(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) Nahscha is a singer, songwriter, and former member of the Orthodox Jewish community. Her music is available on Apple & Spotify.

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0:00 - Intro; A War outside right now; Hecklers in crowd

14:41 - Background on Orthodox Judaism; Nahscha’s grandfather was in a Concentration Camp during the Holocaust; People who deny the Holocaust are nuts; Jewish identity as an ethnicity/race vs. a religion

37:20 - Nahscha’s family; How Nahscha’s older brothers influenced her decision to go to public school outside the Orthodox community; The tribal nature of religion; Staring at people; Gender roles in Orthodox Judaism

58:15 - TV and pop Culture exposure growing up in an Orthodox Jewish Household; How Nahscha went about making friends outside the community; “Balance” vs. An “All-Consuming religious system; No religion actually *knows* about the afterlife; The necessity of good and bad in the world

1:21:48 - Religion has duplicated in things like politics; Finding “truth” in any news outlet is difficult; the Ukraine video of a father saying goodbye to his daughter; The Butterfly Effect

1:45:33 - How Nahscha got into singing while growing up; The 10,000 hours theory

2:05:35 - The power of human imagination; Bob Dylan & pitch; Nahscha’s writing process

2:25:22 - Sad vibe music / writing; The sad artist creative curse; The problem with saying “I’ll be happy when ___”

2:39:52 - Busking; Nahscha and Julian remember NYC during the height of the P@nd3mic

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YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q 

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