Mormonism Live!
with Radio Free Mormon and Bill Reel
Episodes
August 8, 2025 ⢠137 mins
Tonight on Mormonism Live, we take a scalpel to Mormonism’s Founder Joseph Smith as He takes one to a Book of Abraham character What happens when a god loses his snout which Has Joseph Smith losing faceâand why does it feel so⌠Mormon? In this off-the-rails episode, Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon dive deep… Read More »Mormonism & The Snout of Anubis: Joseph Smith Loses Fac...
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July 31, 2025 ⢠135 mins
How Did Joseph Smith Convince So Many? Exploring Hypnosis, Visions, and the Birth of a Movement How did Joseph Smith inspire thousands to not only believe in his prophetic gifts but also claim their own divine visions and supernatural encounters? Could hypnosis or altered states of consciousness explain part of the story? Tonight, we explore… Read More »Joseph Smith: Hypnotist
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July 24, 2025 ⢠110 mins
What happens when faith becomes a franchise? In this gripping episode of Mormonism LIVE, we sit down with award-winning filmmaker Nathan Apffel and Chris Ayoub to discuss his upcoming documentary âThe Religion Businessââa hard-hitting exposĂŠ exploring the multi-billion dollar intersection of belief, power, and profit. From televangelists to temples, weâll pull back the curtain on… Read More »
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July 21, 2025 ⢠165 mins
What If the Prophet You Trust Showed Signs You’d Warn Your Children About? We often teach our children how to recognize red flagsâsigns that someone might not have good intentions. But what happens when those same behaviors show up in the life of someone we revere as a prophet? In this eye-opening episode, we explore… Read More »Predatory Techniques of Mormonism’s Prophet...
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July 12, 2025 ⢠110 mins
Lila Tueller, Daughter of LDS General Authority, Shares Untold Stories of Pain and Faith in âShattered Trustâ What happens when loyalty to the Church comes at the expense of the individual? Lila Tueller, daughter of well-known LDS General Authority Hartman Rector, Jr., has spent a lifetime inside the heart of Mormonism. In her powerful new… Read More »Mormon Spiritual Abuse
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July 3, 2025 ⢠167 mins
Who really was Joseph Smith? When one peels back the layers of legend and legacy to explore the life of Mormonismâs controversial founder, a far more complex and human figure emergesâpart visionary, part rebel, and entirely unlike the sanitized version told in Sunday School. From buried golden plates and seer stones to secret plural marriages… Read More »Joseph Smith: The Man Behind ...
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June 26, 2025 ⢠131 mins
Of all the misleading tactics used by Latter-day Saint apologists, this one might just take the crown. Itâs sneaky, itâs calculatedâand even after being called out repeatedly, they still keep doing it. Why? Because when it comes to defending Mormonism and the LDS Church, it seems the ends justify any means. But not this time.… Read More »The Sneakiest Mormon Apologetic Of Them All
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June 19, 2025 ⢠155 mins
In this episode of Mormonism Live, Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon dive headfirst into the Churchâs newest official Gospel Topics entry on the Book of Abraham, dissecting its language, implications, and apologetic framing. With surgical precision (and just a bit of satire), they explore how the Church attempts to repackage decades of controversy surrounding… Read More »Book of Abraha...
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June 12, 2025 ⢠158 mins
Discovered by accident in a desert cave, the Dead Sea Scrolls have become one of the most significant archaeological finds of the last century. But what do they actually sayâand why do they matter? In this episode, we explore the strange, surprising, and deeply revealing world of the scrolls: hidden prophecies, rival messiahs, priesthood power… Read More »Mormonism & the Dead Sea...
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June 12, 2025 ⢠97 mins
đ¨ EXPOSED: LDS Church & Tax Filing Fraud? đ¨In this special edition of Mormonism Live, we uncover stunning new evidence that suggests the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may have violated U.S. tax lawsâintentionally. From questionable filings to shell entities and hidden assets, this episode lays out what weâve found, why it matters,… Read More »LDS Church In Trouble...
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June 12, 2025 ⢠182 mins
Is the Book of Abraham based on papyrus we no longer have? In this episode, we explore the Missing Scroll Theoryâthe idea that Joseph Smith translated the Book of Abraham from a long roll of papyrus that has since been lost or destroyed. We’ll examine the historical records, including firsthand accounts from early Saints like… Read More »The Book of Abraham’s Missing Scro...
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June 12, 2025 ⢠147 mins
[Mormonism Live 234] In this episode of Mormonism Live, Radio Free Mormon (Bill is on vacation) dives headfirst into the growing tension between scientific discovery and Mormon doctrine. When it comes to mormonism in the modern world, science keeps raising its hand with uncomfortable questions. The LDS Church, meanwhile, continues to insist it has the… Read More »Science vs. Mormonis...
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What happens when a celebrated war hero, beloved by both Congress and the LDS Church, turns out to be living a lie? In this episode of Mormonism Live, we investigate the incredible true story of Douglas Stringfellow â a Utah congressman, decorated veteran, and rising star in postwar America⌠until it all came crashing down.… Read More »Mormon War Hero Who Lied: The Douglas Stringfell...
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May 15, 2025 ⢠136 mins
In this eye-opening episode of Mormonism Live, hosts Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon are joined by author and theologian Charley Harrell to explore his powerful Dialogue Journal article, âJohn Taylor on the âDark Agesâ.â Together, they take a deep dive into how third LDS Church President John Taylor challenged the traditional narrative of the… Read More »John Taylor and the Truth Abo...
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May 8, 2025 ⢠110 mins
What do you get when you mix Mormon folklore, an angelic visitation, and a supposed Nephite treasure buried in a Utah hillside? You get one of the strangest, most persistent sagas in LDS history: the story of John Hyrum Koyle and the Dream Mine. In this episode, we dig into the bizarre and fascinating tale… Read More »The Dream Mine Story: Mormonismâs Most Expensive Revelation [Mormo...
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May 1, 2025 ⢠152 mins
This episode of Mormonism Live, we dive into a forgotten battlefield of Utah history â the Black Hawk War â a brutal and devastating conflict between Mormon settlers and Native American tribes that has been largely buried under pioneer myths and whitewashed storytelling. Far from a few isolated raids, the Black Hawk War (1865â1872) was… Read More »Utahâs Bloodiest Secret: Mormonism a...
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April 27, 2025 ⢠127 mins
A fake email account bearing Bill Reelâs name was used to manipulate and deceiveâan incident that has raised serious questions about digital ethics, privacy violations, and personal targeting within the post-Mormon space. In this episode, we break down what happened, how the deception unfolded, and why the details point in a very specific direction. From… Read More »Digital Deception...
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April 24, 2025 ⢠122 mins
When Joseph Smith died in 1844, the Restoration shattered like a glass dropped from heaven. What followed was a century-spanning explosion of rival prophets, breakaway churches, polygamist kingdoms, angelic messages, and more than one self-crowned king. In this episode of Mormonism Live, Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon take you on a deep dive into… Read More »Prophets, Polygamists &#...
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April 17, 2025 ⢠184 mins
[Mormonism Live: 227] Welcome to the alternate reality where Joseph Smith never practiced polygamy, the angels with swords were just metaphors, and dozens of wivesâincluding teenagers and already-married womenâsomehow just⌠didnât exist. In this weekâs episode of Mormonism Live, Bill Reel and Radio Free Mormon are joined by Mormonism Historian Dan Vogel as they dive… Read More »The W...
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April 10, 2025 ⢠211 mins
đ Mormonism & The Charles Anthon Affair The Strange Meeting That Shaped a Scripture In this episode, we unravel one of the most curious and consequential moments in early Mormon history: the mysterious encounter between Martin Harris and Professor Charles Anthon. Was it a miraculous fulfillment of prophecy… or a carefully staged attempt to lend… Read More »Mormonism & ...
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