Jerry Sroka is an actor, writer, and producer known for his roles in Godspell, Antz, The Wild Thornberrys, and many more. His latest film is Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story, co-written with and co-starring his wife, Mariette Hartley.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Jerry’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820293/
 
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story - website
https://ouralmostcompletelytruestory.com/
 
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfZhr78gRcI
 
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Seymour Chwast is one of the most highly-regarded graphic designers in American history. In 1954, he founded the design group Push Pin Studios with Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel, and Reynold Ruffins. Seymour has executed hundreds of advertising campaigns, designed multiple popular typefaces, and illustrated numerous books. His new book, an illustrated adaptation of Mark Twain’s War Prayer, was just published by Fantagraphics.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Joey Angel-Field
 
Seymour Chwast Archive
http://seymourchwastarchive.com/
 
Push Pin Gallery
http://pushpininc.com/index.php
 
Mark Twain’s War Prayer
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/mark-twains-war-prayer
 
Seymour Chwast – Offset 2012
https://vimeo.com/54076897
 
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Jeffrey Braer is a creative marketer, media developer, and brander of food, themed entertainment, consumer products, and companies. His long list of brand partners includes Barbie, Apple’s Beats, ABC, Disney, Doritos, Sanrio, Amazon, Mattel, NBC, Universal, Toyota, Sony, UPN, Betty Crocker, McDonald’s, Good Humor, General Mills, Minute Maid, Coke, Smurfs, NASA/JPL, and many more.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Jeffrey’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103774/
 
Jeffrey as Skeezy in Last Action Hero (1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDxSHMlNnnc
Spiderman (2002) - Stuart Weitzman Billboard Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaTyUcu5VM
 
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) - Hermes Purse scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzLjqgppMY
 
Madagascar - Universal Studios Singapore – Jeffrey helped develop this ride 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw4uR30wbDI

Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

Theodore Bogosian is an award-winning independent filmmaker and television producer who’s been directing, producing, and writing long-form documentaries for PBS, the New York Times, Discovery, and other networks since 1978. His latest documentary, Live at Mister Kelly’s, about the famous Chicago nightclub, is a collaboration with David Marienthal, the son of Mister Kelly’s co-founder, George Marienthal.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Theodore’s website
https://theodorebogosian.com/
 
Live at Mister Kelly’s – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ4pOmvWH30
 
Live at Mister Kelly’s – website
https://www.misterkellyschicago.com/
 
Archives of Mister Kelly’s – The Newberry
https://www.newberry.org/news/archives-of-mister-kellys-iconic-chicago-nightclub-to-be-preserved-at-the-newberry

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

Josh Frank is the author of Fool The World: The Oral His­to­ry of the Band Called Pix­ies, In Heav­en Every­thing Is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers, The Good Inn, a novel co-written with Pixies’ frontman Black Francis, and Giraffes on Horse­back Sal­ad, a graphic novel adaptation of an unmade Marx Brothers movie penned by Salvador Dalí. He also built, owns, and oper­ates the Blue Star­lite Mini Urban Dri­ve-In movie the­atre in Austin, Texas.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Giraffes on Horseback Salad
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539900/giraffes-on-horseback-salad-by-josh-frank-adapted-with-tim-heidecker-illustrated-by-manuela-pertega/
 
Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In
https://www.bluestarlitedrivein.com/
 
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
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Stan Zimmerman is a writer, producer, and director best known for his writing on The Golden Girls, Roseanne, and The Gilmore Girls. Stan wrote for both Brady Bunch movies, co-created the Lifetime sitcom Rita Rocks, and has written and directed a variety of theater productions. He also has a new memoir, The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Stan’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956785/
 
Stan’s website
https://www.zimmermanstan.com/
 
The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Girls/Stan-Zimmerman/9781954676619
 
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

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/ 
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Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/
 
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

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

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