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June 28, 2024

The Good Books: TImothy Morton, author of Hell: In Search of A Christian Ecology

In this episode, I got to speak to Timothy Morton. They are the author of over 20 books, including their most recent, Hell: In Search of A Christian Ecology (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9780231214711) . Timothy is a recent convert to Christianity after decades exploring Buddhism and other philosophies, and their prior book Hyperobjects…

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June 7, 2024

The Good Books: Cait West, author of Rift

Today I'm sharing my recent conversation with Cait West, author of Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy. This is a great debut memoir from West and a wonderful addition to this growing genre of books. I was very grateful to be able to talk to her. You…

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May 17, 2024

The Good Books (Re-Release): Asian American Apostate, Scott Okamoto

May has been busy! Today I'm highlighting a conversation I had last year with Scott Okamoto, author of Asian American Apostate (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781957687131) . In an extended intro, I also share the news about the cover reveal of my forthcoming book, Exvangelical & Beyond (https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/p/cover-reveal-for-exvangelical-and) . You can pre-order it here…

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April 19, 2024

The Good Books: Hell Is a World Without You by Jason Kirk

In today's episode I talk to Jason Kirk, author of the novel Hell Is a World Without You. If you ever wanted to know what it was like to be a hormonal evangelical teenage boy in the late-90s/early oughts (or want to revisit your mindset if you were that teenage…

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April 5, 2024

The Good Books (Re-Release): Becca Andrews, Author of NO CHOICE

This is a re-release of my October 2022 interview with author Becca Andrews about her book No Choice: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781541768390) . I was reminded of the importance of this book and others like it after reading…

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March 22, 2024

Sarah McCammon, Author of The Exvangelicals

Today I'm talking to Sarah McCammon, NPR political correspondent and author of The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (https://bookshop.org/a/11130/9781250284471) . We talk about her personal experiences within white evangelicalism as well as how that informed her role as a journalist covering the 2015-2016 presidential campaign of…

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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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