Standard of Truth Podcasts Summaries

Read the Truth provides Church history in clear, written form, drawn directly from The Standard of Truth podcast.

Each episode transcript is stripped of non-historical material—including banter, jokes, sports betting discussion, and side commentary between Gerrit Dirkmaat and Richard—leaving only the historical narrative, primary sources, and scholarly explanation. The result is a focused record of the Church history actually discussed in the podcasts from our favorite Latter-Day Saint historian.

With all extraneous material removed, you can imagine that some episodes have been striped down to just a few sentences. This makes Read the Truth an efficient reference tool rather than a time-intensive listening experience.

Browse episodes by season, category or historical figure, quickly locate specific events or sources, and reference your favorite podcast discussions in seconds—without having to sift through hours of audio.