{"podcast":{"title":"Latter Day Struggles","slug":"latter-day-struggles-5189030","podcast_index_feed_id":5189030,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2363568.rss","website_url":"https://www.latterdaystruggles.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/7qg5xtbcquy4vurwnz08of6lckxm?.jpg","author":"Valerie Hamaker","episode_count":315,"summary":"The Latter Day Struggles Podcast addresses beliefs and issues within the LDS faith that are challenging to talk about but vital to discuss for those trying to navigate their relationship in or around the church. Valerie and her guests invite psychological maturity, theological health, and institutional integrity.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T16:21:19.116519+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030"},"episode":{"title":"433: On Churches of Legitimacy & Churches of Transformation","slug":"433-on-churches-of-legitimacy-churches-of-transformation","published_at":"2026-05-11T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030/433-on-churches-of-legitimacy-churches-of-transformation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2363568/episodes/19132575-433-on-churches-of-legitimacy-churches-of-transformation.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2363568/episodes/19132575-433-on-churches-of-legitimacy-churches-of-transformation.mp3","summary":"Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Religion IS Political [Part III of VII] In this episode Val & Nathan go more \"macro\" and explain how churches (just like human beings and human civilizations) go through stages of development and that a church will choose its stances of \"significant moral consequence\" accordingly. In short, if a church is focused on earlier stage legitimacy--its all about preserving its favorite form(s) of dominator hierarchy. If the church has m...","meta_description":"Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Religion IS Political [Part III of VII] In this episode Val & Nathan go more \"macro\" and explain how churches…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2645,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/latter-day-struggles-5189030/episodes/433-on-churches-of-legitimacy-churches-of-transformation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030/433-on-churches-of-legitimacy-churches-of-transformation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}