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Brittany Hartley and Bill Reilly.

Here we dive deep into the wisdom traditions,

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Our goal is to explore the good life and the very best of spirituality.

No nonsense required.

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And now, today's podcast episode.

All right, all right, folks.

Welcome back to another episode of the Almost Awakened podcast.

It is July 4th, Independence Day.

And I'm saying-

Or treason day.

Yeah, yeah, look at that.

That Boston Tea Party depends on what side you're on, doesn't it?

Right.

Yes, it does.

That January 6th thing at the Capitol, like, you know, 10% angrier and 10% more people.

And who knows what kind of things would have happened that day.

But really, it is through the eyes of the victor that the story gets told.

Absolutely.

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