Exvangelical
Exploring the world inside and outside the evangelical subculture, one conversation at a time. "Exvangelical" is a shared starting point with many destinations; it acknowledges the impact (predominantly white/white-led) evangelicalism has had on our lives, but does not dictate our current or future beliefs & practices. On this podcast, you'll hear stories of people who've left evangelicalism for other branches of Christianity, for other spiritual traditions, and for none at all. All paths are valid. Wholeness > Holiness. Exvangelical is a production of The Post-Evangelical Post, LLC. Support the show at just $5/month or $50/year at postevangelicalpost.com. 25% of net proceeds are donated to the Religious Exemption Accountability Project and White Homework. Find show notes and archives at exvangelicalpodcast.com Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/about
Episodes
June 13, 2025 • 57 mins
This episode was originally released on The Good Books.
In this episode, I chat with author Angela Denker about her latest book, Disciples of White Jesus.
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June 5, 2025 • 50 mins
In this latest interview, I speak with Lucas FW Wilson about the anthology Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy. The interview starts about 5:00 minutes in after a long intro/update.
This episode was originally released last week in the new feed for The Good Books, which you can follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
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March 22, 2025 • 7 mins
Originally published on YouTube on 3/7/2025. I'm between author interviews, and March is traditionally a difficult month for me. Here is a brief minisode.
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February 21, 2025 • 74 mins
In this episode of The Good Books, I spoke with Dr. Matthew D. Taylor, author of The Violent Take It By Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy.
We talk about the growth of independent charismatic Christianity, the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and its role in J6 and ongoing support for Trump, and what's happened in the first month of Trump 2.0.
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January 21, 2025 • 10 mins
In this minisode recorded on MLK Day/Inauguration Day 2025, I consider where counterpublics might be able to thrive in today's media landscape.
I've written about counterpublics before in my book, and in my newsletter.
Programming Note: I have work-related travel over the next two weeks, but will have more interviews and longer episodes to share starting soon.
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November 26, 2024 • 17 mins
In this episode I talk about what's next for this show and for, well, all of us.
Some of my comments are from my latest newsletter missives:
Well, here we are - Post Ev Post
Coming Soon: (More of) The Good Books - Post Ev Post
Exvangelicals, nones, secular Americans are undertapped in fight against Christian nationalism - RNS
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November 2, 2024 • 19 mins
In this quick episode, I talk about the 2024 US Election.
Show notes:
My latest entry at The Post-Evangelical Post
Emily Joy Allison addressing white exvangelicals on Instagram.
Kristin Du Mez: Preparing for Tuesday
Robert P. Jones: The Survey Findings Keeping Me Up at Night
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October 11, 2024 • 69 mins
Today I'm publishing an archival episode with Reza Aslan, who called my book Exvangelical & Beyond "[a]n insightful exploration of faith, identity, and activism in a nation at the crossroads of religious fervor and social change…At once alarming and hopeful, this is a book that every American must read, regardless of religious affiliation.”
Exvangelical & Beyond is available in stores now! Check out my newsletter, which links to al...
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September 24, 2024 • 7 mins
My book, Exvangelical & Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back, is out TODAY, wherever books are sold. Buy here or at your local bookstore.
In this short episode, I express my gratitude for this opportunity and share my hopes for this book.
Read an excerpt today in TeenVogue, and read my newsletter about my first book event at Anderson's Bookshop as well as other recent podcast appearan...
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August 30, 2024 • 12 mins
In this minisode, I talk about the 2023 Census of American Religion published by PRRI. This is an adaptation & expansion of my latest post at The Post-Evangelical Post.
Exvangelical & Beyond comes out in under a month! Pre-order now!
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August 16, 2024 • 53 mins
Today's guest is the author Tia Levings, writer of the new book A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy. You may also know her from the Amazon docuseries Shiny Happy People and her newsletter The Anti-Fundamentalist. Her memoir is visceral and powerful, and just joined the bestseller list. Buy it here (this link supports the show).
Content warning: Tia's story is a survivor story and includes aspects of trauma and ...
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July 31, 2024 • 5 mins
My book, Exvangelical & Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back, will be coming out in just under a couple of months on 9/24/24. The publisher, Tarcher Perigee, has opened up applications to join the Launch Team! Up to 50 people will be chosen to receive an early digital download of the book, as well as other bonus content.
Enter to join the Launch Team using this form.
I've been traveli...
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July 8, 2024 • 73 mins
In this episode, I talk to Tyler Huckabee from Clusterhuck. We go deep into the X-Men comics, especially the Krakoan Era (the most recent status quo in the X-Men line that ran from 2019-2024. Start with the House of X / Powers of X collected edition.)
This is just a fun nerdy time.
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Book News: I will be having an event at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, IL on 9/23/24 at 7:00 p.m.! R...
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June 28, 2024 • 88 mins
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. Timothy is a recent convert to Christianity after decades exploring Buddhism and other philosophies, and their prior book Hyperobjects was very helpful in the development of my manuscript.
We talk about environmentalism, neologisms, hyperobjects, and much more.
This is a wide...
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June 7, 2024 • 66 mins
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 can buy the book (and support this show) by using this affiliate link.
TarcherPerigee & Goodreads are doing an advanced copy giveaway for my book, Exvangelical & ...
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May 17, 2024 • 78 mins
May has been busy! Today I'm highlighting a conversation I had last year with Scott Okamoto, author of Asian American Apostate.
In an extended intro, I also share the news about the cover reveal of my forthcoming book, Exvangelical & Beyond. You can pre-order it here.
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April 19, 2024 • 69 mins
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 boy), this is the book for you.
This is a fun conversation. You can purchase the book through your local bookseller, via Post Ev Post's bookshop.org page, or via this Amazon...
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April 5, 2024 • 46 mins
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.
I was reminded of the importance of this book and others like it after reading a Wired article titled "‘In 24 Hours, You’ll Have Your Pills’: American Women Are Traveling to Mexico for Abortions." These are the lengths people who need reproductive...
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March 22, 2024 • 54 mins
Today I'm talking to Sarah McCammon, NPR political correspondent and author of The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church. 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 Donald Trump, as well as how media coverage of religion & social life has changed since then.
You can purchase...
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March 8, 2024 • 74 mins
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, including the podcasts Theory of Change, Doomscroll, and So This Just Happened.
Links:
I appeared on Theory of Change last October, check it out here.
We discuss the findings from this CNN art...
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