Ask Me Anything About Joseph Smith! (feat. Don Bradley) 

I love the ease with which Don makes little quips and goes with the jokes without losing sight of the argument. That's the sign of a well grounded, humble but also competent individual.

Don Bradley makes lots of interesting discoveries because he doesn’t presuppose what he is supposed to find. His work is awesome.

Since a lot of people were sharing their stories of meeting apostles, I wanted to share mine. When I was about 13 or 14 I was late to church one day. I remember finally walking to church because we live close and my dad met me halfway there. I was expecting to be scolded, like he frequently would, when I was late to church, but this time he just told me that I was missing out at church, because a member of the quorum of the 12 apostle was in our sacrament meeting on the stand. Panic immediately said in,. In that moment, I got a little sense of what it would feel like to be unworthy at the resurrection. My entire family was in a sacrament meeting, where an apostle of the Lord spoke, and I was sleeping in my pajamas. Thankfully, the Lord is very full of mercy, and as I went to Sunday school, where they combined all the youth and had a Q&A with elder Bednar, taking our questions. I’m sure I asked a moronic question, I do not remember what my question was. I know for certain that somebody in the room asked if he’d seen Jesus Christ, which, I know he just said it’s too sacred. And the adults were really embarrassed. So anyways, be on time for church, be worthy of the resurrection, and don’t ask the apostle sacred question.

Haven't even gotten ten minutes into this episode, and Don "The dedicated disciple of delicious doctrine, and documentation" Bradley drops such an awesome nugget of a paradigm shift for how to view a prophet. Midnight Mormons, I am genuinely grateful that you've brought this gentleman on the show, and Don Bradley, thank you for showing up.

Thank you Don for standing up for Emma!

Just wanna say - I recently discovered you guys and I’ve listened to older podcasts as well. The point is - I FREAKING LOVE YOU GUYS! Keep it up and thank you!

Don, your 116 pages book was mind boggling. Absolutely loved it and have showed it off to friends and family. Bring Don on more!

As soon as I saw the names Don Bradley and Joseph Smith I knew what I was gonna be listening to for the next hour and a half

How can you not love Don Bradley?

I think what Woodruff said about Joseph, says a lot about what kind of man Joseph was, and I would have loved to get to know him personally: "I declare, Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God. I heard Joseph Smith say that if he were Emperor of the World, we would make sure that everybody had the right to practice their religion in the way the want to practice it." .. Wished some more religions would live up to that, for in the end its just the golde rule applied

Don is amazing. Awesome temperament!

Thanks to Don for sharing his research and thoughts with us!

Love listening to Don. I wish there was more time for him ❤

I love don Bradley, I wish the host would stop interrupting him with useless side comments and show more respect it’s hard to listen to him when you hear random noises

Don Bradley SOLID!!! I loved this episode. Thanks for sharing.

A couple of points. Firstly, I was President Kimball’s bodyguard. Way back when he toured the UK, he had young men to block the entrances to the stand so he could have space. We also held hands around him and Camilla so he could meet the Saints and yet have room to breathe, he was that tiny. He signed my mission call up papers. Regarding Don Bradley, I have nothing but respect for his insight and scholarly approach to his research. I am an old LDS believing in the Lamanite Indians, Meso-America as well as the old style endowment. His measured tones and references to other works is helpful to us old dogs!

Dude, if Don Bradley is on, I'm here for it!!! Late to the party though, hahaha!

Love this episode… great show guys!

I remember the old ZCMI Men's clothing section was called the "Bailiwick." But I'm almost ancient.

I loved Don’s response to Jacob Isbell

Don is so patient

Wow Don is amazing!

The Savior in Kirtland: Personal Accounts of Divine Manifestations Karl Ricks Anderson

The eclipses cross in Southern Illinois, which, according to the Heartland model of the Book of Mormon, may be where Lachoneas gathered the Nephites vs the Gadianton Robbers

Please post here how we access the episode Don Bradly mentions in the first few minute that he says discusses Nauvoo polygamy.

This episode wasn’t long enough 😩

Hey Cardon, I love your podcasts! I feel like we think so similarly about the gospel and the issues with the church today! But the volume output is always so much lower than the commercials and much lower than other podcasts. I have a decent phone and speaker and I often have to have it way up to hear the conversations. Just FYI and keep up the great conversations! 😊

Loved the Mitch McConnell joke! Hilarious

Fascinating listening to all of his insights.

“Sister so & so’s going to conduct the closing prayer.” Haha. Cardon you say the craziest stuff and you don’t even realize it. I’m going to start keeping a list

Finally, my membership went through! Thanks guys, and for Don Bradley contributions!

I think I need to do research on psychedelics. 😜

Only got on the last few minutes of the live 😢 Don Bradley is great though!

I don't know where the notion that Hugh Nibley had never traveled to the "Old World" came from. He served a mission in Germany. Then later, he landed on "Utah" Beach on D-Day, eventually ending up in Germany, revisiting some of the areas he proselyted at, when no one was shooting at him. There is also a video called "Faith of a Scholar" where you see Nibley walking through Egyptian Ruined temples where he translates in real time the hieroglyphs on the walls.

Actually, Nibley did visit the Old World. He served a mission in Germany, was in Europe during WWII, and I know he visited at least one archaeological site in Egypt because he took a leave of absence from his Book of Mormon class that can be found on youtube for it.

This show is fun and entertaining: This format is so much fun:

Love listening to you fellows, best show on RU-vid. I love Michelle Stone, i think she is spot on and usually very thorough. I don’t believe Joseph practised polygamy either, he was a very honest man and continually fought against it.

Please turn up the volume on everyone, except Cardon LOL

Isn't bailiwick meaning within one's skill set?

Penguin in the first Batman by Tim Burton??? What!?!

The volume of your podcast sounds muted and muffled. I am having to turn up the volume on my computer significantly to hear you guys. Just thought you would want to know. I don't wear hearing aids either.

Studying and scratching out every possible dirt clod to just say JosephS. was a polygamist is just nuts to me. People are eager to disprove The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints since it was restored. FAITH FAITH FAITH. I watch as discovery upon discovery proves the truth of the Book of Mormon. I was away from church over 33 yrs. I knew even then it is true. But my guilt of bad choices kept me away. So glad to be back!!! Love Grantspass Stake!!!!

This man thinks Joseph married other man’s wives and lied and propositioned young girls! Joseph smith said this I have been chained. I have rattled chains before in a dungeon for the truth’s sake. I am innocent of all these charges, and you can bear witness of my innocence, for you know me yourselves.

When Kwaku didn't realize his new calling was the punishment... 🙃

On the subject of whether everyone will have to practice polygamy: when I was at BYU in the 80’s, a newspaper article was published by a sociology professor who said that very few people would need to practice polygamy in the hereafter. He based this on calculations of the number of young unmarried men who have died in war, assuming a certain percentage of them will make it to the celestial kingdom. Can’t remember the professor’s name.

Three Men and a Baby did not start Burt Reynolds, but rather Tom Selleck - a true American icon! Come on, man!

JS was submitted by a BYU coach for admittance into the wrestling hall of fame, but he's not actually in the hall of fame. Ironically, another Joseph Smith has since been inducted.

Question for Steve Diamond. Are you from Tunkhannock, PA? I knew some Diamonds when I joined the church in 1971. My maiden name was Yudichak. Love to hear your questions concerning the Priesthood Restoration Site.

You should have Taylor Drake on. he has some very interesting takes on the Elias question in his book 'Joseph in the Gap'

On the Wikipedia page on the screen, right after the name of the book Cardon read out loud, I saw the other book Don was looking for, The Savior in Kirtland.

46:20 Read the article called Daddy, Donna and Nephi (by Elder Holland). Lehi's story in 1st Nephi is very similar to Joseph Smith's story.

Hugh nibley visited Egypt in that documentary they made of his life. So I don't know what that person is talking about who said he didn't go to the old world.

After listening to your fair conference presentation and the endowment, I sort of got to pondering the idea what if the first few chapters of Moses isnt the vision Joseph had.

I’m gonna start using the term Baileywick

Don may be like Elvis in how cool he is in bringing forth and delivering information, but appearancewise he definitely more like Lyle Lovett.❤

Don Bradley is the best!!!

Hugh Nibley visited Egypt multiple times.

I believe Joseph Smith.

At first I didn’t realize the person on the rightside of the thumbnail was JS. I was like who is that guy? Lol I’m too tired

I'm not sure what is meant by the "old world," but Hugh Nibley did indeed travel to Egypt and the Near East. Not sure the biography, but we have film documentation of him there (e.g. among the pyramids).

Hey Don. How is your book on Oliver Cowdery coming along?

At first I thought this was Joseph Smith for a long time . But Through searching I found that there is one actually real picture of Joseph Smith . That was though to be a painting but it is really a picture painted . We use it a lot . This picture is Hyrum Smith . Check out all the sites on it .

I am curious, Did William Wallace White ever meet Parley Parker Pratt? Maybe in the Spirit World they can organize a Club/Fraternity of men with full names that start with the same letter, (triple vowels/triple consonants).

I came for Don's Joseph knowledge and left with the new found truth that Burt Reynolds was in Three Men and a Baby. 😳🤣

Sorry I missed this, I fell asleep. I can't afford a super chat, but I was told about an encounter that Joseph Smith Jr. had with Cain. That Cain was covered with long black hair all over his body, and that he stood as tall as Joseph Smith Jr. on his horse. It would have been cool to verify this story or debunk it.

The disconnect in worldly minds with Joseph as a Prophet and the book of Abraham is that what he produced is not, like the Book of Mormon, a direct translation of the 'thing', though Joseph may have mistakenly thought so, but a direct revelation based on the questions Joseph was asking and he related each item to what he learned. That means the book of Abraham is not a translation but a revelation triggered by what Joseph was interested in. And what happened to the actual parchment/papyrus that prompted his revelation? In the end Joseph was above everything a seer and revelator. That is the reason for all so called disparities, which the world would not understand because it is a spiritual concept.

You all planning on doing an episode on or with Johnny Harris?

Bali whick is a common expression where I come from. S Idaho.

I'm sure Don Bradley has come into my life at this very moment. I am inactive. I live contrary to the commands of God but, I want to know the truth of all things concerning me.

What would it be like if the Church *did* take an official position on evolution?

Hugh Nibly visited Meso America many times and made the statement in a documentary about him that he had never found evidence of it being the lands spoken of in the Book of Mormon. 🤔. Perhaps that will be found in time after more archeological knowledge comes to light?

0:50 Kwaku was advertising a possible book that he was quoting from months ago. About what if there was no war etc. What happened to that? Is he referencing that book? I'm pretty sure if you ruin the lives of your enemies, there will be war LOL

A statement about the lost 116 pages, attributed to Lucy Harris: "If this be a divine communication, the same being that revealed it to you can easily replace it." *****SPOILER: Joseph couldn't replicate the translation (maybe becuase he wasn't really translating)! EVEN the LDS church aknowledges this in D&C 10 (granted with the additon of mormo spin)

It crosses over all the sacred restoration. Places . Al of them . And in all the cities named Salem . A lot of people think it is a warning to repent like the city of nivevah . I heard that some deal was actually made to buy the kirtland temple because they are desperate for money but their price may be too high so ii heard negotiations are going . We just need to wait and see if it is true .

4:20 first super chat of the night! Also, Don is wrong only about this… the Priesthood Restoration Site will have a temple!

Just wondering. Does the church have the sealed portion or are we waiting for their discovery?

I think SLC is the New Jerusalem

Burt Reynolds was not in Three Men and a Baby. 😂

Am I the only one who has to turn the volume down when Cardon talks and up when everyone else talks?

Burt Reynolds wasn’t in “Three Men and a Baby”

I just sat and shook my head over the amount of oxygen that was given to bailiwick or Don's scholarly and thoughtful phrasing. Showing off how poorly read you are isn't the flex these dopey bros think it is. 🙄 I tried to listen for Don Bradley but this channel is unserious to a grating degree.

Did anyone ask him his thoughts on the Seer stone vs Urim and Thummim?

Burt Reynolds wasn’t in 3 men and a baby. It was Tom Selleck.

HUgh Nibley was in the Army in WWII and was in Europe.

17:17 show me the scripture that says Abinidi is old.

Comparing Joseph to David and Solomon is disgraceful framing ! Jacob 2:24 Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord. 25 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph. 26 Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of old. 27 Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none;

52:24 2nd super chat (though unnamed)

Cardon almost got Ward Radio cancelled by accident lol... You almost said a word that describes someone who's "back" is "wet".

Thank you for your writing and your insights. It would have been nice to hear more of your commentary rather than all of the interruptions

Great show . Great to see an African American LDS Test comment.

Tom Selleck not Burt Reynolds....for seriously.

8:54 your definition of a prophet may be accurate, however, members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, believe prophets to be seers and revelator’s as well which means that he would be able to translate and reveal it to us correctly, if you were to prophet of God 😁👍🏼👍🏼 Hope that clears up that simple confusion for you that almost anybody else would understand 😁👍🏼👍🏼

Why do you constantly interrupt him in the middle of a thought?

Elias the preparer and Elias the restorer. John the baptist was Elias the preparer and John the beloved is Elias the restorer.

Has Royal skousen been on your show

I’m a member of the church also but the freemasonry thing doesn’t sit right with me, how his brother was a masonry and then he became a masonry it just doesn’t sit right with me. Also me knowing a person who was related to someone who was in the masonry which is crazy

Hé is master splinter. The other guys are teenage ninja turtles 🐢

Burt Reynolds??? Sorry, Cardon, Burt Reynolds was not in Three Men and A Baby. Wrong burly mustache guy. I think you’re thinking of Tom Selleck. 😂😂😂

Is anyone going to mention Don Brandford and his being a part of the Mornom Transhumanist Association? I mean thats as occult as you can get.

Burt Reynolds!?! What???