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Hosted by Brittney Hartley & Bill Reel · religion · EN-US
Awake Enough To Question, Grounded Enough To Grow
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
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Signup to Generate a PitchAlmost Awakened is hosted by Brittney Hartley & Bill Reel. The show has published 205 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Mormonism: A Narcissistic System: Why It’s Never Enough" (12 March 2026, 34 minutes), "Reclaiming the Forbidden: Sex, Power, and the Life Force Religion Suppressed" (12 March 2026, 75 minutes), and "Hive Mind or Human Freedom? The Ethics of Pluribus" (12 March 2026, 69 minutes).
Almost Awakened publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 81 minutes across 205 episodes.
Booking probability for Almost Awakened is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Almost Awakened requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Almost Awakened's contact route on record: public web form.
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Brittney Hartley & Bill Reel hosts Almost Awakened, a religion podcast with 205 episodes published.
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<p>What if the reason you felt like you were never enough… wasn’t you? In this episode, Teresa explores the striking parallels between narcissistic relationship dynamics and high-demand religious systems, specifically...
<p>You were never broken. You were disconnected. In this unforgettable episode of Almost Awakened, we sit down with Kimberly Bryant — also known as Miss Bliss — a dominatrix and intimacy coach who helps people leaving...
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<p>What if humanity suddenly shared one mind? In this episode, Bill Reel and Britt Hartley dive into the provocative sci-fi film Pluribus and unpack the ethical, psychological, and existential questions it raises. Would...
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<p>What happens after you leave religion — but still feel a deep pull toward meaning, ritual, spirituality, or transcendence? In this conversation, Bill Reel and Britt Hartley sit down with religious ethicist and author...
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<p>What happens when reason starts questioning itself? In this episode of Almost Awakened, Britt Hartley and Bill Reel sit down with Austin DiValentino, creator of the rapidly growing platform Reason & Religion...
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<p>In this episode of Almost Awakened, we sit down with Rainn Wilson, best known to many as Dwight Schrute from The Office, for a wide-ranging conversation on spirituality, meaning, and the search for depth in a modern...
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<p>The Hardest Part of Leaving Religion: On Loss of Community Leaving religion often comes with a sense of relief, clarity, and freedom, but for many people, the hardest part isn’t the loss of belief. It’s the loss of...
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<p>In this solo episode of the Almost Awakened Podcast, Teresa Hobbs explores codependency through a nervous-system and systems lens, with a specific focus on why high-demand religious environments, especially...
<p>Getting together with family during the holidays can be beautiful… or it can feel like stepping into a spiritual escape room you never signed up for. In this episode of Almost Awakened, Teresa and I dive into the...
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<p>Britt Hartley from No Nonsense Spirituality and Bill Reel from the Almost Awakened Podcast are teaming up again for a brand-new series built around honest, wide-open conversations on spirituality, atheism...
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<p>Purity culture didn’t begin with religion, it began with control. In this episode, Teresa and Bill explore how ancient systems of ownership and inheritance evolved into moral laws that still shape our relationship to...
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<p>In this episode of Almost Awakened, we dig into the emotional weapon that too many of us have been shaped by—shame. Bill and Teresa break down how unhealthy systems—religious, familial, and relational—use shame to...
<p>What happens when trauma awareness turns into over-protection, and healing gets stuck in the identity of what harmed us? In this episode of Almost Awakened, Teresa Hobbs and Bill Reel unpack the concept of...
<p>In this episode of Almost Awakened, Bill and Teresa explore one of the most misunderstood aspects of emotional health, boundaries. We unpack what safe and unsafe boundaries look like, how trauma and conditioning...
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<p>What happens when your church convinces you that your own memories, questions, and feelings can’t be trusted? In this episode of Almost Awakened, Bill Reel and Teresa Hobbs unpack the dark art of religious...
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<p>The Almost Awakened Podcast is planning out a “Opposing Viewpoints” series and in this first episode of our new Opposing Viewpoints series, Bill shares a recent confrontation he had with a Mormon apologist—an...
<p>In this episode of the Almost Awakened Podcast, Bill Reel and Teresa Hobbs explore why stillness can feel so uncomfortable, especially for those recovering from religious trauma, chronic stress, and nervous system...
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<p>In this episode of Almost Awakened, Bill and Teresa explore the transformative shift from external obedience to internal integrity. What happens when we stop living by someone else’s rules and start listening to our...
<p>[Almost Awakened Ep: 191] What happens when obedience no longer defines you? In this episode, we explore the tender, disorienting, and ultimately liberating journey of shifting from a life shaped by external...
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<p>Why do some relationships thrive after conflict while others crumble? What if conflict wasn’t the problem in your relationships—but the key to deeper connection? In this powerful episode of the Almost Awakened...
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actor, environmentalist
religious trauma and deconstruction coach, No Nonsense Spirituality
PhD in theology and religion, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
AASECT Certified Sex Therapist/Supervisor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, The Natasha Helfer Podcast
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