Rainn Wilson – Soul Boom

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 (@austindivalentino). Austin has built a large following by exploring philosophy, belief, atheism, morality, and meaning—often asking the questions most people quietly avoid. While… Read More »Reason & Religion: Austin DiValentino The post Reason & Religion: Austin DiValentino appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

What does it say when you have to lie to defend your religion? Time to get a new religion? Not if you’re Jacob Hansen! For Jacob, lying is all in a day’s work for a Mormon apologist. Radio Free Mormon was an apologist for ten years back in the 1980s. RFM got to the same… Read More »Mormon Caught Lying: RFM: 438 The post Mormon Caught Lying: RFM: 438 appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

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 world. Rainn Wilson has spent the years since moving beyond sitcom fame to explore some of life’s biggest… Read More »Rainn Wilson – Soul Boom The post Rainn Wilson – Soul Boom appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

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 community. In this episode, Teresa talks about the quiet grief that often follows a faith transition: losing… Read More »The Hardest Part of Leaving Religion: On Loss of Community The post The Hardest Part of Leaving Religion: On Loss of Community appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

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 Mormonism, are fertile ground for codependent patterns. Rather than framing codependency as a flaw or character issue, this episode reframes it as a survival adaptation that… Read More »I’m Not Ok Unless You’re Ok: Codependency & Mormonism The post I’m Not Ok Unless You’re Ok: Codependency & Mormonism appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

Tonight on The Mormon Newscast, we cover a developing and deeply troubling story now dominating headlines: four LDS children reported missing in Utah have been located in a state-run orphanage in Croatia. We walk carefully through what is currently known, what remains unclear, how authorities say this situation unfolded, and why this case is raising… Read More »LDS Kidnapped Children Found in Croatian Orphanage? The post LDS Kidnapped Children Found in Croatian Orphanage? appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

This is it! The final episode! Words cannot express how happy Kolby and RFM are to finally be finishing their two-man demolition of this piece of apologetic dreck presented to the world by Austin Fife as “The Light and Truth Letter.” But after 58-hours of commentary from these two post-Mormon attorneys, spanning over an entire… Read More »The End of the Light On Truth Letter! RFM: 437 The post The End of the Light On Truth Letter! RFM: 437 appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

The LDS Church teaches that its top leaders are prophets, seers, and revelators; men who speak for God and whose guidance deserves trust, obedience, and moral authority. When serious problems arise in Church history, doctrine, or policy, the most common explanation offered is simple: prophets are fallible. But does that explanation actually resolve the issue?… Read More »Does Prophetic Fallibility Solve the LDS Problem? The post Does Prophetic Fallibility Solve the LDS Problem? appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

Tonight’s top story looks at new national data revealing a growing gap inside the LDS Church — especially among Gen Z members. While many young adults are stepping away entirely, new research shows that those who remain often continue outward religious behaviors like church attendance and temple participation. But beneath the surface, something deeper is… Read More »Inside the Disappearance of LDS Devotion The post Inside the Disappearance of LDS Devotion appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

Beginning with the classic fringe belief that “aliens built the pyramids,” Radio Free Mormon teaches you the simple but powerful technique that can defuse and destroy virtually any apologetic argument in favor of Mormonism. This silver bullet works every time! Apologists, beware! The post Built By Aliens? RFM 436 appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.