No Kings in Chicago. No Kings in the United States.

Plus an event next week in Portland, OR.

Oct 20, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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July 2025

When Dreams Change

I’ve been inconsistent here online over the last six months.

Jul 18, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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June 2025

Nine months since book launch

Somehow it’s been 9 months since my first book was published.

Jun 24, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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📚The Good Books: Disciples of White Jesus with Angela Denker

On the radicalization of American boyhood.

Jun 4, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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May 2025

📚The Good Books: Shame-Sex Attraction with Lucas FW Wilson

New episode out now, everywhere.

May 28, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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Introducing: Let's Talk About Text

A podcast that celebrates reading.

Published on Let's Talk About Text • May 28, 2025

The Metamorphosis of Guilt

One of the most insidious teachings in the world is the doctrine of original sin.

May 14, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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April 2025

📚The Good Books: How to Have An Enemy with Melissa Florer-Bixler

The first of two new projects launches in earnest today.

Apr 23, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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We need each other.

On Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and everything else.

Apr 15, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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"Why does everything have to be expanded?"

On reading Robin Wall Kimmerer, David Lynch, and more.

Apr 3, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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March 2025

March Update.

I’m writing this from a warm, undisclosed location outside the Midwest while on Spring Break with my family.

Mar 24, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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A Gnawing Sense of Disconnection

I’ve been struggling over the last couple of weeks to know what to say, write, or even think about everything that’s happening socially and politically.

Mar 5, 2025 • Blake Chastain

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