Amusing Jews

Amusing Jews

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Amusing Jews episodes

  • Ep. 52: You Can’t Teach Funny – with comedic actor Jason Kravits
    Jason Kravits is an actor and writer whose credits include The Practice, Law & Order, Everybody Loves Raymond, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, The Goldbergs, and many more. An Accomplished voice actor, he can be heard as Michael Bloomberg and Alan Dershowitz in the political satire series Our Cartoon President, among other animated projects.
     
    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
     
    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
     
    Jason’s IMDb
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006463/
     
    Jason’s YouTube channel
    https://www.youtube.com/@Kravits5678
     
    Sinatra’s Drummer Boy (Behind the Scenes)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eCjf9Q9f1I
     
    Jason on Curb Your Enthusiasm
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHm28NKfMDI
     
    Jason as Michael Bloomberg – Our Cartoon President
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSsRQ4UB1RY
    Off the Top!
    https://www.offthetop.nyc/ 
    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/
     
    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

    23 min
  • Ep. 51: The Torah of Taylor Swift – with educator Dalilah Bernier
    Dalilah Bernier is the director of teen initiatives for Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Coalition of Jewish Learning. She's the co-creator of the educational program “The Torah of Taylor Swift,” which uses the pop star as a way into Jewish texts.
     
    The Torah of Taylor Swift
    https://www.jewishchronicle.org/2023/09/19/torah-and-taylor-swift/
     
    Teen Philanthropy – Milwaukee Jewish Federation
    https://www.milwaukeejewish.org/departments/outreach/teens/
     
    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/
     
    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
    27 min
  • Ep. 50: Remembering Siskel & Ebert – with film critic Matt Singer
    Matt Singer is editor and film critic at ScreenCrush and current chair of the New York Film Critics Circle. He’s the author of Marvel’s Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular – The Definitive Comic Art Collection and a new book, Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever.
     
    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
     
    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
     
    Matt’s website
    https://www.matt-singer.net/
     
    Opposable Thumbs
    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710246/opposable-thumbs-by-matt-singer/
     
    ScreenCrush
    https://screencrush.com/
     
    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/
     
    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios


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    43 min
  • Seder-Masochism Passover Special
    Nina Paley is a cartoonist, animator, and free culture advocate. She’s best known for her 2008 animated feature film, Sita Sings the Blues, based on the Ramayana, and her 2018 animated feature, Seder-Masochism, a jukebox musical recounting the Exodus, the eradication of goddess worship, and the rise of patriarchy.
     
    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
     
    Producer-engineer: Joey Angel-Field
     
    Seder-Masochism
    https://vimeo.com/263398514
     
    Copyright is Brain Damage – TEDx
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO9FKQAxWZc&t=890s
     
    Nina’s website
    https://blog.ninapaley.com/
     
    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/
     
    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
    28 min
  • Earth Day Special
    Nancy Pearlman is an award-winning broadcaster and environmentalist who has dedicated her career to protecting the planet’s ecosystems. She organized the first Earth Day in Southern California in 1970, has hosted the Environmental Directions radio show since 1977, and has produced the ECONEWS television program since 1984. She also directs the nonprofit Educational Communications.
     
    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
     
    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
     
    Nancy’s website
    https://nancypearlman.net/
     
    Environmental Directions
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAHwd0X2JA3HyBJoWOl3Hsg
     
    ECONEWS
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzv6ensQNKDbw9Q0OwTzInA
     
    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/
     
    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
    36 min
  • Ep. 49: The Ten Plagues Come to Town – with actor Eva Bilick
    Eva Bilick is an actor, writer, and producer behind the 2020 podcast series A Place Called Fairneck and the 2018 web series Weird in Bed.
     
    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
     
    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
     
    Eva’s website
    https://www.evabilick.com/
     
    A Place Called Fairneck
    https://www.evabilick.com/podcast
     
    Weird in Bed
    https://www.evabilick.com/web-series
     
    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/
     
    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
    21 min
  • Ep. 48: Jewish Summer Camp Revisited – with cartoonist Eric Glickman
    Eric Glickman is a cartoonist who spent 36 years in advertising before switching gears and becoming an art educator. His new graphic memoir, Camp Pock-a-Wocknee and the Dyn-O-Mite Summer of ’77, reveals what really happened at Jewish summer camp and comes with a warning: “This is NOT a book for kids.”
     
    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
     
    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
     
    Eric’s website
    https://www.ericstevenglickman.com/
     
    Camp Pock-a-Wocknee & The Dyn-O-Mite Summer of ’77
    https://www.blackpanelpress.com/en/product/camp-pock-a-wocknee/
     
    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/
     
    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
    31 min
  • Ep. 47: An American Tail: Optimism & Disappointment – with poet Andrew Burt
    Andrew Burt is a poet, author, and lawyer whose writings have appeared in the New York Times, LA Times, Slate, The Atlantic, Politico, Harvard Business Review, and other publications. He’s the author of American Hysteria: The Untold Story of Mass Political Extremism in the United States and a new book, Poems for a Cartoon Mouse.
     
    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
     
    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
     
    Andrew’s website
    https://www.andrewburt.net/

    Poems for a Cartoon Mouse
    https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/poems-for-a-cartoon-mouse/

    American Hysteria
    https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493050024/American-Hysteria-The-Untold-Story-of-Mass-Political-Extremism-in-the-United-States

    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/

    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
    26 min
  • Ep.46: Hanging with “Mr. Sci-Fi” – with screenwriter Marc Scott Zicree
    Marc Scott Zicree is a science fiction author, screenwriter, and producer who’s written hundreds of hours of TV programs for most of the major studios and networks. His credits include, among many others, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5, Super Friends, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and The Smurfs. His new sci-fi series, Space Command, is currently in production. He’s also the bestselling writer of The Twilight Zone Companion, the Magic Time trilogy, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, and a new book, Love, Gloria: A Memoir of My Mother.
     
    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
     
    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
     
    Marc’s IMDb
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956002/
     
    Marc’s YouTube channel
    https://www.youtube.com/@MrSciFi
     
    Love, Gloria
    https://www.amazon.com/Love-Gloria-Memoir-My-Mother/dp/B0CVQKX2SP?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
     
    Space Command
    https://spacecommand-theseries.com/
     
    Greenlighting Yourself
    https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/filmmaking-directing/greenlighting-yourself/
     
    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/
     
    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
    47 min
  • Ep.45: Walking with the Beatles – with historian and tour guide Susan Ryan
    Susan Ryan is a Beatles expert and proprietor and tour guide of Fab 4 NYC Walking Tours, which visits New York City sites related to the group. Her writing has appeared in Daytrippin’ Magazine, the London Beatles Fan Club Magazine, Newsbeat, REBEAT Magazine, Humanistic Judaism Magazine, and other publications. She’s also a co-author of the 2021 book The Beatles: Fab Four Cities: Liverpool - Hamburg - London - New York, and co-host of the travel DVD John Lennon’s New York.
     
    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
     
    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
     
    Fab 4 NYC Walking Tours
    https://fab4nyctours.weebly.com/
     
    The Beatles: Fab Four Cities
    https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/the-beatles-fab-four-cities/
     
    John Lennon’s New York
    https://www.amazon.com/John-Lennon-Lennons-New-York/dp/B07JKKBZW3
     
    Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
    https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews
     
    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
     
    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/
     
    Atheists United Studios
    https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
    23 min

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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.