Podcast 19: Turn

We really had a full house this time around! Yay! Besides the three of us, we had our old lady, Alexis, plus our old friends (now married) Adam and Laura! Also Pete's parents voiced themselves a little behind the scene.

Ecclesiastes. It's not just where the lyrics to "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)" are from (although I think we never actually mentioned the title of the song in the podcast).

Why are Mormons Republicans? We attempt to answer that. We don't succeed. Special thanks to Laura for being a Democrat in on the discussion. Special thanks to Pete for predictably being a Republican. Semi thanks to the rest of us who just tried to find their way.

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Podcast 18: Tunnel

Perhaps this podcast should have been called "Opening Remarks." We did a lot of housecleaning, so your patience is appreciated. Rhett spoke in church, Rhett had a birthday, Jon tried out a different ward, we responded to emails and we responded to our first batch of audio questions. Pretty packed. Plus there were all the tangents. Oh the tangents! Oh the humanity!

Anyway, anybody know anything about Hezekiah? If you answered anything less than "Mmmm, a bit" then prepare to have your mind grapes blown with Hezekiah knowledge.

We skipped out on our second topic this week, since podcast announcements took longer than our actual first topic.

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Podcast 17: Bald

Elijah, Elisha. I still think it's weird that their names are so similar. Not only did we complete the Eli epic, but we dabbled a little in heaven as a motivation for goodness vs. goodness for its own sake. I think we talked about a bunch of other stuff too, but what we were supposed to talk about was Elisha and his mantle -- which we did.

Also, tithing. How much should you pay? How much do you pay? What if you're paid in food? How do you get 2.75 chickens into one of those grey envelopes?

As an added added bonus if you listen all the way to the end you'll be able to hear the spiritual conversation we have before every podcast to get us ready for what we'll eventually discuss.

Also, I tried to get rid of some of the background ceiling fan noise, so I eliminated some of the audio in the 160-200 Hz range using an artificial graphic equalizier. What do you think? Is that frequency range a good one to eliminate?

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Podcast 16: Voice

Rhett was gone this week, but we were able to talk to another Sunday school teacher in the form of repeat guest Laura! The life, power and attitude of Elijah was this week's topic.

On the secondary we took advantage of Laura being around by discussing hymns in slightly more detail than we did before.

We wrapped things up with a very fun (for Jon) rendition of The Hymn Game!

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Podcast 15: ...oboam

Chatting about Rehoboam and Jeroboam which one would you follow? Check out the new poll!

Click here for "What Every Elder Should Know."

Doctrine & Covenants 84:38 -- And he that receiveth my Father receiveth my Father’s kingdom; therefore all that my Father hath shall be given unto him.

Also read page 67 of the OT student manuel -- the one with Daniel in the lion's den on the front.

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Also: remember Peter's birthday.

Podcast 14: Wisdom

I think our exhaustion after watching the World Cup final is very apparent. Here's a fun game -- see how many "ums," "you knows" and "likes" you can count during the course of the podcast. Being tired didn't stop us from setting a new record in podcast length. Perhaps you should listen to this one in stages (or more stages than usual).

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Podcast 13: Praise

Peter and Jon talk Psaltry. We talked a lot about the hymns. Surely we'll talk more about hymns as an official second topic soon.

And speaking of the second topic, happy 4th of July everybody (unless of course you're from a different country).

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Also: I'm trying something new this week. I'm not editing it. I'm pretty much just taking the audio file and posting it as is (which is practically what I do anyway). In short, I'm not listening to the thing after it's done. If there's a problem with the audio, let me know.