Amusing Jews
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Episodes: 169
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An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.
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Ep: 153: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford – with filmmakers Gaylen Ross and Carol King
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Ep. 152: Black-Jewish Jazz – with jazz pianist Joe Alterman
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Ep. 151: The End-of-Life Option – with novelist Eric Beck Rubin
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Ep. 150: Houdini’s Library – with author Barb Rosenstock
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Ep. 149: The Jewish American Military Historical Society – with founding president Samuel P. Yudin
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May 25, 2026 |
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Ep. 148: Making Comics – with underground cartoonist Kim Deitch
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May 18, 2026 |
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Ep. 147: Respecting Rodney Dangerfield – with biographer Michael Seth Starr
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May 11, 2026 |
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Ep. 146: Queen of Cosmos Comix – with artist Barbara “Willy” Mendes
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May 04, 2026 |
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Ep. 145: Jewish Toy Entrepreneurs – with author Michael Kimmel
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Ep. 144: Growing Weed in the Garden – with author Johanna Silver
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Ep. 143: Climate Change Comics – with cartoonist Peter Kuper
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Ep. 142: Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom – with biographer Michael Seth Starr
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Sid Caesar Passover Special – with actress Rena Strober
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Ep. 141: Jews, Music, and the American South – with Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Ep. 140: Carl Laemmle vs. the Nazis – with documentarian Deborah F. Blum
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Oscars Special: Supremely Jewish Marty Supreme – with pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Ep. 139: Going Mad for MAD Magazine – with documentarian Alan Bernstein
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Ep. 138: Hyping the Legends: Pekar, Spiegelman, and more – with PR specialist Jeff Newelt
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Ep. 137: The Genius Bat – with neurobiologist Yossi Yovel
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Ep. 136: Curious Rituals and Superstitions – with author Arie Kaplan
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Ep. 135: Ancient Gods in the Digital Age – with novelist Andrew Rubin
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Ep: 134: Jewish Electoral Pioneers – with author Mark Rutzick
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Ep. 133: JewGirl: A Memoir on Being and Belonging – with author Marcie Maxfield
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Ep. 132: Sid Caesar: Comedian of Comedians – with author David Margolick
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Ep. 131: Lost Yiddish New York City – with author Henry Sapoznik
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Ep. 130: Garment Workers Illustrated – with artist Frances Jetter
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Ep. 129: Meshugganahs, Misanthropes, and EC Comics – with author Bob Levin
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Rob Reiner: A Retrospective - with pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 128: Writing for Middle Grades – with novelist Diana Harmon Asher
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Ep. 127: Sam Singer: The Ed Wood of Cartoons - with Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 126: Alzheimer’s Comics Memoir – with Eric Glickman and Stephen Hersh
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Thanksgivukkah Retrospective Special – with co-creator Deborah Gitell
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Ep: 125: Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday, & the 1951 Oscar Race – w/ screenwriter Seth Michael Donsky
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 124: Autofiction, Microfiction, and Appeals to Dame Fortune – with novelist Gary Lippman
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 123: Portraits of the American Grotesque – with political cartoonist Eli Valley
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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It’s Alive! Halloween Special – with novelist Julian David Stone
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 122: Illustrating They Might Be Giants – with artist Kelilah Miller
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 121: Movie Memories – with film historian Steve Vertlieb
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Ep. 120: Will Eisner: A Comics Biography – with Stephen Weiner and Dan Mazur
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 119: The Bible is a Joke* – with podcaster Gil Kidron
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Ep. 118: Building a Cartoon Empire – with animation producer Michael Hirsh
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 117: Marx Brothers Forever! – with writer and performer Noah Diamond
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Ep. 116: 30 Years of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist – with pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 115: Outlaw Rock & Roll Photography – with photographer Julian David Stone
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Ep. 114: Desegregating Glen Echo: A Black-Jewish Alliance – with documentarian Ilana Trachtman
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Ep.113: Maria Lani: The Woman with Fifty Faces – with Jonathan Lackman and Zachary J. Pinson
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Ep 112: Dr. Wertham’s Crusade Against Comics – with author Harold Schechter
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Ep. 111: Are the Ferengi Space Jews? – with author Miriam Eve Mora
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 110: Talkin' Jewish – with podcaster Jonathan Rosen
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Movie Review: Superman or Super-BLAND? – with comic book scholar Roy Schwartz
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 109: Jews & Westerns – with author Jonathan L. Friedmann
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 108: Jews & Comic Books – with DC Comics legend Paul Levitz
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 107: Eminent Jews – with author David Denby
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Ep. 106: Who was Jack Ruby? – with biographer Danny Fingeroth
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Ep. 105: From Soaps to Historical Fiction – with novelist Alina Adams
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Ep 104: So Bad, It’s Good – with comedy writer Bruce Vilanch
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 103: Jewish Women’s Graphic Narratives – with comics scholar Victoria Aarons
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Ep. 102: A Summer with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald – with graphic novelist Janice Shapiro
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May 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 101: AI and the Afterlife – with cartoonist Amy Kurzweil
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May 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 100: Forgotten Hollywood Moguls: Nicholas and Joseph Schenck – with author Michael Benson
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May 12, 2025 |
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Ep. 99: Wrestling is My Gimmick – with WWE legend Barry Horowitz
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ep. 98: Einstein in Kafkaland – with graphic novelist Ken Krimstein
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 97: Jewish History through Humor – with author Rob Kutner
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Rugrats Passover Special – with actress Melanie Chartoff
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 96: Rod Serling: The Twilight Man – with graphic novelist Koren Shadmi
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 95: Is the Toxic Avenger Jewish? - with Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Ep. 94: Jewish Masculinity & Popular Culture – with historian Miriam Eve Mora
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 93: A Looney Tunes Retrospective – with cartoon historian Jaime Weinman
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 92: Living with Groucho Marx – with author Steve Stoliar
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 91: Al Jolson & The Jazz Singer – with author Richard Bernstein
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 90: Writing the Friends Theme (“I’ll Be There For You”) – with composer Michael Skloff
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 89: Remembering Abbie Hoffman – with documentarian Nancy Cohen
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 88: Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews – with pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 87: Jewish Cultural Canon - with author Jodi Kornfeld
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 86: Daisy Goes to the Moon – with author Mathew Klickstein and artist Rick Geary
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 85: Double Dare, Unwrapped, and Beyond – with television host Marc Summers
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 84: Is Yosemite Sam Jewish? - with Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Ep. 83: Abe Saperstein’s Harlem Globetrotters – with authors Mark Jacob and Matthew Jacob
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 82: Carl Laemmle’s Universal Legacy – with film historian Antonia Carlotta
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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A Very Cthulhu Hanukkah Special – with author Alex Shvartsman
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 81: Levy-Gardner-Laven Memories – with Barbara Laven
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 80: What Jewish Looks Like – with author Liz Kleinrock
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 79: Remembering Gene Wilder – with documentarian Glenn Kirschbaum
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 78: A Century of Dybbuks – with theatre professor Debra Caplan
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 77: American Ninja, Breakin’ 2, and Cannon Films – with director Sam Firstenberg
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 76: Contemporary Jewish Visual Art – with artist Joel Silverstein
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Betty Boop Halloween Special – with author Peter Benjaminson
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 75: Real Life Funnies – with cartoonist Stan Mack
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 74: The Jewish Mother of Organized Crime – with author Margalit Fox
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 73: Cartoonists Against Racism – with historian Rafael Medoff
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 72: American Jewish Material Culture – with museum expert Avi Decter
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 71: Voicing Teddy Ruxpin – with actor Phil Baron
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 70: Why You Like It: Music, Taste, & Pandora – with composer Nolan Gasser
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 69: Jews, Emo & Say Anything – with researcher Gabrielle Newman
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 68: The Art of Anger – with political cartoonist Eli Valley
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 67: God’s Gang, Snot Goblins, and Comedy Writing – with writer Rob Kutner
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 66: Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz – with graphic memoirist Ari Richter
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 65: Borscht Belt Museum – with curator and author Allen Frishman
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 64: Jews & Jazz – with jazz pianist Joe Alterman
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 63: Comfort Zones & Taking Risks – with acting coach Margie Haber
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 62: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Feminism – with novelist Esther Friesner
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 61: Golden Age Film Composers – with musicologist Aaron Fruchtman
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 60: Jewish Comics Library of Seattle – with founder Jeff Treistman
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 59: Sounds Jewish – with radio host Andy Muchin
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 58: True Love, Godspell, and Classic Comedy – with actor Jerry Sroka
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 57: Mark Twain’s War Prayer – with graphic designer Seymour Chwast
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 56: Branding, Storytelling, and Last Action Hero – with creative marketer Jeffrey Braer
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Ep. 55: Live at Mister Kelly’s – with documentarian Theodore Bogosian
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 54: The Marx Brothers & Salvador Dalí – with author Josh Frank
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May 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 53: Making the Golden Girls Sparkle – with screenwriter Stan Zimmerman
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May 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 52: You Can’t Teach Funny – with comedic actor Jason Kravits
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May 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 51: The Torah of Taylor Swift – with educator Dalilah Bernier
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May 06, 2024 |
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Ep. 50: Remembering Siskel & Ebert – with film critic Matt Singer
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Seder-Masochism Passover Special
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Earth Day Special
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 49: The Ten Plagues Come to Town – with actor Eva Bilick
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 48: Jewish Summer Camp Revisited – with cartoonist Eric Glickman
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 47: An American Tail: Optimism & Disappointment – with poet Andrew Burt
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Ep.46: Hanging with “Mr. Sci-Fi” – with screenwriter Marc Scott Zicree
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Ep.45: Walking with the Beatles – with historian and tour guide Susan Ryan
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 44: Jews & Phish with Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Green
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 43: We Are Not Strangers – with cartoonist Josh Tuininga
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Ep. 42: Guide Dogs, Art, and Zen – with memoirist Ari Ashkenazi
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 41: Amusements Parks & Immersive Entertainment – with attorney Wendy Heimann
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 40: Jews, Tattoos & Rock 'n' Roll – with artist Howard Teman
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 39: Anime in America – celebrating animation pioneer Fred Ladd
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 38: Diversity in Animation – with writer-producer Dustin Ellis
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 37: The Three Stooges Forever! – with Stoogeum founder Gary Lassin
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 36: EC Comics, Censorship, and The Unwanted – with historian Robert L. Reiner
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 35: Fine Art, Ranching, and Rural Living – with artist Katie Herzog
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 34: Painting America’s Pastime – with artist Graig Kreindler
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 33: Iditarod, Sled Dogs, and the Frozen Chosen – with musher Fred Agree
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 32: Kafka and Popular Culture – with author Kathi Diamant
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 31: Movies, Myths, and Mental Health – with filmmaker Mastaneh Moghadam
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Ep. 30: Jewish Food Society – with program director Amanda Dell
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 29: Underground Comix, Wonder Woman, and Comics Herstory – with cartoonist Trina Robbins
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 28: The Origins of 420 – with originator Steve Capper
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 27: Nightdive Studios, Classic Video Games, and Jewish History – with director of business development Larry Kuperman
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 26: Celebrity Gossip, Pop Culture, and Public Speaking - with communication strategist Sabba Rahbar
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Yiddish Horror Halloween Special
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 25: Laemmle Theatres, Cinema, and Culture – with president Greg Laemmle
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 24: Documentary Filmmaking – with Maggie Rawling Smith
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Ep. 23: Troma, Toxic Avenger, and Independent Filmmaking – with director Lloyd Kaufman
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 22: Journalism, History, and the Cost of Free Land – with journalist Rebecca Clarren
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 21: The Jewish Deli, Comics, and Culture – with illustrator Ben Nadler
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 20: Character Acting, Groundhog Day, and the Search for Meaning – with actor Stephen Tobolowsky
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 19: Travel, History, and Jewish Life Television – with TV host Brad Pomerance
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 18: Toys, Stamps, and Jewish Identity – with collector Paul Golin
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Is Barbie Jewish?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 17: Microsoft, Soundscape, and Sound Design – with sound artist Matthew Bennett
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 16: I Lost on Jeopardy! – with contestant Jennie Bunde
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Writers Guild of America Strike
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 15: Pop Culture, Comic-Con, and Nostalgia – with writer Mathew Klickstein
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 14: Kickstarter, Culture, Curation – with artist Molly Surno
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 13: Jewish Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fandom – with author Valerie Estelle Frankel
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May 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 12: The Chosen, Roswell, and Directors Close Up – with director Jeremy Kagan
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May 15, 2023 |
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Ep. 11: Airplane!, Private Benjamin, and Ultraman – with actress Lorna Lembeck
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May 01, 2023 |
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Ep. 10: Klezmer, Hip Hop, and Beyond – with musician Joshua “Socalled” Dolgin
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Live-Action Mario Reviews The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 9: Last Chance U, Gunther’s Millions, and Family Massacre – with film editor Gary Pollak
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 8: iCrime, Killer Siblings, and the UFC – with producer Eric Mazer
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 7: Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and Twin Peaks – with musicologist Reba Wissner
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 6: Knives Out, Blood Relatives, and the Last Jedi – with actor Noah Segan
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 5: Rugrats, Fridays, and Parker Lewis Can't Lose - with actress Melanie Chartoff
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 4: The Frisco Kid, The Jerk, and Head of the Class – with screenwriter Michael Elias
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 3: Sailor Moon, Sesame Street, and Sid Caesar – with actress Rena Strober
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 2: 100,000 Ways to Spell Hanukkah – with author Jonathan Friedmann
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 1: A Festivus for the Rest of Us – with Seinfeld actor Harris Shore
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Amusing Jews Promo
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Dec 11, 2022 |