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.

Mark sits down with Oliver Burkeman to discuss high-brow self-help books, nostalgia for the past versus dread for the future, and the lasting value of blowing through deadlines.

Mark sits down with Leah Libresco Sargeant to talk about her journey from atheism to Catholicism, her love for arguing about everything from God to public policy, and the moral necessity of taking our opinions seriously

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.

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.  

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.

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 

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Mark sits down with Jay Michaelson to talk religion, politics, et cetera.