Episode 28: Paul Elie
Jun 25, 20261h 12mEp. 280
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
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