In this season of Christmas cheer, Teresa and Gina tap into their Jewish roots to celebrate their beloved Hanukkah. Turns out it’s almost as simple as knowing the proper blessing for ice cream (thanks to Shalom Auslander on This American Life) and leaving the world a little nicer than you found it (Thanks to Krista Tippet on Speaking off faith). Happy Hanukkah, everybody. 

Links:

The Moth:  Evan Lunt, A Flame Through the Ages

https://player.themoth.org/#/?actionType=ADD_AND_PLAY&storyId=15269

Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippet - Hanukkah and a Rediscovery of Jewish Customs

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hanukkah-and-a-rediscovery-of-jewish-customs/id387558213?i=1000086034938

This American Life: Hoaxing Yourself, Oedipus Hex 

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/155/hoaxing-yourself-2000

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Podcast host Josh Peck is “Curious” about our own co-host, Teresa Strasser. Gina Grad shares her favorite moment from that interview, and it involves a trash bag full of cake. And, Ronan Farrow’s new show, “The Catch and Kill Podcast” features new details of a story we think we know.

Links:

Curious with host Josh Peck, guest Teresa Strasser 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-83-teresa-strasser/id1378163166?i=1000459185158

The Catch and Kill Podcast With Ronan Farrow

Episode 1: The Spy:  

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/pineapple-street-media/the-catch-and-kill-podcast/e/65551868

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Bill Murray shows up for a podcast interview a day early, and we wouldn’t want it any other way. On “3 Girls, 1 Keith,” Amy Schumer captures the quirky, comforting mug of goodness that is Bill Murray. And an episode of “Heavyweight” exposes some secrets about the life of Moby, and how a box set he borrowed decades ago is long overdue. Gina Grad and Teresa Strasser parse the best podcasts for your ears this week. 

Links:

3 Girls, 1 Keith: Some words with Bill Murray

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6TXTMSspEg204kH6yFqGma?si=Wco3V9cCSFya1d9EULIq9g

Heavyweight: #2 Gregor

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/heavyweight/brholm

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You’re about to find out what the Oscars, Three-Mile Island and the collapse of the American economy have to do with each other. Plus, when it comes to calming down your Japanese pitcher, sometimes it’s best to speak to him in Spanish. All this and your letters on this week’s Easy Listening!

Links:  

La La Land - Galileo's Warning

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-la-land-galileos-warning/id1484511465?i=1000457519798

30 for 30: The Loophole

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/fivethirtyeight/30-for-30-podcasts/e/57088475

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Two barrels, four bodies and one killer true crime series - and speaking of things isolated in the woods, we are checking back in with Dolly Parton and her Tennessee Mountain Home, and more specifically, how her music - especially 9 to 5 -- is often seen as political, except by Dolly herself. She doesn’t do politics, but she does do podcasts and so do we -- so thanks fellow podcast enthusiasts, for joining us on this week’s podcast about podcasts, Easy Listening. 

Links:

Bear Brook - Update 2: Eric Rasmussen: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nhpr/bear-brook/e/58759009

Dolly Parton’s America

Episode 5 - Dollitics

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dolly-partons-america/id1481398762?i=1000456556370

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Grifters gonna grift, and con men gonna con and fraudsters are coming for the coins rattling around in your piggy bank of hope - but cheer up! Wait don’t -- you want it darker, Leonard Cohen asks? Turn out the flame - because there are also bad batches of heroine, and actually there’s the entire opioid problem which is a batch of travesty and one new show explores how it affects the grieving sister of a famous comedian and writer.

Links:

Bad Batch: Episode 1, The Cure to Everything

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wondery/bad-batch/e/64784131

Last Day - Harris Wittels

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-meet-stephanie-meet-harris-sarah-silverman-aziz-ansari/id1468896686?i=1000451154438

Last Day - Shame City

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5-shame-city-with-dr-robert-meyers-dr-nzinga-a-harrison/id1468896686?i=1000453703799

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If one of the agreements you have with the four agreements is that you agree to set that book ablaze, you have something in common with the hosts of By the Book — which is a podcast you’ve been meaning to listen to about books you’ve been meaning to read AND if you think you have the answers for the people in your life who are screw ups, and you’ve read enough self help books to codify those answers, you will LOVE “We love you (and so can you).

Links:

By The Book: The Four Agreements

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/by-the-book/the-four-agreements-P_KxpOQkCLw/

We Love You & So Can U

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kelli-other-peoples-success/id1474844851?i=1000452719067

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If you listen to as many podcasts as we do, you may think you know all there is to know about Jeffrey Epstein and his evil shenanigans, but there’s a happy, uplifting part of this story. And when the best improv actresses go on the best show about the worst office, does it make the best podcast?

LINKS: 

Broken: Jeffrey Epstein

Julie K. Brown with host Adam Davidson

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-e5-an-outsiders-way-in/id1478460758?i=1000454725415

Office Ladies

Jenna Fischer (Pam) and Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin) have a new podcast out where they’re going to go through every single episode of THE OFFICE starting with pilot.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pilot/id1480311435?i=1000453706634

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We know God answer’s the prayers of a little Jewish girl named Gina Grad, because finally, there is a Dolly Parton podcast and on the other end of the musical spectrum, The Monster Mash is haunting us this time of year, but what is it? And why is it? 

Links:

Radiolab presents: Dolly Parton’s America 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?i=1000453664925

BIZarre albums with Tony Thaxton

“Monster Rap - Bobby “Boris” Pickett”

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Keith Morrison’s voice equals podcast magic, because why wouldn’t it? And a podcast for people who listen to true crime podcasts and get ethical heebie jeebies.

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The Thing About Pam

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/msnbc/the-thing-about-pam/e/64173005

Uncover: The ethical true crime podcast, how to make one, what not to do

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