism Live, we sit down with researcher and…
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Mormon Bring Knife To Gunfight! RFM: 457
RFM is joined by Kolby Reddish to finish off our analysis of the historic trouncing Bill Reel recently gave to Mormon apologist Robert Gurr! This is one for…
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Another Mormon Bites The Dust!
Who won the debate? Bill Reel or Robert Gurr? Bill Reel and RFM dissect Bill’s recent debate about Mormonism with Robert Gurr. This one is going to be a…
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Mormon Gets Creamed In Debate: RFM: 456
RFM is joined by esteemed co-counsel Kolby Reddish to dissect Jacob Hansen’s recent debate with Allie Beth Stuckey of The Blaze. Strangely, Jacob seems…
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Why Is The Mormon Church Suing John Dehlin? RFM:455
An attorney looks at the complaint! What is up with the Mormon Church? Why are they suing John Dehlin? Radio Free Mormon uses his 36-year career as an attorney…
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Mormonism’s Mountain Meadows Massacre
Tonight, one of the darkest chapters in Mormon history—the Mountain Meadows Massacre. This isn’t a surface-level retelling. We walk through what led up to it…
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Bar Complaint Roundtable: The Prank Heard Round the World: RFM: 454
RFM detailed the bar complaints against him in the last episode for playing a Halloween prank on the sister missionaries; how those bar complaints were filed…
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World Renowned Bible Expert Weighs In!
Mormons have turned to the Bible to prove their beliefs are true ever since the inception of the LDS Church. But are the Mormons getting the Bible right? World…