Welcome to part 20 of our epic series on Dr. John G. Turner’s landmark biography, “Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet.” Things are really heating up as we enter the mid-1830s in the life of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter-day Saint movement. This episode dives into one of the most controversial and debated episodes in early Mormon history –Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger, a young woman employed in the Smith household in Kirtland, Ohio in 1836. Was it adultery? Was

At Our Baby’s “Routine” Checkup, The Pediatrician Went Quiet, Set Down Her Pen, And Whispered: “Install A Camera At Home — And Don’t Tell Your Husband.” It started so quietly that I almost missed it. My daughter, Emma, had always been a cheerful baby — giggling at sunlight, clapping her tiny hands whenever her father came home. But lately, something had changed. She had stopped smiling. She seemed quieter. Her laughter came less often, and at night, she’d wake up cry:ing, reaching out for me wit