Arc: The Podcast

Episode 31: Nicholas Lemann

Mark sits down with New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Lemann to talk about nearly-lost religious histories, the hive-minds of higher education, and the state of American media

Episode 30: Miroslav Volf and Christian Wiman

A poet, a theologian, and Mark walk into a podcast studio: a conversation about faith, doubt, mortality, and friendship.

Episode 29: Danielle Allen

In honor of America's 250th, a special episode featuring Harvard's Danielle Allen on "The Declaration of Independence: Why an Old Text Serves Us Now"

Episode 28: Paul Elie

Mark sits down with Paul Elie to discuss art and religion in the 1980s, from Madonna to Prince to Leonard Cohen to Martin Scorsese, and the age old question of whether God cares about pop music

Episode 27: Zachary Davis

Mark sits down with Zachary Davis to talk about the Latter Day Saints' rebrand, the role of religion in a secular age, and the commonalities between Mormons and Jews (aside from the fact that they’re both disliked)

Episode 26: Damon Linker

Episode 25: Jay Michaelson

Mark sits down with Jay Michaelson to talk about the 17th century (Jewish) origins of Candace Owens's antisemitism

Episode 24: Jeremy Carl

Mark sits down with Jeremy Carl to talk "white culture," leaving Judaism for the Presbyterian church, and whether politics trump truth in Washington

Episode 23: Jacques Berlinerblau

Mark sits down with Jacques Berlinerblau to talk woke politics and the canceling of comedians, whether public apology tours ever work, and how to think about free speech in the digital age

Episode 22: Arielle Angel

Mark sits down with Arielle Angel, editor in chief of Jewish Currents, to talk the Jewish left, the war in Israel and Gaza, and the job of an editor

Episode 21: Christopher Beha

Mark sits down with Christopher Beha to talk growing up Catholic in New York City, how he made his way back to the church, and whether Don Delillo is America's great religious novelist

Episode 20: Rusty Reno

Mark sits down with Rusty Reno to talk strong Gods, Trump's presidency, the right's antisemitism problem, and where the country might go from here

Episode 19: Stefan Fatsis

Mark sits down with Stefan Fatsis to talk the politics of language, the joys of slang, and Ted Cruz's slappable face

Episode 18: Kelsey Osgood

Mark sits down with Kelsey Osgood to talk religious conversion, eating disorders, and the songs she can't get out of her head

Episode 17: Jessica Grose and Brad Wilcox

Mark sits down with Jessica Grose and Brad Wilcox to talk natality numbers, whether the New York Times should convince people to have more babies, and which American president best models good parenting

Episode 16: What would the Lord say about our digital addictions?

An Arc holiday special about how three different religious communities are managing our technological malaise

Episode 15: Yair Rosenberg

Mark sits down with The Atlantic's Yair Rosenberg to talk antisemitism on the right, antisemitism on the left, and the American Jews caught in between

Episode 14: Ross Douthat & Phil Zuckerman

Mark sits down with Ross Douthat and Phil Zuckerman for a live debate about whether we should all believe in God or all be atheists.

Episode 13: Oliver Burkeman

Mark sits down with Oliver Burkeman to discuss high-brow self-help books, nostalgia for the past versus dread for the future, and the lasting value of blowing through deadlines.

Episode 12: Leah Libresco Sargeant

Mark sits down with Leah Libresco Sargeant to talk about her journey from atheism to Catholicism, her love for arguing about everything from God to public policy, and the moral necessity of taking our opinions seriously