A historian's warning | Anna Shternshis
Link to video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/hKN0_75EuqEAnna Shternshis is a Professor of Yiddish studies and the director of the department of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto...
16 Mar 20251h 20min
A revolution in Yiddish arts & theater by Hasidim | Ari Abromowitz
Video link to this episode: https://youtu.be/pVfY5wZlPecThere's a whole emerging world of Hasidic theater, acted by men, and including a cast and stories of men only. This has been a tiny element of t...
9 Mar 202555min
I grew up in Kiryas Joel and embraced plant medicine
Video version of this interview here: https://youtu.be/kMxyRkjljm8?si=hcjjD0_-izvquKxBToday's interview is about psychedelics, Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, and one extraordinary woman's journey! Please joi...
23 Feb 20251h 10min
"I craved religion and even tried Christianity" | In Conversation with comedian Antonia Lassar
Video link to this interview: https://youtu.be/ctuFi83643EAntonia Lassar is a Jewish comedian who grew up with very little Judaism. She later became interested in various forms of religion, going on a...
16 Feb 20251h 3min
🚨 For women, girls, AND men and boys | In conversation with Jessica Roda
Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/blLciT0egb4Jessica Roda just published the book "For Women and Girls Only" on Orthodox Jewish women's performances. You can find her book here: https:...
9 Feb 20251h 6min
"I risk everything when speaking out as a woman in Kiryas Joel" | Exclusive interview with Fradel Neuman
Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/HoTzWaF7dU8So many stories about the Hasidic Jews of the village of Kiryas Joel come from people who have left it. Or, often it will come from village...
26 Jan 202549min
Messiah Energy and Wholesome Comedy | Interview with Modi Rosenfeld
Video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/dlp7-4Aq1tMModi Rosenfeld is a brilliant and wonderful Jewish comedian whose work I've long been a huge fan of. He is able to talk to any audience, a ...
19 Jan 202539min
My Chanukah Memories | Reading: Circumcised Chanukah Gifts
Video link: https://youtu.be/J1XGAMK4wngHappy Chanukah! This Chanukah I want to share some of my childhood memories by reading to you an unpublished essay about my childhood memories of Chanukah in th...
29 Des 202420min
