Out Loud

Dialogue fiction pieces and personal essays performed and edited professionally.

Episodes

Dialogue Out Loud presents A Missionary Farewell

So begins Justin Goodson’s “A Missionary Farewell” now in beautiful audio form as our Dialogue Out Loud #51. Listen in.

Dialogue Out Loud presents Sodom and Gomorrah

A man stands naked on the rubber of a checkout counter’s clnveyer belt, face smeared with something red. I’m checking the expiration date on the back of a suspicious-looking soup can; down the aisle, a…

The True Domain Name of the Church: A Conversation with Spencer P. Greenhalgh

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Spencer P. Greenhalgh discusses how changes to (Anglophone-aimed) domain names of the official websites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints extend, continue, and complicate the…

The Trans Mormon Experience: A Panel Discussion with Emily English, Ray Nielson and Keith Burns

To celebrate Pride Month, Dialogue Out Loud presents this special panel discussion with authors who have written about trans Mormon issues in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Journal Editor Taylor Petrey sits down with…

Bodies of Flesh and Bone: An Interview with Mormon Artist Hayley Labrum Morrison

In this eye-opening episode of “Dialogue Out Loud,” host Margaret Olson Hemming sits down with Mormon artist Hayley Labrum Morrison to explore her bold depictions of female bodies in art. Through a candid conversation, Hayley…

Gathering and Judging Israel: A Conversation with Justin Goodson and Brian H. Shirts

In this episode of the Dialogue Out Loud podcast, we hear from Justin Goodson and Brian H. Shirts about their personal essays in the spring 2023 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.

Transcending Mormonism: Transgender Experiences in the LDS Church with Keith Burns

Keith Burns discusses the evolution of policies and approaches that LDS church leaders have engaged in the last decade.

Spring 2023 Issue Poetry

Includes The Garden I Know, Portrait of Agnes, and Cemetery Walk by Sarah Emmett, and Collect for a Family Friend Killed in a Sabbath Morning House Fire and Like a Prayer—Phormium tenax by Tyler Chadwick…

Dialogue Out Loud Interviews: 2023 Fiction Writers

Dialogue Fiction Editor Jennifer Quist is joined by William Morris, Ryan Habermeyer and Wes Turner to discuss their pieces in the Winter 2022 and Spring 2023 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.

Dialogue Out Loud Presents How a Mormon Ended Up at Union Theological Seminary: A Step Toward Racial Justice and a Better Church

James C. Jones narrates his “How a Mormon Ended Up at Union Theological Seminary: A Step Toward Racial Justice and a Better Church.” Listen in to Dialogue Out Loud #42 and enjoy!