Arc: The Podcast

Episode 27: Zachary Davis

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

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  • Episode 26: Damon Linker

    Mark sits down with Damon Linker to talk about the rise of the Theocons, the long shadow of the War on Terror, and what it feels like to be among the last liberals in America

  • 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 cancelation 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