Episodes

Nov. 26, 2024

Post-Election Thoughts

Well, here we are.
Nov. 2, 2024

On the 2024 Election

A brief minisode about the 2024 election.
Oct. 11, 2024

From the Archive: Reza Aslan

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 c…
Sept. 24, 2024

Exvangelical & Beyond is out TODAY.

Read an excerpt in TeenVogue, and buy wherever books are sold.
Aug. 30, 2024

Thoughts on the PRRI 2023 Census of American Religion

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-…
Aug. 16, 2024

The Good Books: Tia Levings, author of A Well-Trained Wife

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-Fundam…
July 31, 2024

Join the Exvangelical & Beyond Launch Team!

Entries are open until 11:59 PM ET on 8/2/24!
July 8, 2024

Tyler Huckabee Talks X-Men

Tyler Huckabee from Clusterhuck joins the show to talk the Krakoan Era of X-Men comics!
June 7, 2024

The Good Books: Cait West, author of Rift

Cait West joins the show!
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 . In an extended intro, I also share the news about the cover reveal of my forthcoming book, Exva…
April 19, 2024

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

Jason Kirk joins the show to discuss his book!
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 . I was reminded of the importance of…
March 22, 2024

Sarah McCammon, Author of The Exvangelicals

NPR political correspondent Sarah McCammon joins the show
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…
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 . I'm joined by two guest co-hosts, Emily Autenrieth an…
Jan. 19, 2024

The Good Books: Psalms of My People with Lenny Duncan

Lenny returns to the show to discuss their newest book!
Jan. 11, 2024

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. This book is all about establishing new spi…
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 . We talk about the definitions of trauma and abuse, what drew her…
Oct. 5, 2023

Holy Runaways, with author Matthias Roberts

Exvangelical returns from hiatus to talk with Matthias Roberts about his new book.
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 . CW: this conversation includes discussion of sexual and gender discrimination…
May 25, 2023

R. Scott Okamoto, Asian American Apostate

Scott returns to the show to discuss his new book!
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 . The books discussed: Asian American Apostate by R. Scott Okamoto. Bookshop | Amazon The Flo…
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 upcomi…