In this wide-ranging interview, Sandra Tanner discusses her complex history with D. Michael Quinn, from being arch-enemies due to their clashing views on Mormon history, to gaining an appreciation for Quinn's tireless research into difficult aspects of LDS history, even as she remains puzzled by his persistent belief in Mormonism despite uncovering many factual problems. Sandra highlights Quinn's lifelong quest to reconcile his faith with the uncomfortable realities he uncovered, his struggles with Church leadership over his historical writings, the irony of him publishing an anti-Tanner pamphlet, and the sadness of his eventual excommunication which rejected both him as a person due to his sexuality and his meticulously researched historical analysis which the Church disliked. Ultimately, Sandra expresses a wish that Quinn was still alive to have an open discussion given their intertwined, conflicted past.

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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:10 Quinn and Tanner were arch enemies
00:07:25 Quinn was gay and knew it as a child
00:10:00 Quinn facing divorce
00:13:25 Story of McKay wanting to rescind the priesthood ban
00:17:17 Post manifesto polygamous marriages
00:23:00 Joseph Smith and the Magic Worldview
00:32:50 Quinn’s dissertation and his pamphlet against the Tanners
00:37:35 Sandra’s take on Quinn’s version of the story
00:46:42 Quinn struggled with Apostle Packer
00:51:00 Quinn speaking on Post Manifesto Polygamy, she asked him a question
01:00:35 Louis Midgley’s beef against the Tanners
01:04:44 Quinn attributes his pamphlet to Arrington getting fired
01:10:16 Seeing Quinn get excommunicated
01:13:50 Was Sandra ever puzzled by Quinn’s continuing belief?
01:17:00 Sandra’s summary of Quinn’s book

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