Episode 112 - Really Rackled Some Lapels

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aaaAAAaaa rolls out the cocktail segment with “Theological Ventriloquism,” a drink as bizarre and on-brand as the name suggests. Made with pineapple rum, banana rum, blue curaçao, Sprite Zero and enough pineapple juice to drown your doubts, it’s as tropical as Joseph Smith’s theological gymnastics. Why the name? Because Section 109 of D&C is essentially God dictating a prayer to Joseph… to say back to God. It’s divine sock-puppetry at its finest. Along the way, we get drink banter, body horror from hormone fog and important updates on Pedro Pascal look-alike contests. You know, essentials.

Scriptures: [00:22:05]
Moroni dons the voice of Belle Gibson for a dramatic reading of D&C 108 and 109, breathing new, morally questionable life into the text. Section 108 is a divine pat on the head to Lyman Sherman, who just wanted to know his duties and got an affirmation sermon from God's mouthpiece instead. Section 109, the Kirtland Temple dedication, gets full Belle treatment—a breathy, mystical affirmation-fest complete with turmeric hugs and cosmic journaling. And yes, we ask the important questions, like whether coffee enemas are Word of Wisdom-approved (probably not, but they're loophole-adjacent).

Church Teachings: [00:41:55]
Abish pulls together a chaotic, glorious mishmash of masonic cosplay, temple dedication lore, and classic “was it Mormon or Masonic” trivia. We learn that the Kirtland Temple wasn’t just a building—it was spiritual Coachella: fire from heaven, angel sightings, people speaking in tongues, and maybe even a running fart. Saints had fasted themselves into delirium and dove into naked anointings and oil baths, all while Joseph played dress-up with Masonic rituals and tried to pass them off as revelation. There’s also a drinking game to test which weird rituals were OG Joseph and which were Freemason fanfic. Bonus: this all bankrupted the church. Cheers!

History: [01:04:18]
Abigail takes us deep into the chaotic writings of Ogden Kraut, the Z-list celebrity of fringe Mormonism and a man who churned out over 70 books of uncorrelated doctrine while living just outside the bounds of excommunication. She walks us through his prolific self-publishing, his homespun theology, and his posthumous status as a minor prophet among polygamists and prepper sects. From adam-god theology to anti-correlation rants, Ogden wrote like he was being chased by a deadline from Kolob. It’s a fascinating look at the kind of weird that correlation committees were invented to suppress.

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