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On Easter Sunday 2022, an interesting thing happened: Two apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints appeared on CBS Sunday Morning and gave viewers a rare look inside the Washington, D.C. Temple.

“What does [the priesthood] bring into our lives? Why did God need this authority? Why did God need these ordinances in our lives at this time?”  

In a recent live recording of the All In podcast, Steve Young became so passionate about what he was saying that he began yelling. What was the Hall of Fame quarterback so adamant about that he became animated? The gospel of Jesus Christ.

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week in the United States. We didn’t know this when we planned this week’s episode of “All In”—where Cathy Burningham shared her family’s decade-long struggle with infertility. But we like to believe that God knew and made sure that those who are struggling with infertility know that He is aware of them.

Kacey McCallister was hit by a semi-truck as a 6-year-old little boy leaving his uncle’s mission farewell. He miraculously survived and hasn’t stopped defying odds in the years since.

Ed Willis’s life began in a place literally called “The Lower Bottom.” Drugs, Alcohol, Prostitution—you name it, and it could be found in the lower bottom. Ed was always searching for something.

Julie and her husband Dave once thought they would never be able to have children because of fertility issues.

Twenty years ago, Stake President Thomas B. Griffith got permission to try something a bit unique. Every talk given in sacrament meeting or lesson shared must tie back to the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

Taylor Ricks has long considered unnamed scripture heroes to be her friends. So much so, in fact, she even wrote a book about them.

Sister Ardeth Kapp was never able to have children, but she recalls how a prophet’s blessing setting her apart gave her peace about her situation.

Marrying and becoming an insta-mom to two little girls was a lot harder than Tammy Uzelac Hall thought it would be.

Ronell Hugh has spent his career in marketing working for recognizable businesses like Adobe, HP, Microsoft, and Walmart, and recently spoke of approaching the prophet’s call to abandon attitude and actions of prejudice from the perspective of a marketer.

On this week’s All In podcast, the Jets’ youngest member explains that fame ate away at the very thing they wanted the world to know they cherished—their family.

“I would like someday to have something to show my kids and [say], ‘This is what I did ... when things were not playing out the way that I expected, but I tried to make the most of it.”

In his new book, Let’s Talk About the Book of Abraham, Dr. Kerry Muhlestein addresses questions surrounding the origin of the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price and how Joseph Smith may have translated it.

On this week’s episode of All In, psychologist David Morgan spoke of depression and the importance of understanding our identity.

As Jenn watched her daughter Madi battle brain cancer, she encouraged Madi to sing a song to take her mind off her pain. It was then that Jenn Knight realized that one line in the classic tune described the way she felt about her love for Jesus Christ.

As McCann puts it, “everything that I know and feel and believe about being a mother has come from her.”

Author David Pulsipher explores Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf recent teaching that “some of the most beautiful parts of our world are created through conflict” but that contention should be avoided.

Latter-day Saint Nate Checketts hopes that positive messages on men’s apparel might help shape the future of boys, including the little men he and his wife are raising.

When Andrea felt prompted to start a podcast, she felt unqualified. Tribe of Testimonies is her effort to follow through on that prompting.

It was an unexpected note in the life of someone who had otherwise been a devoted member of the Church his entire life. But even while he worked toward being re-baptized, Steadman never missed a Sunday of church.

Cotopaxi’s eyepopping color-blocked jacket and “ugly-cute” slippers are favorites of CNN’s editors this month. Find out how the company’s Latter-day Saint founder created the company to make good on a promise he made to himself as a boy growing up in Latin America.

Katie Kortman is a designer on season 19 of Project Runway, Relief Society president, and a mother of four children. She was also taught that being different is good.

The 'All In' podcast is closing in on its third anniversary and currently has over 10 million downloads. If you’re a new listener wondering about the best place to jump in, or if you just want to revisit some highlights, look back with us at our top 20 episodes.

On this week’s episode of All In, Garett explains that God gives us all many chances, though it’s up to us to use our agency to accept them.

A new TV special aired in between sessions of conference highlights the popular LDS Living podcast, which has garnered over 9.5 million downloads in the less than three years since its launch.

The Osmond family has been expected to answer very personal religious questions in very public settings. On this week's All In podcast episode, Marie makes it very clear that she remains a firm believer in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Nadia Cates wasn’t always proud of her Hispanic heritage. It was not until she was an adult that she felt a desire to connect to her roots.

Jess Kettle grew up in the Church. She always found joy in her faith and loved being a member, but when people she loved and trusted began to turn away from the Church, she began to experience anxiety regarding her faith. A young mother, she decided to go for a drive one night after her kids were in bed.

Tony Finau was named to the United States 2021 Ryder Cup team on Wednesday but he was also the guest on this week's All In podcast. Finau is one of the premier golfers in the world, recently notching his second PGA Tour win, but there was a moment in Finau's career where it seemed he had a choice to make between honesty and risking everything he had worked toward. He shared this experience as he illustrated how the game of golf has taught him the value of integrity.

Polygamy can sometimes feel like a taboo topic among Latter-day Saints. Some might feel obligated to defend the religious practice and others might feel that they have to accept it. So how do we deepen our understanding of this part of Church history—and more importantly, those who lived it?

Receiving one's patriarchal blessing often carries with it great anticipation and great expectations. Will the blessing mention the things we've always dreamed of having in our lives? And what if it doesn't? As a young girl, Makenna Myler's life revolved around running so when she received her patriarchal blessing, she expected it to talk about the role running would play in her life moving forward. When it didn't, she was confused and, for years after, she wrestled over whether she should be running or not.

At the beginning of her new book, One Breath at a Time, Gabrielle Shiozawa writes of her confidence that her dad would be healed as his body began to experience heart failure.

After being called as a bishop at just 28 years old and with a desire to learn how to better lead and serve, Kurt Francom has interviewed hundreds of people over the past decade about their service within the Church. In this week’s episode of All In, Kurt talks about what he has learned from Church leaders serving in various callings all over the world, including how to recognize the needs of those you serve and the difference between motivation and ability when it comes to serving in leadership positions.

Thurl Bailey didn't come to Utah looking for religion. But growing up in a Baptist home laid the groundwork for his spiritual journey later in life and his future relationship with Jesus Christ.

While it’s impossible to choose just one favorite episode, several of the people behind All In shared one of their favorite episodes.

“Morgan, I don’t know if I can do this.”

What does it mean to be “all in” the gospel of Jesus Christ in the latter days?

On June 5, 2020, Christopher Clark passed away after a four-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Just days before, he and his wife, Lisa Valentine Clark, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Now, she feels her husband’s absence every day and was so overwhelmed with grief and sorrow that she just wanted to “marinate in it”. In this week’s episode of All In, Lisa discusses what she has learned from the process of grief and how to comfort those who stand in need of comfort, even if they may not want it.

Mauli Bonner is on a mission—a mission to have a monument built to honor Black Latter-day Saints. It all began with a desire to learn more about his heritage as a Black member of the Church. Thus, he began a journey that many would’ve thought would shake his testimony. But instead, he found his testimony being strengthened. His study led him to learn about Black Latter-day Saints from the early church and to be introduced to a Latter-day Saint slave named Green Flake, one of the first Latter-day Saints to arrive in the Salt Lake Valley on July 22, 1847.

Over one in three women and nearly one in four men have experienced sexual assault at some point in their lives, according to the CDC. About one in four girls and one in 13 boys experience sexual abuse at some point in childhood. The statistics are staggering, but we may feel paralyzed by our inexperience and unfamiliarity with the topic. But is it possible that, simply by mentioning it as something someone in the room may have encountered, we could aid in the healing of sexual abuse victims?

We’ve all heard them—stories that are widely circulated without a known origin that are frequently told over the pulpit. They are told and retold in hopes of building faith, but is it possible that these stories could be dangerous?

The final step of the Church’s Addiction Recovery Program states, “Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, share this message with others and practice these principles in all you do.” On this week’s All In podcast, Keith and Brooke Meyer shared their story. Keith came into the Church in part due to his participation in the Addiction Recovery Program. The program changed his life and for 11 years following his participation in the Addiction Recovery Program, Keith remained sober. But last year, amidst the pandemic, Keith began to experience depression. That depression ultimately led to a feeling of despair. The despair led him to return to a bottle that he knew had taken pain away, albeit temporarily, earlier in his life. And he drank.

As Bryan Ready tried to figure out how to leave a career as a Southern Baptist pastor, he wasn't moving toward baptism as quickly as the missionaries would’ve liked. So, they told Ready he had been "dropped"—and that hurt.

Angie Balfour, former head of HR at Instagram and director of human resources at Facebook, shares the story of awaiting the details of a cancer diagnosis and experiencing a miracle in an unexpected way.

In 2 Nephi 2, we read, “For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things.”

Editor's note: This article was first published in February 2021.

In 2011, ESPN Staff Writer Dan Graziano wrote, “You’ve made up your mind on John Beck.” He went on to share many of the criticisms of the former BYU quarterback who at the time had been in the NFL four years.

Dr. Candace Mcnaughton, a medical doctor and Latter-day Saint, discusses the pandemic, specifically addressing our individual responsibilities to seek information from the primary source.

Of this week’s All In podcast, host Morgan Jones wrote the following:

Despite a pandemic that forced the majority of interviews this year to be done remotely, the All In podcast never missed a beat, producing and releasing 55 interviews that were downloaded over 4 million times over the course of the year. The show’s conversations covered a wide range of both timely and timeless topics such as parenting, dealing with a faith crisis, racism, anxiety, and meditation. Here is a brief look at the 20 most-downloaded episodes of 2020 as of December 7, 2020, through one powerful quote from each of those episodes.

One thing that immediately becomes apparent as you look at Eva Timothy’s “The Lord Is My Light”collection is that there are hands to lift and feet to wash but very few faces. It is without a doubt an interesting creative decision—so what caused Timothy, a fine art photographer who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, to omit faces in many of her pieces? And after years of photographing more secular collections that have been displayed in places like the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, what has it meant to Timothy to share the light of Christ in her most recent collection?

When two-time GRAMMY award winner Lauren Daigle was a teenager, she contracted a debilitating virus that led to her being homebound for two years in high school. On this week’s episode of the All In podcast, Daigle shared how that period of isolation ultimately served as an “incubation” of sorts and led to the song that has become an anthem for many Christians.