The religious landscape in the U.S. is changing, with fewer Americans believing in God since 2007. The shift has brought some to leave their spiritual communities with little to supplement the social gap.
Mike McHargue, also known as Science Mike, creates podcasts and has written a book, “Finding God In The Waves,” for people to have honest conversations about faith in a contemporary, scientific context. Many find his work to fill the gap between old religion and no religious conversation at all. His podcasts, Ask Science Mike and The Liturgists Podcast, are downloaded 2-4 million and 250,000-350,000 times per month, respectively.
McHargue talked to The Globe Post about his observations. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
Q: It seems that people are going to podcasts instead of churches increasingly. Why is that?
McHargue: I don’t think that it’s such a clean swap. I think that for a lot of reasons, religious affiliation in America is…
