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Greg Laemmle is president of Laemmle Theatres, a family-owned and operated art house theater chain that has operated in Los Angeles County since 1938. He’s the subject of the 2022 documentary, Only in Theaters, and is one of the few exhibitors with membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

About Laemmle
https://www.laemmle.com/pages/about

Only in Theaters – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk7NJ2nvLNE

The Man Trying to Save Movie Theaters
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/movie-theaters-greg-laemmle-17793965

Laemmle Charitable Foundation
http://laemmlefoundation.org/

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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

Maggie Rawling Smith is a writer, filmmaker, and activist. She directed the documentary Tucson Salvage, co-written with her husband Brian Jabas Smith, co-adapted Brian’s collection of short stories into the Amazon Prime series Spent Saints, and directed the documentary Whole Enchilada, about the roots of Tucson’s desert rock music. She is also the author of a forthcoming young adult novel Catamopus, and edits the literary magazine Glue Gun.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Maggie’s website
https://www.maggiersmith23.com/

The Whole Enchilada
https://vimeo.com/570494746

Tucson Salvage
https://vimeo.com/288125168

R&R Press
https://www.r-rpress.com/

Glue Gun
https://www.r-rpress.com/glue-gun

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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

Lloyd Kaufman is a director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and co-founder of Troma Entertainment. Lloyd has directed numerous feature films for Troma, such as The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke ‘Em High, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., and Tromeo and Juliet. He is also the author of several books, including Make Your Own Damn Movie!, Direct Your Own Damn Movie!, Produce Your Own Damn Movie!, and Sell Your Own Damn Movie!

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442207/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Lloyd’s website
https://www.lloydkaufman.com/

Troma Entertainment
https://www.troma.com/

Troma Now - streaming
https://watch.troma.com/

TromaMovies – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/tromamovies

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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

Rebecca Clarren is an award-winning journalist who’s been writing about the rural American West for more than twenty years. Her articles have appeared in Mother Jones, High Country News, The Nation, and Salon.com. She has also authored a novel, Kickdown, and a new non-fiction book, The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance.

The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/647961/the-cost-of-free-land-by-rebecca-clarren/

Kickdown: A Novel
https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781950691043/kickdown/

Rebecca’s website
https://www.rebecca-clarren.com/

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

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

Ben Nadler is an illustrator, writer, and comics artist. His books include Heretics!: The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy, The White Snake, and, most recently, The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated Guide to the Chosen Food.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Ben’s website
https://www.bennadler.ink/

The Jewish Deli
https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/the-jewish-deli

Heretics!
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691168692/heretics

The White Snake
https://www.toon-books.com/store/p258/The_White_Snake_by_Ben_Nadler.html

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

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

Actor and writer Stephen Tobolowsky is known for playing insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, Commissioner Hugo Jarry on the HBO series Deadwood, Principal Earl Ball on the ABC series The Goldbergs, and a whole lot more. He also has a podcast, The Tobolowsky Files, and is the author of three books: Cautionary Tales, The Dangerous Animals Club, and My Adventures with God.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Stephen’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864997/

The Tobolowsky Files
https://www.tobolowskyfiles.com/

Stephen’s website
https://stephentobolowsky.com/

The 10 Best Character Actors
https://screenrant.com/best-character-actors-all-time-reddit/

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

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

Brad Pomerance hosts the travel show Air, Land & Sea and the genealogy series Generations, both on the cable network Jewish Life Television (JLTV). Brad also hosts Uncovered in the Archives, which he developed for PBS-affiliate KVCR in Southern California.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Brad's IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3165699/

Air, Land & Sea
https://www.jltv.tv/air-land-sea

Generations
https://mjhnyc.org/blog/mjh-jewishgen-and-jewish-life-television-to-launch-the-worlds-first-jewish-themed-genealogy-tv-series-this-fal/

Uncovered in the Archives
https://www.pbs.org/show/uncovered-archives/

Brad’s demo reel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ7WLqxq3tg

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

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

Paul Golin is executive director of the Society for Humanistic Judaism and previously served as associate executive director of Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach Institute. He was recently profiled on the American Philatelic Society website, and can be found on Twitter and Instagram as @JustAboutStamps. Paul is also the Ashkenazi half of a “Jewpanese”—Jewish & Japanese—household, and maintains the Jewpanese page on Facebook.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Paul’s APS Story
https://stamps.org/news/c/news/cat/local/post/my-aps-story-paul-golin

Just About Stamps
https://www.instagram.com/justaboutstamps/

Jewpanese – Where Jewish and Japanese Converge
https://www.facebook.com/JewishJapanese/

Intro to Humanistic Judaism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3RvLlAKrY

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

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

Helene Siegel is a Los Angeles food writer who runs the Pastry Sessions blog. She’s the author of 40 cookbooks, including the Totally Cookbook series and Pure Chocolate. In the early 90s, Helene produced a series of Barbie books for 8- to 12-year-old girls—in a time before gender neutrality—including The Barbie Party Cookbook.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

My Years With Barbie
https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/357198/my-years-with-barbie/

Totally Cookbook Series
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/57677/helene-siegel/

The Pastry Sessions
https://www.thepastrysessions.com/

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

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

Matthew Bennett is a composer, ethnomusicologist, sound artist, and founder of the design firm, Acoustic Ecology. Matthew created and directed the Sound & Sensory Design Program at Microsoft, where he made micro-musical compositions that are heard on billions of devices every day.

Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

Acoustic Ecology
https://soundandsensory.com/

Microsoft Story Labs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sqg63imHx0&t=1s

The man behind the music of microsoft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPziGhB0Rjg

The Sounds of technology are making us unhappy
https://uxdesign.cc/tuning-the-digital-world-bc6532c0a0d0

Beyond Vision: Sound Design as Sensory Design
https://medium.com/microsoft-design/beyond-vision-sound-design-as-sensory-design-3259a8ca59ea

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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/

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