Gospel Tangents Podcast

A 360-degree view of Mormonism. We interview the best Mormon scholars, scientists, and clergy from all restoration branches, including LDS, Community of Christ, Strangites, Bickertonites, Temple Lot, Remnant, etc.

Recent Episodes

JFS-Architect of Controversial LDS Orthodoxy (Bowman 4 of 4)

Posted November 6, 2025 • 00:00:45

Joseph Fielding Smith is the architect of controversial LDS orthodoxy. He has some controversial writings about Blacks and Ezra Taft Benson. We’ll...

How Wes Walters’ Revival Research Forced Mormon Historians to Confront the 1820 Story (Sandra Tanner 5 of 5)

Posted November 2, 2025 • 00:00:41

A key figure who accelerated the historical crisis for both the Tanners (who left the group in 1962) and Pauline’s church was Wes Walters, a Presbyterian...

Jerald & Sandra Tanner’s Apostolic Scolding (4 of 5)

Posted October 31, 2025 • 00:34:49

Jerald and Sandra Tanner received an apostolic scolding by LeGrand Richards...

Missing 1832 First Vision Account (Sandra Tanner 3 of 6)

Posted October 27, 2025 • 00:27:10

Sandra Tanner discusses one of the most intriguing episodes in Mormon history: her early inquiry into the missing 1832 First Vision account. (She didn’t...

Shocking Truth: Murderers in Celestial Kingdom? Challenging Sandra Tanner’s Faith (2/6)

Posted October 25, 2025 • 00:42:38

Will there be murderers in Celestial Kingdom? An Institute Teacher’s answer challenged Sandra Tanner’s faith back in the 1950s. We’ll talk about...