# How Mormon Moms Came to Dominate American Media, Culture and Commerce - Bridget Read of New York Mag | Ep. 2130 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/how-mormon-moms-came-to-dominate-american-media-culture-and-commerce-bridget-read-of-new-york-mag-ep-2130 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/how-mormon-moms-came-to-dominate-american-media-culture-and-commerce-bridget-read-of-new-york-mag-ep-2130.md Podcast: [Mormon Stories Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mormon-stories-podcast-975797) Published: 2026-03-27T19:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/episodes/How-Mormon-Moms-Came-to-Dominate-American-Media--Culture-and-Commerce---Bridget-Read-of-New-York-Mag--Ep--2130-e3h6fvr Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5190610863.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/episodes/how-mormon-moms-came-to-dominate-american-media-culture-and-commerce-bridget-read-of-new-york-mag-ep-2130 Duration seconds: 6293 ## Resource 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." If you’d like to help keep this project going, please consider donating to support this series here . Your support makes long-form, in-depth historical discussion like this possible! Purchase John Turner’s book here . Let us know your thoughts on a Brigham Young series (comprising ten episodes) covering John Turner’s book Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet. ___________________ Show Notes YouTube 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-L… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/episodes/how-mormon-moms-came-to-dominate-american-media-culture-and-commerce-bridget-read-of-new-york-mag-ep-2130/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mormon-stories-podcast-975797/how-mormon-moms-came-to-dominate-american-media-culture-and-commerce-bridget-read-of-new-york-mag-ep-2130.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.