Saved by the City

Saved by the City

Author: Religion News Service Language: English Episodes: 100
In Saved by the City, hosts Roxy and Katelyn explore a spiritual journey that defies expectations. Produced by Religion News Service, this podcast delves into their personal experiences of moving from the white evangelical heartland into the heart of a major metropolis, a transition they were told would threaten their faith. Instead of finding a spiritual wasteland, they discovered a complex, challenging, and ultimately enriching landscape that forced them to re-examine everything. Each episode is a conversation about navigating belief in a place where Sunday mornings look different and old certainties are constantly questioned. They talk about the surprising ways their faith has been both strengthened and stretched by urban life, confronting topics from community and service to doubt and belonging. This isn't a theoretical discussion; it's grounded in the real, sometimes messy, day-to-day life of seeking purpose and connection in a city that never sleeps. The podcast offers honest reflections for anyone who has ever felt their beliefs were too small for the world they inhabit, proving that sometimes faith doesn't need to be sheltered to survive-it needs to be tested to truly grow. Tune in for candid stories and insights that resonate far beyond city limits.
Episodes
Self-Help Wisdom You Won't See on Instagram + Liz Forkin Bohannon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:36
Decadent December is coming to a close and bills are due. Every year, we all get a little excited for what a new start could bring — who could I be this year? Surely this year, I'll do the thing. Or stop doing the thing.…
Grief Is Hell. Friends Make It Less Awful. + J.S. Park [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:01
Be good to your people. The holidays are hard for the grieving. This year, as Roxy and her family walk through their first Christmas without her dad, we wanted to do an episode on what has helped get them through. Well,…
Nashville: The One That Got Away [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:32
It's the new evangelical Vatican y'all. Before there was New York City, both Katelyn and Roxy flirted with Nashville. The draw was real: deep friendship, like-minded value systems, shared faith, the prospect of financial…
Mushrooms and Misbehaving Men + Gloria Purvis on Black Lives Matter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:33
The range of a religion reporter. This week, we ask ourselves: would we do mushrooms for research? Plus, a journey from Kansas to Tennessee to California and their multiple misbehaving men in ministry. Katelyn and Roxy d…
The Menfolk Aren't Doing So Hot. Why Should We Care? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:39
It's a mancession. Or, as one woman put it to our guest today, "men are in their flop era." Men are lagging behind women in almost every measure of success today — from mental health, to education levels, to employment,…
Why I Chose to Have a Baby on My Own + Annie Parsons [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:07
When the clock keeps ticking, you gotta get picking ... a sperm donor, that is. Ok, but really, as more and more women are single into their late thirties and early forties, the option to have a child through in vitro fe…