Category: Episodes
18
Apr
Episode 135: What About Religious Trauma? | A Conversation with Jana Spangler
by Cynthia and Susan
3 Comments
What’s religious trauma? For some Latter-day Saint women, church may become difficult or even unsafe because of it, yet many members have probably never heard...
11
Apr
Episode 134: What About Converts? | A Conversation with KC Bramer
by Cynthia and Susan
No Comments
Many Latter-day Saint women have had similar experiences as lifelong Church members. We come up through Primary and Young Women’s singing the same songs, going...
04
Apr
Episode 132 & 133 (bonus): Ask Us Anything | ALSSI’s Third Anniversary, Parts 1 & 2
by Cynthia and Susan
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Please join us as we celebrate our podcast anniversary with an Ask-Us-Anything conversation, hosted by Blakelee Ellis and featuring listener questions with Cynthia-and-Susan answers! It’s...
28
Mar
Episode 131: Speaking in Sacrament Meeting | The Susan Edition
by Cynthia and Susan
1 Comment
It sounds simple to say I must love my neighbor as I love myself, but what does that really look like? We have an unfaltering example...
21
Mar
Episode 130: Speaking in Sacrament Meeting | The Cynthia Edition
by Cynthia and Susan
4 Comments
For ALSSI listeners, it’ll be no surprise that when Cynthia was asked to speak on the subject of atonement, she pivoted to an exploration of...
14
Mar
Episode 129: Three Sisters, Three Experiences | A Conversation with Cynthia, Patricia, and Carolyn
by Cynthia and Susan
1 Comment
It’s easy to assume that when we’re all in the same room, we’re hearing, seeing, and experiencing the same things. But this discussion between three...
07
Mar
Episode 128: It’s Not Easy—A Conversation about Having Hard Conversations | with C.A. Larson
by Cynthia and Susan
3 Comments
Latter-day Saint women in a liminal faith space may find it’s not easy to know what to say, or to whom we can say it....
28
Feb
Episode 127: Who Said You Could Wear That?
by Cynthia and Susan
4 Comments
Cultural taboos and prohibitions can feel etched in stone for many Latter-day Saint women. Even in things so personal as what to wear to church,...
21
Feb
Episode 126: What About Tithing?
by Cynthia and Susan
5 Comments
Got thoughts about tithing? This may be the episode you’ve been waiting for! There’s a lot of emotion tied up at the intersection of money,...
14
Feb
Episode 125: Women Reading Scripture—A Reflection on Voices Rising | A Conversation with Kajsa Berlin-Kaufusi
by Cynthia and Susan
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Because the scriptures have been written, translated, interpreted, and most often taught by men, it’s not surprising many women don’t feel empowered to venture beyond...
07
Feb
Episode 124: The Holy Work of Activism—A Conversation with Jody England Hansen
by Cynthia and Susan
4 Comments
How does your religion influence your activism? And how does your activism influence your personal practice of your religion? For Jody England Hansen, there’s never been...
31
Jan
Episode 123: Reimagining Church
by Cynthia and Susan
2 Comments
For some Latter-day Saints, our church services are feeling a little stale. Maybe even boring? If you got a seat on the Imagination Committee, what...