Exvangelical

Exvangelical

Coming to terms with a messed up subculture. One conversation at a time. Support this podcast: https://postevangelicalpost.substack.com

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Minisode: Standing Against Something, Standing for Something
March 22, 2025

Minisode: Standing Against Something, Standing for Something

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support...
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The Good Books: The NAR & Trump's Return to Power with Dr. Matthew Taylor
Feb. 21, 2025

The Good Books: The NAR & Trump's Return to Power with Dr. Matthew Taylor

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 Chr...
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Inauguration Minisode: Where will counterpublics thrive now?
Jan. 21, 2025

Inauguration Minisode: Where will counterpublics thrive now?

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 . Prog...
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Post-Election Thoughts
Nov. 26, 2024

Post-Election Thoughts

Well, here we are.
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On the 2024 Election
Nov. 2, 2024

On the 2024 Election

A brief minisode about the 2024 election.
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From the Archive: Reza Aslan
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 ch...
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Recent Blog Posts

“Exvangelical” – a working definition.
March 2, 2019

“Exvangelical” – a working definition.

Over the past two years, the term “exvangelical” has gained traction on social media, especially through Twitter & Facebook. One early criticism of “exvangelical” as a term was that it was overly negative. Since ma…

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Watch the CBS Religion documentary “Deconstructing My Religion” on YouTube and On-Demand
Dec. 4, 2018

Watch the CBS Religion documentary “Deconstructing My Religion” on Yo…

This Sunday, CBS Religion released their documentary Deconstructing My Religion featuring me, Chris Stroop, Linda Kay Klein, Emily Joy, and Julie Ingersoll, and other exvangelical voices.  The special is available on all CBS platforms and Yo…

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On Josh Harris’ IKDG “Apology.”
Oct. 24, 2018

On Josh Harris’ IKDG “Apology.”

Two days ago, Josh Harris–the infamous author of purity culture books I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Boy Meets Girl–issued a statement. That statement can be found here:  https://twitter.com/HarrisJosh/status/1054442345800716288 Long stor…

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About the Host

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Blake Chastain

Blake Chastain is host of the Exvangelical and Powers & Principalities podcasts and writer of the Post-Evangelical Post newsletter. He started the #exvangelical hashtag and helped popularize the term. He lives in the Chicago area with his family.

Reviews

Calm, Balanced, Compassionate, Real.

"The conversations are calm and candid, like an interesting conversation you’d have with new friends in the host’s living room on a Friday night. The guests are people with interesting but familiar-so…"

Science Fan | Dec. 14, 2020

Feels like a podcast that is breaking down my entire childhood.

"I grew up a home schooled, preacher’s kid, in the south. The grand daughter of generations of ministers and intrenched in evangelical culture my whole life. As I grew up and left the culture it felt …"

Heather Meredith | Dec. 17, 2020

So good.

"The Powers and Principalities season was rich with detail, well produced, and super helpful to a gal who is exvangelical and trying to wrap my head around this stuff. Understanding the systems at pla…"

OG_Cupcake | Jan. 8, 2021
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