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Graig Kreindler is an artist known for his oil paintings depicting baseball. His work has appeared in nationally distributed books, newspapers, and magazines, including the United States Postal Service book Play Ball! His paintings hang in the Bob Feller Museum, the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, and many other public and private collections. He’s a recipient of the Norman Rockwell Museum Award, the Illustration Award from the Society of Illustrators, and other honors.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Graig’s website
https://www.graigkreindler.com/

CBS Pittsburgh – feature
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/video/fan-nation-graig-kreindler-painting-past-pirates/

New York Times – feature
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/arts/design/27fiel.html

Wall Street Journal – feature
https://www.wsj.com/articles/perfectionist-graig-kreindler-paints-baseballs-greats-1432307415

ESPN – interview
https://www.espn.com/radio/play/_/id/29675840

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https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Fred Agree is a resident of Alaska and the first Jew to complete the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Fred’s Iditarod bib and other ephemera from the 1984 and 1985 races are on display at the Alaska Jewish Museum in Anchorage. He also designed the Alaska license plate for Iditarod finishers.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Faces of Iditarod
https://faces.iditarod.com/fred-agree/

Iditarod Finisher’s License Plate
https://iditarod.com/where-did-the-official-iditarod-finishers-license-plate-originate/

Slightly to the Right of America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-01/27/030r-012700-idx.html

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https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Kathi Diamant is a broadcaster, author, professor, and director of the Kafka Project at San Diego State University. Her book, Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant, has been translated into several languages. More recently, she authored Heart of the Zoo: How San Diego Zoo Director Chuck Bieler Earned His Stripes.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Kathi’s website
https://kathidiamant.sdsu.edu/

Kafka Project
https://kafka.sdsu.edu/

Kafka’s Last Love
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kathi-diamant/kafkas-last-love/9780465015511/?lens=basic-books

Heart of the Zoo
https://shopzoo.com/products/copy-of-heart-of-the-zoo-how-san-diego-zoo-director-chuck-bieler-earned-his-stripes

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https://www.coolshul.org/

Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Mastaneh Moghadam is a filmmaker, licensed clinical social worker, and executive director of the non-profit Cross Cultural Expressions. She wrote and directed the film The Djinn in the Pen (2020) and wrote the screenplay for Wake Up Sleeping Beauty (2023).

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1886346/?ref_=nmfm_nmfm_nm

Cross Cultural Expressions
https://cceccc.org/

The Djinn in the Pen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMg-7b6w96U&t=36s

Wake Up Sleeping Beauty (Farsi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0CMxXzJilY&t=1418s

Wake Up Sleeping Beauty (Russian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjjzn0Lrmj4

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https://www.coolshul.org/


Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Amanda Dell is program director of the Jewish Food Society, a non-profit organization that works to preserve, celebrate, and revitalize Jewish culinary heritage from around the world. She also hosts the Jewish Food Society’s podcast, Schmaltzy.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Jewish Food Society
https://www.jewishfoodsociety.org/

Schmaltzy podcast
https://www.jewishfoodsociety.org/podcast

Getting Schmaltzy with Amanda Dell
https://heritageradionetwork.org/episode/getting-schmaltzy-amanda-dell

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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Trina Robbins is a pioneer underground cartoonist and comics herstorian who has been writing comics, graphic novels, and books for nearly half a century. She was the first woman artist to draw a Wonder Woman comic, created the teenage superheroine Go Girl!, and has written numerous books on women in the comic book industry, including the illustrated biography, Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer. Her latest books are Dauntless Dames: High-Heeled Heroes of the Comics and Don’t Back Down.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

The Story of Trina Robbins
https://www.vulture.com/2018/04/meet-trina-robbins-the-feminist-who-revolutionized-comics.html

Dauntless Dames
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/dauntless-dames-high-heeled-heroes-of-the-comics

Don’t Back Down
https://lastgasp.com/products/wont-back-down

Lily Renée, Escape Artist
https://www.karben.com/Lily-Ren%C3%A9e-Escape-Artist-From-Holocaust-Survivor-to-Comic-Book-Pioneer-Paperback_p_929.html

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https://www.coolshul.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

In 1971, Steve Capper was one of five wisecracking friends called the Waldos who originated the term 420 at San Rafael High School in Marin County, California. He now runs the website, 420waldos.com, documenting the history and cultural influence of the 420 phenomenon.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

420 Waldos - website
https://420waldos.com/

Forbes – feature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JKN5ySFkIA

High Times - feature
https://hightimes.com/culture/fifty-years-420-waldos/

PBS News Hour - feature
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/part-party-part-call-to-action-a-look-at-pot-holiday-4-20

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Larry Kuperman is director of business development at Nightdive Studios, which acquires, updates, and re-releases classic video games for modern platforms. Previously, he was business development manager at GameStop, where he acquired new PC game titles for the company’s electronic software distribution platform.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Nightdive Studios - website
https://www.nightdivestudios.com/

Nightdive Studios – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/nightdivestudios

Atari Acquires Nightdive Studios
https://atari.com/blogs/newsroom/atari-acquires-nightdive-studios

Beyond Barriers USA
https://beyondbarriersusa.org/

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Atheists United Studios
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Sabba Rahbar is a public speaking coach, communication strategist, and founder of Speak with Confidence. Before that, she was a celebrity gossip blogger and editor-in-chief at Socialite Life, managed content and social media for the food website Cooking Panda, and was a digital platform manager for entertainment clients, including DC Comics, IMDbPro, HBO Max, and Warner Bros. Video Games.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Speak with Confidence
https://www.sabbarahbar.com/

Socialite Life
https://www.youtube.com/@socialitelife

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1883261/

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
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Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Elizabeth Schwartz is the author of The Sweet Fragrance of Life and Other Horror Stories. She’s also the vocalist of the klezmer group Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi, the subject of a Romanian documentary film, Searching for Schwartz, and co-creator of the award-winning audio dramas The Witches of Lublin and Debs in Canton. Elizabeth contributed a chapter on klezmer vocal technique to Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer, and has recipes in A Wandering Feast: A Journey Through the Jewish Culture of Eastern Europe and other publications.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Elizabeth’s website
https://www.elizabeth-schwartz.com/

The Sweet Fragrance of Life
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1516734687/der-ziser-duft-funem-lebn-the-sweet?click_key=7c0a9479a9d747f453973252df75a59033ffb684%3A1516734687&click_sum=97f38f73&ref=shop_home_feat_2

Hot Pstromi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Pstromi

Café Jew Zoo – Hot Pstromi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=102z63UTDq4&list=OLAK5uy_lHbSIoo4rc75uNtqBX-tnaisnu5ehLz30

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Atheists United Studios
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