Episodes

Oct. 5, 2018

The #Exvangelical Community Roundtable (Live!)

In September, a group of us gathered for the first Exvangelical Community Roundtable. Featuring: Kathryn Brightbill, Chris Stroop, Akiko Ross, David Wheeler, and Julie Ingersoll. --- This episode is sponsored by · Charit...

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Sept. 13, 2018

Laura Polk

Laura Polk from No Shame Movement joins the show! --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vot...

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Aug. 16, 2018

Steven & Seth Help Me Learn My Enneagram Type (Part 2 of 2)

Steven & Seth from the E9 Podcast help me learn my Enneagram type. --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy...

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July 30, 2018

Enneagram 101 w/ Steven Jone s & Seth Harshman of the E9 Podcast (1 o…

Steven & Seth walk me through the 9 types found on the Enneagram, the exvangelical internet's fave. --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiat...

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July 18, 2018

Minisode: 2 Years of Exvangelical! I want your feedback.

Today marks 2 years of Exvangelical. --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vote --- Send ...

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July 12, 2018

Broderick Greer

Rev. Canon Broderick Greer joins the show! --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vote --- ...

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June 29, 2018

(Re-Release): Crystal Cheatham & the Our Bible App

Re-release! Crystal Cheatham joins the show to talk about the Our Bible App. --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with...

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June 20, 2018

Trey Pearson

Musician Trey Pearson joins the show! --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vote --- Send...

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June 6, 2018

Austin Channing Brown, #ImStillHere

Author Austin Channing Brown joins the show to talk about her book! --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democrac...

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May 23, 2018

Rev. Tyler Connoley

Tyler and I discuss our alma mater, poisoned theology, and the disenfranchised grief of exvangelicals. --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable in...

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May 14, 2018

Jamie the Very Worst Missionary

Jamie Wright drops by to talk about her new book! --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vot...

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April 19, 2018

Corey Pigg, Failed Missionary

In this episode I talk to Corey Pigg, host of Failed Missionary. --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy W...

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April 9, 2018

(Re-Release): Jamie Lee Finch

Re-Release! Hear about Jamie Lee Finch's story in depth, and listen for her on The Airing of Grief and elsewhere. More on the show notes below! Jamie is a writer and certified integrated health coach. In this wide-ranging con...

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March 22, 2018

Elizabeth Bridges

My guest this week is Prof. Elizabeth Bridges. We talk about her childhood as a PK (pastor's kid), her struggles coming out, and the trouble seeing "how the sausage is made" in any faith community. Follow Elizabeth on Twitter...

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March 15, 2018

No More Hagiography (Blake didn't like The Atlantic piece)

In this minisode, Blake talks somewhat extemporaneously about the hagiography written by Michael Gerson in The Atlantic fighting for the term "evangelical." Which is really hard when we know the biographies of evangelicalism'...

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Feb. 27, 2018

Delisa Perry, Part 2

This week, Delisa Perry returns for part two of her story. This is a shorter, lo-fi episode; when we last spoke, we had some technical issues that interfered with allowing us to fully explore Delisa's story. So we rectified t...

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Feb. 13, 2018

Derek Webb

My guest this week is the musician Derek Webb. In this conversation we talk about his experiences as a member of the band Caedmon's Call, his solo work, and his most recent album, \*Fingers Crossed\*. That album led to his …

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Feb. 5, 2018

Tori Glass (Re-Release)

This week I'm happy to re-release this conversation I had last year with Tori Williams Douglass (@ToriGlass on Twitter). She and I discuss her history, as well as how the death of Michael Brown altered her understanding of wh...

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Jan. 30, 2018

Diana Butler Bass

This week's guest is the author, scholar, and historian Diana Butler Bass. Ms. Bass has written several books on church history and American Christianity. In this conversation, we discuss her life of faith through the lens of...

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Jan. 22, 2018

Delisa Perry, Part 1

This week's guest is Delisa Perry. Delisa and I talk about her experience growing up in Chicago, getting involved in a college youth group, and she begins to tell her story of facing racism when our connection dies out. Delis...

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Jan. 15, 2018

(Minisode): Hidden Stories

The first episode of 2018 is small one, with a big question: In what way have our own stories been hidden from us? A short hospital stay got me all philosophical (which isn't too hard to do, but still). Intro/Outro: …

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Dec. 19, 2017

Asha Dahya

This week's guest is the Editor-in-Chief of GirlTalkHQ.com, Asha Dahya. In this conversation we talk about her childhood in Brisbane, Australia, moving to the State, and life in and beyond evangelicalism. In the second part w...

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Dec. 6, 2017

#ChurchToo with Hannah Paasch & Emily Joy

This week's guests are Hannah Paasch (@hannahpaasch) & Emily Joy (@emilyjoypoetry). We talk about the #churchtoo hashtag, what it seeks to address, and the blowback they've received regarding this campaign. CW/TW: This conver...

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Nov. 28, 2017

George Mekhail

Ep. 58: George Mekhail, co-founder of Church Clarity. My guest this week is George Mekhail, one of the co-founders of the new organization, Church Clarity, as well as the Director for Strategic Partnerships and Innovation at ...

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