Podcast Episodes

Cosmetic Surgery Today Is Scary Good … and That Scares Us

Is it the holy spirit or is it a ponytail facelift?

What does it even mean anymore to age with grace in the era of deep plane facelifts and eyelid surgeries and celebrity procedures that have women l…

Published on 9 hours ago

Holy Rizz and the Power of Hype + Molly Worthen

Beware the charismatic pastor?

America has long had a love affair with celebrity — be that of the Hollywood variety or the political ilk. From superstar athletes to celebrity chefs, their woo is not…

Published on 6 days, 9 hours ago

Freaky Friday Edition: The Hot Priest Takeover!

The one where our BoOoOos take over ...

We're at the height of spooky season, and what could be spookier than two dudes talking theology? Just kidding, Roxy and Katelyn love the two men who are takin…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The Risks of a Young Evangelical Marriage + Jen Hatmaker

When you're on fire for Jesus — and each other.

It's a tale as old as time: young and zealous evangelical co-eds meet in college, fall head over heels, dream of a life in ministry together ... and al…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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

Are you there God? It's me, Mushrooms ...

Katelyn and Roxy are what researchers would call "psychedelically naïve." As in, we've never gone on a hallucinogenic trip before. But we're not necessarily …

Published on 4 weeks ago

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

Who is really winning here?

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's very gruesome and very public assassination on September 10, the debate over his legacy has played out in real time and online. The responses…

Published on 1 month ago

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

If every generation of parents has their anxieties, the post-evangelical Millennial parent is perhaps most angsty about how to raise their kids as Christians — without all the baggage. Many parents o…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

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

Doug Wilson’s name is suddenly everywhere (and his voice too). The 72-year-old pastor from Moscow, Idaho has become the go-to theologian for Christian nationalism, offering what has been framed as a …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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

What the holy heck is happening at Hillsong?

The last six weeks have seen a seesaw of scandalous revelations between Hillsong U.S. and Hillsong Australia. The resignation of global senior pastor Bria…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

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

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 chil…

Published on 3 months ago