{"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":"S6E18 The United Order and Tyler Too","slug":"s6e18-the-united-order-and-tyler-too","published_at":"2026-05-07T12:14:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526/s6e18-the-united-order-and-tyler-too","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526","url":"https://standardoftruth.podbean.com/e/s6e18-the-united-order-and-tyler-too/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/y2tzij6mxcb587t7/S6E18_The_United_Order_and_Tyler_Too94dc4.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we tackle the question of why early Utah Saints embraced cooperative economics like the United Order. Gerrit digs into a 1866–67 Inspector General’s report submitted to Congress by Generals Ruesling and Hazen. The document characterizes Latter-day Saints as ”open and avowed foes” of the United States, recommends banning Mormons from government contracts, and bizarrely treats the fact that Mormon contractors underbid Gentile competitors as evidence of disloyalty rather than fiscal responsibility. They close with the Articles of Agreement from the St. George United Order, a digression on the gold standard, and a ranking of the worst Google-reviewed presidential homes (with John Tyler’s Sherwood Forest taking the crown thanks largely to ill-tempered family dogs). 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":"In this episode, we tackle the question of why early Utah Saints embraced cooperative economics like the United Order. Gerrit digs into a 1866–67 Inspecto…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4381,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/standard-of-truth-3957526/episodes/s6e18-the-united-order-and-tyler-too/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/s6e18-the-united-order-and-tyler-too.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}