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Webinar Series: Worshiping in the American West

In Conversation with Claire Hoffman

Thursday, September 18, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00pm PST

Join ICW for this conversation with Dr. Claire Hoffman, part of the Fall 2025 Series Worshiping in the American West.  In this webinar, Dr. Hoffman will discuss her latest work, Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple-MPherson.  Dr. Hoffman will be joined in conversation with Dr. Bill Deverell.

Register Now: https://bit.ly/sistersinner

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Webinar Series: Worshiping in the American West

In Conversation with Jared Farmer

Thursday, September 25, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00pm PST

Join ICW for this conversation with Dr. Jared Farmer, part of the Fall 2025 Series Worshiping in the American West.  Dr. Farmer will discuss his work, The Sound of Mormonism: A Media History of Latter-day Saints.  Dr. Farmer will be joined in conversation with Dr. Bill Deverell.

Register Now: https://bit.ly/jaredfarmer

 

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Western Edition Season 4 Podcast

More than 50 million viewers begin each new year looking to Pasadena, tuning into the Rose Parade to see flower and seed-coated floats cruise slowly down Colorado Boulevard. But to nearly 1450,000 of those viewers, the “City of Roses” is home, a complex suburb of downtown Los Angeles with a deep history. Pasadena has played a greater role in American and Pacific histories than most of its residents even know.

This new season of Western Edition digs deep into the “Crown City” of the San Gabriel Valley with  six little-known Pasadena stories, from Simons brickyard to Vroman’s bookstore, St. Barnabas church to the Shoya House at The Huntington. It also considers Pasadenans from the past, from John Brown’s children to John Birch’s followers.