Join us with Australian geneticist Simon Southerton as we break down with Australian geneticist Simon Southerton the Heartland model of Book of Mormon geography which proposes that the events described in the Book of Mormon took place, primarily, in the heartland of North America. The main proponent of this model, Rodney Meldrum, and his followers have been described as a "movement" that could transform the LDS Church.

Simon will explain how one of the main pieces of "evidence" that the FIRM enterprise promotes is built on a single questionable claim which Meldrum has been making for over 15 years even after being corrected by several non-Mormon scientists, Simon himself, FairMormon, and LDS scholars at BYU, including Ugo Perego.

Show Notes:

• "The fight over Book of Mormon Geography," by Michael DeGroote, Deseret News, May 27, 2010
• “An Outsider’s View of Mormon Archaeology with Dr. Michael Coe” on Mormon Stories
• “LIDAR, Response to John Sorenson, and the Book of Mormon with MesoAmerican Archaeologist Dr. Michael Coe” on Mormon Stories
• Dean Sessions' Universal Model
• Rod Meldrum's FIRM Foundation (Foundation for Indigenous Research and Mormonism)
• "How Heartland Began and Continues," by Rod Meldrum with input from Rian Nelson
• "Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History," by Deborah A. Bolnick, et. al., Book of Mormon Archeological Foundation, 2012
  Part 1
  Part 2
  Part 3
• Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton by Douglas W. Owsley
• Face of a Nephite: DNA Studies and the Book of Mormon by David Read
• Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church by Simon G. Southerton

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Join us today for an important discussion! In this special Mormon Stories live stream, Carah Burrell is honored to talk with excommunicated Mormon sex therapist Natasha Helfer to discuss the criticism of her found in Cwic Media’s video about her disciplinary council. Natasha and Carah plan to go point by point to address various accusations about her intentions and hopefully foster a better understanding of what constitutes healthy sexuality for people in and out of the LDS church.

Show Notes:

• GetMormonHelp.com/Symmetry Solutions
• Mormon Sex Info podcast, hosted by Natasha Helfer 
• Six Principles of Sexual Health
• Greg Matsen's YouTube video, "Natasha Helfer Disciplinary Council Explained"
• Natasha Helfer's writings on masturbation:
  "My Official Stance on Masturbation," Patheos, August 6, 2012 
  "Neither a Sin nor a Transgression," Sunstone Magazine, November 28, 2015 
• "A Parent's Guide," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Anti-pornography campaign “Fight the New Drug”
• The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists
• The Mormon Mental Health Association (secular, but LDS culturally competent)
• The Association of Latter-day Saint Counselors and Psychotherapists (practitioners must agree to follow the Church's teachings)

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