Episodes
Doing Nothing Is No Longer An Option, with Jenny Booth Potter
Why learning & practicing antiracism is a lifelong commitment
IMG Spotlight: Speaking in Church
Enjoy this episode from Speaking in Church, a fellow IMG podcast
2022 Midterm Debrief with Angela Denker
Author & pastor Angela Denker returns to the show to discuss the 2022 midterms.
Powers & Principalities S2E1: On the Museum of the Bible with Cavon C…
Powers & Principalities is back! This season we're talking about white evangelicalism & media.
Jeanna Kadlec, author of Heretic: A Memoir
This week's guest is Jeanna Kadlec, author of the new book Heretic: A Memoir , out this week. Her book is a deeply intimate memoir of her life growing up in and leaving evangelicalism, discovering her queerness, and much more...
Becca Andrews, author of NO CHOICE
My guest today is Becca Andrews. Becca is a journalist at Reckon News, and author of the new book No Choice: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right . She has been …
Kristin Peterson, author of Unruly Souls
How media is used to subvert & challenge religious norms online.
An Exvangelical/REVcovery Crossover: On Religious--and Post-Religious…
Blake joined Sarah & Justin from REVcovery to talk about burnout inside outside the church.
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, author of On Repentance and Repair
Exploring the concepts of repentance and forgiveness for today's world
From the Archive: Emily Joy Allison Wrote the Book on #ChurchToo
Another archival episode, in light of the news from The Village Church. Matt Chandler went on indefinite leave from TVC this weekend after inappropriate messaging on Instagram, just a couple weeks after they settled with an a...
From the Archive: Sam Perry & Andrew Whitehead discuss Christian Nati…
While I continue to work on my manuscript, here is another archival episode for you. This is from my series, Powers & Principalities. Season 1 was published in 2020 and focused on Christian nationalism, which remains painfull...
From the Archive: David Bazan
Enjoy this 2017 interview with David Bazan of Pedro the Lion
As white evangelical hegemony ended, white Christian nationalist mino…
Who needs hearts and minds when you have power?
Jo Luehmann
Today’s guest is Jo Luehmann. Jo and I spoke back in March this year, after arranging to chat in late January, early February, so this episode has been a long time coming. In this conversation, you’ll hear Jo talk about …
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 …