{"podcast":{"title":"followHIM","slug":"followhim-3818612","podcast_index_feed_id":3818612,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/followhim/feed.xml","website_url":"http://followhim.co","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/followhim/podcast_cover.jpg","author":"Hank Smith & John Bytheway","episode_count":907,"summary":"Do you ever feel that preparing for your weekly Come, Follow Me lesson falls short? Join hosts Hank Smith and John Bytheway as they interview experts to make your study for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Come, Follow Me course not only enjoyable but original and educational. If you are looking for resources to make your LDS study fresh, faithful, and fun--no matter your age--then join us every Wednesday morning. Show notes: https://followhim.co YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FollowHimOfficialChannel Instagram: Instagram.com/followhimpodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/followhimpodcast The followHIM Podcast is not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The opinions expressed on episodes represent the views of the guest and podcasters alone.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-25T04:19:16.340073+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/followhim-3818612"},"episode":{"title":"Ezra; Nehemiah Part 1 • Dr. Christina Olson • July 27 - August 2 • Come, Follow Me","slug":"ezra-nehemiah-part-1-dr-christina-olson-july-27-august-2-come-follow-me","published_at":"2026-07-22T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/followhim-3818612/ezra-nehemiah-part-1-dr-christina-olson-july-27-august-2-come-follow-me","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/followhim-3818612","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/followhim/3120023","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/400881/3120023/followhim/2026_09_03_19_09_33_d60e4b2e-df68-47e2-a260-fe1bb87b1531.mp3","summary":"Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. Why would people rebuilding God’s temple start by building a wall against their own neighbors? Dr. Christina Olson explores Ezra and Nehemiah, the imperfect leaders, contested history, and hard boundary lines that bridge the Old and New Testaments. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231ES YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/537P7zjqtQY ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIMpodcast.com FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followHIMpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast TIMECODE 0:00 - Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson 1:48 First impressions of Ezra and Nehemiah 4:15 Dr. Olson’s bio 7:38 Come, Follow Me Manual 8:25 What these names mean 9:45 Recap the exile and archeological evidence 14:59 First and Second Temple Periods 17:54 Why rebuild? 19:00 Ezra-Nehemiah as bridge to the New Testament 23:45 Cyrus’s edict and the return home 26:04 Why Ezra-Nehemiah is such a difficult read 30:59 The pattern of an ancient temple-building account 35:43 “Strangers in a strange land” – Identity and memory 39:29 Genealogies and staking a claim 40:00 Zerubbabel and Jeshua return 44:51 Weeping and joy at the temple foundation 46:13 The adversaries arrive 47:55 Exclusion and God using imperfection 52:41 How present-day conflicts get written 57:18 L…","meta_description":"Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. Why would people rebuilding God’s temple start by building a wall against their own neighbors? Dr.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4080,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/followhim-3818612/episodes/ezra-nehemiah-part-1-dr-christina-olson-july-27-august-2-come-follow-me/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/followhim-3818612/ezra-nehemiah-part-1-dr-christina-olson-july-27-august-2-come-follow-me.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}