Amusing Jews

Peter Kuper is a prolific cartoonist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, Charlie Hebdo, and MAD magazine. He’s the author of numerous books, including the graphic novels Kafkaesque and Insectopolis: A Natural History. His latest book, Wish We Weren’t Here: Postcards from the Apocalypse, is published by Fantagraphics.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Wish We Weren’t Here
https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/peter-kuper/products/wish-we-werent-here
 
Insectopolis
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324035718
 
Kafkaesque
https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393635621
 
Peter’s website
https://www.peterkuper.com/
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Michael Seth Starr is a prolific biographer whose books include Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Michael’s website
https://www.michaelsethstarr.com/
 
Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806541747/don-rickles/
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Rena Strober is a Broadway, television, film, and voice actor who’s currently working on a memoir, Singing for Sid and Other Wow Moments.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Joey Angel-Field
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

We’re thrilled to chat with Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma, a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter whose latest album is Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Mark’s website
https://www.jewofoklahoma.com/
 
Mark’s Bandcamp
https://jewofoklahoma.bandcamp.com/
 
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
https://msje.org/
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Deborah F. Blum is an artist, educator, and documentary filmmaker whose latest film is Laemmle’s List.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Laemmle’s List
https://www.laemmleslist.com/
 
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Mathew Klickstein is an author and pop culture historian whose books have covered such topics as Nickelodeon, The Simpsons, The San Diego Comic-Con, and Lloyd Kaufman, president and co-founder of Troma Entertainment.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Mathew's website
https://www.mathewklickstein.com/
 
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Alan Bernstein is a filmmaker whose latest documentary is When We Went MAD!
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
When We Went MAD!
https://tubitv.com/movies/100047417/when-we-went-mad
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

 
Jeff Newelt is a veteran PR and social media macher who has worked with Harvey Pekar, Art Spiegelman, Al Jaffee, the Zappa family, and many more.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Jeff’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahfurry/
 
Jeff on Harvey Pekar
https://forward.com/culture/books/139783/harvey-pekar-our-mensch-in-cleveland/
 
Jeff & Al Jaffee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0I-5GXhr0k
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Yossi Yovel is an ecologist, neurobiologist, and author of The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
The Genius Bat
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250378446/thegeniusbat/
 
The BAT LAB for Neuro-Ecology
https://www.yovelbatlab.com/
 
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Arie Kaplan is a prolific writer of non-fiction, television, graphic novels, video games, and transmedia. His new book is The Encyclopedia of Curious Rituals and Superstitions.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
The Encyclopedia of Curious Rituals and Superstitions
https://www.quarto.com/books/9781577154624/the-encyclopedia-of-curious-rituals-and-superstitions
 
Arie’s website
https://www.ariekaplan.com/
 
Arie’s Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arie_Kaplan
 
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
 
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios