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, psychology, consciousness, and whatever else grabs our curiosity in the moment. In this first episode, we jump from one fascinating question to the next. What is the nature of reality? Are we living in a simulation? What does an AI revolution mean for human meaning and purpose? And would you pull your kids out of a religion you know is false… even if staying in it meant they’d live a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life? No scripts, no guardrails, just two friends following the most interesting threads wherever they lead. If you enjoy deep questions, sharp insights, and conversations that blend intellect with real-life stakes, this new series is for you.

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Britt Hartley’s work can be found
* https://nononsensespirituality.com/
* https://www.audible.com/pd/No-Nonsense-Spirituality-Audiobook/B0F25P5DV2
* https://www.youtube.com/@nononsensespirituality

RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE:
DMT and the Mapping of Other Dimensions
* https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2016.00211/full
* https://newrepublic.com/article/169525/psychonauts-training-psychedelics-dmt-extended-state
* https://www.dmtx.org/resources-1
* https://psychedelicspotlight.com/researchers-are-mapping-out-new-dimensions-through-dmtx-technology/

Donald Hoffman and What is Reality
* https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/
* https://www.mindscienceacademy.org/en/do-we-see-reality-as-it-is-donald-hoffman/
* https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-evolutionary-argument-against-reality-20160421
* https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/consciousness-self-organization-and-neuroscience/201912/what-is-reality-interview-donald
* https://tim.blog/2022/04/13/donald-hoffman

The Argument That We Are Living In A Simulation
* https://simulation-argument.com/simulation.pdf
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/