Mormon Stories #1216: Radio Free Mormon Pt. 6

Radio Free Mormon and the Machinery Behind Mormon Apologetics

A pseudonymous lawyer runs a podcast that has rattled official Mormon apologetics more than most credentialed academics have. That fact alone is worth sitting with. Mormon Stories Podcast episode 1216 features host John Dehlin in conversation with the man known as Radio Free Mormon, and the discussion ranges from personal vulnerability to pointed critiques of how the institutional Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints manages historical inconvenience.

The episode lands a clear challenge: when apologists present evidence for Book of Mormon historicity or prophetic claims, what are they leaving out?

Background: Who Is Radio Free Mormon?

Radio Free Mormon is an active, temple-recommend-holding Latter-day Saint attorney who produces detailed audio critiques of LDS apologetics. He operates under a pseudonym, though his identity was publicly revealed during a dispute with LDS YouTuber Kwaku El (mispronounced throughout the episode, which Radio Free Mormon openly admits and finds genuinely funny in retrospect).

The dynamic was telling. Radio Free Mormon mispronounced Kwaku's name, Kwaku responded by publicly revealing Radio Free Mormon's real name and mocking it creatively. Radio Free Mormon describes watching the video with something close to admiration for the wit involved, even while noting that outing an anonymous critic crosses a line.