Brigham Young Sang in Tongues
In the second episode of the Brigham Young Podcast, Dr. John Turner –author of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet –joins us to explore Brigham Young’s transformation from a passionate and fiercely loyal follower of Joseph…
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The Brigham Young Podcast
Exploring the life of Brigham Young, second president of the LDS Church, with historian John G. Turner.
2 episodes · 4 hours · 2026 · 2 transcripts
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The series follows Brigham Young's life in order, one chapter of John Turner's biography at a time. New episodes arrive weekly.
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About the series
The Brigham Young Podcast is an in-depth look at one of the most important and complicated figures in Mormon history. John Dehlin is joined by historian John G. Turner, author of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet (2012), the biography many historians consider the best account of Brigham Young’s life.
The series follows Brigham from his hardscrabble New England childhood and his conversion to Joseph Smith’s church, through Kirtland, Missouri, Nauvoo, and the succession crisis, to the exodus west, the founding of Utah, polygamy, the Utah War, the Mountain Meadows Massacre, and his decades as prophet, governor, and colonizer. New episodes are released weekly.
The Brigham Young Podcast is produced by Mormon Stories Podcast and the Open Stories Foundation. Every episode is also published in the main Mormon Stories feed. It follows the completed Joseph Smith Podcast, which covered Turner’s biography of Joseph Smith.
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Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet
John G. Turner. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012
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