We are pleased to announce the 2022 Association for Mormon Letters Awards finalists in Podcast. The final awards will be announced and presented, as part of the 2023 Association for Mormon Letters Virtual Conference, on April 29 at 6:00pm Mountain time. The finalists and winners are chosen by juries of authors, academics, and critics. This year, the judges decided to consider any podcast that had a Mormon theme. The announcements include descriptions of the podcasts, taken from their websites.
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Created and hosted by 10-year-old Isaac and his mom.
A podcast designed specifically for primary aged children, and follows the Come Follow Me curriculum of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The episodes are presented in a fun and engaging way and are the perfect easy way for families to study Come Follow Me together.
Kurt Francom, host/executive producer. Lillian Angelovic, producer. Leading Saints.
Leading Saints is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Latter-day Saints be better prepared to lead. In this podcast, Kurt Francom interviews everyday church leaders, authors, scholars, and field experts related to specific principles and concepts that will help Latter-day Saints in their leadership efforts. This is the second year in a row that Leading Saints is an AML Podcast Award finalist.
Caroline Kline, host and writer. Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Mormon Studies. A member of the Dialogue Podcast Network.
Half storytelling, half conversation, This Global Latter-day Life features the perspectives and life stories of Latter-day Saints from Botswana, Mexico, the Caribbean, and other countries around the world. Based on oral histories from CGU’s Mormon collections, each episode tackles issues like race, culture, gender, and identity. Caroline Kline is joined by scholars and other community members who offer insights and explore questions that arise along the way. Kline is also a finalist for a 2022 AML Religious Nonfiction award.
Andrea Hales, host.
Andrea Hales (Navajo) interviews faithful Native American Latter-day Saints of tribes across the U.S. and Canada to learn how the Gospel of Jesus Christ has influenced their lives. Everyone’s story is different—conversions, families, missions, educations, careers, talents, achievements, failures, trials. As we share our stories, maybe we can strengthen each other. May we all walk in beauty.
Anthony Sweat, host and producer. Brigham Young University College of Religious Education.
Each year, Brigham Young University Religious Education professors produce hundreds of publications on subjects related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast brings this research into one place to enlighten the everyday seeker of truth. Interviewing the author, we discuss why the study was done, why it matters, and why the professor chooses to be both a scholar, and a disciple. Sweat won the 2020 AML Criticism Award for Repicturing the Restoration: New Art to Expand our Understanding.