Xai, how are you?

By Michael Sokolovsky and Xava De Cordova

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Episodes: 234

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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.

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