Episodes

Author & pastor Angela Denker returns to the show to discuss the 2022 midterms.

Powers & Principalities is back! This season we're talking about white evangelicalism & media.

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...

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 reporting on rep...

How media is used to subvert & challenge religious norms online.

Blake joined Sarah & Justin from REVcovery to talk about burnout inside outside the church.

Exploring the concepts of repentance and forgiveness for today's world

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...

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...

Enjoy this 2017 interview with David Bazan of Pedro the Lion

Who needs hearts and minds when you have power?

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 growi...

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...

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 ever listened to a...

Podcaster and author of the new book, When We Belong

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...

Time to talk Marshall McLuhan, [social] media, and religion

The activist, musician, and author joins the show!

The TikTok creator & podcaster joins the show!

He gave them what they wanted.

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...

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 ear drum, and t...

Even outside the context of practicing Christianity, the symbolism has value.

Dr. Butler discusses her book White Evangelical Racism - recorded March 2021.