Y Magazine

Welcome to the Y Magazine podcast, bringing you ideas, stories, and voices from Brigham Young University (BYU). New episodes post biweekly on Thursdays.

Y Magazine is a education podcast hosted by BYU, with 60 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Weathering the Storm: How to Prepare for Disasters

  Aug 6, 202626 min

  BYU alum D. James Siebert (BA ’92) is a meteorologist with a passion for preparedness. Having witnessed natural disasters firsthand, Siebert knows how important it is to be ready for all of the storms in our lives. “Becoming prepared is a lifestyle,” he says, “not an event.” Join host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) as she talks to Siebert about emergency preparedness, including family habits and activities, developing a planning mindset, and adapting plans to fit your family’s changing needs. This episode is connected with an article that will appear in the Fall issue of Y Magazine. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like “ Faith, Journalism and Grief with The Atlantic's McKay Coppins ,” “ Saving Days: Ending Period Poverty with Days for Girls ,” and “ Cake by Courtney: Baking, Business and Faith .” If you’re enjoying this podcast, we’d appreciate your feedback so we can make more of the kinds of episodes you like best.  Take the survey . Subscribe on  Apple Podcasts ,  Spotify , or  YouTube . New episodes post on the first Thursday of each month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  What's the Matter with America—and How to Fix It

  Jun 25, 202633 min

  The United States of America celebrates its 250th anniversary this year, but “we celebrate under ominous clouds,” says Judge Thomas B. Griffith (ret.) (BA ’78). Yet Griffith is hopeful. “There are green shoots coming up through the tundra,” he says. Join host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) as she talks with Griffith about the state of the nation, the beauty of the constitution, and the role of latter-day saints in getting America back on track. This episode is connected to the article “Promise and Peril at 250” by Thomas B. Griffith in the Summer 2026 issue of Y Magazine.   If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy “ Disagree Without Disaster: How to Talk Politics with Family ,” “ Religious Freedom with Elizabeth Clark ,” and “ Making Peace: How to Mediate Conflict in Our Families .” If you’re enjoying this podcast, we’d appreciate your feedback so we can make more of the kinds of episodes you like best.  Take the survey . Subscribe on  Apple Podcasts ,  Spotify , or  YouTube . New episodes post on the first Thursday of each month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Facing AI with Faith

  Jun 11, 202631 minS0

  <p >BYU computer science professor David Wingate (BS ’02, MS ’04) is a techno-optimist: “I recognize the dangers of AI . . . But I trust the goodness of people,” he says.</p> <p >How can we use AI in productive ways to bless ourselves and others? Join Y Magazine podcast host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) as she talks to Wingate about using AI while avoiding the dangers.</p> <p >This episode is connected to the article “Love Artificially” by Sara Smith Atwood from the Summer 2026 issue of Y Magazine. </p> <p >If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy “To All: How AI is Helping Share...

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  "It's All About Love": Finding Time for Service

  May 7, 202620 minS0

  <p >BYU student Paige R. Merkley (’27) is addicted to service. On Sunday afternoons she drinks root beer floats and chats with her adopted grandparent. On Tuesdays she dances with her friends at Adaptive Show Choir practice. On Thursdays she prepares the choreography for that choir. On Fridays she eats lunch with unhoused community members at the Food and Care Coalition. On Saturdays she plays basketball with the Special Olympics Collegiate Teams program. All of this while keeping a full schedule of classes.</p> <p >In this episode of the Y Magazine podcast, join host Whitney Singley Archibald (BA ’01) as she talk...

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  To All: How AI is Helping Share Gospel Messages in Other Languages

  Apr 2, 202627 minS0

  <p >“Language is probably one of the most pervasive uses of AI,” says BYU computer science professor Steve D. Richardson (BS ’77, MA ’80).</p> <p >It’s prophesied in scripture that “every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue” (D&C 90:11), but, asks Richardson, “how is that going to happen when there are 7,000 languages in the world?”</p> <p >The Pathsay project, a collaborative effort between BYU researchers and BYU Pathway students from all over Africa, are working on a way to bridge the gap by recording audio in low-resource languages like Xhosa, Twi, and Zulu and use it to trai...

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