Episodes
Phyllis Costanza on Deuteronomy 16:20 – “Just Ends and Just Means, To…
Mark is delighted to welcome Phyllis Costanza, Head of UBS in Society and CEO of the UBS Optimus Foundation, to the podcast today…
Bret Stephens on Genesis 14 -- “The Beginnings of Foreign Policy" - S…
Bret Stephens, one of the United States’ great public intellectuals over the past two decades, joins Mark for the podcast today. …
Senator Marco Rubio on Proverbs 3:5-6 -- “Trust: Lessons from the Pro…
Mark’s friend, Senator Marco Rubio, joins him on the podcast today. The son of Cuban immigrants, Marco grew up in Miami and Las V…
Jim Copland on Numbers 12 – “The Allure of Beauty, the Sin of Gossip …
Jim Copland, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and director of Legal Policy, joins Mark for today’s episode. During his st…
Ambassador Michael Oren on his new book -- “Portrait of the Artist a…
Today’s edition of the podcast is the first to not involve a discussion of a biblical verse, but is instead a special discussion …
Jonathan Neumann on Numbers 14:22 – “Slandering the Land of Israel” -…
Mark is delighted to welcome Jewish public intellectual, attorney and author, Jonathan Neumann, to the podcast today. A graduate …
Gil Troy on Genesis 12:1-3 – “The Moment When the Jewish People Are B…
Award-winning American presidential historian and leading Zionist activist, Gil Troy, joins Mark on the podcast today. Gil’s many…
Rick Pino on 1 Samuel 16:7 – “God Seeing into the Heart” - S1E60
Mark is delighted and honored to welcome his friend, Rick Pino, to the podcast today. Rick is the founder of the Heart of David M…
Zachary Karabell on Genesis 41:46-53 – “The Economics of Joseph: How …
Mark is delighted to welcome Zachary Karabell to the podcast today. Zachary is an author, columnist, podcast host, founder of the…
Tali Farhadian Weinstein on Bava Metzia 30b – “The Imperative of Just…
Prosecutor, professor, and proven criminal justice reformer, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, is Mark’s guest on the podcast today. Tali…
Dr. Rick Hodes on Psalms 106:3 and Deuteronomy 4:6– “Doing Righteousn…
Dr. Rick Hodes, Medical Director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is Mark’s ve…
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine and Dr. Marc Brettler on the Book of Jonah – “A W…
Mark is delighted to be joined by Dr. Amy-Jill (AJ) Levine and Dr. Marc Brettler, the editors of the Jewish Annotated New Testame…
Eli Beer on Deuteronomy 30:19 – “Choosing Life” - S1E55
Mark is so delighted to welcome his very good friend and partner in United Hatzalah, Eli Beer, to the podcast today. As a young m…
Dr. Lance Plyler on Isaiah 6:1-7 – “Commissioned to Do God’s Work on …
Mark is delighted to welcome his good friend and humanitarian hero, Dr. Lance Plyler to today’s episode. As the Director of World…
Rabbi David Wolpe on 1 Kings 19:11-13 – “The Thin Voice of Silence” -…
Mark is absolutely delighted to welcome his great friend, Rabbi David Wolpe, to the podcast today. Perhaps the greatest Torah com…
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner on Deuteronomy 10:18-19– “Loving The Stranger”…
Mark is thoroughly delighted to welcome Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, to the…
Pastor George Searight II on Numbers 13 – “Seeing Mountains or Steppi…
Mark’s guest on the podcast today is Pastor George Searight II, the founding Pastor of Lifetime Community Church in Orlando, Flor…
Logan Beirne on Micah 4:4 – “George Washington's Commitment to Religi…
Mark’s good friend, Logan Beirne, joins him for today’s episode. In addition to being Mark’s partner in, and CEO of, Matterhorn T…
Richard Sandler on Deuteronomy 30:12-13– “Listening: Who We Are and W…
Attorney, investor, and one of the great Jewish leaders in the United States, Richard Sandler, is Mark’s guest on the podcast tod…
Pastor Teo Hayashi on Esther 4:14– “Created to Live for Something Gre…
Mark is delighted to welcome his friend, Pastor Teo Hayashi, to the podcast today. Teo is the founder of the Dunamis Movement, a …
Representative Josh Gottheimer on Proverbs 29:18 and Isaiah 40:31 – “…
Mark’s friend, Representative Josh Gottheimer, joins him on the podcast today. Josh represents New Jersey's Fifth Congressional D…
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz on Exodus 13:2 – “Primogeniture” - S1E46
Mark is delighted to welcome his friend, Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, to the podcast today. Rabbi Steinmetz has been a congregational R…
Tevi Troy on Deuteronomy 4:4 – “Continuity Through Action” - S1E45
Tevi Troy, the best-selling presidential historian and former White House aide, joins Mark for today’s episode. As Deputy Secreta…
Dr. Andrew Rehfeld on Judges 17:6 – “The Importance of Strong Central…
Leading political scientist and distinguished Jewish communal leader, Dr. Andrew Rehfeld, joins Mark on the podcast today. Andrew…