Arc: The Podcast

Every other week, Arc Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Mark Oppenheimer, is joined by guests to talk religion, politics, et cetera.

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    Episode 4: Ana Levy-Lyons

    Arc’s editor-in-chief sits down with Ana Levy-Lyons, author of the forthcoming book “The Secret Despair of the Secular Left,” to discuss her work as a Unitarian minister, her decision to leave the ministry and go to rabbinical school, and the problems at the core of secular life

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    Episode 3: Molly Worthen on charisma, “The Karate Kid,” and Mark’s soul

    Arc’s editor-in-chief sits down with Molly Worthen, author of the new book “Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump,” to talk about becoming an evangelical Christian, the etiquette of evangelizing, and the not-so-quiet beauty of big box churches.

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    Episode 2: Nicholas Carr talks desert flowers and techno-pessimism

    Arc’s editor-in-chief, Mark Oppenheimer, sits down with Nicholas Carr, author of the new book Superbloom, to talk religion, politics, et cetera.

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