John Larsen has been a controversial figure within the Mormon internet community due to his podcast Mormon Expression, which often irreverently criticizes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At the same time, he has much experience dealing with…
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042: Transmormon: the Story of Eri Hayward Part 2
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Eri Hayward; her parents, Ed & Keiko Hayward and her boyfriend, Mike. They discuss Eri’s journey as a transgender woman within the construct of growing up in an active Mormon family devoted to their faith. Eri…
041: Transmormon: the Story of Eri Hayward Part 1
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Eri Hayward; her parents, Ed & Keiko Hayward and her boyfriend, Mike. They discuss Eri’s journey as a transgender woman within the construct of growing up in an active Mormon family devoted to their faith. Eri…
038: Surviving Sexual Assault within an LDS Community Part 2
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Chelsea Weidmann regarding having been sexually assaulted on several occasions in her life – the youngest being during nursery at church. They discuss openly some of her experiences – so please be aware that this interview…
037: Surviving Sexual Assault within an LDS Community Part 1
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Chelsea Weidmann regarding having been sexually assaulted on several occasions in her life – the youngest being during nursery at church. They discuss openly some of her experiences – so please be aware that this interview…
036:Trauma, At-Risk Individuals and Community Resilience
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Daniel Dodgen, a clinical child psychologist who works for the US Department of Health and Human Services as the Director of the Division for At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health and Community Resilience, ASPR (Assistant Secretary for…
032: Human Rights Campaign – Working for LGBT Mormons
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Sharon Groves from the Human Rights Campaign. They discuss important issues that directly affect the Mormon LGBT population, research implications for families wanting to support their LGBT youth, interfaith efforts that HRC is heading, and…
021: Heidi Nielson Packard’s Grief Journey Losing her Sister to Cancer
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Heidi Nielson Packard originally from Mesa, AZ, who currently lives in Georgia. She is from a large, faithful Mormon family, went to BYU-Provo where she met her husband and now has 4 children. She is currently…
020: Dustin Jones and the Lingering Legacy of the LDS Negro Doctrine – Part 3
This is a rebroadcasting of an interview that was conducted on Mormon Stories in May of 2011. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dustin Jones, a black active latter-day saint, about the unique challenges of growing up Mormon as one who has African ancestry. Dustin is…
019: Dustin Jones and the Lingering Legacy of the LDS Negro Doctrine – Part 2
This is a rebroadcasting of an interview that was conducted on Mormon Stories in May of 2011. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dustin Jones, a black active latter-day saint, about the unique challenges of growing up Mormon as one who has African ancestry. Dustin is…