When asked about their religious affiliation, nearly 30 percent of Americans identify as “nones,” or “nothing in particular.” And over the past 25 years there’s been a steep decline in people belonging to any type of church, synagogue or mosque. But what is lost as people drift from religion? Is it at all responsible for today’s loneliness crisis?

Read more from our columnists about what they discussed in the episode.

Perry Bacon: “I used to be a Christian. Now I miss church.”

Kate Cohen: “How atheists can fix a broken America” and “Go back to church! (Or something like it.)” 

Shadi Hamid: “The dilemmas of living in a post-religious world.”