Surviving The City
Surviving The City
Vicky Muñoz-Lepore and Key Soto
Surviving The City is a lifestyle podcast that explores the paradoxes and complexities of what it means to live in our current times while searching for and cultivating beauty, integrity, justice, and purpose. We traverse themes such as community, activism, politics, wellness, spirituality, entrepreneurship, creativity, & love.
Episode 10: WTF Is Body Work?
Tune into this densely packed episode to get some clarity on WTF body work is. Body worker & artist Chloé Cofresí shares with us what embodiment practices are and how life-changing they can be. We learn how the body functions as a living memory system and how we can create holding patterns from even the smallest moments of stress. She also talks us through how bodily traumas don’t fully emerge until we are ready and safe to heal them. Learn more about Chloé's practice: https://www.beamandflow.com/
Oct 5, 2021
1 hr 57 min
Episode 9: On Not Having Children
In this episode, we talk through our shared decision not to have children. We share the evolution of our process from adolescence to now (late 30s), how we investigated our own thoughts and feelings that emerged, and how we moved through our own impasse individually and as a couple with regard to this topic. We ultimately offer our story to bring more nuance to a conversation that is rarely shared publicly.
Aug 10, 2021
1 hr 41 min
Episode 8: Into the Cloud
Join us as we return for Season 2! In this episode we talk through: *our recent move and the process of purchasing an apartment *shift of the vibe of our new building *power dynamics of giving and receiving *community connections *Vicky's recent diagnosis and the overwhelm and empowerment that can come with a label *Key moving through lack of purpose and focus in his creative pursuits and recent inspiration from specific media content
Jul 28, 2021
1 hr 49 min
Episode 7: Making Space for Minimalism
In episode 7, we talk minimalism with native New Yorker, multimedia artist, & self-identified minimalist Roberto Enamorado. Roberto’s minimalist philosophy grounds the way he lives and moves through the world not only to reduce his personal carbon footprint but also to live a more joyful, imaginative, & liberated life. He shares examples of how the minimalist approach extends beyond the physical space & how we can all embrace minimalism as a tool to maximize our capacity to live with clarity & presence.
Mar 11, 2021
1 hr 42 min
Episode 6: Beyond Being A Good Listener & Saying I'm Sorry
In this episode, we delve into relationships and the impasses that many couples inevitably find themselves confronted with. We ground our conversation in theory outlined in a book, authored by a marriage and sex therapist, that we consider to be a relationship bible. We also share how multiple concepts discussed in the book (e.g. emotional fusion, differentiation, intimacy versus unconditional emotional validation) have shown up in our own relationship and how we continue to move through them.
Feb 8, 2021
2 hr 1 min
Episode 5: Processing The Capitol Siege
In this episode, we are joined by Josh Carrera, native New Yorker, activist, and project coordinator and member of The Mayday Space Collective in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Together we talk about The Capitol Siege and share our ongoing processing of January 6th along with the lead up to the moment. We also pose difficult questions connected to current and future possibilities for the US.
Jan 21, 2021
1 hr 27 min
Episode 4: Ritual as Transformation
In this episode, we are joined by our first guest, Nova, a seminary student and new thought practitioner who pushes us to think about ritual as a transformational practice and way of being. They talk us through the ways that ritual can be conscious or unconscious and can cause harm or be liberatory. Together we also delve into the body’s connection to ritual and how powerful conscious embodiment can be with respect to healing bodily trauma and humanizing our existence and connection to each other.
Dec 31, 2020
58 min
Episode 3: Holidays & Rituals
In this episode, we talk holidays and rituals (those that we've personally experienced.) We'll get into why we never fully got down with Christmas (until recently) and our personal favorite love to hate ritual, weddings! Funerals took our most glowing review-- who doesn't need to grieve the dead?
Dec 13, 2020
1 hr 56 min
Episode 2: How the hell was 45 not taken down by a landslide?
In this episode we explore two main topics from the 2020 elections. First, how did Trump make gains with various demographic groups particularly among Black and Latinx voters? Second, what are the two narratives taking place around why Democrats did not garner more votes and which ones are valid?
Nov 17, 2020
1 hr 11 min
Pilot Episode | Welcome & Overview
In this pilot episode, we discuss the main overarching theme of the podcast which is to question and explore what it means and looks like to find and cultivate beauty, integrity and purpose in our current times. We briefly delve into the following topics that we hope to discuss in greater detail in future episodes: community, politics, justice, mental health, spiritual growth and expansion. Please join us!
Oct 24, 2020
59 min