Videos

March 8, 2024

Matthew Sheffield on Mormonism & Evangelicalism, RW Media, and the 2024 Election

This week I'm joined by Matthew Sheffield from Flux. We discuss Mormonism & evangelicalism, his experiences in right-wing media, and the 2024 election. It's a broad-reaching conversation that I hope you enjoy. Follow Matthew's work at Flux (https://plus.flux.community/) , including the podcasts Theory of Change (https://plus.flux.community/s/theory-of-change) , Doomscroll (https://plus.flux.community/s/doomscroll-podcast) ,…

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Feb. 8, 2024

The Good Books (Re-Release): The Making of Biblical Womanhood with Beth Allison Barr

This week I'm re-releasing my conversation with Beth Allison Barr, author of the book The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781587434709) . I'm joined by two guest co-hosts, Emily Autenrieth and Laura Agase. The theology and practice of complementarianism in conservative Christian circles…

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Jan. 19, 2024

The Good Books: Psalms of My People with Lenny Duncan

Today's guest is Lenny Duncan, author of the new book Psalms of My People: A Story of Black Liberation as Told through Hip-Hop (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781506479026) . This is a wide-ranging conversation, and I can't wait for you to listen. This conversation is another entry in my new series, The Good Books.…

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Jan. 11, 2024

The Good Books: What Makes You Bloom with Kevin Garcia

Hello, 2024! Today I'm overjoyed to share my conversation with Kevin Garcia about their new book, What Makes You Bloom: Cultivating a Practice for Connecting with Your Divine Self. (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781506493589) This book is all about establishing new spiritual practices after leaving rigid fundamentalism, and I hope you check it out…

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Oct. 19, 2023

Laura Anderson, author of When Religion Hurts You

This week's guest is is Dr. Laura Anderson, author of the book When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781587435881) . We talk about the definitions of trauma and abuse, what drew her to this work, the importance of embodiment, and more. Find…

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Oct. 5, 2023

Holy Runaways, with author Matthias Roberts

It's been a minute--well, more than a minute. Almost 4 months. Glad to be back to share this interview with Matthias Roberts, author of the new book Holy Runaways: Rediscovering Faith After Being Burned by Religion (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781506485652) . We talk about Matthias' story, the language we use to describe our…

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June 16, 2023

Re-Release: The Religious Exemption Accountability Project

Happy Pride, everyone! I'm re-releasing this 2021 interview with Erin Green and Paul Southwick of The Religious Exemption Accountability Project (https://www.thereap.org/) . CW: this conversation includes discussion of sexual and gender discrimination and other forms of abuse. We talk about how LGBTQ+ students are treated by college administrations, how LGBTQ+…

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May 25, 2023

R. Scott Okamoto, Asian American Apostate

This week I welcome R. Scott Okamato back to the show to discuss his book Asian American Apostate: Losing Religion and Finding Myself at an Evangelical University (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781957687131) . We talk about his life as a professor at an evangelical college, the classroom experience, pushing back against Whiteness as an…

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May 18, 2023

Minisode: What I'm Reading in May 2023

In this short episode, I talk about some of the books I'm reading right now. I wrote about them earlier this week for Post-Ev Post (https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/p/what-im-reading-may-2023) . The books discussed: Asian American Apostate by R. Scott Okamoto. Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781957687131) | Amazon (https://amzn.to/3OefFeO) The Flowering Wand by Sophie Strand Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781644115961)…

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May 4, 2023

Holly Laurent from the MEGA podcast returns

In this episode, I catch up with Holly Laurent from MEGA, the satirical improv show about a fictional megachurch. We last spoke in 2019, and a lot has changed since then. We talk about improv, comedy & satire, and the upcoming MEGA spinoff, The Rise and Fall of Twin Hills.…

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April 20, 2023

On Public & Private Griefs

New interviews are recorded and being planned, but not ready to be published. Various other commitments in life have taken precedent. In lieu of an interview, I'm publishing an audio version of an essay I wrote called "On Public & Private Griefs (https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/p/on-public-and-private-griefs) " last fall on The Post-Evangelical Post…

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March 24, 2023

Gloria Beth Amodeo: God's Ex-Girlfriend

In this episode, I interview Gloria Beth Amodeo, author of the memoir God's Ex-Girlfriend: A Memoir about Loving and Leaving the Evangelical Jesus (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781632461476) . We talk about her college-age conversion to evangelicalism through Cru, how purity culture and gender norms are enforced, and much more in this wide-ranging conversation.…

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Feb. 23, 2023

Lenny Duncan Is Preparing for a World Beyond the Church

This week’s guest is Lenny Duncan, author of the new book Dear Revolutionaries: A Field Guide for A World Beyond the Church (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781506483061) . In this brief talk, Lenny and I discuss church, the thought leader industrial complex, and more. A couple notes: we had a short window to talk,…

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Feb. 20, 2023

200 Episodes of Exvangelical

In this short episode, I talk about producing 200 episodes of this show: how it started, where it's been, what might be next. A new interview episode will be posted this week. Exvangelical is a production of The Post-Evangelical Post, LLC. Support this work via a subscription at $5/month or…

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Feb. 9, 2023

From the Archive: Talking Burnout with Anne Helen Petersen

In this episode from 2020, I chat with Anne Helen Petersen about her book Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation (Amazon (https://amzn.to/3kqjuvQ) , Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9780358315070) ). We discuss her spiritual & religious background, her viral essay on BuzzFeed that led to this book, how the way we use…

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Feb. 3, 2023

Potential Futures for Spirituality with Kevin Garcia

IN this chill conversation with return guest Kevin Garcia, I talk to them about what we should expect from community, how online communities don't reflect the ones we might have left, and how this balances out with our desire for personal autonomy after leaving unhealthy communities. We get into it.…

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Jan. 26, 2023

From the Archive: God, Human, Animal, Machine with author Meghan O'Gieblyn

Listeners, come see me w/ Brad Onishi of Straight White American Jesus & Tim Whitaker of The New Evangelicals in Philly on 2/11/23! Get tickets here (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-does-deconstruction-have-to-do-with-christian-nationalism-tickets-512073243857) and use code 50 at checkout to get 50% off! It's an archival episode! In September 2021, I spoke with Meghan O'Gieblyn, author…

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Jan. 19, 2023

Teddy Wilson on nationalist movements, the J6 & J8 insurrections, and more

In this episode, I speak with Teddy Wilson from Radical Reports (https://radicalreports.substack.com/) about his experience covering the radical right. We talk about how important language is when identifying and discussing various groups, the transnational nature of nationalist movements, what we know about the Brazil insurrection so far—and finally, how “progressive”…

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Jan. 12, 2023

The Comfort of Fictional Religions

Over at The Post-Evangelical Post (https://www.postevangelicalpost.com) , I've been writing about fictional religions for subscribers. As I wrote on 1/3/23 (https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/p/the-comfort-of-fictional-religions) : "When your faith of origin is also the origin of a grievous wound, there’s an odd solace to be found in knowingly made up things. Fiction, the old…

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Jan. 5, 2023

Preparing for War - the extremist history of White Christian Nationalism with Bradley Onishi

Happy new year, everyone - the first guest of 2023 is a return guest, Bradley Onishi. Brad is co-host of the Straight White American Jesus podcast and author of the new book: Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next. Our conversation starts discussing just…

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Dec. 29, 2022

Shaped By Tools: The Vibe Shift That Was Foretold Came, & Twitter Did Not Survive It

This is an audio version of my latest essay published at The Post-Evangelical Post: The Vibe Shift That Was Foretold Came, & Twitter Did Not Survive It (https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/p/the-vibe-shift-that-was-foretold) . Back in February, a time that feels much farther away than a mere 10 months ago, The Cut published an essay…

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Dec. 15, 2022

Doing Nothing Is No Longer An Option, with Jenny Booth Potter

This week's guest is Jenny Booth Potter, author of the book Doing Nothing Is No Longer An Option: One Woman's Journey Into Everyday Antiracism (https://bookshop.org/p/books/doing-nothing-is-no-longer-an-option-one-woman-s-journey-into-everyday-antiracism-jenny-booth-potter/18264588?ean=9781514000007) . Jenny is also the co-host of the web series The Next Question with Austin Channing Brown and Chi Chi Okwu. In this book, Jenny…

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Nov. 17, 2022

IMG Spotlight: Speaking In Church

Today I'm happy to share with you an episode from a fellow Irreverent Media Group podcast called Speaking In Church. If you're not aware, Exvangelical is part of the Irreverent Media Group (https://irreverent.fm) podcast collective, and so is Speaking In Church. I thought it would be great to share with…

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Nov. 11, 2022

2022 Midterm Debrief with Angela Denker

Angela Denker, pastor and author of the book Red State Christians (which was re-released this year with updated material), joins the show to discuss the 2022 midterms and how the political landscape continues to change. In particular she draws on her role serving a rural parish while living in an…

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