Now for a bit of background, I listen to a lot of podcasts, but the First Vision podcast is the only podcast I’ve ever listened to more than once. When the host, Spencer McBride, came to the office for an interview for our podcast
, I felt like I was meeting a celebrity who completely changed my understanding of a transformative event in Church history.
So when I got a notification of a new podcast mini-series coming from the Joseph Smith Papers, to say I was excited would be an understatement. I was instantly enthralled with the topic
I’ve since listened to all six episodes in the mini-series, and once again I learned so much from McBride and the historians featured on the podcast. At the beginning of the first episode, McBride starts by talking about the year 1829: