Nicholas Lemann on Being Jewish in the Shadow of the American South
In recognition of Jewish Heritage Month, this episode features a conversation with Nicholas Lemann, whose work and life story open up questions about American and Jewish identity. Nicholas discusses ...
26 Touko 1h 7min
Fran Fabriczki on “Homelooseness” and a Love Letter to Los Angeles
In this conversation, Fran Fabriczki discusses coming of age between Hungary and Los Angeles and her experiences with cultural richness and antisemitism between the two countries. We also discuss “hom...
12 Touko 42min
Adeena Sussman on Flavor as a Jewish Language
In this conversation, Adeena Sussman discusses how reading an (age-inappropriate) short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer one Shabbat afternoon changed the way she thought about writing and storytelling....
28 Huhti 48min
Alicia Jo Rabins on Composing a Life of Meaning
In this episode, Alicia Jo Rabins traces the “red hot glow” of the moments that shaped her, both spiritual and artistic, and how they led her to a life rooted in music, text, and ritual. She’ll tell u...
14 Huhti 53min
Matti Friedman on the Stories that Built a People
In this conversation, Matti Friedman reflects on the power of foundation stories to shape how we understand ourselves and where we come from – from Noah’s Ark, to the origins of the Bible, to Hannah S...
31 Maalis 1h 2min
Zeeva Bukai on the Fragments that Make Us Whole
In this episode, Zeeva Bukai discusses her two novels, Anatomy of Exile and The World Between, both published in the past year and woven with threads of her family history. She traces a legacy of disl...
17 Maalis 54min
A Purim Episode with Rob Kutner On Where Comedy and Judaism Overlap [REBROADCAST]
Rob Kutner is an Emmy, Peabody, Grammy, and TCA-winning writer for late-night TV including The Daily Show and TBS’ Conan. He is the author of the humor books including Apocalypse How (Running Press, 2...
3 Maalis 41min
Allegra Goodman on “This is Not About Us” (Or So We Tell Ourselves)
Allegra Goodman tells us how This Is Not About Us grew like a family tree from her New Yorker short story “Apple Cake,” as she continued writing about the Rubinstein family for over a decade. We discu...
17 Helmi 45min
