Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Chelsea Shields Strayer, a cultural anthropologist, regarding the benefits and adverse effects of religious systems and traditions. Chelsea discusses her work from an anthropological lens, looking at how social and religious systems organize themselves in ways…
Tag: Women’s Issues
056: Disabilities from a Mormon Perspective
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Gail Nicolaysen-Shurtleff who has a clinical psychology degree from John F Kennedy University and currently lives in the Netherlands where she runs a private practice. Gail is a lifelong member of the church who was born…
054: Mormons Burning Bridges
This podcast was recorded several months ago and yet is readily applicable as the Mormon church currently grapples with the issues surrounding feminism, faith transition and LGBT members. Hilary Brown embodies a life experience with all three and knows from personal…
053: Current Repercussions of our Polygamous Past
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews a top-notch panel, Lindsay Hansen-Park, Kristine Haglund, and Dr. Kristy Money for a panel discussion regarding the psychological, relational and cultural repercussions Mormons currently continue to wrestle with as they attempt to make sense of their…
049: A Lesbian Mormon Perspective – Part 3
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Lorena Tobon, who grew up as a faithful and extremely dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia. From an early age she found herself falling in love with other women…
044: Carol Boyer on Disabilities and Domestic Violence
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Carol Boyer of the Department of Labor: Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). They discuss a myriad of issues: from Carol surviving polio as a child, the importance of vaccinations, the impact chronic illness had on…
039: Surviving Sexual Assault within an LDS Community Part 3
The sequence in this last piece of the interview was spliced incorrectly – so when you think it ends, it doesn’t. We are working on correcting this as soon as possible. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Chelsea Weidmann regarding having been…
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…
030: Depression and LDS Women
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dr. Kris Doty regarding a qualitative exploratory study she conducted and presented at Utah Valley University with active LDS women diagnosed with depression attempting to understand possible contributing factors. Factors which deemed significant were genetics, history of…