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b"Mormons were told to embrace polygamy on 12th July, 1843 - when the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, Joseph Smith, said a revelation had told him he must marry multiple women to continue serving God.\\nIt was a controversial change to the faith, meeting resistance not only from Smith\\u2019s first wife, but from other patriarchs in the Church. Nevertheless, Smith went on to have at least 40 wives, at least 7 of whom were under the age of 18.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider whether the \\u2018sealing\\u2019 marriages advocated by Smith were sexual in nature; review the various euphemisms for polygamy in circulation at the time, including \\u2018spiritual wifery\\u2019; and explain why, even though the Church officially ended the policy in 1890, it continues to haunt them to this day\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Mormon church finally acknowledges founder Joseph Smith\\u2019s polygamy\\u2019 (The Washington Post, 2014): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2014/11/11/the-mormon-church-finally-acknowledges-founder-joseph-smiths-polygamy/\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Timeline: The Early History of the Mormons\\u2019 (PBS American Experience): https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/mormons-timeline/\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Mormon Church Acknowledges Joseph Smith\\u2019s Polygamy Practices\\u2019 (MSNBC, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zciavoZACXY\\nAs every good polygamist knows, you can never have too much of a good thing - so there\\u2019s an bonus bit of the team talking about this day in history exclusively available to our supporters on Apple Podcasts and Patreon today. Support the show now, and get an extra snipped like this every single week!https://patreon.com/Retrospectors.\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"