Episode 139: Joseph Didn’t Fight Polygamy, Part One

Join Lindsay as she interviews historians John Dinger, Bryan Buchanan, and John Hatch about the “Joseph Fought Polygamy” arguments. This is part one of two.   Links mentioned in this podcast: * Joseph Fought Polygamy doc * Defending Joseph * Pure Mormonism: Why I’m Abandoning Polygamy * Corb Lund’s Brother Brigham, Brother Young song * Nauvoo Expositor * Nauvoo City Council meetings for June 8 & 10 * Joseph Smith’s letter to Newel K. Whitney, July 27, 1842 * Deed to Sarah Ann Whitney September 6, 1842 * Blessing to Sarah Ann Whitney March 23, 1843 * John C. Bennett’s 1842 expose History of the Saints * Joseph Smith’s 1844 indictment for adultery and fornication * The Lott family bible * Testimony of John Scott in Nauvoo v. O.F. Bostwick