Molly Surno Davis is an artist, curator, and cultural producer. She was part of the team that created TEDx and was the first Outreach Director for Kickstarter. She’s been called a tastemaker and a person to watch in the art world by The New Yorker, The New York Times, LA Times, The Wall Street Journal, Filmmaker Magazine, and more.

Push Products: Creation and Cultural Programing
https://www.push-projects.com/

Molly’s Website
http://www.mollysurno.com/

The Creators Forum: Meet Molly Surno
https://thecreators.substack.com/p/molly-surno-on-the-nicu-mother-perspective?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

We of Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds5OpSJbMMk

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

Valerie Estelle Frankel is the author of over 80 books on pop culture, including Hunting for Meaning in the Mandalorian; The Villain’s Journey; and Who Tells Your Story? History, Pop Culture, and Hidden Meanings in the Musical Phenomenon Hamilton. Several of her books focus on women’s roles in fiction, such as Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey; Superheroines and the Epic Journey; and The Many Faces of Katniss Everdeen. She’s currently editor of Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy, publishing an academic series for Lexington Books.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Valerie’s author page
https://vefrankel.wordpress.com/

Meet the author
https://judaicainthespotlight.com/meet-the-author-valerie-estelle-frankel/

Dybbuks, Robots, and Golems: Exploring Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6KEY3k24

Valerie’s articles at Medium
https://valeriefrankel.medium.com/

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

Jeremy Kagan is a director, writer, and producer whose film credits include directing the 1970s box-office hits Heroes and The Big Fix, the Chaim Potok adaptation The Chosen, an Emmy-winning episode of Chicago Hope, directing, co-writing, and co-producing the 1994 Showtime movie Roswell, and much, much more. He is the author of a series of books, Directors Close Up: Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434571/


USC School of Cinematic Arts – Jeremy’s bio
https://cinema.usc.edu/directories/profile.cfm?id=6556&first=jeremy&last=kagan


The Chosen – full movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvlUk0kwDoE


Roswell – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSidjG2dT0


Shot – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEyHEWZ76Bc


My Death – Jeremy’s near-death experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuHvAsRX8Aw


Final Draft: Jeremy Kagan on Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azm9PmnoC7I


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

Lorna Lembeck, née Patterson, is best known for playing flight attendant Randy in Airplane!, her leading role on the early 80s CBS sitcom Private Benjamin, and voicing Dr. Susan Rand in the 1987 animated film, Ultraman: The Adventure Begins.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666309/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Airplane! – singing scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHVXsLnkTqg

Private Benjamin – opening credits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBtmCWXwePc

Ultraman: The Adventure Begins – full movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEzTv16DCFA

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

Joshua Dolgin, aka Socalled, is a Montreal-based pianist, accordionist, producer, journalist, photographer, filmmaker, magician, cartoonist, and puppet maker. His collaborators have included, among many others, Itzhak Perlman, Fred Wesley, Andy Statman, Irving Fields, and Matisyahu. He was the subject of The Socalled Movie, a 2010 feature documentary produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

The Socalled Movie
https://vimeo.com/121697591

Joshua’s Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/joshuadolgin

The Season – a musical by Socalled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6THJB7xDwEY

“Work With What You Got” – music video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFdvzH24LP8

“Tweet Tweet” – Abraham, Inc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJvFq1w3Lz8

Socalled’s Magic Tricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvRE0FBPLiU

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

Harris Shore is the original, live-action Mario of the Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. commercials for ColecoVision in 1982-1983. He sits down with Amusing Jews to review the new Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794928/

Harris as Mario – Donkey Kong Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEaCgww5tI4

Harris as Mario – Donkey Kong Jr. Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNTpXX43QxY

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

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

We talk with longtime film editor Gary Pollak, whose recent credits include the Netflix docuseries Last Chance U: Football, Last Chance U: Basketball, and Gunther’s Millions, about a dog with a trust fund and a wacky handler.

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1909602/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Gunther’s Millions – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3obY76-Kk

Last Chance U: Football – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFzvBYFrhOc

Last Chance U: Basketball – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-YCKtBb0L4

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

Veteran TV producer Eric Mazer is perhaps best known for his work on true crime series and the UFC. He’s executive producer of iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas and co-executive producer of Killer Siblings. His projects have aired on Oxygen, Spike, NBC, Fox Sports, TBS, Sci-Fi, History, Travel, MTV, VH1, and most of the Discovery Communications networks.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1847911/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas

https://www.youtube.com/@icrimetv

Killer Siblings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weHfmOcGO2s

UFC documentary

https://vimeo.com/343531947

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

Dr. Reba Wissner is assistant professor of musicology and coordinator of the public musicology undergraduate certificate at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. An expert on music in 1950s and 1960s television, she’s the author of A Dimension of Sound: Music in The Twilight Zone; We Will Control All That You Hear: The Outer Limits and the Aural Imagination; and Music and the Atomic Bomb in American Television, 1950-1969. She’s also co-editor of Music in Twin Peaks: Listen to the Sounds, and is currently working on a collaborative book and database project called Cues and Contracts: Music and the American Television Industry.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Curriculum Vitae
https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1001510/2019/08/Wissnerupdatedcv8.24.2019.pdf

Outer Limits Commentaries
https://tvacdb.sandboxen.com/commentator/wissner-reba

Public Musicology
http://thecolumbusceo.com/video/2023/01/reba-wissner-public-musicology-undergraduate-certificate-columbus-state/

Meet Dr. Reba Wissner
https://www.thecolumbusite.net/post/women-in-the-arts-meet-dr-reba-wissner-csu-s-new-public-musicologist

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

We spend time with Noah Segan, who wrote, directed, co-produced, and stars in the 2022 movie Blood Relatives, now streaming on Shudder. Noah also has roles in Glass Onion, Knives Out, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper, Brick, and a bunch of other films.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781913/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Blood Relatives trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ0ERclqxnc

Joey’s favorite scene from Brick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-YevZUQ9cU

Stomeroni Strack trading card

https://www.topps.com/topps-star-wars-living-setr-card-250-stomeroni-starck.html

Noah at the Knives Out premiere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uVP4XSoM_g

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