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Yenta! episodes

September 28, 2023Dylan Adler Gets on the Toxic Gossip Train!
Oh gays you're in for a treat we got to yenta with Dylan Adler (Late Late Show with James Cordon, Vulture) this week! He is a hugely successful, hilarious comedian and also just a genuine nice person. We yenta about:
Buying a fake id for Rachel Sennott at NYU

Touring with Atsuko Okatsuka

Working with James Corden!

Timothee Chalet is a “big slut”

Dylan’s new boyfriend!

Do we actually like Gal Gadot’s Imagine video?
https://www.instagram.com/dylanadler_
Co-host Alice Brenner!
instagram.com/alicebrenner_
Co-host Raye Schiller!
instagram.com/rayeontheway
(00:00:00) Introducing THE Dylan Adler
(00:05:00) Rachel Sennott’s first Fake ID
(00:9:06) Touring with Atsuko Okatsuka
(00:15:20) Working on Late Night with James Corden
(00:20:58) Dylan’s Jewish background
(00:25:12) Wicked themed bar mitzvah
(00:27:33) Having a Gay twin brother
(00:31:25) Siblings with Special needs
(00:34:02) Plastic waterbottles secret
(00:38:08) Girl Math and Spending money highs
(00:41:11) Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner
(00:48:43) Dylan’s New BOYFRIEND
(00:52:07) Secretly loving the celebrity Imagine video
(00:56:18) Kevin Spacey's controversial video
(00:58:00) Pluggy plugs.
1 hr 1 min
September 21, 2023YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY PODCAST with Sammi Cohen
When I found out the director of YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH is a queer, nonbinary JEW I knew I HAD to have them on Yenta. Sammi Cohen is the wildly of accomplished director of that giant Jewy Netflix movie with Adam Sandler and his whole family and the adorable high school queer rom-com Crush on Hulu. They’re also standup comedian, and truly just an all around wonderful person!
We yenta about:
How Adam Sandler feels about they/them pronouns

Sammi coming out as nonbinary

Sarah Sherman and Queer Rabbis

Is it harder to be Queer or Jewish?

How Sammi told their mom they’re getting top surgery

The crossover of Rabbi and Comedian

Rosh Hashanah and Intentions for next year

Sammi Cohen https://www.instagram.com/sammicohen
Raye Schiller https://www.instagram.com/rayeontheway
Antonia Lassar https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

(00:00:00) You’re So Not Invited to Our Party
(00:02:00) LA Jewie queer moment
(00:04:31) B'nai Mitzvah and queer culture
(00:07:11) Queer Jewish culture
(00:12:40) Planning a non-binary B'nai Mitzvah
(00:14:28) Synagogues and queer orthodoxy
(00:19:29) Coming out as non-binary
(00:23:01) Gendered language
(00:26:28) Top Surgery, Hollywood, and TikTok
(00:30:16) God is RandomSauce
(00:32:55) Sarah Sherman and Queer Rabbi Energy
(00:37:46) Nepotism and fashionable kippah tears
(00:41:14) Middle school's the worst
(00:44:18) Gossiping and Synagogue music
(00:48:12) Mics and straight dudes
(00:53:11) Harder to be Jewish or Queer
(00:58:20) The most lesbian dating story
(01:00:02) Stand-up and dating dynamics
(01:03:28) How to tell your mom about top surgery
(01:08:31) What are you looking for in partner?
(01:10:18) Ending a situationship because on religion
(01:15:11) Being a queer Jew
(01:17:17) The intersection of Rabbi and Comedian
(01:20:52) Favorite Jewish Holiday?
(01:25:31) Middle school Spanish class cheating
(01:27:33) Jewish spirituality and bravery
(01:32:33) 3 Future Rabbis
1 hr 33 min
September 14, 2023Anxiety and Depression and a Solo Show Oh My! with Samantha Bowling
Get ready to laugh and be inspired with the hilarious and talented Samantha Bowling! Samantha is an indigenous comedian, improviser, performer, and all around wonderful human and this episode is a treat! She's behind the beautiful one-woman Hollywood Fringe show "This Was Never Supposed to be a One-Woman Show, a one woman show” about losing her comedy partner after her struggle with mental health. Yes I straight up laughed and cried when I saw it.
We yenta about:
Anxiety and depression and improving your mental health

Feeling tingly from ASMR

Getting kicked out of a hookup apartment at 3am

A self-love boudoir photoshoot

The Cherokee parable of the wolves

Becoming more self aware through a fish story

Beauty products negging the people
Samantha Bowling! https://www.instagram.com/thesamanthabowling/
Raye Schiller https://www.instagram.com/rayeontheway
Beautiful cohost Antonia Lassar https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

(00:00:00) Regretting not doing drugs.
(00:06:09) Her absence and the imagination.
(00:08:40) Reflecting on mental health.
(00:12:47) Producing a one-woman show.
(00:15:42) Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
(00:19:21) Fringe and finding love.
(00:24:49) Best and worst performances.
(00:27:40) Marathon of the spirit.
(00:31:14) Suicidal ideation being contagious.
(00:36:46) Cherokee parable of the wolves.
(00:39:04) Seeking joy and finding problems.
(00:44:09) Girl's unexpected interest in you.
(00:49:56) Jewish culture and niches.
(00:51:12) ASMR and childhood experiences.
(00:56:10) Boudoir photo shoot.
(00:59:34) Self-love through a photo shoot.
1 hr 5 min
September 07, 2023Do Men Like Head More Than Women? With Hannah Jones
Hannah Jones is cool! I got to meet Hannah on when I was on the road in Denver and it was a joy. She’s huge on Instagram and TikTok! She’s cool and queer and also comes from a religious background so we had a ton to talk about. She has her own podcast go listen to it!!
We yenta about:
Hannah's foursome experience

Raye sneaking into shabbat dinner

Culturally do women pretend to like head?

The “Jesus feminist” that changed Hannah’s life

That one time she bombed for 45 min
https://www.instagram.com/hannahjonescool
https://hannahjonescool.com/the-podcast
(sorry I messed up the footage in the beginning I am a one person show heree!!!)

(00:00:00) Standing up story
(00:05:39) Threesome experiences.
(00:07:39) Threesome logistics and limitations.
(00:10:07) Non-negotiables in relationships.
(00:14:06) Boy podcasts and comedy inspiration.
(00:17:26) Supportive relationships and emotional growth.
(00:19:19) Living my dreams.
(00:22:44) The importance of doing your job
(00:25:07) How Hannah met her boyfriend
(00:29:36) Making things happen physically.
(00:31:24) Unusual armpit request.
(00:35:11) Women Talking
(00:39:13) Leaving religious institutions.
(00:41:00) Comedy as self-expression.
(00:48:28) Sneaking into Shabbat.
(00:54:48) Eating out for three hours.
(00:57:45) Living a double life.
1 hr 1 min
August 31, 2023 Genderquestioning Nonbinary Pansexual in an Open Relationship with Celine Kuklowsky
This week we have Celine Kuklowsky! Celine is a writer, comedian, french-american clownboi. You might've seen them in Netflix's "Feminists: What were They Thinking?" starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin!
We start the pod super hungover (ayyy) but eventually get into schmoozing about:
“Men Who Want to be Pegged but "Aren't Gay"
90% of Queer People Being Cooler than Non-Queers
Celine's Bob Dylan Doppelganger Story
Raye’s major BOMB and being comforted by ChatGPT
A big fight about AI and the future of comedy

https://www.instagram.com/celinekuk
https://www.instagram.com/rayeontheway
https://www.instagram.com/jack_brenner_
1 hr 24 min
August 24, 2023The Queer Story of Esther with Esther Fallick
It was such a joy to chat with Esther Fallick this week! We get into trans joy, musical theater, and obviously how queer the story of Esther (from the Bible) is. Esther (Vulture, Autostraddle, not from the Bible) is a comedian, cabaret icon, and musical theater writer based out of Brooklyn, NY but she came out to LA just for Yenta pod!
We Yenta About:
What Esther’s Mom thinks of Threesomes

Esther’s secret getting rejected from a crush

Esther is in loveeeeeee

Jack’s decision to use new pronouns!

The decision to get FFS surgery

Advice about coming out to your religious family
Sorry Jack’s mic is so messed up we are working on it :')

https://www.instagram.com/estherfallick
Cohost Jack Brenner!
https://www.instagram.com/jack_brenner_
1 hr 11 min
August 17, 2023Sex on Molly, Dave Chapelle, Wicked + Racism with Janaya Future Khan and Curtis Chase
My friends this episode is crazy and chaotic and beautiful! We have Janaya Future Khan (they're very famous co-founder of BLM and a model and wow so much more) and Curtis Chase (cute comedian, also famous) and our great cohost Jack Brenner! We talk about:
Janaya loves men as a queer masc

Empathy for masculinity

Comedy as a form of protest

The coming culture war in the next few years

Dave Chappelle and trans people laughing at themselves

Raye’s secret hookup on molly

Watch Janaya sing songs from wicked and how its about racism

Janaya’s journey to service top

The nonbinary trans umbrella
advice: what makes a good friend?
1 hr 16 min
August 10, 2023People who Want to be Arrested and like Baby Voices, with Teresa Lee!
This week we have Teresa Lee!! She is a stand-up comedian, writer, and filmmaker. She was on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm wtf!!? Her short film I Think She Likes You was shown at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. She's written for Good Mythical Morning, Cracked, and was a contributing writer on Season 3 of Brockmire. She's amazing!
We Yenta About:
Dealing with Hecklers

Old Comedy vs. New Comedy

Teresa’s Baby Talk Voice

Shoplifting Confessions

Ashley Gavin TikTok Controversy

NY VS. LA
Advice about starting a podcast!

https://www.instagram.com/rayeontheway/
https://www.instagram.com/teresaleebot/
https://teresaleecomedy.com/

#comedy #standup #queer #LA #NY
1 hr 6 min
July 27, 2023Getting a Pride Boyfriend with Pallavi Gunalan
Pallavi Gunalan is an accomplished writer, comedian, creator, and biomedical engineer! She writes for Lovett or Leave It, and has been featured in NYTimes, been a part of New York Comedy Festival, and so much more. We talk:
Influencers in LA

Being comedians with science backgrounds

Becoming bros with a pod

Getting a boyfriend during pride

How to communicate by flirting

Being with men as bisexual women
Advice: how to signal that you’re queer if you’re a straight-passing woman
https://www.instagram.com/pallavigunalan
https://www.instagram.com/rayeontheway
https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar
57 min
July 20, 2023Trans Dreams Do Come True with Gabe Dunn!
I have literally been a fan of Gabe for OVER 10 YEARS and now I got to have him on Yenta! What!! We talk so much hot goss - you’d be stupid not to listen. Just kidding, please don’t listen. There are way too many secrets in here.
We yenta about:
The crossover between rabbis and twinks

Did Gabe ever have a crush on 2 siblings?

Raye meeting Gabe as a fan in 2019!

Changing your name as a public person

Being a buzzfeed child star!

Raye’s seminary interview secret

Hinge Girls who love Larry David

Getting bootleg comedy from your therapist

Go check out Gabe’s podcasts!
The Knew Guys

Bad with Money

Just Between Us
https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar/
https://www.instagram.com/gabesdunn/
https://www.instagram.com/rayeontheway
1 hr

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Sometimes about comedy, sometimes about Judaism, always about gossip. Featuring comedians Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar. New episodes every other Thursday.

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