Year of Polygamy - the story of Mormon plural marriage
May 14, 2020 10:18 PM   Subscribe

A podcast series by Lindsay Hansen-Park of Feminist Mormon Housewives that "follows the Mormon faith through the lens of “The Principle of Plural Marriage” from its genesis in 1831 with its originator Joseph Smith, through the hidden history and governmental pressure, to today and contemporary practicing Fundamentalist Mormons. [...] Polygamy is dissected through a feminist viewpoint, with attention given to the experiences of the women [...]. Their experiences, along with interviews with experts, scholars, historians, and those still affected directly by the practice, paint a new portrait of how the west was shaped, by the hard work and toil of these invisible women, hidden away through controversy."

(above quote from the podcast's about page)

Episode Guide
1-34: one episode for each of Joseph Smith's wives
35-72: Mormon history through the lens of polygamy
73- 89: the development of Mormon Fundamentalism
90-100: consolidation, exploration and wrap-up
101-180: continuation past its initial year with 80 bonus episodes including interviews with people who have first-hand experience with contemporary Mormon polygamy

Bonus: John Dehlin's interview with Lindsay Hansen-Park on the Mormon Stories podcast on her completion of the initial 100 episodes.

Hat tip to ShakeyJake for helping me find this podcast in the first place
posted by mosessis (2 comments total) 23 users marked this as a favorite
 
For a more scholarly approach, people might want to look at Sarah Pearsall's Polygamy: An Early American History.
posted by praemunire at 10:46 PM on May 14, 2020


Reader, I subscribed immediately.
posted by Going To Maine at 11:28 PM on May 14, 2020 [2 favorites]


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