Episodes

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...

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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A brief minisode about the 2024 election.

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...

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

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-o...

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-Fundame...

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

Timothy Morton joins the show!

Cait West joins the show!

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, Exvan...

Jason Kirk joins the show to discuss his book!

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 …

NPR political correspondent Sarah McCammon joins the show

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'...

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 and...

Lenny returns to the show to discuss their newest book!

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 spir...

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 ...

Exvangelical returns from hiatus to talk with Matthias Roberts about his new book.

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 ...

Scott returns to the show to discuss his new book!