20 Best Ex Evangelical Podcasts

1. I was a Teenage Fundamentalist. An Exvangelical podcast.

Brian and Troy used to be loyal Christian megachurch leaders. They're not anymore. This honest and often hilarious podcast peeks behind the curtain at the weird, the worrying, and sometimes traumatic world of Evangelicals & Pentecostals. Shortlisted for the 2022 Australian Podcast Awards. Exvangelical. Deconstruction.
Podcast iwasateenagefundamentalist.podbean.com
Host Brian McDowell
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 770Instagram Followers 2.3K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 64 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Straight White American Jesus

An in-depth examination of the culture and politics of Christian Nationalism and Evangelicalism by two ex-evangelical ministers-turned-religion professors. If you have ever wondered what social and historical forces led white evangelicals to usher Donald Trump into the White House this is the show for you. As former insiders and critical scholars of religion, Dan Miller and Bradley Onishi have a unique perspective on the Religious Right.
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 1.2K Frequency 7 episodes / quarter Avg Length 43 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

3. Pray for Micah

The Pray for Micah Podcast explores art, activism, spirituality, and our cosmic (in)significance. Micah Chrisman, a Midwest activist, ex-evangelical, and writer interviews various guests from all walks of life to learn how to become a better Human.
Podcast pray-for-micah.simplecast.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 191Instagram Followers 179 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 93 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

4. Exvangelical

Exploring the world inside and outside the evangelical subculture, one conversation at a time. 'Exvangelical' is a shared starting point with many destinations; it acknowledges the impact (predominantly white/white-led) evangelicalism has had on our lives but does not dictate our current or future beliefs & practices. On this podcast, you'll hear stories of people who've left evangelicalism for other branches of Christianity, other spiritual traditions, and for none at all.
Podcast exvangelicalpodcast.com
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 3.1KInstagram Followers 4.7K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 63 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. Speaking Up with Andrew Pledger

Andrew Pledger, a cult survivor, hosts 'Speaking Up w/ Andrew Pledger', a podcast that allows people to share their stories of abuse and religious trauma in various religions and cults. Some guests discuss specific topics to educate and bring awareness.
Podcast shows.acast.com
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 163Instagram Followers 4.1K Frequency 30 episodes / year Avg Length 44 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

6. The Spiritual Brewpub

Use sound history to critique, rethink, or rebuild faith. A safe haven for ex-evangelicals or anyone spiritually restless.
Podcast spiritualbrewpub.podbean.com
Email ****@comcast.net
Facebook Followers 458 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 68 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. The Post-Evangelical Post

Home of the Exvangelical podcast & a newsletter about belief, tech, & society with a focus on US white evangelicalism.
Podcast postevangelicalpost.com
Facebook Followers 81Instagram Followers 1.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Get Email Contact

8. Holy Ghosting

Lindsay, Meg, Sarai & friends are a bunch of former church kids who came of age in the 80s and 90s American Evangelicalism is Holy Ghosting. In each episode, we share our youthful experiences and stories of the harm we endured and perpetrated as American Evangelicals and we laugh, we're sarcastic ladies.
Podcast redcircle.com
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Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Instagram Followers 1.4K Frequency 6 episodes / year Avg Length 63 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

9. Bible Boys

Two ex-evangelical siblings and an ex-Catholic non-sibling review Christian media and either praise or condemn it.
Podcast bibleboys666.podbean.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 52 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

10. Three Bridges Podcast

Welcome to Three Bridges: A podcast dedicated to uncovering that which connects us to ourselves, our community, and the world. We desire to reveal the cross-sectional identities that exist between race, culture, and religion. Hopefully, through engaging and educational conversations we can foster more empathy, and be more connected to our communities and the world.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

11. The Exvangelical Anti-Devotional

Meliea Black is a queer exvangelical, midwife, moon maven, and intuition coach/activist who helps folks deconstruct the influence of religion and toxic Christianity on their life and then reconstruct self-trust, intuitive living, ease, and flow. This podcast is her musings on how self-trust and intuition development...aka connection to our inner knowing is needed to make true change in our heart/mind as well as the collective.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

12. UNBOUND

A podcast for new atheists, lifetime atheists, ex-evangelicals, truth-seekers, and free-thinkers
Podcast unboundpodcastnetwork.podbean.com
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Apple Rating 3 / 5 Frequency 7 episodes / year Avg Length 65 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

13. My Gay Church Days

Stories and thoughts of a closeted ex-evangelical pastor who eventually left the faith to pursue his true identity. This podcast was created for you, the listener. Dive into stories from my own experience as a closeted Evangelical pastor, as well as my thoughts on current issues, politics & theology. I also want to hear you!
Podcast mygaychurchdays.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 161Instagram Followers 3K Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

14. Remedial Sunday School Podcast

In the Remedial Sunday School podcast hosts Tania and Claire, provide their friend Gen with the Sunday School that she missed while growing up secular. A group of circulating guests and friends will provide Gen with the religious education she missed through the lens of their grown-up scholarly experiences.
Podcast soundcloud.com
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Instagram Followers 94 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 81 min Play Get Email Contact

15. BAD WORDS

An exvangelical podcast giving toxic theology the read it deserves by taking another look at some of the books given major influence in evangelical Christianity.Hosted by Janice Lagata
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
Host Janice Lagata
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16. Diary of an EXvangelical

A podcast by a Catholic who was raised around Evangelicals, spent four years in an Evangelical church, deconstructed, and went back to Catholicism.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
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Facebook Followers 4Instagram Followers 7.6K Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. Jerry's Kids

An exvangelical podcast dedicated to exploring the Falwell dynasty in Lynchburg, Virginia, presenting a transgender person's insider view of the religious trauma she continues to unpack from her own upbringing in the culture of Thomas Road Baptist Church and Liberty University.
Podcast rss.com
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18. Pleasure Prophet

A podcast about pleasure, from a lens that's not always horny, but often magical, spiritual, personal, and even political. Spreading the good news about pleasure and how its principles can solve problems. Hosted by an exvangelical sex educator gone pleasure activist recovering from people-pleasing thru countercultural spiritual awakenings.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
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Instagram Followers 6.8K Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact