Just a couple of hours ago, this interview with Greg Matsen, which runs almost exactly fifty minutes, was posted on the Cwic Show: “The Great Brigham Debate: Brigham Young Was NOT the Villain You’ve Been Told – feat. Daniel Peterson” Also: This interview, in which I spoke with Nathan Lenaghen of BYU-Idaho Radio, was posted earlier today: “New documentary series focuses on Brigham Young.” It runs not quite twenty-two minutes. And, if you’re up to it, you can find... Read more
We posted our second episode in the Becoming Brigham series yesterday (see “Becoming Brigham, Episode 2—Shorthand & Bloodstains, Part One”) and our first episode is still available for you delinquents who haven’t yet watched it. I hope that you will watch it and that, if you feel able to do so, you will commend it to others. And, by the way, Episode 2 may be of special interest to those out there who played with secret decoder rings and/or... Read more
I’m pleased to call your attention to “Shorthand & Bloodstains, Part One: Becoming Brigham, Episode 2,” which went up online earlier today. I really like this one. And, of course, Episode 1 is still up — and will remain so. I hope that you’ll hit the “Subscribe” button for Becoming Brigham. There is some really interesting material coming your way and it would be a shame if you were to miss it. And I’m a bit delinquent — sorry!... Read more
Fellow pilgrims, tomorrow — 2 February 2026 — is one of the most important dates of the year and is the inspiration for perhaps the greatest film ever made. Prepare yourselves accordingly. Observe it with the appropriate reverence and solemnity. Tomorrow is also the day on which the second episode of Becoming Brigham will go up online. It’s an episode that I really like, so I hope that you’ll watch it. (I trust that you’ve watched Episode 1 by... Read more
We invite you to attend a special fireside about the Becoming Brigham documentary film project that will be held TONIGHT — Saturday, 31 January 2026 — at 7:00 P.M. in the Orem Lakeview Stake Center: 450 West 1800 South, Orem. Special guests will include John Donovan Wilson (who played Brigham Young in Six Days in August) and Camrey Bagley Fox (who portrayed Emma Smith in both Witnesses and Six Days in August). They are two of the three co-hosts... Read more
“True and Living,” written by Daniel C. Peterson, was published today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 67 (2025) : vii-xiv. Abstract: What does it mean for the Church to be “true and living”? Is it prideful to make such a claim? Why is it important that the Church be both? And I would also like to call your attention to “Conversations with Interpreter: A New Video Podcast, Starting Saturday, January 31.” Although the Interpreter... Read more
I participated in a meeting up in Salt Lake City yesterday afternoon that was sponsored by the Communications Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. One of the matters discussed was the question of where most Americans get their information about the Church, and where they form their impressions of it. The relevant data indicate that their information and impressions come, mostly, from the entertainment media. Happily, we’ve been blessed by a continuously flowing river of... Read more
I remind you, once again, of our Becoming Brigham fireside this coming Saturday, 31 January, to be held at 7 PM at the Orem Lakeview Stake Center: 450 West 1800 South, Orem. And, in the meantime, don’t fail to watch the first episode of Becoming Brigham; Episode 2 goes up on Monday. Watch Episode 1 here. Incidentally, regarding my post yesterday — “How I became a movie star” — is there a gene that allows human brains to perceive... Read more
Posted today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, a concise set of notes for teachers and students of the Come, Follow Me curriculum of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Come, Follow Me — Old Testament Study and Teaching Helps (2026) February 2-8: Moses 7 — “The Lord Called His People Zion” Also worthy of mention: This coming Saturday, 31 January 2026, will be another notable day in the history of the completely comatose and unchanging... Read more
The first episode of the Interpreter Foundation’s new Becoming Brigham video series is now up and accessible completely without charge. See here. In connection with the launch of this initial installment in our series of mini-documentaries, I published an article today in Meridian Magazine: “Becoming Brigham: The Video Series Premieres” Incidentally, one of The Usual Suspects — my anonymous Mini-Stalker — had already posted his first derisive critique of the first episode at least two hours before its formal... Read more
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