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Saved by the City — 171 episodes

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We Asked, You Answered: Why Women Are Leaving Church

2

Eat the Rich! Jesus Had Something to Say About That + Malcolm Foley

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The Wedding Industrial Complex

4

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

5

What JD Vance and the New Intellectual Right Want

6

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

7

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

8

The Stranger Gospel + Bart D. Ehrman

9

The Manosphere and the Gospel of Self-Optimization

10

Bible Stories That Scared the Hell Out of Us

11

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

12

Epstein, MAHA and the War for Women

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

Millennial Christians Were Set Up for Burnout + Karen Swallow Prior

20

Cosmetic Surgery Today Is Scary Good … and That Scares Us

21

Holy Rizz and the Power of Hype + Molly Worthen

22

Freaky Friday Edition: The Hot Priest Takeover!

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The Risks of a Young Evangelical Marriage + Jen Hatmaker

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

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Best of SBTC: Rethinking Our Drinking + Sarah Bessey

31

Best of SBTC: How We Survived the Great Evangelical Betrayal

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Best of SBTC: Asking Better Questions + Krista Tippett

33

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

34

Good Breakups, Bad Makeups & the Evangelical Ex

35

The Real Trad Wives of Instagram + Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

Is It OK To Not Like Kids?

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So You Married a Priest? + Beth Allison Barr

42

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

43

A New City Won't Save You + Lydia Sohn

44

Truth or Dare: Evangelical Edition + Erin Hicks Moon

45

Empathy Is Now a Sin? Really?

46

Can We Love the Bible Again? + Kaitlyn Schiess

47

Our Roasts and Toasts of 2024 + Tiffany Bluhm

48

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

49

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

50

Ready or Not, Trump 2.0 + Tim Alberta

51

Divorce and Remarriage + Melissa Moore

52

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

56

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

69

Spicy Takes from the World of Religion News

70

Women Are Shaking Up the Vatican + Claire Giangravé

71

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

72

Ditch the Apps! Find a Matchmaker.

73

Asking Better Questions + Krista Tippett

74

Has Politics Poisoned Our Souls? + Michael Wear

75

Seeking Besties in a Romance-Obsessed World + Laura Tremaine

76

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

84

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

86

Nashville: The One That Got Away

87

Mushrooms and Misbehaving Men + Gloria Purvis on Black Lives Matter

88

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?

90

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

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

The Women Who Ran with Jesus + Nijay K. Gupta

98

A Personality Test Extravaganza!

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

Should Megachurch Pastors Make Mega Moolah?

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Our Churchiest Episode Ever + Presiding Bishop Michael Curry

106

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

107

Rethinking Our Drinking + Sarah Bessey

108

Faith After Gothard + Jinger Duggar Vuolo

109

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

110

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

111

We're OVER the Pastor Power Plays + Diane Langberg

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

The 7 Worst Things to Tell Your Single Friends

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

My Utmost Anxiety for His Highest + Charles Marsh

121

Why Are Christians Soooo Serious? + Annie F. Downs

122

Moore Fame, Less Peace + Beth Moore

123

The Soul Suck of Christian Fame + William Matthews

124

'Celebrity Pastor' Is an Oxymoron + Chuck DeGroat

125

The Rise of Christian Lady Influencers + Hannah Anderson

126

Eat! Drink! Plan the Revolution! + Alissa Wilkinson

127

The SBC, Animal Farm & Disneyland + Jonathan Merritt

128

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

129

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

130

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

131

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

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Why Deconstruction Isn't Enough + Candice Marie Benbow

133

Hillsong and the Scourge of V-Necked Pastors

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How to Live Like an Actual Human + Andy Crouch

135

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

136

God Is Not Your Sky Daddy. + Krispin Mayfield

137

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

138

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

139

Did the Pandemic Make Me a Jerk?

140

Philip Yancey on the Blessing of Deconstruction

141

Am I a New Yorker Yet?

142

The Punk Rock Spirit of the Virgin Mary

143

7 Events That Shaped Our Evangelical Identity

144

Our History Books Were Missing Some Chapters

145

How To Help Your Homeless Neighbors — Really

146

This One's for the Lonely

147

Weathering the Age of Rage

148

Demons! Demons Everywhere!

149

When Church Hurts Like Hell

150

Wanna Get a Read on Somebody? Check Out Their Bookshelf

151

Meet the 'King of Weird Christian Twitter'

152

Amy Grant and What We Demand of Famous Women

153

Season Two Trailer!

154

Summer Travel Series: Nashville with Kat Armas

155

Summer Travel Series: Melbourne with Devi Abraham

156

Summer Travel Series: Los Angeles with Laura Tremaine

157

Summer Travel Series: London with Chine McDonald

158

Deconstructed. Deconverted. Not Defriended.

159

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

160

Don't Let Robots Choose Your Soulmate

161

Shattering Glass Ceilings … and Glass Steeples

162

Fiercely Feminist. Faithfully Christian.

163

Slowing Down in the City That Never Sleeps

164

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

165

Does God Care About Fashion?

166

Why You're Wrong About Godless Gotham

167

How We Survived the Great Evangelical Betrayal

168

'How Can You Still Be a Christian?'

169

The Weird, Wild, Wonderful World of Dating Apps

170

The Slippery Slope

171

Saved by the City - The Trailer!