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Episode 11: Yiddish in Lithuania Sep 30, 2025

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Mark sends his deputy editor, David Sugarman, to Lithuania, to find out how the legacy of a bunch of Yiddish writers from the early 20th century is reshaping the region's present and future.

Episode 10: Yehuda Kurtzer Sep 16, 2025

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Mark sits down with Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss the aesthetics of yarmulkas, the crisis facing clergy-members, and how the war in Israel is changing American Jewry.

Episode 09: Matthew Schmitz & Maggie Phillips Sep 05, 2025

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Mark sits down with Matthew Schmitz to talk confession, converting to Catholicism, and Trump's morality. He then phones Maggie Phillips, self-described fan of the confession booth, to discuss this sacrament further.

Episode 08: Gabriela Nguyen Aug 12, 2025

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Mark sits down with Gabriela Nguyen to discuss the cure to Gen Z's digital addictions, whether belonging to a religious community makes it easier to get off social media, and what to look out for in the age of AI

Episode 7: Thomas Chatterton Williams Jul 29, 2025

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Mark sits down with Thomas Chatterton Williams to discuss wokeness and its afterlives, the Hamas/Israel war, and whether kids these days have it too easy

Episode 6: David Litt Jul 03, 2025

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Mark sits down with David Litt to talk surfing, surprising saviors, and America's political divide

Episode 5: Rich Cohen on a Connecticut murder, the good old days of American media, and how not to become a crazy sports parent Jun 17, 2025

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Arc's editor-in-chief 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.

Episode 4: Ana Levy-Lyons on leaving the Unitarian ministry, connecting to Judaism, and disconnecting from technology Jun 03, 2025

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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.

Episode 3: Molly Worthen on charisma, "The Karate Kid," and Mark’s soul May 19, 2025

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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.

Episode 2: Nicholas Carr on desert flowers and techno-pessimism May 07, 2025

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

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