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Cardon Ellis
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We delight in truth. We Denounce Deception. We Have Fun! We talk anything and everything tangential to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! DISCLAIMER: The Opinions expressed in this podcast are the opinions of the radio hosts themselves and do not represent official positions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are not apologists, we are just radio hosts who call it how we see it :) #Mormon #LDS #christian #cardonellis #midnightmormons #exmormon #jesus #God #thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdayssaints

  1. 1d ago

    Dan McClellan Calls Out Wes Huff For Plagiarism and LDS Professors and BYU Scholars Reac

    Dan McClellan says Wes Huff plagiarized a graduate paper—and LDS scholars call the evidence a smoking gun. Cardon Ellis is joined by James Goldberg and BYU's Dr. Christopher Blythe to weigh Dan's receipts against Wes Huff's academia.edu "draft" defense... Plus: would this fly in a grad class, and is Huff's apology enough?00:00 Wes Huff's Paper Is "Absolutely Damning"00:35 James Goldberg and Dr. Christopher Blythe React02:27 Who Is Wes Huff? Peterson Academy and Joe Rogan03:45 Wes Huff on Joe Rogan and Latter-day Saints04:56 Dan McClellan's Plagiarism Case Against Wes Huff06:36 A Graduate Paper With Damning Examples08:59 Wes Huff's Defense: An Unfinished academia.edu Draft11:53 Where Is the Final Paper With the Footnotes?13:23 Wes Huff Brings On Brian Wright14:07 How BYU Professors Handle Student Plagiarism17:19 Smoking Gun—But Is Huff's Apology Enough?19:22 Will This Follow Wes Huff Like Barry Bonds?21:30 Dan McClellan, Wes Huff, and the Book of Mormon22:48 Final Thoughts: Grace and "Sorry You Got Caught"

  2. 2d ago

    The Insane Christian Doctrine in First Drafts of STAR WARS!

    Before *A New Hope*, George Lucas wrote **five complete scripts**. They are not the movie you know...In the early drafts:- The heroes weren’t Jedi. They were the **Dai Nogas**- The Force was the **Force of Others** — split into **Ashla** (good) and **Bogan** (evil)- A holy man called **the Skywalker** found the Force and trusted it to his **12 children**- Those children became the Jedi Bendu — *servants* of the Force- A padawan named **Darklightner** fell, taught Sith pirates, and the light went extinct- Draft 2 has Luke kill Darth Vader in a **five-minute duel on top of the Death Star**- Draft 3 opens with a fake scripture: *“In the time of greatest despair there shall come a savior… the son of the suns.”*Reid Moon owns all five drafts. We walk through the Christian / messianic scaffolding Lucas later sanded off — plus the original Obi-Wan line that never made the film, how these scripts survive at auction, and the one controversy the pages actually settle:Han shot first.#StarWars #WardRadio #GeorgeLucas### Chapter Markers0:00 – Intro 2:00 – Star Wars as the unofficial Mormon movie 2:40 – Five totally different scripts before filming 3:05 – Draft 1: Dai Nogas, King Kayos, Legions of Lettow 4:10 – How “Dianoga” became the trash-compactor monster 4:45 – Why the prequels wrecked Vader 7:05 – Draft 2: Jedi Bendu of Ashla 8:00 – Black Knights of the Sith 8:45 – The holy man called the Skywalker 9:30 – Ashla and Bogan 10:15 – He entrusted the Force to his 12 children 11:20 – Jedi means servant 12:20 – A Great Apostasy in the first scripts 12:50 – Sponsor: Brother Joseph screening 13:00 – Darklighter falls to the Bogan 13:50 – Luke kills Vader in five minutes on the Death Star 14:15 – Darklighter and Vader merge 15:20 – Draft 3 quotes “scripture”: Journal of the Whills 15:40 – “There shall come a savior… the son of the suns” 16:50 – Tatooine’s two suns 17:30 – Dark Lords of the Sith 18:00 – Drafts 4–5: a galaxy far, far away / Luke Starkiller 18:50 – They went off-script 30% of the time 19:00 – The Obi-Wan vs. Vader line Lucas didn’t want 20:05 – “A spoon perceives the taste of food” 21:00 – Did Obi-Wan give up the ghost? 22:10 – Why the religion got quieter 22:40 – Reading pre-famous George Lucas 25:20 – How Reid got all five drafts 27:10 – Named copies: Roger Christian, Anthony Daniels 29:20 – Disney can’t yank these off the auction block 30:05 – Sharing the scripts with fans 31:30 – Han shot first. It’s in the draft. 32:30 – OutroBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)🍿For more information on the October 2nd, 2026 Event, please visit https://www.wardradio.com/event-details/ward-radio-pre-screening-of-brother-joseph-again⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

  3. 2d ago

    Hasan Piker “Shouts Out” Elder Christofferson with Unexpected Accolades!

    Hasan Piker — Mao-jacket, anti-capitalist, Gen Z’s biggest left streamer — just said it on stream.“I am in support of the Mormon Church on this.”Elder D. Todd Christofferson told conference gambling is morally wrong. Gain at someone else’s expense. Not a win-win. Not the stock market. Not a loan that builds a factory.This episode is the strange-bedfellows cut:- Why the talk landed. Straight. Not afraid.- Cade and Baylor’s 21-second video. A million views in hours.- Cernovich: gambling is zero-sum. Buying VTI is not.- Salt Lake Tribune: socialists, Catholics, and members all noticed- Members didn’t protest. They just stopped.- Hasan calls it a fatwa. The yes-and-no that actually works.- Usury vs. interest vs. a roommate who lost a semester in one night of internet poker- “The church gambled on the stock market” — already answered- Then the joke: **LDSbetting.com**. Temple slots. Green Jello. No money. No soul.Shout out to Austin Falter. Shout out to the silver fox.HasanPiker #GeneralConference #Christofferson #WardRadioChapter Markers0:00 – Hasan: I’m with the Mormons on this 3:10 – Religion finally grew a spine 5:10 – The 21-second video that hit a million 6:20 – Cernovich agrees. The market is not a casino 8:20 – The group chat beat me to it 9:40 – They just stopped. No protest. 11:30 – “This is what religion is supposed to be” 14:30 – The fatwa. One earring. No coffee. Don’t gamble. 17:30 – Usury is not a business loan 21:40 – He lost the semester in one night 26:00 – Three reactions. Applause, confusion, oops. 31:30 – Any gain comes at someone else’s expense 36:40 – Temple slots. LDSbetting.comBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)🍿For more information on the October 2nd, 2026 Event, please visit https://www.wardradio.com/event-details/ward-radio-pre-screening-of-brother-joseph-again⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

  4. Nov 6

    Nathan Apffel Tells Soft White Underbelly, "The LDS Church Terrifies Me" … Here's Why He's Wrong

    Soft White Underbelly guest Nathan Apffel, from "The Religion Business" says the LDS Church "terrifies" him—$350B in assets, an SEC fine, and leaders who "don't need" members. Cardon Ellis steel-mans what Nathan gets right about non-denominational money abuse and Matthew 25 care for the poor, then pushes back on church wealth claims, the SEC fine, and BYU funding. Plus: Why hierarchies aren't evil, Beneficial Life in 2008, and an open invite to tour Welfare Square.0:00:00 Nathan Apffel on Soft White Underbelly Critiques the LDS Church0:01:07 Soft White Underbelly and The Religion Business0:04:47 Nathan's Mission: Matthew 25 and Helping the Poor0:07:54 Against Organized Religion and Hierarchy0:10:41 Sponsor: Go and Do Travel0:11:23 Jesus Established a Church: Hierarchies Aren't Evil0:14:26 Non-Denominational Christianity: The Wild West0:21:11 Money as a Tool, Not "Sordid Gain"0:23:43 Could Churches Wipe Out Homelessness?0:26:35 Has Christianity Lost Its Moral Authority?0:32:01 "The LDS Church Doesn't Need Its Members"0:34:15 Church Wealth, Interest, and Funding BYU0:41:04 SEC Fine, Whistleblower, and "Lying" Claims0:48:50 Built on Tax Exemptions—or Widow's Mites?0:53:56 LDS Charity Worldwide vs. Cynical Math0:55:25 Transparency, Privacy, and Religious Freedom1:02:42 "I'd Start a Church": Mob Boss Legal Architecture1:04:55 Worst Church Abuses—and Why LDS Isn't That1:08:49 Invitation: Tour Welfare Square With Cardon

  5. Nov 5

    A Catholic Just Finished the Book of Mormon Live! Trevor Tomesh General Conference After party!

    Trevor Tomesh is a Catholic computer science professor.Three months ago he got tired of people online being dicks to Mormons. So he started reading the Book of Mormon out loud on X.He finished it live at the Ward Radio General Conference afterparty. Moroni 10. The whole chapter. Moroni’s Promise.- Catholic prayer before the reading.- Gifts of the Spirit. Faith, hope, charity. The same Christ.- He was an atheist for 20 years. Met Richard Dawkins. Had a drink with Christopher Hitchens.- He tried Moroni’s challenge. God told him to stay Catholic.- Rosary, prayer culture, and why Mormons need better meal prayers.- President Oaks, Nostra Aetate, and why the leaders on both sides want us talking.- Favorite part of conference: the Liahona and the Tabernacle Choir.He doesn’t accept it as scripture. He still read every word.#Moroni10 #TrevorTomesh #BookOfMormon #WardRadioChapter Markers0:00 – Trevor Tomesh finishes the Book of Mormon 2:40 – Why he started reading it 7:20 – Catholic prayer 10:50 – Moroni 10 read live 18:20 – “The quick and the dead” 20:40 – Former atheist who met Dawkins and Hitchens 41:50 – The rosary and better Mormon prayers 47:10 – Other Jesus and interfaith heat 53:50 – How to make inroads 56:50 – Favorite part of conference 59:10 – Closing benedictionBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)We would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit:Wavemakers 2027:https://www.goanddotravel.com/wavemakers27wardradioChurch History Tour:https://www.goanddotravel.com/090927churchhistorywardradio⚡For more information on the Relay App, please visit:https://joinrelay.app/wardradio⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

  6. Nov 4

    Critics Call The Chosen "Mormon Propaganda." Are They Right?

    The Chosen Season 6 trailer shows Native American and Asian warrior angels—and critics say Dallas Jenkins is sneaking in Mormon doctrine. Cardon Ellis and Brittany react to the backlash, the Book of Mormon geography theory behind it, Dallas Jenkins' own "I am not a Mormon" clip from Midnight Mormons, the Babylon Bee's satire, and what people inside The Chosen told Cardon about the angels ahead of the November 15 premiere. 00:00 The Chosen Season 6 Trailer Sparks Mormon Claims 01:01 Watching The Chosen Season 6 Trailer 01:56 Native American and Asian Warrior Angels 02:54 Backlash: Is Dallas Jenkins Trojan-Horsing Mormon Doctrine? 05:12 Dallas Jenkins: "I Am Not a Mormon" 06:28 What The Chosen's Team Says About the Angels 08:55 Babylon Bee: "The Chosen: Fire and Ash" 10:46 Chosen Insider: "This Might Cause a Stir" 13:17 The Chosen Season 6 Release Date: November 15

  7. Nov 3

    Elder Quentin L. Cook Drops a THIRD Hammer on Online Anonymity and LDX Veterans React!

    Elder Quentin L. Cook just warned against online anonymity for the third time, so is it time for Latter-day Saints on X to drop their anon accounts? Cardon Ellis is joined by Matthew Watkins of LDX fame, and Brad Whitbeck of Ward Radio to react to Elder Cook's BYU devotional on "hiding in the darkness of anonymity," the wave of members going public on X, and General Conference's call to be peacemakers. Plus: Elder Holland's "never check your religion at the door" warning, Matthew's story of going public and facing backlash, and how to extend grace online.00:00 Elder Quentin L. Cook's Third Warning on Online Anonymity02:00 Peacemaking: Seven General Conference Talks03:22 Is All Anonymity Wrong? What Elder Cook Means05:39 Elder Cook's BYU-Idaho Devotional on Anonymity09:56 Sponsor: Go and Do Travel10:53 Third Time's the Charm: X Users Drop Anonymity13:03 "How Many Tellings?" Prophets Repeating Peacemaking14:11 Shaming People Out of Anonymity?17:53 LDX Accounts Go Public and Troy Sariah's Challenge21:12 Lego Joseph Smith and Branded Accounts23:48 Elder Holland: Never Check Your Religion at the Door26:31 Hayden Christensen's Burglar and Being Known30:05 Matthew Watkins: A Recovering Anonymous Testimony35:14 How to Welcome People Dropping Anonymity38:52 The Hurting Person Behind an Anonymous Account40:13 Anonymity, the Garment, and Christ's Name41:57 Final Thoughts: Grace Online and Ben Franklin

  8. Oct 31

    Pat Gray DEFENDS Mormonism Against Allie Beth Stuckey on Glenn Beck's Blaze TV...FINALLY!

    I never thought I'd see the day when the Blaze TV finally defended "Mormonism" (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), instead of just letting it slide, but I stand corrected... and it was BEAUTIFUL to behold. Blaze TV's Pat Gray just called Allie Beth Stuckey's interview with ex-Mormon influencer Kylie Medrano a "pack of lies," and he's right. Cardon breaks down the temple myths, the Galatians 1:8 and "angel of light" attacks on the Book of Mormon, and why Jesus faced the same Beelzebub accusation. Then he looks at the good fruits of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 00:00 Pat Gray Defends LDS Church Against Allie Beth Stuckey 01:35 Why Won't Boomer Latter-day Saints Speak Up? 04:10 Pat Gray Unleashed Calls It a "Pack of Lies" 10:49 Kylie Medrano's Temple Endowment Myths 14:13 The "Elder Knight Effect" Mission Story 16:24 Galatians 1:8 and the Book of Mormon 19:42 "She Literally Got Everything Wrong" 22:38 Pat Gray and Glenn Beck's Conversion 24:56 "We've Never Met a Bad Mormon" 26:22 Anti-Mormon Trope: Satan as an Angel of Light 29:19 Matthew 12:24: Jesus Accused of the power of Beelzebub 31:37 Allie Beth Stuckey's "Satanic Underpinnings" Segment 35:32 Good Fruits: Missions, Welfare, JustServe.org 38:35 Anti-Mormon Rhetoric and the Grand Blanc Attack 40:16 Pat Gray: Mormons Are Not Evil 41:23 Good on The Blaze and Pat Gray

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We delight in truth. We Denounce Deception. We Have Fun! We talk anything and everything tangential to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! DISCLAIMER: The Opinions expressed in this podcast are the opinions of the radio hosts themselves and do not represent official positions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are not apologists, we are just radio hosts who call it how we see it :) #Mormon #LDS #christian #cardonellis #midnightmormons #exmormon #jesus #God #thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdayssaints

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  • Creator
    Cardon Ellis
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    825
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Cardon Ellis
  • Show Website
    WARD RADIO

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