Arc: The Podcast

Episode 31: Nicholas Lemann

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

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  • Episode 30: Miroslav Volf & 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 our secular age, and the commonalities between Mormons and Jews (aside from the fact that they’re both disliked)

  • 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