Join us to speak with Bridget Read about her new article in New York Magazine entitled "Under the Mormon Influence: How the Women of Utah Blogged and Posted Their Way Into American Hearts and Wallets." Bridget Read has been a writer at New York Magazine since 2019 and is the author of "Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America." Show notes can be found on the Mormon Stories blog here: https://www.mormonstories.org/how-mormon-moms-came-to-dominate-american-media-culture-and-commerce/ Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Introductions 00:07:04 - Mormon Moms and MLMs 00:15:29 - Impression of Mormons before this 00:20:02 - Impression of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives 00:26:58 - “Cultural Mormons” 00:34:53 - Rachel Parcel (@PinkPeonies) 00:43:08 - Mormonism in the online world 00:48:11 - Pandemic made this bigger 00:54:31 - Social Media as a controlling structure 01:00:18 - Paychecks 01:03:51 - Mormon Church as “background character” 01:06:15 - Heather Gay & Hannah Neeleman 01:17:17 - Mormon reputation 01:20:16 - Making Church wealthier 01:35:07 - Money and greed 01:38:29 - Final thoughts ___________________ At Mormon Stories we explore, celebrate, and challenge Mormon culture through in-depth stories told by members and former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as scholars, authors, LDS apologists, and other professionals. Our overall mission is to: 1. Facilitate informed consent amongst LDS Church members, investigators, and non-members regarding Mormon history, doctrine, and theology 2. Support Mormons (and members of other high-demand religions) who are experiencing a religious faith crisis 3. Promote healing, growth and community for those who choose to leave the LDS Church or other high demand religions 🤝Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today One-time or recurring donations: https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories?default_interval=m Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/mormonstories Paypal: https://paypal.me/mormonstories Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx6OgmoqJbOVRq-Lv1P7SzA/join Our Platforms: 🌐Mormon Stories Blog: https://www.mormonstories.org/episodes 🎙️Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories ✳️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4sDzk7dRjODTSEqzZKZJzk?si=148b0efc1ccc4404&nd=1 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mormon-stories-lds/id312094772 🖼️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mormstories 📱TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mormonstoriespodcast 🎮Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kuX5p6yyjF Contact us: 📧 MormonStories@gmail.com 📬PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117