
Episode #31
Episode 31: Nicholas Lemann
Mark sits down with New Yorker staff writer 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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Arc Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Mark Oppenheimer, is joined by guests to talk religion, politics, et cetera.
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Signup to Generate a PitchRecent episodes include "Episode 31: Nicholas Lemann" (30 July 2026, 89 minutes), "Episode 30: Miroslav Volf and Christian Wiman" (9 July 2026, 68 minutes), and "Episode 29: Danielle Allen" (2 July 2026, 68 minutes).
Arc: The Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 71 minutes across 31 episodes.
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Episode #31
Mark sits down with New Yorker staff writer 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 #28
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 #28
<p>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</p>

Episode #27
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<p >Mark sits down with Jay Michaelson to talk about the 17th century (Jewish) origins of Candace Owens's antisemitism</p>

Episode #24
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Episode #23
<p>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</p>

Episode #22
<p>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</p>

Episode #21
<p>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</p>

Episode #20
<p>Mark sits down with Rusty Reno to talk strong Gods, Trump's presidency, the right's antisemitism problem, and where the country might go from here</p>

Episode #19
<p>Mark sits down with Stefan Fatsis to talk the politics of language, the joys of slang, and Ted Cruz's slappable face</p>

Episode #18
<p>Mark sits down with Kelsey Osgood to talk religious conversion, eating disorders, and the songs she can't get out of her head</p>

Episode #17
<p>Mark sits down with Jessica Grose and Brad Wilcox to talk natality numbers, whether the New York Times should convince people to have more babies, and which American president best models good parenting</p>

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Episode #15
<p >Mark sits down with The Atlantic's Yair Rosenberg to talk antisemitism on the right, antisemitism on the left, and the American Jews caught in between</p>

Episode #14
<p>Mark sits down with Ross Douthat and Phil Zuckerman for a live debate about whether we should all believe in God or all be atheists.</p>

Episode #13
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theology professor and director of the Center for Faith and Culture, Yale Center for Faith and Culture
poet, essayist, former editor of Poetry magazine, Professor at Yale Divinity School, Yale Divinity School
professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy at Harvard University, Harvard University and Partners in Democracy
child and adolescent psychiatrist, Addiction Treatment and Therapy
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