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Ep. 76: Contemporary Jewish Visual Art – with artist Joel Silverstein
Betty Boop Halloween Special – with author Peter Benjaminson
Ep. 75: Real Life Funnies – with cartoonist Stan Mack
Ep. 74: The Jewish Mother of Organized Crime – with author Margalit Fox
Ep. 73: Cartoonists Against Racism – with historian Rafael Medoff
Ep. 72: American Jewish Material Culture – with museum expert Avi Decter
Ep. 71: Voicing Teddy Ruxpin – with actor Phil Baron
Ep. 70: Why You Like It: Music, Taste, & Pandora – with composer Nolan Gasser
Ep. 69: Jews, Emo & Say Anything – with researcher Gabrielle Newman
Ep. 68: The Art of Anger – with political cartoonist Eli Valley
Ep. 67: God’s Gang, Snot Goblins, and Comedy Writing – with writer Rob Kutner
Ep. 66: Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz – with graphic memoirist Ari Richter
Ep. 65: Borscht Belt Museum – with curator and author Allen Frishman
Ep. 64: Jews & Jazz – with jazz pianist Joe Alterman
Ep. 63: Comfort Zones & Taking Risks – with acting coach Margie Haber
Ep. 62: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Feminism – with novelist Esther Friesner
Ep. 61: Golden Age Film Composers – with musicologist Aaron Fruchtman
Ep. 60: Jewish Comics Library of Seattle – with founder Jeff Treistman
Ep. 59: Sounds Jewish – with radio host Andy Muchin
Ep. 58: True Love, Godspell, and Classic Comedy – with actor Jerry Sroka
Ep. 57: Mark Twain’s War Prayer – with graphic designer Seymour Chwast
Ep. 56: Branding, Storytelling, and Last Action Hero – with creative marketer Jeffrey Braer
Ep. 55: Live at Mister Kelly’s – with documentarian Theodore Bogosian
Ep. 54: The Marx Brothers & Salvador Dalí – with author Josh Frank
Ep. 53: Making the Golden Girls Sparkle – with screenwriter Stan Zimmerman
Ep. 52: You Can’t Teach Funny – with comedic actor Jason Kravits
Ep. 51: The Torah of Taylor Swift – with educator Dalilah Bernier
Ep. 50: Remembering Siskel & Ebert – with film critic Matt Singer
Seder-Masochism Passover Special
Ep. 49: The Ten Plagues Come to Town – with actor Eva Bilick
Ep. 48: Jewish Summer Camp Revisited – with cartoonist Eric Glickman
Ep. 47: An American Tail: Optimism & Disappointment – with poet Andrew Burt
Ep. 46: Hanging with “Mr. Sci-Fi” – with screenwriter Marc Scott Zicree
Ep. 45: Walking with the Beatles – with historian and tour guide Susan Ryan
Live Zoom Show! - Ladies of Laughter Comedy Fest 2024 w/Rena Strober
Ep. 44: Jews & Phish with Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield
Ep. 43: We Are Not Strangers – with cartoonist Josh Tuininga
Ep. 42: Guide Dogs, Art, and Zen – with memoirist Ari Ashkenazi
Ep. 41: Amusements Parks & Immersive Entertainment – with attorney Wendy Heimann
Ep. 40: Jews, Tattoos & Rock 'n' Roll – with artist Howard Teman
Ep. 39: Anime in America – celebrating animation pioneer Fred Ladd
Ep. 38: Diversity in Animation – with writer-producer Dustin Ellis
Ep. 37: The Three Stooges Forever! – with Stoogeum founder Gary Lassin
Ep. 36: EC Comics, Censorship, and The Unwanted – with historian Robert L. Reiner
Ep. 35: Fine Art, Ranching, and Rural Living – with artist Katie Herzog
Ep. 34: Painting America’s Pastime – with artist Graig Kreindler
Ep. 33: Iditarod, Sled Dogs, and the Frozen Chosen – with musher Fred Agree
Ep. 32: Kafka and Popular Culture – with author Kathi Diamant
Ep. 31: Movies, Myths, and Mental Health – with filmmaker Mastaneh Moghadam
Ep. 30: Jewish Food Society – with program director Amanda Dell
Ep. 29: Underground Comix, Wonder Woman, and Comics Herstory – with cartoonist Trina Robbins
Ep. 28: The Origins of 420 – with originator Steve Capper
Ep. 27: Nightdive Studios, Classic Video Games, and Jewish History – with Larry Kuperman
Ep. 26: Celebrity Gossip, Pop Culture, and Public Speaking w/ communication strategist Sabba Rahbar
Yiddish Horror Halloween Special
Ep. 25: Laemmle Theatres, Cinema, and Culture – with president Greg Laemmle
Ep. 24: Documentary Filmmaking – with Maggie Rawling Smith
Ep. 23: Troma, Toxic Avenger, and Independent Filmmaking – with director Lloyd Kaufman
Ep. 22: Journalism, History, and the Cost of Free Land – with journalist Rebecca Clarren
Ep. 21: The Jewish Deli, Comics, and Culture – with illustrator Ben Nadler
Ep. 20: Character Acting, Groundhog Day, and the Search for Meaning – with actor Stephen Tobolowsky
Ep. 19: Travel, History, and Jewish Life Television – with TV host Brad Pomerance
Ep. 18: Toys, Stamps, and Jewish Identity – with collector Paul Golin
Ep. 17: Microsoft, Soundscape, and Sound Design – with sound artist Matthew Bennett
Ep. 16: I Lost on Jeopardy! – with contestant Jennie Bunde
Writers Guild of America Strike
Ep. 15: Pop Culture, Comic-Con, and Nostalgia – with writer Mathew Klickstein
Ep. 14: Kickstarter, Culture, Curation – with artist Molly Surno
Ep. 13: Jewish Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fandom – with author Valerie Estelle Frankel
Ep. 12: The Chosen, Roswell, and Directors Close Up – with director Jeremy Kagan
Ep. 11: Airplane!, Private Benjamin, and Ultraman – with actress Lorna Lembeck
Ep. 10: Klezmer, Hip Hop, and Beyond – with musician Joshua “Socalled” Dolgin
Live-Action Mario Reviews The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Ep. 9: Last Chance U, Gunther’s Millions, and Family Massacre – with film editor Gary Pollak
Ep. 8: iCrime, Killer Siblings, and the UFC – with producer Eric Mazer
Ep. 7: Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and Twin Peaks – with musicologist Reba Wissner
Ep. 6: Knives Out, Blood Relatives, and the Last Jedi – with actor Noah Segan
Ep. 5: Rugrats, Fridays, and Parker Lewis Can't Lose - with actress Melanie Chartoff
Ep. 4: The Frisco Kid, The Jerk, and Head of the Class – with screenwriter Michael Elias
Ep. 3: Sailor Moon, Sesame Street, and Sid Caesar – with actress Rena Strober
Ep. 2: 100,000 Ways to Spell Hanukkah – with author Jonathan Friedmann
Ep. 1: A Festivus for the Rest of Us – with Seinfeld actor Harris Shore