Xai, how are you?
By Michael Sokolovsky and Xava De Cordova
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Queer Jews Michael Sokolovsky and Rabbi Xava De Cordova play with the multi-millennial dialectic that is the Talmud. Join them as they throw drash, seek prophetic insight and uncover the rabbinic smuttiness inherent in the system.
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266. Shaven Wife, Shaven Life
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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265. Dough D'Oh
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May 26, 2026 |
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264. Rebellious Lashes
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May 25, 2026 |
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263. Wife Guy
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May 04, 2026 |
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262. Mutually Assured Naziriteship
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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261. Nazirite Tattletales
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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260. Queen Helene Sets the Scene
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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259. Impurity? In My Cemetery?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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258. (100) Days of Naziriteship
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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257. Terms and Condiments
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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256. Fiddle Leaf Figs on the Roof
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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255. Going Both Ways
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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254. Russian (Nazirite) Doll
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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253. Nazirite, Interrupted
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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252. Schrödinger’s Naziriteship
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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251. Born to be a Nazirite, Forced to be Podcaster
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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250. Heroes with a Half Shave
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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249. Bros Shaving Bros
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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248. Exceptional
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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247. Drinking Problems
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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246. Xai Judaism, How Unbound Are You? -- Mishnah Nazir
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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245. Holy Cow
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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244. Let Them Not Eat (Fig) Cake
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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243. Nazirites All the Way Down
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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242. There and Back Again, A Nazir's Tale
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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241. A Tisket, A Tasket, An Unspecified Basket
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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240. Hair Today, Nazirite Tomorrow
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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239. Nazir: From Here to Forever
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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238. Samson, Sams-off
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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237. If You're Reading This, You're a Nazirite
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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236. Settling Down
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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235. Pleasure Reading
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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234. What's in a name?
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May 04, 2025 |
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233. To the Point of Distraction
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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232. Squashing the Opposition
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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231. Rich Torah, Poor Torah
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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230. Public Affairs
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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229. Can you un-Jew yourself?
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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228. Intention vs Structure
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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227. Cannibalism, Vegetarianism, and Origin of Morality
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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226. The Secret Jewish History of the Etrog
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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225. Brand Loyalty
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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224. Get Off My Lawn
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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223. Secret Stones and Magic Dirt
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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222. Protesting Exactly the Right Amount
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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221. Mommy Issues
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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220. Tales of the Unbound
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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219. Everything was Beautiful
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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218. Weirdos No One Has Heard Of
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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217. To Work, or not to Work?
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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216. Mourning and Ritual
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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215. Noahide and Seek
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May 18, 2024 |
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214. Wake Me Up Before You Gecko
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May 15, 2024 |
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213. The Rabbi and the Helpful Demon
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May 05, 2024 |
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212. Smells Like Holy Spirit
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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211. Shammai Circumcision Blues
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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210. Rizz
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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209. When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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208. Anger Management
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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207. Foxy Loxy
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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206. Our Purims, Our Selves
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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205. Fox News
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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204. A Tomb with a View
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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203. Body Horror
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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202. Shared Sherds: a Story of Pots and Pans
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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201. Blood Stains
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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200. Average Joe
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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199. Temple OS 2: Modernity and Inspiration
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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198. Actually, Don't Rashbi
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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197. Listener Question Double Feature
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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196. Demonic Smorgasbord
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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195. Kotzker? I hardly know her!
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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194. Mythical Thunderdome Buffet
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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193. The Ghost of Genders Past
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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192. Intellectual Pegging
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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191. Text Change
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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190. I Think We're Alone Now
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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189. What's up with essential dignity?
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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188. Kosher-er
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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187. Temple OS 1: Introduction
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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186. Immigration and Marriage
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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185. Yentl-saurus
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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184. Bruriah Gets Her Reputation Back
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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183. Theodicy Odyssey
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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182. Catch Me if You Can
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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181. The Tree Whisperer
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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180. Solomon Does More Crimes
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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179. Tall tale
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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178. And I Swear
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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177. Oh, Honey!
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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176. Failing Upwards
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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175. Truth or Consequences
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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174. A Matter of Taste
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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173. Politics of Disgust
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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172. Interpreting Solomon's Temple
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May 28, 2023 |
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171. Space Oddity
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May 22, 2023 |
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170. Dazzling Beauty
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May 17, 2023 |
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169. The Secret Jewish History of Ordination
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May 09, 2023 |
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168. Plane Jane
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May 01, 2023 |
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167. Breath Play
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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166. Passover and Over
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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165. Vacation Break
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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164. Vice, Virtue and other Gay Stuff
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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163. Political Spirituality: Marianne Williamson
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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162. Sex, Risk and Rabbinic Fantasy
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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161. Midrash Cinematic Universe
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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160. Totally Kafkaesque
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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159. Rock the Hagba
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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158. Thunderbolt and Lighting
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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157. Do Not Covet Your Neighbor's WiFi
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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156. Pipe Dream
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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155. Temple OS Reveal
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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154. Niddah For Trans Women
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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153. Russian Doll Finale
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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152: Russian Doll 2:6
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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151. Russian Doll 2:5
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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150. Vacation break
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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149. Russian Doll 2:4
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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148. Russian Doll 2:3
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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147. Mailbag Part Deux
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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146. Russian Doll 2:2
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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145. Praying East
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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144. Venice Pilled
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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143. Russian Doll 2:1
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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142. Justice: What Is It Anyway?
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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141. Dirty Rotten Government
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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140. Russian Doll 1:8
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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139. Vacation: A Close Bechdel
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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138. Vacation: Cucumbers or Honey?
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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137. What's the deal with Rabbi Akiva?
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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136. Russian Doll 1:7
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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135. Dancing, Dogs and Damnation
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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134. God is Here: The Place
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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133. Russian Doll 1:6
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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132. God Is Here: Metaphor and Water
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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131a. Russian Doll 1:5
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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130a. Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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129a. Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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128a. Russian Doll 1:4
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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127a. Russian Doll 1:3
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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126a. Tubthumping in the Midrash
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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125a. Righteous Dudes
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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124a. Russian Doll 1:2
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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123a. Calendar Confusion
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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122a. Svara Tangent feat. Ada Morse
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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121a. Russian Doll 1:1
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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120a. Polyamory and Judaism
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May 29, 2022 |
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119a. A Lizard's Tale Redux
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May 22, 2022 |
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118a. Baby Courtyard Monks
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May 15, 2022 |
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117a. What actually is svara though?
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May 08, 2022 |
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116a. Xava's Sick Day
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May 02, 2022 |
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115a. The Other
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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114a. Impermanence and Heartbreak
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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113a. Awarewolf
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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112a. The Parent Trap
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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111a. Apology Epistemology
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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110a. Do animals have souls?
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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109a. Secular Conversion
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Daf 108a. Snaking Bad
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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107a. Veggie Heaven
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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106a. God Hates Flags
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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105a. Vacation: Animal Nature
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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104a. When is someone ready to convert?
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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103a. What does Talmud say about mental health?
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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102a. Why would a woman wear a kippah?
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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101a. Jewish Liberation Fund
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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100a. Everyone's a Diacritic
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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99a. What do I do when a friend grows distant?
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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98a. Mailbag Episode
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Dec 26, 2021 |
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97a. What if I can't be honest with my Rabbi?
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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96a. Is Human Flesh ever Kosher?
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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95a. Can you be a practicing non-Jew?
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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94a. Severing the Emotional Yo-Yo
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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93a. Kink and BDSM in Talmud
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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92a. How do we deal with problematic yahrzeits?
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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91a. Why do the Best Doctors go to Hell?
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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90a. What do Jews believe about Hell?
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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89a. What about secular-religious collaboration?
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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88a. Why is Talmud full of minutiae?
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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87a. Is anal sex permitted?
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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86a. Who counts as what gender?
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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85a. Why do Jewish women cover their hair?
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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84a. X-Men with Abraham Riesman
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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83a. Hasidism, Part 3: Neo-Hasidism with Lex
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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82a. Hasidism, Part 2: Simply the Besht
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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81a. Hasidism, Part 1: Jewish Frenemies
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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80a. Blessing Bad
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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79a. G-d As Bottom Surgeon
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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78a. Listener Question: Teshuva Season
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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77a. Post-Plague Labor and Ancient Unions
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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76a. Sick Day: Never Say Never
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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75a. Terms of Employment
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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74a. Be Fruity and Multiply
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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73a. Listener Question Lightning Round
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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72a. Mouse Infused Wine
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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71a. Glam Babies
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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70a. Vacation: Phoenix-splaining
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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69a. Capitalism is a Death Cult
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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68a. Two Headed Boy
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May 30, 2021 |
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67a. Excuses
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May 23, 2021 |
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66a. Disincorporating into the Mystic
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May 16, 2021 |
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65a. Art and Talmud: Never Angeline North
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May 09, 2021 |
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64a. Art and Talmud: Ezra Furman
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May 02, 2021 |
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63a. Art and Talmud: Nicki Green
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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62a. Red Blooded
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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61a. Xai, Judaism, How Unbound are You?
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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60a. Martyrdom in Jewish Thought
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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59a. Kosher Pork
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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58a. Advice: A Boiling Pot of Judaism
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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57a. Conversion, Inclusivity and the Myth of Progress
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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56a. Lost and Found
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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55a. Shabbatai, Failed Messiah: Queer Icon
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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54a. Shabbatai, Failed Messiah: The Impact
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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53a. Shabbatai, Failed Messiah: The History
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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52a. Cosmic Accountability
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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51. The Tyranny of Structurelessness
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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50. Spit Happens feat. Azariah Liron
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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49. How do I start studying Talmud?
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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48. How do we survive depression?
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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47. Apocrypha? In my Talmud?
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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46. This is not the Way
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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45. Conversion and Shabbat
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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44. Rabbi Meir: The Next Generation
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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43. Rabbi Meir: Baby Got Back
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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42. Rabbi Meir: Wit's End
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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41. Eye, eye Captain!
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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40. God said no cops!
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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39. Week Off Message
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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38. Typos
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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37. Xai, Halloween Finale: Spookot
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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36. Xai, Halloween: Necromancer
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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35. Xai, Halloween: Witch
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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34. Xai, Halloween: Zombie
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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33. Xai, Halloween: Golem
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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32. Why God?
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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31. The Bad Seed
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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30. Gender? In my creation story?
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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29. Back in the USSR
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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28. Bernie goes to Babylon
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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27. Talmudic Trans Girls
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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26. Give 'em the finger
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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25. Xevruta or Death!
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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24. The Affordable Carob Act
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Jul 26, 2020 |
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23. Ex Gonna Give it to Yah
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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22. Trial Mix
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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21. All Chachamim Are Beautiful
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Jul 05, 2020 |
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20. Discipline and Punish
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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19. Talmud Says ACAB + Solidarity
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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18. Talmud and the Absurd Finale
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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17. Talmud and the Absurd Pt. 2
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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16. Talmud and the Absurd Pt. 1
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May 31, 2020 |
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15. To be, or not to Rashbi? Pt. 2
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May 24, 2020 |
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14. To be or not to Rashbi? Pt. 1
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May 17, 2020 |
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13. Tiny Vessels
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May 10, 2020 |
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12. Interview with a Sam-pire
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May 03, 2020 |
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11. What is Talmud?
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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10. Adonai Exad?
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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9. Gotta get down on Friday
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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8.5. Keeping It Platonic
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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8. Eighteen Shades of Grey
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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7.5. Listener Questions Pesax Edition
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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7. Talmudic Socialism Part 3
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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6.5. Who cares about the Talmud?
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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6. Talmudic Socialism Part 2
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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5. Talmudic Socialism Part 1
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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4. Polyamorous Purim
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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3. Esther is a Sexy Chameleon
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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2. Ugly Torah Scholars
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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1. The Talmud is Gay
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Feb 22, 2020 |