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Called to Create: An LDSPMA Podcast
Called to Create is a podcast where your desire to create will be supported and celebrated through interviews with inspiring Latter-day Saint creators who are passionate about their craft and share helpful, real-life experiences that will guide you on your creative journey. Look for new episodes on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
Episodes
91 episodes
Connie Sokol: Beloved Podcast Host, Farewell
Connie Sokol is a national speaker, bestselling author, media personality, and mother of seven. She is a regular contributor on the top-rated lifestyle show Studio 5 with Brooke Walker (
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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37:25
Brigham Taylor: Pirates of the Caribbean producer
Brigham Taylor worked as an executive with the Walt Disney Company. He produced Disney’s 2016 The Jungle Book, 2015 Tomorrowland, and the Pirates of the Caribbean series. He was a production executive for Million Dollar Arm (2014), Tron: Leg...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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34:37
Brandon Pak: Connecting People With Christ
Brandon Pak is a singer, songwriter, Deseret book recording artist, and a graduate of Boston's Berkeley College of Music. He’s had the opportunity to perform with and for artists such as Andy Grammer, Charlie Puth, Justin Timberlake, Pentato...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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34:42
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Rebecca Cressman: Inspiring Listeners of All Ages
Rebecca is a Utah All-Star! Born in San Diego, but a Utahan at heart after falling in love with the mountains, rivers, and the kind people who make it feel like home. During the day she hosts FM100.3’s Midday Show playing music for your w...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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33:51
Eva Witesman: Embracing All Your Interests
Eva Witesman is a professor at the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University, where she teaches in the Master of Public Administration and Master of Business Administration programs and serves as Academic Director of the Ballard C...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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42:06
Jennefer Johnson: Uniting Women of Faith
Jennefer Johnson is a program administrator of Brigham Young University’s Continuing Education Events, and oversees BYU Women's Conference, where she has been gathering women for over 28 years. Jen is from Salt Lake and St. George, Utah. She is...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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32:52
Kathy Fincher: Female Norman Rockwell
Kathy Fincher creates meaningful artwork that moves the soul. She is renowned for her Norman Rockwell style paintings of children. Classically trained, her attention to details and lighting have earned her many international awards. Finch...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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38:04
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Lisa Valentine Clark: Calm the Inner Critic
Lisa Valentine Clark was part of the sketch comedy/improv troupe The Garrens, and co-founded the theater-as-improv troupe The Thrillionaires which performs original, improvised plays and musicals in a variety of genres. She has been featured in...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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39:59
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Ben Lomu: Host of BYUtv's Come Follow Up
Ben Lomu is a religious educator for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and teaches Seminary and Institute.Lomu is also an actor and host of BYUtv’s “Come Follow Up”. He has appeared in a number of productions for the Church...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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24:13
Chaplain Captains Jenna Carson & Dawn Dimick: Ministering to U.S. Armed Forces
Chaplain Dawn Dimick is the first woman to study military chaplaincy in BYU's graduate program. Her journey began when she enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2013 on a prayer, and in need of money for school. She later received undergr...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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40:44
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Wendy Osborne: Alleviating Food Insecurity
Wendy Osborne is the Founder and Executive Director of Tabitha’s Way Local Food Pantry, a non-profit organization based in Utah. Wendy was called to serve her community and switched from a career in telecommunications to start Tabitha’s Way ...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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36:12
Clint Pulver: Be the best FOR the world
Clint strongly believes that a single moment in time can change a person’s life. He has traveled the world speaking to a wide spectrum of diverse audiences, challenging them to dream, excel, connect, and believe--both in themselves and in th...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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34:38
Sam Payne: Let your faith shine!
Sam Payne is a national and international musician and storyteller. He hosts The Apple Seed podcast that features stories for families. He was part of the Peabody-nominated team that created Treasure Island 2020, the serial podcast based on ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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31:54
Alexis and Chanté: Let’s Talk Sis
Alexis and Chanté are sisters and best friends. They grew up in Utah and raised both of their families there. Together they have seven children and two hunky husbands. They love building bridges and connecting communities. As sisters they ar...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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39:49
Brandon Mull: Go where God leads you
Brandon Mull is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Fablehaven, Dragonwatch, Beyonders, and Five Kingdoms series. A kinetic thinker, Brandon enjoys bouncy balls, squeezable stress toys, and popping bubble wrap. He lives in Utah ...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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50:06
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Truman Brothers: Growing up backstage at the Grand Ole Opry
For the Truman Brothers, music and faith are in their DNA. Raised in Nashville, Tennessee as sons of Latter-day Saint musician, Dan Truman (of the Grammy-winning group Diamond Rio), they spent their formative years in green rooms and tour bu...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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30:09
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Fiona Smith: Miracles happen!
Fiona Smith is British born with Jamaican roots and is a modern-day renaissance creator who focuses on projects that bring unique stories out of obscurity.Fiona was the TV host for “Road to Zion,” a documentary on early pioneer...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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25:18
Ryan Shupe: Building a Positive Counterculture
Winning over live audiences has been Shupe’s natural-born talent since childhood. A fifth-generation fiddler, he started performing with his siblings at age 10. He formed the RubberBand with the idea of drawing from a pool of musicians who c...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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25:46
Shannon Foster: The Red Headed Hostess
Shannon Foster is a wife, mother, and the founder of The Red Headed Hostess. She has a passion for helping children and adults understand and fall in love with the scriptures. After thirteen years of teaching seminary full...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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36:06
Boyd Matheson: Stay Radically Curious
Boyd Matheson is the host of KSL NewsRadio’s Inside Sources, KSL-TV’s Sunday Edition and a nationally recognized social and political commentator. Prior to joining KSL, he served as opinion editor for Deseret News, chief of staff in the Unit...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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39:05
Chad Hymas: Motivating, Moving, Life Changing
In 2001, at the age of 27, Chad’s life changed in an instant when a 2,000-pound bale of hay shattered his neck, leaving him a quadriplegic. But Chad’s dreams were not paralyzed that day—he became an example of what is possible....
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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39:20
Alice Faulkner Burch: Stories of Early Black American Latter-day Saints
Alice Faulkner Burch is general editor of “My Lord, He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black American Latter-day Saints.” She also serves on the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board, is on the Signature Books Editorial Advisory Board, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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33:51
Dr. Stacy Taniguchi: Live your best life and thrive!
Dr. Stacy Taniguchi is a motivational speaker and experiential education consultant. He is a retired university professor from BYU's Marriott School of Business and works as an outdoor wilderness guide, specializing in rem...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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36:28
Jeanette Bennett: Connecting with others in meaningful ways
Jeanette Bennett earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in journalism from BYU and is the founder/editor of Utah Valley Magazine, BusinessQ Magazine, Utah Valley Bride and UtahValley360.com. She has also been a regular guest on HuffPostLive...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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35:45
Latter Day Kids' Marcie & Jared Austin
Jared and Marcie Austin are owner creators of Latter Day Kids! They have worked together for the last 4 years as a husband and wife team to deliver free weekly videos and lesson bundles that support gospel learning in the home....
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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29:13
