Mormon Stories 1450: Copywriter for LDS Church Speaks Out - Linda and Savannah Clyde Pt. 2

Join us today as we continue with part two of our interview with an awesome mother and daughter duo, Linda and Savannah Clyde. Growing up in a mixed-faith Mormon home, Linda worked through the resentment she felt towards her father’s lack of belief in the church with beautiful results. Linda’s talents as a writer eventually landed her a job at LDS church headquarters in the marketing department where she was instrumental in assisting the church soften it’s tone and messaging. Hearing her talk about the inner workings of the church is fascinating stuff to say the least! Once an extremely faithful teenager, Linda’s daughter Savannah’s curious spirit led her to dig deeper into the narrative of the church and become a new kind of pioneer for her Mormon family.

Listen along as they describe their journey to understanding one another, their non-Mormon loved ones, and the beauty that can come from embracing non-conformity as a family in Utah county.

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Timecodes:
1:00 Taking a writing test for the church to interview for employment and helping change church culture
11:00 Having a birds eye view of church messaging and Face to Face events for the youth
17:00 The Q15 on social media and the youth leaving the church
27:00 Linda’s responsibilities as a copy writer for the church
41:00 Filming a video for the church and the correlation committee taking it down
44:00 Writing a script for the sisters on temple square, discovered the old temple ceremony
48:00 Deseret Ranch, baseball baptisms, seeing the inner working of the business part of the church
1:05:00 The businesses that make money for the church
1:08:00 Linda working on talks with high profile church leaders
1:16:00 Working with Roots Tech, Family Search and the genealogy arm of the church
1:20:00 The ego of the 70s, sexism, irony being a working mom in the church
1:29:00 Finally recognizing some of the harmful ideas that hurt her daughter she was forwarding
1:38:00 The change to the proper church name instead of “Mormon”
1:44:00 Church employees not able to speak their mind
1:49:00 Savannah begins studying the church more in depth and gets ostracized
2:11:00 Linda sees Savannah struggle in the church
2:29:00 Linda’s husband’s faith alining with her’s and avoiding the common post-Mormon problems
2:33:00 Leaving the blueprint of Mormonism to build something authentic
2:38:00 Reconciling with Linda’s exMormon parents
2:45:00 Savannah’s talk with two institute teachers at school about women’s issues
2:54:00 Savannah’s tattoo and it’s meaning
2:58:00 TikTok and Linda’s message on her channel
3:20:00 John’s TikTok challenge for people to speak up
3:31:00 Savannah’s final thoughts for the struggling Mormon teens
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