Novelist Andrew Ridker comes on the show to discuss the paradox of privilege and persecution at the heart of the Jewish-American experience (and literary canon)—and how it’s time to shift the plot.

Also discussed: Birthright sex romps, the cure for ambiguity, how the medium is the message in social media comment fights, the intellectual inconsistencies of Holocaust denialism, Portlandia passover seders, how Israel-Gaza is the psychic tear of the moral universe, the internet’s MO (nihilism), mogging as the law of the land, closeted DJs, and next year in Jerusalem—but not literally.

Discussed:

Andrew’s NY Mag article: https://www.vulture.com/article/jewish-american-writers-literature-new-stories-gaza-israel.html

Peter Beinart’s - Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza

Prospect Writers’ Workshop: https://www.andrewridker.com/prospect-writers-workshop