{"podcast":{"title":"Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup where Dives ruminates on the great and spacious Beehive!","slug":"welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377","podcast_index_feed_id":5440377,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8e53bf90/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.mormonnewsroundup.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/23778532/23778532-1648837601575-bee4f56074a5f.jpg","author":"Mormon News Roundup","episode_count":287,"summary":"Dives and crew are to enlighten the world with all the best weekly updates on what's going on in Mormondom! We embrace controversy because we know our listeners crave hearing all the latest LDS news. We bring you all the facts mingled with insightful opinions of the hosts. A humorous and entertaining podcast looking at LDS related current events. We find the news articles that you just can't find anywhere else. Failing to listen to this podcast is a major victory for Satan! So please join us in the great and spacious beehive where no loud laughter is allowed! kolob@mormonnewsroundup.org","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T08:17:52.622311+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377"},"episode":{"title":"Told She Couldn't Go on an LDS Mission Because….She Wore a Bikini?! 👙😳","slug":"told-she-couldn-t-go-on-an-lds-mission-because-she-wore-a-bikini","published_at":"2026-06-27T01:30:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377/told-she-couldn-t-go-on-an-lds-mission-because-she-wore-a-bikini","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonnewsroundup/episodes/Told-She-Couldnt-Go-on-an-LDS-Mission-Because-She-Wore-a-Bikini-e3lagr3","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8e53bf90/podcast/play/122028323/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-26%2F426877876-44100-2-643c03c41d4ae.mp3","summary":"The God-versations Archive is going viral for exposing some of the most controversial and unexpected experiences inside LDS culture.In this clip, a young woman shares how she was allegedly told she couldn’t serve a mission because she wore a bikini in a photo. What started as a simple social media moment turns into a much bigger conversation about modesty rules, control, and religious expectations placed on young women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Ex-Mormon and feminist perspectives are amplifying the discussion online, and people are divided over whether this is about “standards”… or something more complicated.👉 Source: https://www.tiktok.com/@thegodversationsarchive#LDS #MormonStories #ExMormon #FaithDeconstruction #GodversationsArchivePlease consider making a donation by joining our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MormonNewsRoundup Email: kolob@mormonnewsroundup.org Website: https://mormonnewsroundup.org/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mormonnewsroundup Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mormon_news_roundup/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093511869924 X: https://twitter.com/NewsMormon New episodes LIVE every Sunday and Monday nights at 9:30PM ESTPlease like and subscribe and hit the notifications bell. Remember remember, no unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!The Mormon News Roundup is NOT affilated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.","meta_description":"The God-versations Archive is going viral for exposing some of the most controversial and unexpected experiences inside LDS culture.In this clip, a young…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":579,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377/episodes/told-she-couldn-t-go-on-an-lds-mission-because-she-wore-a-bikini/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377/told-she-couldn-t-go-on-an-lds-mission-because-she-wore-a-bikini.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}