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Saved by the City — 168 episodes

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The Hidden Religion in Your Self-Care Routine + Liz Bucar

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What JD Vance and the New Intellectual Right Want

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It's an AI World, and We're All Just Living In It

4

He Survived Conversion Therapy. The Supreme Court Just Made it Legal Again

5

The Stranger Gospel + Bart D. Ehrman

6

The Manosphere and the Gospel of Self-Optimization

7

Bible Stories That Scared the Hell Out of Us

8

Something Is Happening ... But Is It a Revival?

9

Epstein, MAHA and the War for Women

10

From Purity Rings to Shooting Your Dog: How Christian Womanhood Went MAGA

11

The Religion Stories Behind the Headlines: 2025 Recap With Jack Jenkins + Adelle Banks

12

On Saying Goodbye to Singleness: What You Gain, What You Lose

13

From Pulpit to Protest: The Clergy Resisting ICE + Michael Woolf

14

God, Glam and the Good Wife: The Rise of the Womanosophere

15

Best of SBTC: A Ross Douthat Guide to Fairies, UFOs ... and Church

16

Millennial Christians Were Set Up for Burnout + Karen Swallow Prior

17

Cosmetic Surgery Today Is Scary Good … and That Scares Us

18

Holy Rizz and the Power of Hype + Molly Worthen

19

Freaky Friday Edition: The Hot Priest Takeover!

20

The Risks of a Young Evangelical Marriage + Jen Hatmaker

21

Would You Take Mushrooms To See God? + Rabbi Zac Kamenetz

22

After the Assassination: How the Algorithm Wars Gave Us Two Charlie Kirks

23

Spanking Is Not a Love Language: Parenting in a Post-Dobson World + Marissa Franks Burt

24

From Fringe to Mainstream: Why Doug Wilson Is Having His Moment

25

Best of SBTC: Hillsong and the Scourge of V-Necked Pastors

26

Best of SBTC: Why I Chose to Have a Baby on My Own + Annie Parsons

27

Best of SBTC: Rethinking Our Drinking + Sarah Bessey

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Best of SBTC: How We Survived the Great Evangelical Betrayal

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Best of SBTC: Asking Better Questions + Krista Tippett

30

Q's Shift, Keller's Legacy and Our Negative World + Collin Hansen

31

Good Breakups, Bad Makeups & the Evangelical Ex

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The Real Trad Wives of Instagram + Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

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Don't Pull a 'White Lotus.' Sacred Travel vs. Spiritual Tourism. + Pico Iyer

34

The Vibe Shift Is Here. How Do We Stay Engaged in Racial Justice? + Latasha Morrison

35

Succession, Vatican Style and the Legacy of Pope Francis + Claire Giangravé

36

It’s Easter. How About That Penal Substitutionary Atonement? + Brian Zahnd

37

Is It OK To Not Like Kids?

38

So You Married a Priest? + Beth Allison Barr

39

A Ross Douthat Guide to Fairies, UFOs ... and Church

40

A New City Won't Save You + Lydia Sohn

41

Truth or Dare: Evangelical Edition + Erin Hicks Moon

42

Empathy Is Now a Sin? Really?

43

Can We Love the Bible Again? + Kaitlyn Schiess

44

Our Roasts and Toasts of 2024 + Tiffany Bluhm

45

Living in the Limbo (aka: Advent) + Stephanie Duncan Smith

46

A Thanksgiving Special: Brownies, Frownies and Beef Bourguignon + John Schmidt and Jonathan Woodward

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Ready or Not, Trump 2.0 + Tim Alberta

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Divorce and Remarriage + Melissa Moore

49

Whoopsie-Daisy! Our Tales of Cringe & Regret

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Red Light, Green Light: Church Edition + Adelle M. Banks

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We're Good at Being Bad Christians + Jayne Sugg

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When Politics Comes for Friendship + Nancy French

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SBTC: LIVE from New York!

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ApocryFUN: Every Man's Battle + Sheila Wray Gregoire

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Is Radical Evangelicalism Dead? + Eliza Griswold

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Childless Church Ladies

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ApocryFUN: Hillbilly Elegy + Sam Thielman

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Should I Become a Mom? Tell Katelyn What to Do with Her Life, Part IV

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How Should I Manage My Money? Tell Katelyn What to Do with Her Life, Part III

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Where to Find a Man? Tell Katelyn What to Do with Her Life, Part II

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Where Should I Live?: Tell Katelyn What To Do with Her Life, Part I

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ApocryFUN: Redeeming Love + Liz Riggs

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It's Time to Move On From the Nuclear Family + Rhaina Cohen

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We're Losing Pastors Left & Right + Rich Villodas

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ApocryFUN: Captivated + Katelyn Beaty

66

Spicy Takes from the World of Religion News

67

Women Are Shaking Up the Vatican + Claire Giangravé

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Smokin' Hot Christians and Patriotic Bibles + Micha Boyett on the Dream of God

69

Ditch the Apps! Find a Matchmaker.

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Asking Better Questions + Krista Tippett

71

Has Politics Poisoned Our Souls? + Michael Wear

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Seeking Besties in a Romance-Obsessed World + Laura Tremaine

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Blowing Up the Evangelical Bro Code

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The World According to GOOP + Rina Raphael

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When God Met Country + Rob Reiner & Dan Partland

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ApocryFUN: A Midwinter Series with Tyler Huckabee + Ep. 5: Left Behind

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ApocryFUN: A Midwinter Series with Tyler Huckabee + Ep. 4: Desiring God

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ApocryFUN: A Midwinter Series with Tyler Huckabee + Ep. 3: Purpose Driven Life

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ApocryFUN: A Midwinter Series with Tyler Huckabee + Ep. 2: Wild at Heart

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ApocryFUN: A Midwinter Series with Tyler Huckabee + Ep. 1: Blue Like Jazz

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Self-Help Wisdom You Won't See on Instagram + Liz Forkin Bohannon

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Grief Is Hell. Friends Make It Less Awful. + J.S. Park

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Nashville: The One That Got Away

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Mushrooms and Misbehaving Men + Gloria Purvis on Black Lives Matter

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Best of: The Revolutionary Power of a Shared Meal + Alissa Wilkinson

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The Menfolk Aren't Doing So Hot. Why Should We Care?

87

Why I Chose to Have a Baby on My Own + Annie Parsons

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You Don't Have to Perform for God (Thank God) + Karen Wright Marsh

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On Israel, Gaza and the Hope for Peace + Greg Khalil

90

Childhood Faith: The Cringe, The Cute, The Complicated + Esau McCaulley

91

What’s With All the Fresh Scorn for Single Women?

92

Our Bizarro New World Where Russell Moore Is a 'Liberal' + Russell Moore

93

What the New Hillsong Doc Gets Right ... and Wrong + Janice Lagata

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The Women Who Ran with Jesus + Nijay K. Gupta

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A Personality Test Extravaganza!

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What Churches Lose When Women Don't Lead + Rev. Dr. LaKeesha Walrond & Rev. Dr. Serene Jones

97

We Got It From Our Moms + Marcie Alvis Walker (Creator of Black Coffee With White Friends)

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Is Youth Group Good for Teen Girls? + Sheila Wray Gregoire

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Who Is In? Who Is Out? Why Evangelicals Love Gatekeeping + Isaac B. Sharp

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Would the Proverbs 31 Woman Get Botox? + Jamie B. Golden

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Should Megachurch Pastors Make Mega Moolah?

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Our Churchiest Episode Ever + Presiding Bishop Michael Curry

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We're STILL Deprogramming from '90s Diet Culture + Cole Arthur Riley

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Rethinking Our Drinking + Sarah Bessey

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Faith After Gothard + Jinger Duggar Vuolo

106

Why 'Interfaith' Isn't a Dirty Word +Simran Jeet Singh

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2022 in Review: Books! TV! Friendship! Dates! Weird Subway Stuff! + New Year's Goals

108

We're OVER the Pastor Power Plays + Diane Langberg

109

You Asked. We Answered. (Now We Have a Vulnerability Hangover)

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Why 'She Said' Is a Must-See + Alissa Wilkinson and Christine Emba

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The Midterms and the Myth of the Unmarried Woman + Karen Gonzalez on Immigration

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The 7 Worst Things to Tell Your Single Friends

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We Thought We'd Be Moms. What We Think Now. + Erin S. Lane

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Is My Church a Cult? & Other Spooky Questions + Sam Kestenbaum

115

How Christian Nationalism Became a Main Character in the Midterms + Jack Jenkins

116

Men and Women Can Be Friends! Kinda. Sorta. Maybe. Depends.

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My Utmost Anxiety for His Highest + Charles Marsh

118

Why Are Christians Soooo Serious? + Annie F. Downs

119

Moore Fame, Less Peace + Beth Moore

120

The Soul Suck of Christian Fame + William Matthews

121

'Celebrity Pastor' Is an Oxymoron + Chuck DeGroat

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The Rise of Christian Lady Influencers + Hannah Anderson

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Eat! Drink! Plan the Revolution! + Alissa Wilkinson

124

The SBC, Animal Farm & Disneyland + Jonathan Merritt

125

‘My race and gender are not obstacles. They’re gifts.’ + Nikki Toyama-Szeto

126

When Did Being Good Get So Dang Hard? + Sandra Maria Van Opstal

127

Don’t Tell Us CRT Is the Problem + Jemar Tisby

128

From Hymns to Hillsong and Back Again + Leah Payne & David Gungor

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Why Deconstruction Isn't Enough + Candice Marie Benbow

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Hillsong and the Scourge of V-Necked Pastors

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How to Live Like an Actual Human + Andy Crouch

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We're Jaded on Romance... But Should We Be? + Faitth Brooks

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God Is Not Your Sky Daddy. + Krispin Mayfield

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We Ditched Purity Culture. But What's Next? + Christine Emba

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We Worked at Christianity Today. And We Have Thoughts About the New Report.

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Did the Pandemic Make Me a Jerk?

137

Philip Yancey on the Blessing of Deconstruction

138

Am I a New Yorker Yet?

139

The Punk Rock Spirit of the Virgin Mary

140

7 Events That Shaped Our Evangelical Identity

141

Our History Books Were Missing Some Chapters

142

How To Help Your Homeless Neighbors — Really

143

This One's for the Lonely

144

Weathering the Age of Rage

145

Demons! Demons Everywhere!

146

When Church Hurts Like Hell

147

Wanna Get a Read on Somebody? Check Out Their Bookshelf

148

Meet the 'King of Weird Christian Twitter'

149

Amy Grant and What We Demand of Famous Women

150

Season Two Trailer!

151

Summer Travel Series: Nashville with Kat Armas

152

Summer Travel Series: Melbourne with Devi Abraham

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Summer Travel Series: Los Angeles with Laura Tremaine

154

Summer Travel Series: London with Chine McDonald

155

Deconstructed. Deconverted. Not Defriended.

156

Dear Purity Culture: It's Not Me, It's You

157

Don't Let Robots Choose Your Soulmate

158

Shattering Glass Ceilings … and Glass Steeples

159

Fiercely Feminist. Faithfully Christian.

160

Slowing Down in the City That Never Sleeps

161

White Women Aren't Being Called Out, They're Being Called In

162

Does God Care About Fashion?

163

Why You're Wrong About Godless Gotham

164

How We Survived the Great Evangelical Betrayal

165

'How Can You Still Be a Christian?'

166

The Weird, Wild, Wonderful World of Dating Apps

167

The Slippery Slope

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Saved by the City - The Trailer!