Reviews

After living for 60 years in the evangelical community and experiencing the world altering dysphoria of the 2016 election, Blake Chastain's interviews are thought provoking guides to alternative world views and fresh ways to look at Christianity. I particularly thought the interview with Peterson Toscano was mind blowing. If the current cognitive dissonance in Christian culture has assaulted your faith, then these interviews may provide a touchstone for a more authentic faith experience or a guide out of the morass of guilt that often plagues the evangelical experience.

Blake's work explores the personal stories of people who have come through the evangelical movement and decided to leave it behind. It's an honest take that puts faces on the stats you read in the paper. The diversity of people and beliefs is a great strength of the show. (Disclosure: I was a guest on an episode of the show)

I've only heard three episodes so far (Science Mike, Samantha Field, and Morgan Guyton), but I have found the conversations very refreshing. Though I haven't considered myself an evangelical for years (now an Episcopalian), I'm still reckoning with the world I grew up in and so much of my family still inhabits. I appreciate finding voices and conversations that reckon with the evangelical subculture as I continue to wrestle with and come to terms with my formative years.

First rate podcast exploring the full range of fundagelical experiences from ex/formers, de/reconverts, nones, and the frustrated faithful who remain -- in the age of Trump.

I never listen to podcasts. I'm not an auditory person. I even struggle with audiobooks. But I've been listening to Exvangelical every time I get a chance for the past three days. It's exactly what I and many others who grew up in evangelical circles need right now.

Much needed for those of us who have left the church.

Great to listen to such thoughtful conversation. Can't wait to listen for the next episode.

I’m grateful for a forum to hear about life after the evangelical experience. It’s incredibly encouraging to hear such an informed critique of a worldview that needs rebalancing.

I was honored to be part of an episode. What Exvangelical is doing is bringing necessary critique and ways forward. It's great.

I'm so glad to find voices speaking up for new/ancient forms of Christianity. On behalf of the legions of millennials who grew up in conservative evangelicalism and have seen its shortcomings, we need new voices like this to speak for a radical Christianity that thinks critically and offers alternatives. I have high hopes that Exvangelical will contribute to this growing conversation.