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Glass Box Podcast

Glass Box Podcast

Written by: Bryce Blankenagel
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 Join Bryce Blankenagel and Shannon Grover as we walk through deep Mormon doctrine and history, headlines in and out of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), and explore the lighter side of current events. We hope to provide good feels and a burning in your bosom that'll leave you wanting to download the next episode.Ground Gnomes LLC Spirituality World
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  • Ep 194 — Dallin Oaks | Carthage Conspiracy

    Ep 194 — Dallin Oaks | Carthage Conspiracy
    Jan 21 2026
    Well, it's time. Let's talk about President Dallin Harris Oaks, the Hoaks man, the Mormon Gollum. First, we cover the biography In the Hands of the Lord: The Life of Dallin H. Oaks by Richard Turley. Then we take a look at Hoaks' book The Carthage Conspiracy, as well as a presentation from 2021 where he actually uttered a prophecy! And after all that, we share some amazing science news. Researchers at Johns Hopkins have uncovered a surprising new way to influence brain activity by targeting a long-mysterious class of proteins linked to anxiety, schizophrenia, and movement disorders. Enjoy! Show Notes: Cyrus Dallin Sculptor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Edwin_Dallin Cyrus Dallin: https://dallin.org/about-cyrus-dallin/ Stella Oaks Foundation: https://www.stellahoaks.org/ Law Review: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_review Supreme Court case 1957-1958: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1957 Chief Justice Earl Warren: https://www.oyez.org/justices/earl_warren The Sit-In: 40 years later: https://chicagomaroon.com/22887/grey-city/the-sit-in-40-years-later/ Studying the Exclusionary Rule in Search and Seizure: https://nij.ojp.gov/library/publications/studying-exclusionary-rule-search-and-seizure Why Dress and Grooming Standards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56pD3WMPQao Talk of the Month: Standards of Dress and Grooming: https://bhroberts.org/records/0spyAV-0Dx8uN/dallin_h_oaks_explains_byu_grooming_standards_in_the_new_era Internal Revenue Service Investigations of Unidentified Persons, Denver Law Review: chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2923&context=dlr United States vs Brigham Young University: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/485/534/1377372/ The Wall Between Church and State: https://archive.org/details/wallbetweenchurc0000oaks/page/n5/mode/2up MoGP: Carthage Conspiracy by Dallin Oaks and Marvin Hill https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p007620 Dallin Oaks Lecture Nov 12, 2021 @ University of Virginia Mormon Studies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0r2YIAsOQs Happy News: A "dormant" brain protein turns out to be a powerful switch: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260118233607.htm Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. Our most recent discussion was on the Mountain Meadows Massacre: https://youtu.be/iJWirjCyWdk He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod Patreon page for documentary: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions BlueSky: @glassboxpodcast.bsky.social Other BlueSky: @bryceblankenagel.bsky.social and @shannongrover.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/ Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop Or find the merch store by clicking on "Store" here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html One time Paypal donation: bryceblankenagel@gmail.com Venmo: @Shannon-Grover-10
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    3 hrs and 26 mins
  • Ep 193 — AI and Ethics w/ Chris Mitsch | A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    Ep 193 — AI and Ethics w/ Chris Mitsch | A.I. Artificial Intelligence
    Jan 7 2026

    Welcome to 2026! We start out the year talking to an interesting person — Chris Mitsch — a Professor of Computer Science, whose focus has been on AI ethics. We discuss a variety of technologies known as AI, the limitations, costs, potential uses, who stands to benefit, and a litany of related issues. This leads to our MOGP segment, where we watched A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, of course! And we close the episode with a round-up of good energy news from 2025.

    Show Notes:

    Papers mentioned during the interview:

    Does Liking Yellow Imply Driving a School Bus? By Gonen et. al.

    https://aclanthology.org/2025.naacl-long.35/

    The Reversal Curse: LLMs trained on "A is B" fail to learn "B is A" by Berglund et. al.

    https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.12288

    Seeing like a State by James C. Scott

    https://files.libcom.org/files/Seeing%20Like%20a%20State%20-%20James%20C.%20Scott.pdf

    The Mechanic and the Luddite by Jathan Sadowski

    https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite/paper

    Empire of AI by Haren Hao

    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743569/empire-of-ai-by-karen-hao/

    MOGP:

    A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/

    Happy News:

    https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/clean-energy-renewables-charts-2025

    Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen

    Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. Our most recent discussion was on the Mountain Meadows Massacre: https://youtu.be/iJWirjCyWdk

    He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g

    Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod

    Patreon page for documentary: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions

    BlueSky: @glassboxpodcast.bsky.social

    Other BlueSky: @bryceblankenagel.bsky.social and @shannongrover.bsky.social

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/

    Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop

    Or find the merch store by clicking on "Store" here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html

    One time Paypal donation: bryceblankenagel@gmail.com

    Venmo: @Shannon-Grover-10
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    3 hrs and 7 mins
  • Ep 192 — All Media 2025!

    Ep 192 — All Media 2025!
    Dec 24 2025

    As per tradition, we're talking all media to round out the year! Our theme is past, present, future; we're discussing what influenced both of us the most in each category. Thanks for hanging out with us this past year!

    Shan:

    Past: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

    Present:

    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore.

    A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, by Sonia Purnell

    Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel, by Rachel Holmes

    The Sisterhood: The Secret History of the Women at the CIA, by Liza Mundy

    The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear, Kate Moore

    Ten Days in a Mad-House: The Original 1887 Edition (Nellie Bly's Experience On Blackwell's Island) by Nellie Bly

    Nellie Bly: Daredevil. Reporter. Feminist by Brooke Kroeger

    The Secret Life of Dr James Barry: Victorian England's Most Eminent Surgeon, by Rachel Holmes

    Future: Star Trek

    Bryce:

    Past: Grand Theft Auto

    Present: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaquui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda

    Future: Age of Disclosure



    Show Notes:

    History of Grand Theft Auto

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poKPUS7pu5Y

    The Teachings of Don Juan

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Teachings_of_Don_Juan

    The Aliens are Here (Again)! A Review of The Age of Disclosure by Michael Shermer

    https://www.skeptic.com/article/the-aliens-are-here-again-a-review-of-the-age-of-disclosure/

    Skeptic debunks of UFO/UAP videos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHDlfIaBEqw

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuhkVTJ6A_c

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om0d0u1ASJY

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64zlyzojpPM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsEjV8DdSbs&t=1093s

    Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism on his Speaking of Cults series. Our most recent discussion was on the Mountain Meadows Massacre: https://youtu.be/iJWirjCyWdk

    He has had MANY different fascinating people on so go take a look! Here is the whole playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGuS7GcsgA&list=PLGrPM1Pg2h72ADIuv8eYmzrJ-ppLOlw_g

    Email: glassboxpodcast@gmail.com

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GlassBoxPod

    Patreon page for documentary: https://www.patreon.com/SeerStonedProductions

    BlueSky: @glassboxpodcast.bsky.social

    Other BlueSky: @bryceblankenagel.bsky.social and @shannongrover.bsky.social

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glassboxpodcast/

    Merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/exmoapparel/shop

    Or find the merch store by clicking on "Store" here: https://glassboxpodcast.com/index.html

    One time Paypal donation: bryceblankenagel@gmail.com

    Venmo: @Shannon-Grover-10
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    2 hrs and 21 mins
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