Y Magazine BYU

Olympians Clayton A. Young (BS ’19, MS ’22) and Conner B. Mantz (BS ’22) are competitors—but they’re also close friends. Both BYU alumni will be running the Olympic marathon on Aug. 10, but they’ve been keeping stride with each other for years.
In this episode of the Y Magazine podcast, host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) talks with Young and Mantz about the 2024 Paris Olympics, their friendship, the competition, and their faith.
This episode is based on the article “Fast Feats” written by R. Jeffrey Call (BA ’94) that will appear in the summer 2024 issue of Y Magazine.
Listen to or read the BYU Devotional “Wrestling With Comparisons“ by J.B. Haws.
Check out another episode on exercise and wellness: “Lifelong Wellness.”
More on beauty and mundanity: “Artful Parenting: How to Make Creativity Part of Your Family Culture.”
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For Paige Crosland Anderson (BFA ’11), art is not only a profession but a way to connect with her family and her divine identity. As the mother of four daughters, Anderson often creates her art with the help of her children—though their help can sometimes be an obstacle.
In this episode of the Y Magazine podcast, host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) talks with Anderson about how her abstract approach to understanding the atonement of Jesus Christ and our divine creativity weaves itself through her art.
This episode is based on an article that will appear in the summer 2024 issue of Y Magazine.
See Anderson’s “Again, Glorified” triptych.
Check out other episodes about family life: Making Peace: How to Mediate Conflict in Our Families and How to Be a Good Citizen with the American Moms.
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Could you build a company over the course of two semesters?
BYU students have the opportunity to try through a new program: Sandbox. This 18-credit class motivates students to turn their ideas into real tech startups that solve problems for people from various industries, from therapists and dentists to river guides and Dungeons and Dragons fans.
In this episode of the Y Magazine podcast, host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) talks with Sandbox director Christopher B. Crittenden (BS ’06, MAcc ’07) and student Pearl Hulbert (BS ’24) about how Sandbox is turning students into builders and creators.
This episode is based in the article “Incubating Ideas,” written by Josh Rust (BA ’24), which appeared in the spring 2024 issue of Y Magazine.
Check out other episodes about student innovation: Students Engineer Prosthetic Solution for Ecuador and Mapping Molokai.
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When Celeste Humphrey Mergens (’81) found out that girls in Kenya were trying to manage their periods with pieces of cardboard, she immediately began looking for solutions. She discovered that girls and women all around the world were missing weeks out of every year due to period poverty.
Mergens’s solution? A nonprofit called Days for Girls.
In this episode of the Y Magazine podcast, host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) talks with Mergens and current Days for Girls CEO Tiffany Niland Larson (BA ’02) about how the nonprofit is working to end period poverty, advocate for menstrual health, and reach every girl. Everywhere. Period.
This episode is based in the article “Reclaiming Days for Girls,” written Andrew T. Bay (BA ’91, MA ’94), which appeared in the spring 2024 issue of Y Magazine.
Check out another episode about humanitarian outreach: Students Engineer Prosthetic Solution for Ecuador.
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Casting about for a great podcast to enrich your gospel study? Look no further. Podcasts are a great way to tune into spiritually enriching stories, devotionals, and research wherever you are.
In this episode of the Y Magazine podcast, Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) talks with three different podcast producers from across BYU campus about their podcasts—BYU Speeches, Y Religion Podcast, and the Maxwell Institute Podcast. Whitney delves into the rich tapestry of faith-based content offered by these podcasts and where listeners might want to start.
These three are just a few of the dozens of podcasts on campus. Check out other great BYU podcasts below.
This episode is based in the article “Find Your BYU Podcast,” written Brooklyn Hughes Roemer (BA ’22), which appeared in the spring 2022 issue of Y Magazine.
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Episodes mentioned in this podcast:
BYU Speeches: Miracles
BYU Speeches: Raising the World to a Higher Plane of Mortality
BYU Speeches: What Will You Make Room for in Your Wagon?
BYU Speeches: The Tree, the Fruit, and the Building
Y Religion: Jacob and Mental Health
Maxwell Institute: How Does God Grieve?
 
Other Podcasts on BYU Campus:
BYU Sports Nation
BYU Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Football, and Baseball
Behind the Mic
Her Y
BYU Football with Kalani Sitake
Cougar Tailgate
Deep Blue
In Good Faith
Scripture Conversations (BYU Religious Education)
BYU Studies (BYU Studies)
Come Follow Up
Constant Wonder
Top of Mind with Julie Rose
The Lisa Show
Seek Learning (BYU Education Society)
Faith and Imagination (BYU Humanities Center)
Moral and Ethical Leadership (BYU Management Society)
Writing Westward (BYU Redd Center)
The International Cinema Podcast
Y Life Science (Bean Life Science Museum)
The Apple Seed
Kaboom
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Sitting in a humdrum office, recent BYU grad Isaiah G. Shields (BS ’19) realized that there was a whole world out there for him to discover—and he was missing it. And so he decided to take a walk—a really, really long walk. In early 2020 he stepped from his Provo home’s driveway and began his journey across America, traversing 28 states and 8,600 miles over 500 days. In this episode of the Y Magazine podcast, Shields joins host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA’ 01) to share stories that he’ll remember forever from his trek. Listen in for Shield’s experiences braving the elements, sharing powerful moments with ordinary people, and feeling the satisfaction of challenge.  
This episode is based in the article “Getting His Steps In,” written Maya Lund (’24), which will appear in the spring 2024 issue of Y Magazine.
Watch here to tag along on Isaiah Shields’s most recent adventures.
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