Out Loud

Dialogue fiction pieces and personal essays performed and edited professionally.

Episodes

The First Letter She Found by Charity Shumway: Audio Story

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, we present “The First Letter She Found” by Charity Shumway, a deeply intimate short story about faith, embodiment, love, and the quiet costs of self-surrender across generations. Framed…

Winter 2025 Issue Overview

In this Winter 2025 Issue Overview, Dialogue co-editors Margaret Olsen Hemming and Caroline Kline are joined by the journal’s subject editors to introduce the latest issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought and highlight…

When Materials Speak: A Conversation with Paola Bidinelli

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Dialogue art editor Amanda Beardsley sits down with Paola Bidinelli, the cover artist for the Fall 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, to explore the…

Secret Societies and Scripture: A Conversation with Colby Townsend

What do the Illuminati, Freemasons, and anti-Jacobin conspiracies of the late 18th century have to do with the Book of Mormon? More than you might think. In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, co-editor Caroline…

Confronting Men’s Violence Against Women in the LDS Church: A Conversation with Suzanne E. Greco

In this moving episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Dialogue co-editor Caroline Kline speaks with Suzanne E. Greco about her article “Confronting Men’s Violence Against Women and Girls in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…

Fall 2025 Issue Overview

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, the editorial team comes together to introduce the Fall 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. From groundbreaking scholarship to moving creative work, the editors walk…

Sacred Suffering: A Conversation with Bryant Thompson

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Personal Voices editor Charlotte Hansen Terry speaks with Bryant Skeen Thompson, author of the deeply moving essay “No Hard Feelings,” from the Summer 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Thompson shares the story of…

Matter by Ryan Shoemaker: Audio Story

In Ryan Shoemaker’s haunting and tender short story Matter, a young missionary in Italy finds himself alone with a stranger in desperate need. Over the course of one long night, he must confront his deepest…

Narrative Theology in the Small Plates: A Conversation with Ryan A. Davis

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Dialogue co-editor Margaret Olsen Hemming speaks with Ryan Davis about his article from the Summer 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought: “Enos’s Encoded Narrative Structure…

Joseph Smith’s Spiritual Language: A Conversation with William L. Davis

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Dialogue co-editor Margaret Olsen Hemming interviews William L. Davis about his article “Joseph Smith’s Spiritual Language: The Presence of Early Modern English in the Book of Mormon,” featured…