Episodes
Happy Pride: An LGBTQ+ Affirmation
Hello, and welcome to Exvangelical. I’m your host, Blake Chastain. I know there’s a lot going on. I know that the recent Supreme Court rulings are beyond discouraging - they are harmful for so many people, and a decision that...
Ryan Haupt
My guest today is Dr. Ryan Haupt. Ryan is a scientist and podcaster on the show Science...Sort of , and a frequent guest host on the comic book podcast iFanboy . iFanboy was one of the very first podcasts I …
White Too Long (re-release with new intro)
Note: there is a leveling discrepancy between the intro comments and the interview, which begins around the 10:30 mark. There's been two major shootings in the last two weeks. I try to piece together some thoughts, and combin...
Nick Ripatrizone, author of Digital Communion
Time to talk Marshall McLuhan, [social] media, and religion
Andre Henry, author of All The White Friends I Couldn't Keep
The activist, musician, and author joins the show!
The leaked SCOTUS ruling shows why white evangelicals supported Trump…
He gave them what they wanted.
Audio Essay: Twitter & The Counterpublic Sphere
In this audio essay, adapted from The Post-Evangelical Post , I talk about Twitter's role in allowing "counterpublics" to flourish - and how #exvangelical relates to that. New interviews are coming - due to my recent ear surg...
Re-Release: Pete Holmes (2019 Interview)
t’s been over a month since I’ve released an episode. That was not my plan nor intention. But sometimes life intervenes. Just shy of a month ago, I had surgery to repair a lifelong issue with my ear - ruptured …
The Both-And of Lent (Audio Essay)
Even outside the context of practicing Christianity, the symbolism has value.
(Re-Release) White Evangelical Racism with Dr. Anthea Butler
Dr. Butler discusses her book White Evangelical Racism - recorded March 2021.
Melissa Stewart (@lissajostewart on TikTok)
In this conversation, I speak with exvangelical Tiktokker Melissa Stewart (@lissajostewart) about her upbringing, how exvangelical spaces continue to evolve, and how platform differences (i.e. Twitter vs. TikTok) enable diffe...
Justin Gentry & Sarah Heath are In Revcovery
A new IMG show about what it's like to leave professional ministry.
On Forming and Expressing Identity Online
An audio essay about online community, culture, and followings.
Powers & Principalities: The Inauspicious Anniversary of the Jan 6 Ca…
In conversation with Chrissy Stroop, one year after the failed coup attempt.
R. Scott Okamato
In this interview I chat with R. Scott Okamoto about music, life as a Christian college professor, and much more. Scott will also be hosting the upcoming exvangelical podcast, Chapel Probation. Learn more about Scott at his w...
On the Deconstruction Discourse
Blake talks about the recent discourse about deconstruction & exvangelicals.
Jeff Sharlet (Cheery Thanksgiving Conversation Starter Re-Release)
I spoke to author Jeff Sharlet in November 2020, just after the election was called for Biden - but Trump was already signaling that he would not concede. The Jan 6 insurrection had not yet happened, but what would become …
1 Year Since the 2020 Election, with Brad Onishi
In this episode, I talk with fellow IMG podcaster Bradley Onishi about how things have developed in the last year since the 2020 election. In that time we've seen Trump's decisive electoral loss, the Jan 6th insurrection, the...
Minisode: Funding the Next Chapter of Exvangelical
TL;DR - support my work at $8/month & 25% of net revenue will be donated to orgs that serve populations harmed by white evangelicalism.
The Religious Exemption Accountability Project
An interview with Paul Southwick & Erin Green
Meghan O'Gieblyn, author of "God, Human, Animal, Machine"
9/11 & Transhumanism & Plant Consciousness, Oh My!
Peterson Toscano On Activism, Trauma, and Curiosity
Peterson Toscano returns to the show!