1 Nephi 15 He Looks Like Dudley Dursley and He Sounds Like Brian Regan

Smith starts out by trying to convince us that his legal name may be Smith Podcast and the guys have been saying his name the entire time. Smith knows a lot about Penn and Teller. Joe remembers REM’s 1995 performance on Letterman. Joe made a Modest Mouse name-that-tune challenge game for Smith, and Smith kind of blows it out of the water. The guys talk about what they like about indie music, and Joe confesses his love for Indie 102.3 in Denver. Is there a Mormon special forces unit? Smith tells about his son correcting him over Rusty’s name for the church. Joe’s son correctly uses the L’s N in V. Joe tells a second-hand story about a good sacrament meeting prank he heard of once. The guys remember how nerve-racking the sacrament prayer could be, and Smith shares a fail he had. The guys talk about an attitude shift in the church more recently where people can make mistakes on some of the wording and still get by. Smith drops a bombshell that he used to be a temple worker/officiator and tells a couple of stories about the council to not be an asshole to temple patrons. 

Nephi acts like a judgey asshole to his brothers while millions of people in 2022 testify that the BOM is true. Joe tells us about telling his bishop about masturbating too much. Smith casually mentions the idea of the BOMCU as if he’s mentioned it millions of times. He wonders if Jurassic Park technology will help graft the branch of this olive tree that Nephi won’t STFU about. Joe gets indignant about Nephi taking credit for a positive change in L&L, but not taking responsibility when shit goes South. Smith points out that it’s silly to get angry with the motivations of the fictional Nephi. 

Bane reads us a quote from Brucer, who seems like a pretty big advocate for staying with the ninety and nine sheep. The guys scratch the surface on DF Uch and how challenging norms may get you demoted out of the first presidency. Smith recommends a Thinker of Thoughts YT video about a GA who had to make some ex post facto changes to his conference talk (citation needed). The guys resort to making dick jokes about the iron rod again, come on guys grow up. L&L tend to ask the questions that Nephi is just raring to answer, some of the questions are so specific. Joe and Smith try to make an impromptu MM song using the BOM as inspiration and it doesn’t work. The guys still can’t get over how in-your-face the last chapter was about calling all other churches a whore. 

 

Crush With Eyeliner - REM - 1995 https://youtu.be/xA3H6czr9Ms?t=250  

Indie 102.3 in Denver (stream it!) https://indie.cpr.org/ 

The Universe Tim and Eric https://youtu.be/-R4Tp8ls5lY?t=62 

The Caravan Moves On By Elder Bruce R. McConkie https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1984/10/the-caravan-moves-on?lang=eng 

Thinker Of Thoughts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTCFh3uDMH0GZlwl1JOoHQ 

A Mormon by any other name... https://youtu.be/2lKQrYUE3yc

Randy Travis - Forever And Ever, Amen (Official Music Video) https://youtu.be/sgJXbIP83A8 

Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal with permission from the artist.

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