Episodes

R. Scott Okamoto, Asian American Apostate

May 25, 2023

Scott returns to the show to discuss his new book!

Minisode: What I'm Reading in May 2023

May 18, 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 . The books discussed: Asian American Apostate by R. Scott Okamoto. Bookshop | Amazon The Flo…

Holly Laurent from the MEGA podcast returns

May 4, 2023

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 upcomi…

On Public & Private Griefs

April 20, 2023

An audio essay & update.

Gloria Beth Amodeo: God's Ex-Girlfriend

March 24, 2023

Gloria Beth joins the show to discuss her book!

Lenny Duncan Is Preparing for a World Beyond the Church

Feb. 23, 2023

Lenny returns to the show!

200 Episodes of Exvangelical

Feb. 20, 2023

A brief look at how the show & my relationship to this work has changed in the last six years.

From the Archive: Talking Burnout with Anne Helen Petersen

Feb. 9, 2023

Revival shouldn't happen without reckoning.

Potential Futures for Spirituality with Kevin Garcia

Feb. 3, 2023

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 desir…

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

Jan. 26, 2023

Also: Come see me in Philly on 2/11/23!

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

Jan. 19, 2023

The writer of Radical Reports joins the show!

The Comfort of Fictional Religions

Jan. 12, 2023

Over at The Post-Evangelical Post , I've been writing about fictional religions for subscribers. As I wrote on 1/3/23 : "When your faith of origin is also the origin of a grievous wound, there’s an odd solace to be found in …

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

Jan. 5, 2023

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…

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

Dec. 15, 2022

Why learning & practicing antiracism is a lifelong commitment

IMG Spotlight: Speaking In Church

Nov. 17, 2022

Enjoy this episode from Speaking In Church, a fellow IMG podcast

2022 Midterm Debrief with Angela Denker

Nov. 11, 2022

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

Powers & Principalities S2E1: On the Museum of the Bible with Cavon Concannon & Jill Hicks-Keeton

Nov. 3, 2022

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

Jeanna Kadlec, author of Heretic: A Memoir

Oct. 27, 2022

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 mor…

Becca Andrews, author of NO CHOICE

Oct. 13, 2022

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 re…

Kristin Peterson, author of Unruly Souls

Oct. 6, 2022

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

An Exvangelical/REVcovery Crossover: On Religious--and Post-Religious--Burnout.

Sept. 23, 2022

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

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, author of On Repentance and Repair

Sept. 15, 2022

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

From the Archive: Emily Joy Allison Wrote the Book on #ChurchToo

Sept. 1, 2022

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 …