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Tonight Lisa Keller, community organizer from Idaho, joins Cardon Ellis and Brittany Ellis in the Ward Radio Wig-Wam to update us on the latest from Idaho!

Patrick Bet-David and Tony Robbins sat down to talk about America’s future — and walked straight into Mormon missions.Robbins: a **belief is a poor substitute for an experience.** PBD: send the kids out so they stop taking America for granted.This reaction episode is about why that only works when it’s undergirded by faith.- Not a weekend orphanage trip. Two years. Local currency. Local food. Local buses.- Language in six weeks — the clip even nods at how the FBI noticed- Why a secular “national service” still won’t do what Jews and Mormons do- Meaning in every relationship: premortal, mortal, eternal- Forgiveness as the thing that actually repairs a country- Stop acting like the underdog. The people building things keep saying the same line: *those Mormons figured it out.*Be loud. Be proud. They already want what you have.Original PBD / Robbins clip linked in the description.#TonyRobbins #PatrickBetDavid #LDSMission #WardRadioChapter Markers0:00 – PBD and Robbins: Mormons figured this out 2:20 – Missions, languages, and Nick Shirley 4:50 – “Belief is a poor substitute for experience” 8:35 – Why America can’t copy Jews and Mormons 11:30 – Meaning in every relationship 14:20 – Made to give, not just get 17:15 – Stop playing the underdog 20:30 – Sponsors + Brother Joseph Again screeningBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)🍿For more information on the October 2nd, 2026 Event, please visit https://www.wardradio.com/event-details/ward-radio-pre-screening-of-brother-joseph-again⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

1869. The Salt Lake Temple is barely out of the ground. And the Saints are printing **First Nephi in a brand-new alphabet**.The **Deseret Alphabet** was Brigham Young’s phonetic rewrite of English — no silent letters, no exceptions. *Tough* is just **TUF**. Immigrants were supposed to learn English faster. Schoolchildren got primers. Apostles like Parley P. Pratt were on the committee.It flopped.English speakers didn’t want a new alphabet. Printing was expensive. Only **four** books were ever produced. Flooded basements wrecked a lot of the rest.The irony Reid Moon drops in this episode: **more people use the Deseret font today than ever used it in the 1800s.**Reid brings an original 1868–69 Deseret Reader into the studio — three witnesses page, pronunciation key, the real artifact — and walks through:- What the alphabet was *for* (schools, not Adamic code)- Why it wasn’t a Kirtland cipher- Why a complete Deseret Book of Mormon is still one of the most affordable 19th-century LDS collectibles- Two original readers heading to the Ward Radio merch storeA failed language. A real piece of Utah history. And a font you can still download.#DeseretAlphabet #BrighamYoung #LatterDaySaints #WardRadioChapter Markers0:00 – Intro 0:11 – 1869: they already knew what the Temple would look like 1:25 – What is this book? 1:45 – English… with no exceptions 2:20 – First Nephi in the Deseret Alphabet 2:55 – The Three Witnesses page 3:20 – Why was it created? Immigrants vs. secret code 4:00 – Only four books were ever printed 4:30 – More people use the font NOW than in the 1800s 5:00 – October 1868: Brigham announces the school readers 5:40 – Committee of three, University of Deseret, 1853 6:00 – Parley P. Pratt’s letter to Orson 6:25 – This is not the Adamic language 6:50 – University of Deseret → Salt Lake 7:00 – “The First Ward” sidebar 8:50 – Flooded basements and rare complete copies 9:20 – Pratt: it was to help people learn 10:00 – Two original readers for the merch store 10:50 – How to ship a 150-year-old book 12:10 – A chunk of Brigham Young and Parley P. Pratt’s experimentBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)🍿For more information on the October 2nd, 2026 Event, please visit https://www.wardradio.com/event-details/ward-radio-pre-screening-of-brother-joseph-again⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

**Exclusive.** We walked the actual studio where *Brother Joseph Again* was built — black walls, plaster busts, death masks, and a replica of the Smith-Larson daguerreotype locket the Church now owns.Joseph Smith is the only latter-day Church president with **no confirmed photograph**. For 182 years the face has been paintings, a death mask, and arguments. These filmmakers say they can finally answer what he looked like.Patrick Bishop (history), Joseph Rickey (forensics), and director Daelynn walk us through:- Why the Church itself kept asking “what did Joseph really look like?”- Rogers vs. Maudsley vs. the death mask — the contraries- John Taylor’s bust… and the later letter that said it was *nothing* like Joseph- Why a family locket stayed hidden for 40 years (jewelry, not a parlor portrait)- Why it isn’t Hyrum (no mole, no sideburns, wrong lip length)- Skull → death mask → 3D reconstruction → overlay on the daguerreotype- The Scannel image they studied for 10 years and still won’t fully kill- Scenes they cut: family likenesses, Hallmark stamps, a 2:30 a.m. “I cannot be an imbecile” momentCardon stays skeptical. Chris Blythe stays open. The filmmakers put the whole case on the table.Not a review of the movie. A tour of the evidence.Tickets and links in the description.#BrotherJosephAgain #JosephSmith #WardRadio**Chapter Markers**0:00 – Studio tour 2:00 – Why Cardon is skeptical 4:00 – Meet the filmmakers 5:00 – The replica locket 6:00 – Joseph’s face has been abused 7:40 – Paintings vs. the death mask 9:00 – John Taylor’s bust 10:20 – “No secrets in Mormonism” 12:20 – Preponderance of evidence 14:00 – When history met forensics 15:20 – The other claimed photo 16:40 – “I cannot be an imbecile” 18:00 – Provenance of the Larson locket 21:30 – What they cut from the film 25:10 – Why it isn’t Hyrum 27:20 – Skull, mask, 3D face 28:10 – How did nobody know for 182 years? 29:20 – Jewelry vs. parlor portrait 32:30 – Cartoons and caricatures 36:10 – The expert bench 38:50 – The 90-second case 40:30 – OutroBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)🍿For more information on the October 2nd, 2026 Event, please visit https://www.wardradio.com/event-details/ward-radio-pre-screening-of-brother-joseph-again⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

Adam Whitbeck left. Then he came back. Then, in one month, he got his patriarchal blessing, drove 15 young men to camp, was ordained an elder, and went to the Payson Temple.This episode is for the person who already knows the Church is true on paper — and still can’t feel it.We talk about:- Why an *intellectual* testimony can keep you from leaving… and still not make you act- The blessing that named young men — and the phone call two hours later- Washing and anointing: “the scales lifted from my eyes”- Three kinds of testimony: intellectual, experiential, spiritual- John 7:17 — do His will, *then* you’ll know- Chris Blythe’s convert story: cigarette, Book of Mormon, “can I go on a mission?”- What the endowment actually felt like after the internet told him it would be weirdIf you’re going through the motions and waiting for a witness first — this is the episode that says **take the next step anyway.**#ComeBack #LatterDaySaints #WardRadioChapter Markers2:00 – Adam’s back — and he just got endowed 2:30 – Comfort without meaning 3:20 – Intellectual testimony without a spiritual one 4:10 – Going through the motions 4:30 – Patriarchal blessing 5:15 – Two hours later: drive 15 young men to camp 6:40 – “Maybe there’s something to this” 7:00 – Ordained an elder 7:15 – Payson Temple 8:00 – “Thank you for waiting for me” 8:50 – Scales lifted at the washing and anointing 10:00 – Sponsor: Brother Joseph 10:15 – Brad: I remembered you feeling the Spirit 11:15 – Sense vs. want 11:40 – To anyone considering coming back: keep going 12:20 – John 7:17 — do, then know 13:00 – Three testimonies: intellectual, experiential, spiritual 14:10 – Intellectual testimony as a shield 15:00 – Form of godliness, denying the power 16:00 – Experience reinforces the principle 16:40 – Sometimes you act with no whoosh 18:40 – Chris: convert, fall, porch, cigarette, fire 21:20 – Three ways God builds a convert 22:20 – “Where’s the weird part?” 23:10 – Bible already prepared him for the temple 24:00 – Symbols when words aren’t enough 25:20 – What’s still hard to believe? 26:20 – Journal the wrestle 27:20 – Welcome back Become a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)🍿For more information on the October 2nd, 2026 Event, please visit https://www.wardradio.com/event-details/ward-radio-pre-screening-of-brother-joseph-again⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures