{"podcast":{"title":"Standard of Truth","slug":"standard-of-truth-3957526","podcast_index_feed_id":3957526,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/standardoftruth/feed.xml","website_url":"https://standardoftruth.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12005522/Standard_of_Truth_Updated_Logo_Apple9g19l.jpg","author":"Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat","episode_count":304,"summary":"The purpose of this podcast is to help Latter-Day Saints better understand their history and increase their faith. The podcast hosted by Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat, associate professor of Church History and Doctrine at BYU.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T00:19:55.760100+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526"},"episode":{"title":"S6E17 Jingle Bells and the United Order","slug":"s6e17-jingle-bells-and-the-united-order","published_at":"2026-04-30T11:17:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526/s6e17-jingle-bells-and-the-united-order","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526","url":"https://standardoftruth.podbean.com/e/s6e17-jingle-bells-and-the-united-order/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pyrzrupca7kybqpq/S6E17_Jingle_Bells_and_the_United_Orderbal0s.mp3","summary":"Richard returns to share a temple-trip story from Kenya where a skeptical food vendor’s view of the Church changed after witnessing the love at the temple. The hosts then read listener emails. The episode ends with 16-year-old Abigail’s question about Jingle Bells being a Thanksgiving song and so Gerrit obviously shares a quote from Frederick Douglass as he takes down Jingle Bells with its roots in 19th-century blackface minstrel shows. We read the United Order question but leave the answer for next week. Sign up for our free monthly email: ⁠ ⁠https://standardoftruthpodcast.substack.com⁠ If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: ⁠⁠questions@standardoftruthpodcast.com","meta_description":"Richard returns to share a temple-trip story from Kenya where a skeptical food vendor’s view of the Church changed after witnessing the love at the temple…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4115,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/standard-of-truth-3957526/episodes/s6e17-jingle-bells-and-the-united-order/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526/s6e17-jingle-bells-and-the-united-order.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}