Podcasts religion All In McKay Coppins: A Latter-day Saint Biographer and a Latter-day Saint Politician

McKay Coppins: A Latter-day Saint Biographer and a Latter-day Saint Politician

Published: Oct. 25, 2023, 11 a.m.

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McKay Coppins began covering Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential race and because the two shared a common faith as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, other reporters often looked to McKay, a very young journalist at the time, as a source on Romney\\u2019s religion. Over a decade later, Coppins\\u2019 new biography profiles the Latter-day Saints\\u2019 life and career in the public sphere. In anticipation of the book\\u2019s release, we talk with Coppins on today\\u2019s episode about the faith that is deeply embedded into both he and Romney\\u2019s lives.\\xa0

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Show Notes\\xa0

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2:08- Varied Latter-day Saint Characters
5:04- \\u201cI\\u2019m Actually a Member of This Church\\u201d
7:27- Folding Into Faith
11:27- The Latter-day Saint on the Campaign Trail
16:22- Sharing Faith in a Secular Biography
22:24- Refusal to Denounce Faith
28:50- A Young Missionary in France
35:24- More To Your Life Than Making Money
40:38- The Worth of Integrity
45:21- By Their Fruits
49:10- Legacy
53:03- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?\\xa0

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\\u201cI realized in that moment that I could do both. I didn\\u2019t have to pretend like I wasn\\u2019t a Latter-day Saint to be a good reporter and I didn\\u2019t have to be a bad reporter to be a good Latter-day Saint. I could do all of it and I wasn\\u2019t going to set aside my faith.\\u201d \\u2014McKay Coppins\\xa0

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Links & References:\\xa0

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Romney: A Reckoning biography\\xa0

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Romney on CBS News

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