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 5: Rich Cohen on a Connecticut murder, the good old days of American media, and how not to become a crazy sports parent

    Mark sits down with Rich Cohen, contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone and the author of 16 books including, most recently, “Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story”

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    Episode 4: Ana Levy-Lyons on leaving the Unitarian ministry, connecting to Judaism, and disconnecting from technology

    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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