This podcast wants to appear unbiased but I’m not so sure…just listen with discretion please

I am really disappointed by your episode about trans folks. I get that there are opposing perspectives in this controversial topic but it is very unfair to discuss trans rights and trans healthcare without including a trans person in the conversation. This is like having an episode about women’s rights without including a woman. Or talking about black people and the priesthood without talking to any black people about the pain that causes. (Actually, now that I type this, I realize you have done both, so maybe it’s par for the course). The problem is that this is life or death for families with trans members. By “balanced” platforming such a painful and life ending topic like this and giving equal time to the side that is clearly linked to hatred, you do more harm by giving air to things like warped data about detransitioning, as it is a very low percentage. You are helping the people who are literally trying to kill my family with ammunition for those cruel people. You are spreading the lie that trans people are predators by discussing these lies about people being allowed to use bathrooms in such a “rational” and nonemotional way. If you spend the first part of the episode discussing how painful this will be and how many people will be so hurt by this, you might have stopped to consider if this was a good idea. Yes, it might be true things you are discussing, but is it kind? Especially when you literally are silencing trans people by keeping them out of the conversation and speaking for them. I have listened to every episode of every show you’ve produced and this made me so, so sad and question if you actually have your heart in the right place. This was a poor choose with potentially unaliving consequences for your LGBT listeners. How very Mormon of you.

That should be a tee shirt! With a Pinky and the Brain vibe. Bill is exceptional at educating. He chooses fascinating topics and can flawlessly break them down into understandable pieces. By the end you feel validated as a post-mo and edified on the church.

Thanks bill & RFM for making it clear that I am not crazy, for seeing a the holes in the church doctrine. O and making it really funny!!

I appreciate at least the attempt to analyze the data objectively and I feel Bill and RFM honestly try to put their current biases aside in many of the episodes. They both have been so valuable in my deconstruction of Mormonism, giving voice and language to the dissonance I experience with so many Mormon apologetic narratives.

Bill isn’t even a successful pawnbroker

No Rene I’m not a woman but we are about the same age so I relate to everything you say about being raised in the church during the 60s/70s and beyond. Thank you. I love every episode

I love your calm voice. I often listen to podcasts to fall asleep. You will be getting that honor soon. I also enjoyed the thoughtful content.

This is a great resource to find new insights and ways of thriving after leaving a high demand religion.

Bill has beat the horse dead. His entire identity is “leaving the Mormon church” (even though he got kicked out). He talks about it 24/7, he’s obsessed. It’s not a good look. It’s time to move on.

This is a great landing place and so helpful to find these all together! Will you please add LATTER DAY STRUGGLES to this platform??

This is an intellectually honest set of podcasts that helps people recover from a very harmful religious world view. If you’re finally ready for the truth about Mormonism I highly recommend.

i really appreciate the dissident daughters podcast. im the only one in my family that is not mormon and this podcast really helps me feel validated and not alone as ive grown up in the toxicity of the church. thank you for being an advocate and a voice!!

Love this podcast we’ll research, thoughtful and great topic

Great podcast. Everyone in utah should listen to the president Nelson flight of death episode

Great information. Love the hosts. The tone is a lot less derisive than many other Ex-Mo podcasts. One thing I would like is the organization. They have a bunch of different shows, which makes it harder to find episodes in the iPhone podcast app. It would be nice if they could organize the feed of episodes by show. I mostly listen to Mormon Discusions live.

Each podcast in this family of podcasts is a different but has a lot to offer!

So Bu Mo? Morbud? Not sure. I know some JewBus. UniBus. Mormon Buddhism Interesting. 🐢

I can’t tell you how much I love this podcast!! I’m always excited when a new show drops!! Thank you for sharing your personal journey, it has helped me so much!!

There are some absolutely fantastic podcasts under this umbrella. Some of them I am not as interested in of course, but to each his own. The newest one – Rameumptum Ruminations — seems promising and interesting even though it has the worst podcast name in history.

This is a great podcast for people seeking the accurate information about LDS historical truth claims and doctrinal problems.

Growing up in the church I had been taught to believe their very simple and often repeated narrative. When the essays came out and essentially admitted that what I had been taught were anti Mormon lies was actually truth I was thrown into confusion. Bill Reel and RFM really helped me understand the reality of church history and gave me the information I needed to push through the manipulation from the church. They produce excellent content that is delivered in a useful and digestible way.

Love it!!!!

I’ve listened to a number of episodes that I find interesting, but when reviewing books you have to meet authors for where they want to go rather than where you want them to. Givens doesn’t want to go down the road of historical criticism but he wants to look at lds texts as literature. I think to call him subversive on that point is a little extreme.

This review is just for Radio Free Mormon (RFM). I don't listen to the other shows on this platform. His shows are well researched and highlight interesting nuances within Mormonism. I enjoy the rigor which his legal background and analysis provides.

This review is for RFM. I find his show interesting and enjoyable. Bill Reel - not so much - I’d only give him one star.

If you like thorough, honest, well researched detailed info. Mixes in great analogies and 70s, 80s and 90s pop culture. He is a lawyer so he goes into great detail.

I was looking for some good discussions about the gospel. It’s not here! He uses the “Mormon” on the title in the hopes of getting an audience. Nothing of value here! Also his voice is monotonous and will give you a headache!

Thank you for all you do Bill. best podcast ever!!!

These podcasts are so real and honest and inspiring! It’s just what I need as I make big life transitions for myself and my family. It’s feels comforting to have somebody walk through these difficult conversations with me-that’s what it feels like. Like I’m not alone on this journey and I have a friend to walk with. Thank you Bill for inspiring me to keep being brave and strong.

When Bill and RFM team up it’s sensational!! Love it! Thanks you two 👍. OMG! This interview with Jim Bennett is the greatest podcast ever! This should go into the podcast hall of fame!! Love your work Bill!

What a couple of losers

I've been listening to Bill's podcasts for several years. I used to love his objective approach to the many complex and concerning issues of the church. As Bill has moved from a questioning perspective to a position of former member with unresolved answers, I have realized that this podcast is moving into a new phase. I surmise that it will most likely keep the current tone of attacking the leaders and burn the bridges that have helped many like me in the past in trying to find the good among the messy details. I now listen to this podcast as a form of entertainment rather than as a helpful resource that it once was. I still like Bill and will keep listening, but my listening perspective will be different going forward.

Love all the commentary on apostle’s talks! Keep it coming!

Listening to this made me want to scream!! To be in the graces of Mormonism, you are accepted when you attend the Temple or can acquire a Temple Recommend. PERIOD!! It has nothing to do with “SPIRITUALISM”!! Dance??? Song?? What about the “Moon” WHAT!!??

Some of the podcasts are really good others not so much. I don't find myself defending the church very often but I do prefer to see the good in all places and not find reasons to regret my life or past decisions. For this reason I'm not in love with the malicious direction Bill has gone although I do recognize it as a stage of development he must go through and I'm glad that there's a network that presents most sides. The ones I can recommend are "mythical jesus" "marriage on a tight rope" and "Mormon awakenings" most of the others I don't listen to and the few I do I must separate fact from commentary.

Interesting thoughts, his apostles today sound like the apostles of the new testament , imperfect yet doing their best to lead the church of Jesus christ. Nothing has changed, the lord places people in positions and trusts them to do the right thing and guess what they are human and make mistakes just like Christs own apostles did. I wish bill saw that instead. He unfortunately leaves out a ton of information and I have found many fallacies in every one of his podcasts. extremely biased in one direction, he puts on an apologist hat and then leave out important facts.

I think that the main concepts of this episode where well put forth, however making fun of the Eyring‘s softheartedness was a little over-the-top. I don’t think it was necessary.

Using Suzette Smith as an authority for Mormon feminism is dishonest seeing as how she has embezzled money from a Mormon feminist organization (Exponent 2). Very hypocritical and definitely undermines any other authority your podcasters claim to have on subjects.

While this podcast has put out some episodes in the past that I have enjoyed and benefitted from, I cannot in good conscience continuing listening since it has come to light that one of their podcasters embezzled money from a mormon women’s group for ~5 years and attempted to cover up the extent of the crime even after offering to come clean. One of my main struggles with Mormonism throughout the years has been the church’s lack of financial transparency and use of funds to support causes that I morally disagree with, and finding out that mormon discussions has been aware of this person’s actions all along and still allowed this person to contribute *before* proper restitution was made is disappointing to me. I will not be listening anymore.

Bill Reel knowingly gave a "mormon feminist" podcast to the woman who just this year pled guilty to stealing at least $200,000 from the mormon feminist community's oldest and most important mofem magazine, and is defending her actions and publicly trying to cast those who want her held accountable as unforgiving and "trying to cause maximum harm." She has shown no remorse, and most insulting of all, continues to use her "work" with that institution as credibility for her podcast, even using the name of the magazine in multiple episodes and pretending that none of it ever happened. She should not be representing the mofem community in any way, let alone claiming the influence of the magazine while she did everything she could to hide her crimes and has never admitted to the full extent of her theft. Even her logo for the podcast (Ashreah Grove) was stolen with funds stolen from the community she claims to be representing! I will no longer be listening to any of the MD podcasts until they sever their wildly inappopriate association with the woman who almost succeeded in bringing down a historical institution of the progmo community. And I hope nobody will trust MD with a penny of their money as long as a serial embezzler is involved in the company.

This podcast group gives a voice and platform to a convicted felon who embezzled over 200k from a non-profit. Even her logo was purchased with stolen money. Bill has defended a perpetrator while shaming her victims for not “forgiving” her fast enough, even in the face of her continued deception. He is no better than the leaders of the LDS church he criticizes who protect perpetrators while blaming victims. Just because she’s his friend. If you want to continue the toxicity of the LDS church, this is the podcast for you.

Just FYI the host of Asherah Grove stole about 200K from the Exponent II and is/was being investigated by the FBI. (Not fake news, you can look it up in the Salt Lake Tribune.) It’s a little hypocritical for a podcast host to sell herself as some sort of champion for Mormon women when she literally stole money from us. It’s especially upsetting coming from a podcast series that claims to be all about trying to hold the Church accountable for unethical practices and helping those of us on the fringes of Mormonism. I’ve enjoyed the podcast in the past but since it’s clear that the whole Mormon Discussion thing is yet another Mormon safe harbor for criminals I’m moving on to something else.

There is no better podcast than this when you are going through a faith crisis and looking for real facts surrounding tough issues with the church. Bill is gentle and errs on the side of faith. As a bishop he is an extremely intelligent guy and is coming fully from the perspective of faith while diving into hard questions.

I’ve had doubts and questions that caused me anguish for years. But due to mormon culture doubters are shunned from family and friends I kept them hidden. I’m so thankful for voices like this podcast that have the courage to ask hard questions. Thank you.

Outstanding and honest. Heartfelt and thoughtful. I am grateful for Bill Reel and his efforts to fight for truth and treating each other with kindness.

I've been listening to this podcast for a while now and I've found it very insightful. If you are an "active" member of the church it will cause you to question your thoughts and preconceived expectations or knowledge (which can be healthy if done properly). If you are "in-active" it can make you see things in a new light. If you are "anti-mormon" it'll probably just add more fuel to the fire (so, I'm not sure if it's worth your time). Regardless of where you fall, don't take everything in this podcast as 100% truth. As with everything you hear/learn: listen, observe, research, think, and come to your own conclusions.

Thank you for taking about the things that we should know about. No god would condone ignorance, and this group of podcasts sheds light on the parts that everyone should know and understand- the parts that don’t get discussed in church. Thank you for your honesty and integrity.

Some of the shows are okay. I noticed as I continued to listen, various hosts are just angry and frustrated with Mormonism, it almost feels like this is there therapy, to vent all their issues. It just got old, so I moved on to other podcasts.

This podcast is very entertaining and gives alternative views on Mormonism. I’ve enjoyed Bill’s open approach to these topics and think that anyone could benefit from engaging with this podcast. As a former Mormon and current atheist Bill has shown me that the Book of Mormon and Bible still have some beneficial teachings to offer