This week we welcome Jennifer Murtazashvili, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and Founding Director of the Center for Governance and Markets.

We talk about an interfaith initiative she co-founded with a Muslim colleague after October 7th, what it was like living as a Jewish woman in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, and the differences she notices between American and foreign college students.

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Two Friends—One Jewish, One Muslim—Have an Answer to Campus Conflict - Tablet Magazine, January 2024

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Two hours with one of our favorite Shiksa's, Bridget Phetasy! Fair warning that Bridget used to write for Playboy, and Chaya Leah was very interested in that, so this episode gets spicy.

Bridget Phetasy is host of Dumpster Fire on YouTube and the Walk-Ins Welcome podcast, as well as a writer and contributing editor at Spectator. Follow her on Substack, Twitter, Rumble and YouTube, or join her community at phetasy.com

Among other things we cover:

• Even Bridget's father thinks she has daddy issues
• Bridget had such an interesting life before she stopped drinking…oh wait.
• Polymaory is the veganism of relationships
• Gen Z needs to learn to supress their emotions like the rest of us
• How did it make you feel to survive Auschwitz
• Remember waiting for the bus??
• Yael’s list of Jewish celebrities
• Chaya Leah keeps wanting to go back to Playboy
• The spreadsheet-fication of everything
• We all need a male Siri
• Better to be a failed comedian than a succesful pundit
• Would you like to know your weight?
• Stop blaming being fat on the Holocaust
• Ok, after 1 hour and 20 minutes we talk about Israel
• Bridget’s amazing interview with Naomi Petel, an October 7th survivor
• Tucker Carlson at a Russian McDonalds
• More politically homeless than ever
• America’s too fat for a civil war
• Be more tethered
• What was Playboy’s stand on October 7th?
• Austin Shabbat anyone?

 

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• A very bad Jewish dad joke
• An exciting new AAJ Spin-off
• ((((((Why))))))

• Our friend and former guest Batya Ungar-Sargon kicking ass on Bill Maher
• Should you get a Aaron Bushnell face tattoo?
• Abolition week at Harvard
• Academia - Should we stay or should we go?
• Fantasy-league of Israel supporters
• Swifties for Palestine
• Imagine if the UN supported Israel? Recorded before they announced they found evidence of sexual asssault…gee, thanks, only took 4 months.
• A tribute to David Frum’s daughter, Miranda, who passed away. We didn’t know her, but were touched.
• We can’t afford to say “it’s all too much”
• How do you deliver aid to civilians during a war? The chair of urban warfare studies at West Point weighs in.
• A book recommendation (again), Palestine 1936 by Oren Kessler.
• The story of Purim…kind of.

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This week the girls welcome Rob Henderson, author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. Born to a drug-addicted, homeless mother in California, Rob was passed around 7 foster homes and grew to become a rowdy teenager. He turned his life around when he joined the Air Force after high school, and ultimately was accepted into Yale for his BA and earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge.

We cover class in America, luxury beliefs of the elite, how to build resilience, Rob's first ever encounter with a Jewish person as well as his first ever encounter with ice cream (both left a lasting impression). 

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This week, we welcome Lord Winston Marshall (we assume he’s a Lord, he’s from England) - writer, podcaster, musician, and noble friend of the Jews. You may know Winston as co-founder of the band “Mumford and Sons” and more recently as host of “The Winston Marshall Show” which you can find on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts. Winston just returned from a trip to Israel where he did some excellent reporting, and he has a lot to say about the Middle East, Britian, October 7th and hope.

🎉🎉 In LA on Saturday, Feb 24th? Join us for a meetup!** More info here.  🎉🎉

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Subscribe to the Winston Marshall Show

Attend the Dissident Dialogues Conference in NYC

 

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Make Colorblindness Great Again! Writer, musician, rapper, author and podcaster Coleman Hughes joins us this week to discuss his new book which you should buy and read, "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America."

We cover Neoracism, Israel, wokeness, writing and more. Also, who called Coleman a "black shabbos goy"? Listen to find out.

Sure, Coleman has done a few interviews lately, but only ours bestowed upon him a porn name and you’ll have to listen to learn what it is. Ok, it's too good not to share. We'll tell you. It's Poleman Huge.

• Buy Coleman’s book The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America  
• Coleman was just on Bill Maher Friday 
• A Case for Colorblindness - the "dangerous" TED talk 
• The Young Black Conservative Who Grew Up With, and Rejects, D.E.I. - Coleman featured in the NY Times last week, gift link. 

More on substack! 

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In this episode, we discuss the personal stories of two fallen IDF soldiers - Ahmad Abu Latif and Cedrick Garin. You can read more about Ahmad in this story from our friend Nancy Rommelmann, and see a video of both young men on our substack, askajew.substack.com.

We also share stories and photos from a visit to the site of the Nova massacre and Kibbutz Kfar Aza, warning - it gets a little heavy. 

But fear not - we leave plenty of time to talk about a bunch of NYPD cops going out for kosher sushi, the pros and cons of herring, and a personality breakdown based on your favorite Ninja Turtle.

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James Kirchick is a journalist and author of the NY Times bestseller "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington". You may know him from his work in  Air Mail, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and others. Follow Jamie on Twitter, read his excellent latest piece in the Atlantic about the importance of protecting free speech, and of course his exclusive interview with Armie Hammer.

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In this episode we discuss:

• Jamie's back story
• How bad is it? Not too bad. But social media is.
• The definition of Chutzpa
• DC vs. NYC
• Young people are still stupid
• Defund Oakland
• The mood in Israel + Bibi talk
• On Berlin
• On writing
• The scary gays
• Richie Torres for president
• Tree B'Shvat
• Where do you get your news

 

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Good morning from Israel, where it is currently October 116th. on this solo pod, the girls occupy familiar and new territories:

• Being sick at home
• We are brothers?
• Hostages forever.
• The Russian roulette that is Jerusalem bus travel
• Chaya Leah guarding trash cans
• A funny story about false teeth (is there a story about false teeth that isn't funny?)
• A tribute to Chaya Leah's beloved aunt, may her memory be a blessing
• Would you gain or lose weight in a Shiva?
• A very Israel soccer game
• What is a Ballerina Farm?
• Holocaust poetry
• Reagan Airport gets "Community Noted"
• The Rebbe demands....

NOTES:

Nancy Rommelmann reporting from Israel! https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/, and on Twitter too,  and of course her pod with Sarah Hepola, Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Beautiful story about a fender bender that is so much more.

Film recommendation: Maktub

Reagan Airport tweet.

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Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets," and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie, he’s also our favorite libertarian!

 

In this episode we talk about:

Hollywood’s portrayal of Israel

(we all agree that Paul Newman is the perfect looking Jew)

Exodus by Leon Uris (the book!) Get the Book

Exodus (the movie!) Watch the movie here  

Excellent article in Mosaic Magazine Read the article here

Fiddler on the Roof

Does anyone really care about the Palestinians

Are college students worse today (Nick defends them!) 

The death of institutions

Free speech on campus

Leslie Fiedler

Capitalism and the Jews by Jerry Mueller

Get the book here

Why is our political system so broken?

We are not our grandparents, but maybe ChayaLeah's kids are.....

Jewish Power

And much, much more 

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