Arc: The Podcast

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