Podcasts about jewish christmas

It's the holiday season on Raising Cinephiles! Jessica sits down with returning guest and holiday enthusiast Lily Vonnegut for a relaxed, festive chat about family movie traditions, favorite holiday flicks, and finding the right balance between cultural identity and seasonal fun.This episode is all about cozy vibes, laughter, and the magic of movies—whether it's Christmas lights or Hanukkah donuts, there's something for everyone to enjoy.What's Inside the Episode?

Join us for the festive annual Jewish Christmas Spectacular on 580 Live! Host Dave Allen is joined by sponsors Tony the Tailor and Judge Richard Lindsay, alongside Delegate Mike Pushkin, Coop, Steve Animal, and Shockley from 98.7 The Mountain. Special guest violinist Alasha Al-Qudwah adds a magical touch with live performances of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Little Drummer Boy" with Delegate Pushkin. Tune in for music, laughter, and holiday cheer in this unforgettable celebration!

Send us a textYes, I know that Octavian IS Augustus, but this episode is about how Gaius Octavius became Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, and in doing so replaced the old Roman Republic with a military autocracy masquerading as a republic. This is the conclusion of our three part series on the fall of the Roman Republic. My cohost for all three episodes has been my good friend Dr. Jennifer Paxton of the Catholic University of America.This episode includes two audio snippets:Mark Antony's funeral oration for Caesar, from the 1953 film version of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" (with Marlon Brando as Brutus)"What have the Romans done for us?" from "Monty Python's The Life of Brian"Quotations from:Appian on Caesar's Funeral, trans. John Carter (https://www.livius.org/sources/content/appian/appian-caesars-funeral/)Res Gestae Divi Augusti ("the achievements of the deified Augustus"), trans. F.W. Shipley  (https://www.livius.org/sources/content/augustus-res-gestae/)Tacitus Agricola. Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb (1877)Tacitus, Annals. Loeb Classical Library edition of Tacitus, 1931For another take on the story, I recommend listening to "Marc Antony vs. Octavian Caesar: Ancient Rome's Ruthless Rivals," a two part series on the podcast "Beef with Bridget Todd."As I am posting this a couple of days before Christmas and Hanukkah, I would like to wish you all Happy Holidays. And if you haven't yet listened to it, you might want to try our episode on how Hanukkah and Christmas were celebrated in the Middle Ages (with detours into how Hanukkah became the Jewish Christmas in the United States and why the Puritans tried to suppress Christmas).Listen on Podurama https://podurama.com Intro and exit music are by Alexander NakaradaIf you have questions, feel free to contact me at richard.abels54@gmail.com

Dee has always found the idea of Santa Claus to be a bit creepy but he would never murder him in front of a group of screaming children like one-eyed, Nazi pedophile Paul Shafer who founded a fanatical Christian compound in Southern Chile. Listener calls in about Jewish Christmas. Sign up for the Sick and...

Dr. Hollisa Alewine brought a beautiful and timely message showing the history of the first Chanukah and that it's not a Jewish Christmas.  She also made clear connections to believers as a royal priesthood that needs to be geared up and ready for the mission ahead. 

People too often fail to recognize how Jewish Christmas really is. To begin, the Christmas story has all sorts of Jewish ceremonies. On Friday's Mornings with Eric and Brigitte, Greg Savitt, with Rock of Israel Ministries joins us, and shares, "Today, many Messianic Jews believe that the Messiah was actually born during the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles), in the autumn season, so they will celebrate His birth then. Whether He was born during Tabernacles, on December 25th or on a different date entirely, the fact remains -- He was indeed born". "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling (Tabernacle) among us." John 1:14. For this miracle, we are thankful.Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshow/wrmbSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Christmas and Hanukkah share similar space on the calendar, but is there more than that? Join us as we learn a lot from our Jewish brothers and sisters about God's desire to deliver his kids from the pain of this world. Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas, but there is so much for us to learn and be inspired by this great story of God's crazy love for His kids. 

On the Saturday December 23, 2023 edition of the Richard Crouse Show we have look at some of the greatest Christmas songs of all time. First we meet Moe Berg, one forth of the Trans-Canada Highwaymen, a new band that consists of four of this country's best rock singer-songwriters,  Sloan's Chris Murphy, Odds' Craig Nothey and former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page.  The album, “Explosive Hits Vol. 1,” is covers of Canadian AM rock radio hits from the 1960s and 70's and it's super fun. Moe Berg and I talk about the new album, and then get into the spirit of the season as Moe talks about a Christmas song he wrote with the Pursuit of Happiness and a tune he loves so much, he has a plaque with the lyrics. “Furious Devotion” author Richard Balls joins me to talk about “Fairytale of New York,”  a song that is an Irish folk-style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer Shane MacGowan and Kristy MacColl as bickering former lovers on Christmas Eve. A song about their youthful hopes crushed by alcohol and drug addiction doesn't sound like a Christmas cracker, but in the UK it was the most-played Christmas song of the 21st century and re-enters the music charts every December. We'll also get to know Larry Weinstein, director of the documentary “Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas,” a musical documentary about the amazing story of a group of Jewish songwriters who wrote the soundtrack to Christmas, and we'll learn how the Cuban Missile Crisis inspired one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. Finally we wrap with Brent Butt, the star, writer and/or producer of TV shows such as “Corner Gas,” “Hiccups” and “Corner Gas Animated,” and the author of the best-selling thriller “Huge,” and home designer, television host and producer, best-selling author, sought-after public speaker, and host of her own special Tuscan getaways Debbie Travis on their favorite Christmas songs and stories.

On the Saturday December 23, 2023 edition of the Richard Crouse Show we have look at some of the greatest Christmas songs of all time. First we meet Moe Berg, one forth of the Trans-Canada Highwaymen, a new band that consists of four of this country's best rock singer-songwriters, Sloan's Chris Murphy, Odds' Craig Nothey and former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page. The album, “Explosive Hits Vol. 1,” is covers of Canadian AM rock radio hits from the 1960s and 70's and it's super fun. Moe Berg and I talk about the new album, and then get into the spirit of the season as Moe talks about a Christmas song he wrote with the Pursuit of Happiness and a tune he loves so much, he has a plaque with the lyrics. “Furious Devotion” author Richard Balls joins me to talk about “Fairytale of New York,” a song that is an Irish folk-style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer Shane MacGowan and Kristy MacColl as bickering former lovers on Christmas Eve. A song about their youthful hopes crushed by alcohol and drug addiction doesn't sound like a Christmas cracker, but in the UK it was the most-played Christmas song of the 21st century and re-enters the music charts every December. We'll also get to know Larry Weinstein, director of the documentary “Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas,” a musical documentary about the amazing story of a group of Jewish songwriters who wrote the soundtrack to Christmas, and we'll learn how the Cuban Missile Crisis inspired one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. Finally we wrap with Brent Butt, the star, writer and/or producer of TV shows such as “Corner Gas,” “Hiccups” and “Corner Gas Animated,” and the author of the best-selling thriller “Huge,” and home designer, television host and producer, best-selling author, sought-after public speaker, and host of her own special Tuscan getaways Debbie Travis on their favorite Christmas songs and stories.

As a special Jewish Christmas present, we're giving you a bonus crosspost podcast of Zach's January 2023 appearance on Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good/Pretty Good Friends to talk about the Christmas classic THE NIGHT BEFORE. You can stream THE NIGHT BEFORE on Tubi or for streaming rental and you should watch it. Enjoy the bonus episode and we'll see you next week! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-movie-ladder-podcast/message

Mike Pushkin, Kate Boytek, Jackie the Dog and a cast of thousands coming up on the Jewish Christmas Spectacular, brought to you by Rich Lindsay.

Give to Kenny's Go Fund Me https://gofund.me/35f499b9 This Week on the podcast we have guest and comedian Rachel McCartney. We get into it. Tim talks about his trip to Tampa. Rachel spits a sweet bit that Myka helps her with. Tim reveals how he ruined Christmas twice. This episode has everything. Thank you all for listening and lets make this next year an even better hang. Great Hang Patreon https://www.patreon.com/GreatHang   iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/great-hang-with-myka-and-tim/id1574565430?i=1000562076384   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0xpCw3jkplXMxp82ow0NCF?si=8757f4b501834a45     Follow Myka @Mykafox https://twitter.com/MykaFox https://www.instagram.com/mykafox/   Follow Tim https://twitter.com/MayorOfFartTown https://www.instagram.com/hot_comic69/     Check Out Tough Questions with Jeff and Tim    iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tough-questions/id1669524479   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0fy4RZhE6uE6WReq9jVP4O?si=c24824663daf4408   Ask Your Own Question Sign Up for The Patreon HERE! www.patreon.com/ToughQuestions

A special episode about Nittel–and the origins of certain Jewish observances on Christmas eve.For more information visit torahinmotion.org.

Welcome to the Jew and Gentile Podcast.   Text the Jew and Gentile your comments, questions, concerns (OY!), and news at: 424-444-1948   MUG-ON-A-MUG With your gift of $10 or more to FOI Equip, you to can have your very own Mug-on-a-Mug. Your generous donation helps to expand the important work of teaching the Bible from a Jewish perspective while raising up new FOI volunteers and representatives serving Jewish communities all around the world. Visit gofoi.org/mug to make your gift today and receive your own Jew and Gentile Podcast Mug-on-a-Mug. Oy, look at Steve's punim!   From the Scriptures:   Daniel 9 The Most High God By:  Renald Showers https://store.foi.org/purchase/the-most-high-god   FOI Equip Classes:   Does Israel Control the Media? TEACHER: SARIT CATZ JANUARY 18    Have you ever heard someone say, “Jewish people influence the news to make Israel look like the victim” or “Jewish people control the media!”? Is there any truth to these age-old antisemitic tropes? Join Sarit Catz from the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) as she interacts with the evidence and reveals that there is more to the story than meets the eye.   Register: foiequip.org   Valley of Dry Bones: A Spiritually Renewed Israel   TEACHER: TY PERRY FEBRUARY 15, 22    The prophecy of the Valley of Dry Bones is a vivid and compelling vision found in the prophet Ezekiel. The promise of bringing the bones back to life from death signifies God's commitment to restoring Israel not just physically by returning the people to their land but also spiritually by renewing their covenant relationship with Him. Join Friends of Israel's Ty Perry as he connects Ezekiel's prophecy with the hope of the Jewish people and the re-establishment of the modern State of Israel.   Register: foiequip.org   Get a free one-year trial subscription to Israel My Glory https://israelmyglory.org/subscribe/ Get Involved with Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry https://www.foi.org/outreach   Chris Katulka's book: Israel Always foi.org/israelalways   Steve Herzig's book: Jewish Culture & Customs https://store.foi.org/purchase/jewish-culture-customs From the news surrounding Israel and the Jewish People:   Israel is the only country in the world never allowed to win a war. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_OTs_PBxbrk   Messianic Jewish congregations support evacuated families and soldiers during Israel's Iron Swords war https://allisrael.com/messianic-jewish-congregations-support-evacuated-families-and-soldiers-during-israels-iron-swords-war   Harvard forces Jewish student group to ‘hide' menorah at night for fear of vandalism: rabbi https://nypost.com/2023/12/14/news/harvard-forces-jewish-student-group-to-hide-menorah-at-night-for-fear-of-vandalism-rabbi-says/   Shocking moment man threatens to 'kill' Orthodox Jews in north London as Hanukkah candelabras are smashed up amid rising wave of anti-Semitic attacks https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12867587/shocking-moment-man-threatens-kill-jews-north-london.html   11 Iconic Christmas Songs That Were Written By Jews https://www.kveller.com/11-iconic-christmas-songs-that-were-written-by-jews/ Yiddish Word(s) of the Day Bei Mir Bist Du Shein - To me, you are beautiful

Original Video: https://www.bitchute.com/video/BAWcPBumLVvT/ Dr. Jones and Gemma review the recent trend of degrading Christmas, and guess who's behind it? Dr. E. Michael Jones is a prolific Catholic writer, lecturer, journalist, and Editor of Culture Wars Magazine who seeks to defend traditional Catholic teachings and values from those seeking to undermine them. ——— NOW AVAILABLE! The Holocaust Narrative: https://www.fidelitypress.org/the-holocaust-narrative Dr. Jones Books: fidelitypress.org/ Subscribe to Culture Wars Magazine: culturewars.com Donate: culturewars.com/donate Follow: https://culturewars.com/links

Charles welcomes the venerable Warren Kinsella back for another spin into the weekend! It's Hanukkah, and Mayors/politicians around North America are skipping lighting ceremonies because they have no clue how to separate Jewish Christmas from Politics. The Mayor of Calgary and a few other politicians refused to show up for Menora lightings in case they offended Hamas supporters. Is that a real thing? Yup/ Warrena and Chuck explain. MIT, Harvard, and UPenn presidents said calling for the genocide of Jews on their campuses was totally acceptable. Chuck and Warren give some background on the financial model of international students and why post-secondary education institutes have become a breeding ground of hatred towards democracy and the Jewish faith. We close with Pierre Poilievre's Carbon tax stunt. Warren is pro-stunt. Charles is not. I love it when two legends disagree with respect. You could learn a lot about discourse from these two men.

Every year around the world, millions of Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah. This year, it's probably going to feel a little different. As ancient echoes of widespread anti-Semitism, anti-Judaism, and anti-Zionism seem to be resounding again in the present time, the Jewish battle for survival against the Seleucid Empire finds its eerie, parallel expression in yet another conflict between Israel and her neighbors. Our guests today are First Fruits of Zion Senior Educator Aaron Eby and his wife, Rachel, and they're going to tell us all about Hanukkah. – Episode Highlights – What is Hanukkah? Is Hanukkah the Jewish Christmas? Candles, songs, prayers, menorahs, dreidels, latkes, sufganiyot, presents, and other traditions that enhance the holiday. The trick to frying the perfect latke. Food is such a central part of creating lasting memories. What does Hanukkah look like for a Messianic Jewish family? Traditional Jewish observance of the holliday. What historical event does Hanukkah recall? Why didn't the book of Maccabees make it into the Hebrew Bible? What would have happened if the Jews had not defeated the Greek army? How does Messianic faith in Yeshua enhance the holiday? How can followers of Yeshua who are not Jewish connect to the Jewish holiday? The oft repeated battle for the survival of Judaism and the Jewish people. What are the most meaningful elements of the holiday? – Related Resource Links – Light: A Hanukkah Anthology https://ffoz.store/products/light-a-hanukkah-anthology-book Messiah Podcast is a production of First Fruits of Zion (https://ffoz.org) in conjunction with Messiah Magazine. This publication is designed to provide rich substance, meaningful Jewish contexts, cultural understanding of the teaching of Jesus, and the background of modern faith from a Messianic Jewish perspective. Messiah Podcast theme music provided with permission by Joshua Aaron Music (http://JoshuaAaron.tv). “Cover the Sea” Copyright WorshipinIsrael.com songs 2020. All rights reserved.

The Lord's Day reminds us what God has done for us. Preached April 16, 2023 Pastor Aaron Frasier

Matt and Kyle are back after a holiday break with a all new episode of the Steamboat Comedy Podcast! Topics of discussion include Jewish Christmas, Avatar whales, and stupid New Year's Resolutions

Welcome to Episode 30, unencumbered by scripts, format sheets or any real planning! Marty and Spirited Kenny discuss the holidays, how quiet it is this year, and how Marty engaged in one of his pastimes - watching holiday specials from local US market stations in L.A., Chicago and New York City. 5:30 - The subject of 'things that you don't believe you saw' arises: Marty's west end drive for a traditional "Jewish Christmas meal"- which in Winnipeg means Spring Roll Restaurant for Shrimp on Toast - brought the startling sight of 4 vehicles walled in by snowplows on Erin Street. Why they were parked there, and how will they get out? That leads to... 10:50 - Marty telling how he saw a UFO this summer. In well over 1000 radio, podcast and TV episodes, Marty has never discussed one of Kenny's favorite topics, encounters with strange unnatural phenomena. "This is why I'm here" says Kenny, as we wind through the events of August 19, 2022, after Marty hosted a CWE wrestling card in Amaranth, Manitoba about 180 KM north and west of Winnipeg. Our first time in the town wasn't only memorable for the enthusiastic crowd and hard-hitting matches, it was memorable for the drive home and what appeared in the western sky around 10.30 that night. Listen to Marty describe how the sighting unfolded, and his reaction the next morning when he re-sized the photos of the night sky and zoomed in. Then he had to talk it over with his fellow travelers! You will also hear Kenny's response to seeing the photos for the first time, the colours he sees in photo of the night sky, and why this qualifies as a genuine UFO sighting that will get additional notice in the region. This is a very unusual discussion for TGCTS and one you'll want to hear for yourself. Kenny refers to an episode of his program InterestingWorld.ca about UFO sightings and here is the link to the sonic boom video he mentioned: https://youtube.com/shorts/eGEvPL5bJ0g 32:30 - Part 2 - Boxing Day is Marty's sister's birthday, and he shares a few memories of what it was like for a Jewish family to not care about Christmas but to actually pay attention to Boxing Day, and not because of the Krazy Krazy sales. 37:30 - Update on the latest stories in TheJ.ca, Canada's national online Jewish newspaper. Among other stories, BBC Arabic was forced to lecture the staff after things went way too far. 43:40 - We have a brief discussion about newsmakers of the year, internationally, nationally and locally. On the local scene, we note the Premier's ongoing health issues. Marty suggests a worthy nominee relating to the civic election and Kenny has his own, worthy nominee for recognition (for all the wrong reasons). Long-time listeners will find the suggestions amusing. Looking towards 2023: With a provincial election on the horizon, and after a successful civic campaign, we are going to organize our platform to bring forward the news, interviews and issues MSM won't touch. This work will require the support of listeners and we know we will continue to earn that support. Winnipeg needs alternative media more than ever... We want your ideas of how to grow our reach and what stories you want us to cover or investigate in 2023! Email us: TGCTS1@gmail.com To donate or sponsor today - Email Martygoldlive@gmail.com Donate via PayPal www.paypal.me/MartyGoldMedia Remember -- YOU HAVE THE POWER!

Christine Darg's Bible prophecy update at Hanukkah and Christmas

Right now, families across the world are celebrating Hanukkah, so we thought it would be a good time to revisit our conversation all about the Jewish holiday. In this encore episode, we get into why Hanukkah is not Jewish Christmas, and how the minor holiday has an outsized place in pop culture.

Most people have heard of Hanukkah but most people don't know a thing about it except to kinda describe it as a Jewish Christmas.  But it is not the case it is not a Jewish Christmas. It is a holiday that is celebrated a great deal now by Jewish people around the world even though it is not considered one of the most important of holidays.  But there is a wonderful story about where it came from and if you're an educated and thoughtful person you should know something about the Hanukkah story.  By the way many of my Jewish friends I'm very happy that I take time to learn about their condition and one of them even said to me. I learned more about Hanukkah from you than I actually learned in synagogue school. Please take my challenge seriously that I put together in this 15 or 20 minutes because I've got a number of ideas that might be helpful to you and there is a great question that I'm going to ask you that is important and in a way the Hanukkah celebration is a part of the question,  and the question is do you believe in miracles even little ones.  So please hear me out because it is important for those of us who want to be leaders and influential people in our world and in the marketplace today.  

Aaron starts off the episode with a wild cautionary tale of athletic supporters and emergency dumps. This leads Andrew to demand jock strap lingerie equality for men. Then, a business idea erupts that involved Danish's Jewish Christmas tree menorah patch, and they debate how many and what kind of birds could lift Andy for a flying show. This leads to O'Neill coming up with a kissing booth idea for Andy.  Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code BEACHCOPS at Manscaped.com. That's 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com and use code BEACHCOPS. Manscaped, get your Jingle balls ready for the Holidays. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BEACHCOPS and get on your way to being your best self.

Some think of Chanukah simply as the Jewish Christmas because they take place around the same time. But Chanukah not only preceded Christmas, Jesus actually celebrated Chanukah, in Jerusalem, in the Temple. Did you know that? This week we are joined by Rabbi Avi Baumol discussing what Chanukah is really all about, and how and why it became a holiday that's a cornerstone of the Jewish calendar.

Today on Church by the Glades Pastor David explains the relation between biblical Judaism and biblical Christianity when it comes to Christmas.

This week's Hypothetical Questions: 1. What if you had snake hair? 2. What if your son tried to summon Azerath? 3. What if practicing for 10k hours only made you a good juggler? 4. What if you had to write a Jewish Christmas song? 5. How would you find the straight in the gay stack? 6. What if you were the host of a Spirited Away game show? 7. What if Clifford the Meteor-Sized Red dog was going to crash into Earth? 8. What if Nicky Downtown killed Fat Nate for sniffling? 9. If Fat Nate dies, will Nicky Downtown delete the podcast? If you like are you garbage you might like this.

Episode 100 Episode number 100! Can you believe it?! It seems like only yesterday, we were nervously launching this podcast, wondering if anyone would listen, and here we are with 51,000 downloads, dozens of incredible guests, and so much more planned for 2022 and beyond. Thank you all for your incredible support. You are truly the best community on the internet. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we took some time to share our favorite recent facts, stories, and learnings. So if you want to learn about forests in the sky, insect superhighways, Olympic achievements, heartfelt wisdom, how to forgive, the clams who control Warsaw's water supply, and that time that Pepsi briefly became the 6th biggest military in the world, then you're in the right place.   Support this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/DowntheWormholepodcast   More information at https://www.downthewormhole.com/   produced by Zack Jackson music by Zack Jackson and Barton Willis    Transcript  This transcript was automatically generated by www.otter.ai, and as such contains errors (especially when multiple people are talking). As the AI learns our voices, the transcripts will improve. We hope it is helpful even with the errors. Zack Jackson  00:05 You are listening to the Down the wormhole podcast, exploring the strange and fascinating relationship between science and religion. This is our 100th episode. Oh Ray, which is why we're doing it live and not pre recorded. I mean, it's always done live. But you know what I mean, that clip of me at the beginning, which is why it's so unpolished here at the beginning, but it's our 100th episode, and we're super excited. And we're doing something totally different today. So everyone, just say your name as fast as possible at the same time, okay. Hurray, well, so after 100 episodes, hopefully you know who we are at this point. Today is going to be totally different instead of taking a topic and going into it, we are all coming here today with a fun fact or story or something that has filled our hearts with joy or wonder in the past. I don't know, I was gonna say in the past couple of months, but time makes no sense. In the world of COVID We have all been living in a wormhole for the past two years or maybe 12 years or who knows. So. So does anybody want to start? Or? Or do you want me to start? Ian Binns  01:27 Kendra razor 01:28 Andrew wants to start, Kendra Holt-Moore  01:28 I can start. But if you want to start back then No, go ahead. Just anything. Zack Jackson  01:35 Tell me go ahead Rachael Jackson  01:37 and wait, go ahead needles here. Zack Jackson  01:40 What happens when we don't schedule, Kendra Holt-Moore  01:43 I am really excited to share this because I I love Radiolab it's my other one of my favorite podcasts. And I recently learned on one of their recent episodes, that a scientist for years have been, you know, in the forest, they pay a lot of attention to like what's happening on the forest floor. And for many years, scientists didn't like put in a lot of effort, or they just didn't think that it was as important to be observing, studying what's happening up in the canopy of the trees. And, you know, in in recent years, like, there's a lot more stuff that you can like, read about and, you know, we know more about the canopy of trees, but scientists were like, you know, we were we're on the ground, we're closer to the dirt and the roots and the trunks. And so that's where a lot of that like early work was taking place. But I learned in this episode that there is a scientist, I can't remember her name, but she basically was one of the first people to discover that there is there are trees that grow in the canopy of trees. It's not turtles all the way down, it's trees all the way up. Zack Jackson  03:08 There are trees growing in. Kendra Holt-Moore  03:11 And, and that's how Radiolab put it up, not turtles all the way down, but trees all the way up. And I really love that I was thinking it's also kind of like the men and black conclusion of the world inside of a marble, or the Dr. Seuss story of a dandelion that has like a world living inside of the dandelion. Like we're just, you know, it's it's a great alternative of like the multiple worlds hypothesis. There's just trees living in their own ecosystem in the canopy of the forest, because there's dirt that gets trapped up in the canopy, like in between, like tree branches. And so one of the scientists she had proposed, I think it was for her dissertation to, to do work until like study the canopy. And her advisors were like, Okay, if you want to do that fine, but they weren't like super excited about it. And so she started, you know, doing her fieldwork and would climb up into the trees. And the first time that she noticed this, like other ecosystem in the canopy, she like was able to reach her hand into dirt up in the canopy, like she's up off the ground, but putting her hand in dirt. That was like putting your hand in dirt that's down on the literal ground. And I just think that is so cool. I didn't know that maybe maybe y'all are more informed about tree canopies than I am but I just found that to be a really cool thing because especially if you think about like really dense, dense like tropical forests where you you can't actually see what's going on up at the canopy like you have to, you have to go up in it to get perspective So it makes sense why we would not be super aware of the the canopy ecosystem or like the canopy soil. But it it's a somehow dirt. I mean, it makes sense to some degree like the way that wind, wind blowing through the forest and the density of the canopy, like trapping a lot of stuff. But dirt is one of those things. And so there's stuff that grows up there. And we just don't even know Zack Jackson  05:34 I have that happening in my front yard, we're just noticing that there's a, there's a tree, and like the branches come out. And there's like a little, I don't know, pocket area where they're their branch away, and that the ants had eaten away in that little spot there. And so all like the decomposed ant poop or whatever, had made just like little thing of dirt. And there was a tiny sapling growing out of there. And I pulled it out, because I was like, that's gonna kill my tree. But I'm just I didn't realize that was happening, like Ian Binns  06:05 another tree to save a tree. Kendra Holt-Moore  06:09 Way to go, wow, Zack Jackson  06:11 there's some ethical implications there. Kendra Holt-Moore  06:14 Wow, that's cool, though. Zack Jackson  06:16 That's pretty amazing. Ian Binns  06:18 Tree murder. Zack Jackson  06:19 Hey, Kendra, that reminds me of the do you know about the like the insect jet stream? That's up there. Like, very far Rachael Jackson  06:30 up. I do love the bug. Kendra Holt-Moore  06:32 I think I do know about Zack Jackson  06:34 I do love books. It's true. Kendra Holt-Moore  06:37 It's not well, like, oh, go ahead, Zack Jackson  06:40 be flying airplanes in the early days of aviation. And they're like, why are there bugs on our windshield? Aren't we very hot 1000s of feet up in the air? Like, I mean, like 5000 feet up in the air and there's insects. I saw what estimate that like, How much was it, like somewhere between three to 6 billion insects are flying over your head up in like the jet stream all summer. They'll they'll get like caught up in updrafts. And then the wind is just blowing constantly up there. And so they'll just like travel. And they'll just fly around up there. Until they get they fall down to earth. And they're so light that, you know, it doesn't hurt them. And these aren't just like flying insects, you'll have like ants and stuff thrown around. Kendra Holt-Moore  07:25 That's really cool. I wonder if it's the same path, or like trajectory that other things will get like caught up in those high air streams to like sand. Like I think this is like part of how the dirt gets in the cannabis. There's sand from, you know, deserts that will kick up and travel from, you know, like Africa to the Brazilian rainforest. And the tiny organisms that live on those pieces of sand, nourish the soil, and nourish the ocean, like provide sustenance, like in places that you wouldn't expect that sand to end up. Like, you might not even think that sand travels. But I wonder if it's a shared sort of trajectory of the insects and sand. It's just like, it's crazy. It's in the world. unaccessible inaccessible to our everyday experiences, but it's just one big one big ecosystem. Zack Jackson  08:26 Yeah, every time I'm up there, there, the windows are closed. So I don't Ian Binns  08:33 you don't know if the sands gonna pull you in the face and Zack Jackson  08:36 Nope, never done it. So my story I wanted to share. Well, first of all, I'm six foot three. How tall is everyone else? Ian Binns  08:45 5656 511 and three quarters. Zack Jackson  08:52 Okay, so all of you are children. Adam Pryor  08:56 But I'm five, nine. Zack Jackson  08:59 Girl about to do with five inches tall on my screen. Well, did you know that that on average, we in our generation are three inches taller than people were 100 years ago. might have heard that. It's true. And one of the reasons is because of German submarines. Rachael Jackson  09:21 Okay, that's gonna need some explanation. Yeah, Kendra Holt-Moore  09:25 I'm so glad. So technically, she didn't ask she's like demanded mark that Zack Jackson  09:36 I'm into it either way. So in the early 19 hundred's, people didn't eat a whole lot of meat. Right, because they didn't have modern refrigeration, meats expensive. It's expensive to raise them to all of that stuff. And so when people did eat meat, it was usually like canned sardines. That was the most commonly used meat in those days, at right, awful, most of the good sardines came from off the coast of France, and then off the coast of New England. So it's Atlantic based sardines were the best ones. And then suddenly, during World War One, there are German U boats in the Atlantic. And we didn't have the ability to know where they were all the time. And so people kind of freaked out and they were like, I'm not gonna fish anymore. I'm gonna get blown up. So they stopped fishing sardines, and there were no more sardines, and Americans loved sardines. So, overnight, almost this giant new industry started in Monterey, California, fishing for sardines out in the Pacific. And the reason why people don't normally eat Pacific, sardines is because they're awful. They're like, gross, and massive, and, and oily and disgusting. And if given the choice, Atlantic ones are always going to win. But then we didn't have a choice anymore. So this whole industry boomed in Monterey. And all these new fisheries went up, and they were taking in tons and tons and tons. And then the war ended. And then boom, the whole industry collapsed. They had all these new fisheries, they had all these new processing plants they had, they had all this new stuff that nobody wanted to buy anymore. And so nobody quite knew what to do until this industrious young man and Max Schaefer showed up with a novel idea. And he took these sardines and instead of canning them for human consumption, mashed them all up into a nasty fish paste, and then mix it with grain, and marketed it to farmers as cheap chicken food. Ian Binns  11:40 Sounds so good. Zack Jackson  11:43 And it was cheap. And it was so full of nutrients, because it was fish that the chickens all grew really big. This led to really fat chickens, which led to tender delicious chickens, which led to the chicken of tomorrow breeding competition in 1948, in which farmers around the country were invited to breed the chicken of tomorrow. And the chicken that one that is basically the modern roasting chicken, the one that can't really fly that has whose like skin is is like light colored and is easily plucked, and has large. Adam Pryor  12:27 The chicken with boobs so big, they can't fly. Zack Jackson  12:29 Exactly. Yeah, the chicken that we know and love and eat today came from that. So the consumption of chicken then skyrocketed and became a part of American culture, fried chicken and chicken breasts and all of that. We started eating more meat. And then we grew. And so the reason why modern Americans are three inches taller than their counterparts is because of German U boats in the Atlantic in the early 19 hundred's Rachael Jackson  13:01 that's pretty cool. Right? Because you're asking how tall we were? Years ago, I was obsessed with just records for no reason. Like, I would read the Guinness Book of World Records for fun. Kendra Holt-Moore  13:17 You know, that's not what I thought you were talking about there, but I like this better. Rachael Jackson  13:22 Okay, yeah. Now, I meant so five foot two was the average heights for women in about 100 years ago, right. Nowadays, it's five foot five. So it's so if we say older people are so short, that's true. They really are that much shorter than we are and has nothing to do with like osteoarthritis or because the you know, the discs between their vertebrae are thinning or anything like that they they literally are just shorter than we are Zack Jackson  14:04 should have eaten more chicken. Rachael Jackson  14:05 And so now what are How tall are people going to get 100 years from now Zack? Like if Zack Jackson  14:14 massive hundreds of feet, I think will be a race of monsters. And then the Lord will have to flood the earth in order to read us Rachael Jackson  14:23 only that's at least what we try to have a ladder and build a tower. Because Zack Jackson  14:30 know the people who made the ark. Who are those people who built the life sized Ark Ken Ham in them? They're building a tower of Babel. I know. That's literally the point of the story is you're not supposed to build it. Adam Pryor  14:46 You're building a tower of Babel that's the plan is it is it like a like you know, like a twilight zone like tower terror drop, like wow, like you get to go up and Kendra Holt-Moore  14:56 really miss the Ian Binns  14:58 levels. Yeah, Zack Jackson  15:01 I feel like if they complete it, I want to they've they've missed the point. But if they like leave the top intentionally undone, then perhaps I'm like, that might be fun. Rachael Jackson  15:12 You know, you sit down in a way that Ian Binns  15:14 I definitely want to share this episode with him. Rachael Jackson  15:16 Yeah, you you share it. You said that no way, like, the same way that Robin Williams did in one of his stand up comedies, by the way from like, 20 years ago, where he talked about, you know, touching the nipples of gorillas Zack Jackson  15:34 I think that's on par. Right? Tempting God and touching the nipples of gorillas, Rachael Jackson  15:40 you know, he had got to know what's gonna happen Adam Pryor  15:45 might be like a good activity for the top of the tower. Good. Wow. So that to Kenny, I will. Well, Zack Jackson  15:55 yeah, what if you weren't blocked? Ian Binns  15:56 I'm gonna do it from our purse or? Zack Jackson  16:00 Oh, yeah. Ian's personal account got blocked by Ken Ham. So last time, he wanted to share one of our episodes, he had to use the down the wormhole Twitter handle, because he's trying to get us blocked in him too. So thank you. It was a really Rachael Jackson  16:14 good Astronics were taken Ian Binns  16:17 at Jennifer Wiseman, are there poking fun at the you know, the new telescope up there. And so I felt like you know, help him out a little bit. And say, if you want to be really cool about it, listen to this episode. Zack Jackson  16:30 That's right. That's right. Well, Ken Ham, you're welcome on this show, at any point, Adam Pryor  16:36 oh, Gorilla nipples, Ian Binns  16:39 on the top of the new tower of tower that you're building. I'm still trying to figure out what it is I've learned that I want to share. Rachael Jackson  16:51 I don't I don't have anything that that fun. Um, I've just taken some time away from the worlds and just delved into my hobbies. And so I think at this point, y'all know that I like to cross stitch. So I cross stitch, like so many different space things, I can certainly share a picture of it, it was really awesome, especially brain freeze black holes, and different nebulae, and it was just really fun. Zack Jackson  17:30 But, oh, the Pillars of Creation orgeous Rachael Jackson  17:33 I really enjoy the Pillars of Creation. I have been like, desperately following what's going on with web. And so it's just so unbelievably exciting to witness this thing that costs so many more dollars than than anyone ever thought it was possible. And that gives me hope for humanity. Right. So and, and being Jewish, and living in a place where Christianity dominates and not just your run of the mill Christianity, but like, you will believe kind of Christianity and to see that. Yeah, exactly. To to watch that. Adam Pryor  18:19 It's gonna be what, Zack? Zack Jackson  18:22 I'm offended. Do you imagine that? I'm like storebrand Christianity? Rachael Jackson  18:30 Not at all. Not at all. Adam Pryor  18:32 Okay, good. But I think you could use that in a scary way. Rachael Jackson  18:35 Yeah, Tower of Babel. Go on. It got pushed back. So for anyone that wasn't really following the it was supposed to launch on the 22nd. I mean, it was supposed to launch at various times. And then they were smart, and they didn't make it launch. And then they they decided to launch it on December 25. I was like Merry Christmas Jews, like, cuz the Jewish Christmas is fast food and movie. Things open. But it's like, Yes, I can watch this. Like, that's the best, it was the best. So watching that, and then having it unfold a couple of weeks, like it made it. And now knowing that somebody did really good math and made sure that there was extras, right. So if any of you have ever gone on a road trip, I was certainly thinking about this. Because we're looking at electrical cars. It's like, well, how far can we really go and since there's no no stations where you could like fuel up your your electrical car, you can really only go a very short distance in most parts of the country. So you then say, Okay, well, how far can I go? And then you give yourself a little bit of buffer room because you don't want to be stuck there. Well, someone over at NASA and when I say someone, I'm sure that it was many, many teams of people said well, we want to make sure that it's kind of get there, right, it's going to get to L two. We don't really need it to stop and so they just put extra fuel But they did a really great job. And instead of it possibly lasting for 10 years, they think they now have so much fuel it might last for 20 years. And that's just I didn't hear that far out. And it's just really exciting that they have so much that it was good fuel usage on the way there, that they have almost doubled the ability to live and send better. So and Zack Jackson  20:23 so it would only be able to live for 20 years, or could it Outlast that? Does it have the power? No, Rachael Jackson  20:28 I think it's probably going to depend on what signals they send it, and what technology we come up with. But it looks like probably only only in air quotes, you know, 20 years. And you know, Zack Jackson  20:43 it's Hubble's going all Rachael Jackson  20:44 right, but Hubble, especially if you have read the book handprints on Hubble, you'll know, fascinating book, by the way. Hubble is so different than Webb, and pretty much everything else that came before it. The concept with Hubble is that it could be repairable in space. But that's what made it so unique and so challenging to build is that they had to constantly go over and over and say like, Can an astronaut actually attach themselves to this, right? Like, where do you put the foothold because there's no torque, if you're not holding on to anything, you're just like, off into space with no gravity, you can't actually use a wrench. So what do you do. And because they made the concept of this being repairable in space, they could make it so much better than it is, well, web is not going to be repairable in space, because it's a little far. So whatever it is, is what it is. So everyone was holding their collective breath for all of everything to unfurl, and then it did beautifully. And they're still calibrating it. So it's still gonna be like another 10 ish weeks until things are fully calibrated, and really sending pictures. But that that's just sort of my, it's not really a story. It's just I think that one of the things that I look at here is all of these, let's go and preach your style here. All of these extras that they put into it, the buffers that they build in, like, we can totally do that in our lives. Like we can build in buffer for times, we can build in buffer for gas, we can build in buffer for crying. Not that I've been doing that at all. Like we can just build in these buffers for each other and ourselves. And I think it's beautiful. And we decided, like it took so many governments to put web up there and we worked together and I am so a utopian universe kind of person. Right? Star Trek and Marvel all the way. Screw you DC and Star Wars. Oh, I know that. But this Ian Binns  22:49 DC thing you didn't have to throw both of you did? Rachael Jackson  22:51 We did. It has that that that nugget of hope and humanity and we put so much money into it. It's insane. And if we can do that, nothing functional. That's Darn it. I thought Ian Binns  23:11 the force. Rachael Jackson  23:14 Okay, I'm just gonna sit here and wait. And I don't know if any of this gets recorded. Zack Jackson  23:18 Oh, you're moving against the freezer. Oh, there she is. Rachael Jackson  23:22 Oh, you're moving again. Okay, she Zack Jackson  23:25 froze during her idea. Thank Rachael Jackson  23:26 you. So anyway, yay, us. And perhaps we could use all of that money to give stable Internet to Podunk places like where I live, that'd be great. Zack Jackson  23:41 Well, I did hear that some solar flare interference, sort of a deal knocked out like a couple dozen Starlink satellites recently. Rachael Jackson  23:49 Is that a problem? Is that really the problem? Zack Jackson  23:54 I mean, I don't think Starlink internet it's very expensive right now. Rachael Jackson  23:59 I think it's that we just live in the middle of nowhere and have bad internet today. So that's, that's, that's that's my story. Ian Binns  24:06 I feel like Adam should follow up with something. Rachael Jackson  24:09 I think so too, because he has to bring it down. Like I've got all this like ideal. I gotta be Ben. So Adam. Zack Jackson  24:17 Already reboot. Kendra, Kendra Holt-Moore  24:19 Adam, are you going to talk about web because I almost shared a story that I thought maybe you would talk about but it's actually something that I learned indirectly. From you through Chad. I love this. Oh, you're not going to talk about that. Then I want to say that you should say you can Adam Pryor  24:35 you can say it. Go ahead. I Zack Jackson  24:36 have a story about clams that I can share too. Kendra Holt-Moore  24:40 So web then clans then Adam. Wrapping us up. Great. Ian still has listening. Zack Jackson  24:47 We've got time. We're only halfway through. We've got time. Kendra Holt-Moore  24:51 Um, okay. Well, two things I want to share. The first thing is I I'm really happy that we're talking about web because the other day I brought up The Webb telescope in my class, and all my students were like, Oh, is that? And I was like, Are you kidding me right now? No NASA nerds. And they were all like, like, everyone shaking their heads. And I was like, this is this is this is unacceptable. And so I sent them an email later that was completely, like, unrelated, you know, it was about class. And then the end of my email was like, also, just for fun, please go read about the Gobi school. But I, I have been so inspired by keeping up with this, that I put a little like anecdote about it in one of my dissertation chapters, because I'm writing about off. But I think what's really interesting about the kind of all and like, inspiration and energy that people feel around the Webb telescope, is that it's not just what it could do for us. It's not just that, like, How amazing would it be, if we learn all this stuff, by, you know, being able to see the infrared light and knowing about black holes and exploring other planets, like, there's a lot of potential that's amazing and inspiring of like, all these people working together to such a precise degree that we've had this, like international success. So that's like, on the one hand, but on the other hand, I feel like it's also really easy to get caught up in the story and want to follow it so closely, because there's so much at stake because if it fails, right, that's also a pretty major, like, we're either going to see human achievement, you know, at its pinnacle, or we're going to watch $10 billion, just flushed down the drain. And either way, it's kind of on spiraling. But the other thing I wanted to share, which is again, me stealing something that Adam actually learned recently, I don't know where you learn this, so you can share that. But apparently, like the Collaborate, like everyone knows the collaboration of the telescope team, like it was a, you know, a lot of people involved. But one of the people who contributed to the design of the telescope was an origami artist who worked with scientist to come up with the the design and the folding, you know, technique of the telescope to get it to fit inside of the rocket, so that it could be compact enough, and go far enough. And then only once it was outside of the rocket unfold the way that it did in, you know, with all its like, single point failure, possibilities that it overcame. But it was an origami artist who, like inspired scientists, by just like looking at how, you know, you fold up paper origami. And I just think that's so cool. And what a what an interesting what an inspiring testament to interdisciplinary work, which is why I think Adam was talking about this to chat, but for those of us in academia, who are all about interdisciplinary Ness. This is a perfect example because it's the humanities, the the artists, working together with the scientists to make something beautiful, functional, and you know, hopefully not disastrous, but something amazing. Rachael Jackson  28:37 It did unfold that I have to say, awesome, and I'm going to add that if anyone actually does origami, you can download the origami Webb telescope itself. Like they created the Webb telescope origami pattern. That's awesome. So just want to add that. Did they really? Yes. Would you like the links, John? Ian Binns  29:00 Yes, I do. Because John loves to do origami stuff. Yeah, I think I need that thing. Rachael Jackson  29:08 It's pretty amazing. It's pretty amazing. Ian Binns  29:15 Alright, Adam, what are you gonna do to bring us down? Adam Pryor  29:18 I thought Zack, I wanted to talk about Rachael Jackson  29:20 clam also Zack, are you gonna talk about other NASA thing? Ian Binns  29:24 I mean, I thought why more NASA stuff. Zack Jackson  29:26 I feel like I feel like several people are are hinting something to me and I'm not getting most of them. I know, my fun fact about clams was just that the water supply of Warsaw Poland is controlled by eight clams. What? Yo, yeah, no, it's true. They are the people. Okay. The people in charge of the Water Department found that clams were better at detecting pollution than any of their their artificial sensors. So they took eight clams. And they are in a tank, that the water comes from the treatment plant and it goes into the tank before it goes out to the people. And on top of the clams, they have basically hot glue to spring and put that in front of a sensor. So when the water gets too polluted, the clams close. And then the thing at the end of the spring touches the sensor and it's it turns off the water to Warsaw. And when the water is clean, they open back up again and the water turns on. And those clams are replaced every three months. And then they're put back in the pond. And they're given their March so that they don't get used again. And they have to go through a period of training in order to be to make sure that their senses are that's what I want to know Ian Binns  30:50 is the trainer. Eight clan Zack Jackson  30:53 clan Waterson Yeah. Yeah. Adam Pryor  30:57 I mean, essentially worse. I made clam thermostats. That's really what happened here. Zack Jackson  31:01 Yeah. And they work that they call it like there's a fancy word for bio monitoring. Huh? Adam Pryor  31:10 Yeah, that's just an easy way to say clam thermos. Zack Jackson  31:13 Yeah. I mean, it's a canary in the coal mine. But, but it controls the whole water supply. Adam Pryor  31:17 Yeah. Do they have like, like, does it can it like, Shut partway off? Like, you know, for clams today, we're close to your own rescue Zack Jackson  31:25 boil wars, like Minority Report. Right? Adam Pryor  31:29 But not when the clams are in the tank. Zack Jackson  31:31 Right? Don't do that. Don't do that. Adam Pryor  31:36 Because then train more. Zack Jackson  31:39 So what do you got? Adam? Adam Pryor  31:40 I want to make sure I understood the Zack Jackson  31:45 so this would be this would be like, textbook vintage, Adam, for you to come on and be like, Look, I got your question, but I did not. Well, and I would like to restate this in a way. Adam Pryor  31:56 Nine times out of 10. That's true. But so I'm supposed to come up with a story that has been inspiring to know how I learned Kendra Holt-Moore  32:06 just recently Zack Jackson  32:08 learned anything Adam Pryor  32:10 interesting. Just finding anything interesting or fun that I learned? Zack Jackson  32:14 Or inspirational or tragic? Or like or, or or? Okay. Well, I mean, the Sixers just got James Harden. You could we could talk about that. I talked Adam Pryor  32:27 about that. No, um, well, I guess. Zack Jackson  32:36 Are you looking around the room for inspiration? Kendra Holt-Moore  32:39 Do you mean something to you to talk about? No, Adam Pryor  32:42 no, I'm thinking like, cuz I I'm trying to say what to choose. Like. I mean, I could choose any number of depressing items. But that feels a little on the nose. Because a lot of what I've been learning is about the Kansas legislature right now. And that Oh, terrible. I don't think anyone should be subjected to that. Although I'm pretty sure it should be disbanded because they're useless. Coal coal. I've been Reading a lot about gerrymandering, but that also feels pretty, pretty dark. Even for me, that feels kind of dark, especially which state are living in Kansas is trying to put Lawrence inside the big first. If you don't know what the big first is, it's all of Western Kansas. And let me just say Lawrence is not in western Kansas. Right. So it makes this big U shaped come down and get Lawrence and put them into the big first. It's not political way. Yeah, these are the things I'm Reading about. Yeah, no, no, um, oh, wait, no, I have a heavy one. Hold on. Wait. Well, I mean, it's not happy. You happy, happy, happiest everything? I think it's happy. Um, hang on, man. I'm pulling it out to a low bar. So I was Reading this morning. This made me legitimately happy this morning. So I'm, in the times, there was this piece by Rabbi Lauren Holtz Blatt from Agoudas Israel congregation in Washington, DC. And she was writing about the whole debacle. Hmm. Feels like the correct term. Rachael Jackson  34:28 The misses with Whoopi Goldberg one, okay. Adam Pryor  34:31 Oh, yes. Yeah, right. Um, and, you know, if you're not aware of like, you know, Google it, you can find that, um, I was a little depressed the number of people who didn't know that that occurred, and I'm like, that says something about, you know, how Zack might haunt people. But what she wrote about in her piece, which I thought was really, really beautiful, and I'm going to do butcher the pronunciation and then you correct Rachel. So she wrote about tshuva should I get my accent right? Oh, yes. And as a process of Reading, renouncing, confessing reconciling and making amends right. And then she talks about to Shiva Shalimar complete Yep. Right this idea of complete to Shiva right where like, when you come into the same situation you act differently, right as knowing that this is like actually come to its peace. And then she makes this nice reference to tikun olam at the end of the article that like unless you're Jewish, you probably don't catch. I thought it was really brilliant. But I what, what I found, like, deeply hopeful about this idea is how generous a way of responding to that situation. That is, and that doesn't happen anymore. No one is that generous with other people today. And I kinda like that. At heart, I think there's something really beautiful about being able to write in the face of all horrible racism, that this is the kind of response we should be offering to one another. And it makes me more patient, generally, not specifically towards them. But generally, I like the idea of it. And what was the article? It's her opinion piece she wrote. It's called in the Jewish tradition, the words we choose matter. I just thought it was. It was really beautifully. I mean, it's beautifully written, like a whole wholesale, but I just the fact that that was how she decided to wrap this up and suggest people might engage. What has been a really, in some ways, underreported, in my opinion, and also poorly reported. Event. Is, is, I think, really helpful. Rachael Jackson  37:27 That's lovely. And I appreciate that you, you also brought it up. Yeah, it's definitely one of those things. Right? In Judaism, there is definitely that idea of if we believe that each person has the ability to mess up, and then fix their mess ups. How much more? How much more can we really ask of a person? And should we not then treat each other with that ability? So it's, I mean, she's she's farmer, erudite and Better Spoken than I also she's, she was writing instead of speaking, so she had the gift of editing. But no, it's really, it's wonderful. Right. And I think one of the challenges that we have, especially as Jews as like, Well, that was under reported. What about mouse? And what about, right, the synagogue shooting and in Texas, like, or hostage holding, not shooting, right? Like, how many of these things do we really want to be like, Hey, you didn't say that enough. So I like that there's this positive that you that Adam, you picked up this like, really good way of looking at this story. Thanks. Also to really great story. Adam Pryor  38:43 Yeah. Off to read that. There, I did something hopeful. Rachael Jackson  38:48 You shared 100 episode, you're like doing something different. Adam Pryor  38:55 I gotta flip things around. Zack Jackson  38:58 Keep it fresh. Just take us another three years to get through another positive. Adam Pryor  39:02 I mean, seems highly likely. Zack Jackson  39:06 Maybe the birth of your fourth child will springs there and into your life. Just, Adam Pryor  39:10 I mean, I probably won't be there. Let's just be real. 75% That's not Yeah. Ian Binns  39:21 If you're a professional athlete, maybe you make a lot of money. Adam Pryor  39:27 That's correct. C is for degree. So you tell your students. Yeah, I get degrees. They're struggling in my class. And they're like, 68. I'm like, Hey, you only got to get a degree. Well, sometimes I say that to majors, too. Not too many recently. Just a while. There. There were a couple. Ian Binns  39:54 I think the thing I want to talk about is I always appreciate The excitement around seen people on athletes at the Olympics. You know, there's always the, there's always issues with, you know how the Olympics are chosen. And you know, I'm not dismissing any of that what I like to see and I love to have the Olympics on is to just see their excitement that they have while they're doing something that they've spent an incredibly long time preparing for, right? And then even the the, like, good sportsmanship they tend to have for the most part, I mean, there's always issues but just how much they still celebrate each other because they realize that they're seeing something great. Like, it's really I just, it's very inspiring for me to see that to see people who are able to do some of these things that after they've done an event, you're just like, I don't understand how that just happened. Like how did that person just do that? You know, tricks, when you especially right now is skiing, you know, the aerials that they do, and stuff like that freestyle skiing, or whatever it's called. But even watching, like the level of excitement that occurs with cross country skiing, and biathlon, I'm not allowed to watch that. That's fun, curly, curly. It's fun, because they'll do things and everyone just be like, how did that just happen? Yeah, man. It's just it's so amazing to me that they're that far from the end. And they're able to like thread it between two of the rocks to hit this exact spot that they need to hit. It's just really cool. So that's kind of what's been going on in our house lately. Zack Jackson  41:32 And watch what was impossible, just like a decade ago, right? Someone would land like, like when Tony Hawk hit the like the 900. Right? Or whatever it was back in don't 20 years ago. That was that was mind blowing X Games explode. That and because there's nothing now it's like, oh, we figured it out. And now we can do it. We've progressed. Humans are amazing. Yeah. Rachael Jackson  41:54 What we asked him to do is really impressive. Ian Binns  41:58 Yeah, it's very, it's very interesting just to kind of watch these athletes who, as I said, that have dedicated their lives to perfecting what it is that they do. But to build on the Olympic theme, how about this? I was the first I now don't remember her name. But it was the first woman figure skater to land a quad. The Quad jump Kendra Holt-Moore  42:24 in the donation. Adam Pryor  42:26 Players that say you mean the dough for Oh, no. Ian Binns  42:28 Was she a doper? Yep. Did she test positive for doping? Yep. Oh. Does she really Rachael Jackson  42:39 do with extra hormones? Yeah, I mean, Adam Pryor  42:44 well, that's, I gotta say, right? Like, as you are seeing all this, I can't stop myself now. Now. We're gonna go for it right like Hopi and they like each other in this kind of thing. And I'm like, Yeah, you know what I see the instrumentalisation of 15 year olds by countries for profit. Ian Binns  43:00 See, this is the reason why I just get rid of that part. Kendra Holt-Moore  43:05 And I appreciate it because it parties. I love watching the clips. I watched the snowboarders yesterday and was like, Yeah, I'm gonna do that. I'm not, I'll never do anything remotely close to that. But it does. It makes you feel like you know, just before before Adam just ruins it. I just want to affirm your love of watching Olympic athletes. Rachael Jackson  43:28 Well, I'm I'm going to like switch teams here a little bit. And I'm totally with Adam. I can't stand Kendra Holt-Moore  43:37 I mean, you're you're not saying I just want it took them a while to think of something to share. have let them have this. Ian Binns  43:47 I'm not at all just dismissing the fact that you know, these that people are taking advantage of or anything like that. What I'm saying is that when you do see an athlete, excel at something that's exciting from even like, the NFL, right? Rachael Jackson  44:00 We'll never refuse. 100% Refuse to watch the NFL. It's just gladiators in the 20th century, and it's abusive in so many different ways and racist in unbelievable magnitudes. I watch the football. Ian Binns  44:15 A couple years ago, there was a marathoner who broke the two hour barrier. Are you gonna rain on that parade too? For me? Are we gonna be okay with that? Well, being Adam Pryor  44:23 surrounded by a whole team of people, was that really a good way to run a marathon fastest your hours? Ian Binns  44:31 It just could happen. Zack Jackson  44:34 The marathon is my favorite. Because like to home without why? Because the guy ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens fell dead. And then we were like, We're gonna flex on this guy. And now we do it all the time. And we're just like, hey, one guy died doing this. Let's do it. And like, the net Great. That's Got it. Also, fun fact, the president of the Olympics for life for all time is King Herod the Great. Did you know that Ian Binns  45:13 I did not. The Olympics Zack Jackson  45:14 had fallen under disrepair. There was no money for it. They did. They barely happened. And Herod was travelling through the Greek area in 12 BC. Yeah, he was there in 12 BC. And he went, and he was like, Wow, this sucks. And he's like, here, if I give you tons of talents, are you going to be able to make this great? And they were like, Yeah, and he's like, then go zoos. Here you go, here's a ton of money. And they revitalize the Olympics. And it became a big thing again, and he was named president of the Olympics for life in perpetuity. And so his statue was there. And he is for all eternity. The president of the Olympics. I mean, it does make a lot of sense. I know Christians love to hate the guy, but Rachael Jackson  45:59 it does make a lot of sense, right? Like, he's this is how messed up the Olympics are. Right? He's the guy that decides to kill his whole family. So it Adam Pryor  46:10 I think they should start leading the Parade of Nations with a sketch. point home. Zack Jackson  46:16 I mean, do it. You know, one time Cleopatra came to visit, and she was like, showing them up. And he was like, he went to his guy. And he's like, can we kill her right now? And he's like, You can't kill Cleopatra. And he's like, but she's here. We can kill her now. Right? And they're like, You can't kill Cleopatra. And he almost did it. Because he's nuts. Right, but he loved the Olympics. Yeah. Rachael Jackson  46:39 It could have just been the metaphor. We ran on. Ian Binns  46:41 We're gonna go watch the Olympics. Fun. Let's go watch the bath one because I'm certain on the next lap, they're gonna all turn the rifles on each other. Like Adam and Rachel want Adam Pryor  47:06 to take solace in the fact that you got Rachel and I think that's the takeaway. Ian Binns  47:12 Oh, that person's head fell off when they land. There. Oh, no, that guy's a racist. Rachael Jackson  47:20 You know, it's just trauma. It's when I see the skiers. I can't see this gear. So no. Oh, yeah, I broke my body. I broke my brain. Oh, I totally, totally broke my brain Zack Jackson  47:31 that was in a previous episode. Everything. Ian Binns  47:34 We'll talk more about, like, you know, running not doing no, they cheat too. So no, javelin maybe someone hasn't been pierced lately. Kendra Holt-Moore  47:45 Well, setting aside just like the terribleness of human nature. Yeah, I, I wanted to also add, um, so like, I haven't really watched the Olympics flick very carefully. This year. I usually don't, I usually just like watch clips of things. So the stuff that I've seen is like ice skating clips, and like snowboarder clips. But I've been I was just thinking, the last couple of days about Simone Biles, and just the whole phenomenon of the twisties. Because a lot of the stuff that I'm looking at for like the snowboarders and ice skaters, you know, it's like a lot of tricks, a lot of jumping, and flipping and all of that. And I just, it is really amazing, especially knowing my own very limited abilities. It's like not an athlete person, but who has worked so hard to have, like very basic snowboarding skills, that it's, it feels so good when you can get to a point where your body just does. And that's kind of what you have to do to like, do it. Well, it's like the whole problem of the twisties. And like, when you start to think about what you are trying to do athletically, it messes with you and so it's just really interesting, like giving in to just your body. And I it's it's really like a very meditative experience and you have to be skilled, of course, but it's just such a such an interesting part of living in a body when we are so easily like distracted in our heads. So to separate those experiences, Ian Binns  49:19 you bring it up smoking balls, you know, the last Olympics, the Summer Olympics watching, especially being that your daughter Ellie is a gymnast, right? It's an even recently talking about you know, and so, I've always been impressed and admired have always admired Simone Biles, I think you know her what she embraced her struggles with her own. Her mental health journey I thought made her even more impressive. But when you talk again about someone who's become like an expert at what it is they do, like the things that she can do, is just mind boggling to me like what she is capable of as an athlete. Just her athletic ability, right? But even talking with Ellie Avella explaining to me that we talked about, you know, the other day that Ellie had a competition last week and met. Mary Lou Retton. Right, honey, who did le meet last week, Mary Lou Retton. Yeah, so she met Mary Lou retina at a competition last week. And it was really cool to hear about it. And I was kind of saying like, Oh be, you know, someone else get a 10 good Simone get a 10. And her response was, is that she her strength and power is so great, that the skills that she does that gets her such high scores would not wouldn't make it I think, very challenging forever to get a perfect score. Because you know, the way the score is done, that level is very different than the standard level, but that her power that Simone Biles has is just that much better than most anyone else in the world. That that's why be challenging for her become to get a perfect score because she challenges herself to that level. Does that make sense? Like she could land thing if she did Rachael Jackson  50:59 what other competitors did or if she did what other competitors did, she would get a perfect score, but because she pushes herself to make it harder. Ian Binns  51:07 And that's what raises like her ability to get even higher scores those because they realize that we have to change the scoring because of the tricks and the things that she's able to do the skills that she's able to do me that we have that scoring has changed, Miss fascinate, right. Zack Jackson  51:23 They had to outlaw some moves that she did, because no one else could do it. Ian Binns  51:28 They call it the Biles. I mean, she's got several moves on several different apparatus apparatus that are named after her, which is also on the land it Kendra Holt-Moore  51:37 just let her do it and let her just went all the time. Because yeah, pretty cool. Ian Binns  51:41 Right? Thank you, Kendra for bringing that one up. Because now I feel better again. Rachael Jackson  51:46 And I don't want to I don't want to poopoo the athletes themselves. They're doing amazing things, just the institutions they're in. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. So just just to clarify, I don't mean to make any athletes upset. I think that what they're doing is truly incredible. Because I Ian Binns  52:01 would love to get Simone on here. Zack Jackson  52:05 Yeah, yeah. And if any Olympic athletes or regular listeners of the podcast I'd love to have you on to have you on Jake's, especially if you're in the by athalon would love to learn more about how that Aikido? Yes, that's one of my absolute favorite and Ian Binns  52:17 ensures my favorite winter sport to watch is potentially bad. Yeah. Or I Rachael Jackson  52:22 love calm you go. I'm your heart rate slow enough after doing this incredible thing that you can shoot steady. Ian Binns  52:30 That's impressive. So I'm Rachael Jackson  52:33 so American. Zack Jackson  52:34 They're like, yeah, here's a cool sport. How can we make it better? aren't that good at it? Yeah. What we're not good at a gun sport. And Ian Binns  52:43 we're not nearly as good as the countries, then the Canadians think they beat us every time Zack Jackson  52:50 unacceptable. So we're nearing the end here, buddy. And we're nearing the end here. And I love I want to, there we go. I want to say thank you to all of you, all the four of you. And thank you to myself as well. Because you all are incredible. And it has been a minute since we've had all of us here. And it has felt so good. Just to be here. For this time. I want to thank everyone at home or in the car or in the gym or wherever it is that you're listening. Now, those of you who have listened to all 100 episodes, and those of you who this might be your first You are wonderful people as well. I would invite you to check out the down the wormhole conversations group on facebook and join us there. We've got some. It's really fun to be able to talk with folks on there. And yeah, you can check us out on Patreon as well if you'd like to support the show. Does anybody have any closing stories or thoughts or fun facts you want to share before we call it a day? Rachael Jackson  53:52 I think Zack you should share the story of the person that works at NASA. It's a quick little Zack Jackson  54:00 it is a quick little story NASA has let me let me pull up the Kendra Holt-Moore  54:08 while Zack is looking that up, I'd encourage everyone to go look up whales, bubble netting to catch their fish. Because that's, 54:18 that's amazing. Zack Jackson  54:20 I'd also encourage people to look up the story of how Pepsi briefly in the 80s became the sixth largest military in the world. Ian Binns  54:29 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Zack Jackson  54:31 That's a fun story as well, right? Rachael Jackson  54:33 That's homework, Pepsi military in the 80s. Zack Jackson  54:39 Basically, and here we go. In the 50s. They were trying to make peace between the Soviet Union and America. And so Eisenhower put together this American National Exhibition in Moscow, and he sent Nixon over there and Nixon is not a nice person. And so Nixon and Khrushchev are talking and then they start fighting about capitalism and communism. And so the CEO of Pepsi sees them fighting and steps in there. And he's like, Here you go. And it gives Khrushchev, a Pepsi, and he drinks it and he goes, damn, or whatever the equivalent Russian is, this is amazing. We have to have this. The problem was there was all of these, you know, trade issues. And not everyone accepted Soviet currency. And so Pepsi didn't want to do this transaction. So they signed a deal in which the Soviet Union would purchase Pepsi with vodka. And that was their agreement for like, 30 years. So then in the late 80s, the agreement was expiring. And Pepsi was like, we don't want to get paid in vodka anymore, what else you got? And they were like, well, you still don't want to take our money. So here's what we have. And Pepsi in exchange for $3 billion dollars worth of Pepsi products, gave the Pepsi corporation 17 submarines, a cruiser a frigate and a destroyer. Which then for that amount of time made them the sixth largest military in the world. Pepsi then flipped all of that to a Swedish scrap recycling company and made back the money. But for that period of time, Pepsi was the sixth largest military in the world. So that's my fun Pepsi fact. But anyway, every single thing that goes up into space that goes up into a habitable space, so anything that goes up into the, into the space station or in a in a ship that has humans in it has to pass the sniff test, literally, from a man called George Aldrich is the chief sniffer of NASA. And anything that goes up there has to be smelled by him. And then he has to approve it or not, because they they need somebody with a very sensitive nose to smell if like, is this going to be awful to be locked in a room with this? So if you want to get something sent to space, it's got to be sniffed by nostril Damas. So if that column Adam Pryor  57:03 I hope they quarantined him for a long time, so I didn't get COVID Zack Jackson  57:06 right how awful would that Kendra Holt-Moore  57:08 would that's a client he Rachael Jackson  57:09 needs to have insurance on his You had one Adam Pryor  57:11 job. I seems like you could train clamps to do this. Zack Jackson  57:19 I don't know if you know how smell works. But Ian Binns  57:23 I just looked that up, you know, nostril Damas because I saw that you put in my chat, Rachel. And I saw I typed that into Google and now that now that does come up as the second story. Second thing don't click on the first one with the Urban Dictionary and Rachael Jackson  57:43 you're not that is not this is not safe for work portion. Do not don't talk about that. Click Ian Binns  57:50 on that link. It is definitely NSFW. Not Safe For Work if you don't know. Rachael Jackson  57:56 Yeah, and that's dw.com like Ian Binns  58:00 Well, the thing is, is that I started looking at it. While right before Zacks are talking, I thought myself Adam Pryor  58:07 Where the heck is this story? 58:09 Like they have nothing to do with each other. Like oh my gosh, this is so funny. Ian Binns  58:14 Kendra, are you looking it up right now? Rachael Jackson  58:17 No, don't don't Zack Jackson  58:19 just dear listener, don't don't worry about urban dictionary and teenagers putting crazy in there that they have nobody's gonna want to look at this. Don't worry about it. Instead, you can search for George Ulrich Aldrich, NASA employee g4. Rachael Jackson  58:37 If you're that, you know you can go back and listen to the rest of our other podcasts either for the first time or another time. Zack Jackson  58:45 Literally 99 other episodes you can listen to. Rachael Jackson  58:48 Did exactly do not go to Urban Dictionary go to D TW. Zack Jackson  58:52 Hey go that's a great closer, Greg sign off

Our winter hiatus is over! Gili and Marissa are back in the studio to catch you all up to speed on the events that transpired over their holiday break---the Carmel storm, "Sylvester", Jewish Christmas, and so much more. https://www.instagram.com/giliandmarissapod/ https://linktr.ee/giliandmarissapod Music: "1991" by Ido Maimon (via Artlist Royalty Free Music subscription)

Outside Israel, the world is preparing for the festive holiday period. In Israel, meanwhile, this is just another work week. Yonit and Jonathan catch up to discuss what Christmas is like for jews around the world. We also discuss the fallout of Donald Trump's comments on the Jewish community we aired last week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 17, Michael and Julian talk aboutChristmas in the USA.  We contrast Christmas in the USA  with that in the UK. Many fun facts and some jokes.Columbus, Indiana. Julian recommended that Michael go to this town many years ago. Michael did not like itAbortion. Julian tries to answer Michael's questions about some proposed state abortion lawsLet's Go Brandon. Julian explains this phenomenon to MichaelOther Show NotesLearn more about how America's culture developed in Julian Bishop's High, Wide, and Handsome.Available here to buy as a paperback, ebook, or audiobookExcerpts, reviews, and more available hereConnect with Julian via:FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInConnect with Michael viaTwitterLinkedIn

In this bonus episode, Michael Jamin shares a live reading of Merry Jewish Christmas, an essay from Michael's upcoming book A Paper Orchestra.Show NotesMichael's Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeLearn More About A Paper Orchestra - https://michaeljamin.com/storyMichael: (00:00)Hi, it's Michael Jamin. We have a bonus podcast episode for you today. Uh, as many of you know, I'm working on a collection of personal essays called a paper orchestra, and I was recently invited to read one of them aloud at a public event called strong words. And so the story I wrote and read is called Merry Jewish Christmas. I hope you enjoy it. You're listening to screenwriters need to hear this for, with Michael JaminMichael: (00:27)Story called, uh, Mary Jewish Christmas. And it's AER from my upcoming book, a paper orchestra growing up Jewish. I learned early on that Christmas was the greatest party I'd never be invited to. There were would be no Santa coming down. My chimney, no chestnuts. Roasting on an open fire, no house wrapped in twinkling lights. They made Christmas tantalizing. no wonder Joseph and Mary were camped out of the neighbor's lawn. They were hoping to get a ticket inside. Sadly, the Christmas rules were very clear. No Jews. Yeah. The best I could do was hunker down until January 1st. When baby new year would shove baby Jesus out of the way, a baby fight. That's what I was.Michael: (01:15)As a child, I recall going to the supermarket where a have yourself, a very Merry Christmas playing on a loudspeaker. Oh, that heartbreakingly beautiful song. My people were already predisposed to depression. Do we really need this as well? a chef with a pension for cookie-based architecture, the glorious gingerbread house, the size of a fire hydrant with its gumdrop tile, roof, and frosting frosted windows. This wasn't a mere representation of Christmas. It was Christmas itself. I wanted to live in it. if only I could shrink down to the size of a green army man and crawl inside. I'd barricade the door by licking peppermints together, sticking like cement blocks. Anyone who dared poked their head in would get a sharpened candy, came to the, a warning to any would-be intruder that this Christmas Jew was here to stay.Michael: (02:08)I wasn't allowed to linger as my mother was in a hurry to ingredients for our upcoming holiday dinner comic grabbed and pulled me to the Jewish culinary destination, the potato band I'm making LACAs in my mother. And she carefully hand-selected each bland lifeless rock that would roll downhill into our stomachs. somewhere along the way, my ancestors had managed to take a perfectly good breakfast. The pancake removes the delicious doughy part and replace it with an edible tube or fried and grease. And we're gonna top them with apple sauce sheet, half of the added apple sauce. What am I? 80 frosty the snowman standing on the checkout aisle. Wasn't making me any less jealous with his corn car pipe and his eyes of coal. He was scrappy and delightful. what religion wouldn't wanna claim him for our own is frosty Christian.Michael: (03:14)I asked my mother, are you kidding me? He probably dries a Camaro. And she went back to belt to be honest, this whole Hanukah thing needed rethinking. Part of the problem is that you couldn't hype its arrival because it never felt on the same day. The Jewish calendar is lunar. Not solar. Sometimes Hanukah would land near Christmas. Other times it came shockingly early. Hey, did you know Hanukah falls on November 30th this year, November over sake. as it stood, I'd have to admire Christmas from afar until one Eve on foggy Christmas Eve. When I managed to experience Christmas as an insider, it happened while on vacation in the Amish country, Pennsylvania. It was my father's idea to introduce us to culture instead of taking us someplace good, like Disney world we checked in at a nearby resort. That was the vacation spot in 1958 once upscale and chic, the hotel had fall into disrepair. Yes, a fire roared in the lobby, but I can only imagine it was fueled by a mountain of status and safety violations. luckily, whatever money they saved in sprinkler upgrades that might save our lives was spent on Christmas decorations. That brought wonder to my Hebrew eyes flex of silver and gold were splayed everywhere, and they had a name for it. Tin learned other words too. The aging pianist in the lobby sang of magical creatures that were half reptile and half bird called turtles. They sounded tank .Michael: (05:06)There was a log called a U and an a bowl. There was a knock the pleasure was insane. On Christmas morning, we awoke to find fresh snowfall on the ground. Just let the movies promised my sister and I got quickly dressed and raced downstairs to so the Christmas tree like you're supposed to and they're handing out presents to a hoard of waiting. Children was a big man himself. Jo Saint Nick, go get one urge my mother, but we're Jewish he doesn't know that he's probably drunk go before my mother nudged me. I approached just as Santa was being handed a fresh stack of presence from one of the elves who I now recognized as our bus boy from last night's dinner. I said nothing though. We were both keeping secrets. admittedly, I took pleasure receiving a present from Santa Claus and the fact that I might be depriving a deserving Christian child, just because he was late getting to the lobby.Michael: (06:06)Didn't bother me in the slightest . Did that make me a bad person or had I already crossed that line? When I told Santa my name is Tim, I rushed to a quiet part of the lobby to unwrap my Christmas bounty. I was certain mine contained the perfect gift. The moment before unwrapping any gift is always magical because that's when the present is at its highest potential. It could be anything you wanted it to be. I suppose the same could be said about a Jewish child out to experience Christmas for the first time. Just imagine. And now imagine my disappointment. When I discovered what lie beneath the wrapping, it was a bargain rack board game that the hotel picked up at that thrift store. It was like Santa had known all along and he knifed me right in the Jewish gut.Michael: (06:58)And although I don't recall the exact name of this board game for the sake of things, let's just call it abject disappointment by Parker brothers. . I had betrayed my heritage by pretending to be Christian and for what a lousy board game to this day, Christmas morning holds an unsettling stillness for me when most of the population is inside unwrapping presents and spreading good cheer. We Jews wander the city, just like chase Joseph and Mary searching for a destination that will take us in. Usually it's a Chinese restaurant. So that's exactly what Cynthia and I did with our daughters. On Christmas day, it's strange to have a restaurant almost entirely to yourself. Even if you're with someone there's a loneliness to it, you can hear it in the silence. At least that's how I felt when our Mohu vegetables arrived. We sat at the window tables, staring outside where not even a mouse was stirring and closer to the door was an older couple who had grappled with a similar feeling, but ordered the noodles instead for a moment, the woman and I made eye contact on any other day, we may have both looked away, but this was Christmas, even though we were strangers, I think we wanted to share a feeling of connection or at least acknowledge our sense of isolation.Michael: (08:28)She gave me a smile that said, eh, what are you gonna do? When our meal was over, I ordered a serving of moon cake. Not much just a little sweetness to help enjoy the day as I ushered my family out the door. I set it down on the women's table, Merry Jewish Christmas. I said Merry Jewish ChristmasMichael: (08:55)To you too.Michael: (09:01)Hi, it's Michael. Thank you so much for listening. I hope you enjoyed that story again. It's from my upcoming collection of personal essays called a paper orchestra. It's, uh, gonna be published soon and I hope you will consider joining my newsletter so that when it's you can go get it. I'm not gonna spam you. I'm not gonna sell you a bunch of stuff. You can unsubscribe whenever you want. It's just to be notified of my public events and, and things that I'm working on. So to sign up, just go to MichaelJamin.com/story, enter your email address. And again, I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna sell it or trade it or do all this nasty stuff your email's safe with me. All right. Thank you so much for considering it and, uh, Merry Jewish Christmas.

Chanukah is so much more than “Jewish Christmas.” Here's how to make the most of this mighty, magnificent holiday.  The "Rise & Shine" podcast series has been made possible by the Zitelman Family Foundation's generosity. If you would like to sponsor an upcoming podcast, please email us at info@momentumunlimited.org

This week on Unorthodox, it's beginning to look a lot like Hanukkah! The Festival of Lights starts Sunday, Nov. 28, and we could think of no better way to kick off a holiday about the triumph of Jewish observance over assimilation than with a special episode featuring some amazing Jews whose work celebrates Jewish culture and identity.  Comedian and proud Jew Judy Gold—aka @jewdygold—joins us to discuss embracing her Jewishness on stage and off, and lighting Hanukkah candles in hotel rooms as she tours the country during the ‘holiday season.' For more Judy Gold, check out her podcast “Kill Me Now” and her book Yes, I Can Say That, and find her tour schedule at judygold.com. Listen to Judy's previous appearances on the show here and here.  Jake Cohen, author of Jew-ish: A Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch, shares his Hanukkah menu (a latke bar!) and tells us why he loves wearing his Star of David necklace on Good Morning America. We're giving away free copies of Jew-Ish to a few lucky listeners! Check out the giveaway on our Instagram and in our Facebook group.  Plus we talk #HanukkahFails with Rachel Kenneth and hear new Hanukkah music from Sarah Aroeste and Jeremiah Lockwood. Tablet's 100 Most Jewish Foods book has been reimagined as a jigsaw puzzle, memory game, and sticker book, just in time for Hanukkah. Shop the whole set here. Send us your stories for our Christmas episode at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave us a voicemail at (914) 570-4869. You can also record a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation at bit.ly/givetounorthodox. Send comments and questions to unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave us a voicemail at (914) 570-4869. You can also record a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel! Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Want to book us for a live show? Email producer Josh Kross at jkross@tabletmag.com. Check out all of Tablet's podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors: AJWS supports more than 500 grassroots human rights organizations in 18 countries around the world. Made a twice matched donation today at AJWS.org/unorthodox.  Rothy's shoes are stylish, comfortable, and sustainable. Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/UNORTHODOX. Chai Flicks is a streaming service dedicated to Jewish and Israeli movies and TV, with hundreds of films, series, and documentaries to choose from. Visit ChaiFlicks.com and enter code CHECKOUT to get 50% off your first month subscription. Harry's is a great shave at a great price. New customers can get a Starter Set—which includes a five-blade razor, weighted handle, foaming shave gel with aloe, and a travel cover—for just $3 at harrys.com/unorthodox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2017, filmmaker Larry Weinstein shot Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (available to stream on iTunes) for the Canadian Broadcast Company. The documentary starts in a fictional Chinese restaurant in 1967, and a number of music video-like performances set in that restaurant give structure to an exploration of the Jewish relationship to Christmas. The documentary is built on the fact that many of the Christmas classics were written by Jews--the same writers who wrote many of the great American songs.  Our conversation deals with the way that Christmas crosses cultural lines, and one additional line we talk about is Weinstein and the musicians he includes being Canadian. While much of the film is about the experience of Jews in America, we talk about how that experience was the same and how it differed in Canada.  In the episode, I included Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," The Platters' "Winter Wonderland," "The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero" by the University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony & Ron Hufstader, Lou Reed's "September Song" from the Hal Willner tribute to Kurt Weill, Lost in the Stars, and Lena Horne's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."  I also ask Weinstein about a video by Rob Kapilow during which he argues that there are specifically Jewish musical choices made by Irving Berlin in "White Christmas." Here is that video.  The episode also features two Johnny Cash songs, "Merry Christmas Mary" and "Christmas as I Knew It."  In the conversation, I talked to Weinstein about musical director and producer Hal Willner. Last October, I interviewed producer Mark Bingham, who also worked with Willner.

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THIS WEEK'S DEBATE TOPICS: Asian Christmas Celebrations! How did you celebrate Christmas growing up and is there a difference in how Asians celebrate in North America versus Asia?Luke Skywalker Surprise Return! Was this just fanservice or was it subversion of expectations finally done right?Kirk Cameron Caroling Protests! Peaceful protest versus health protocols? Where do we draw the line?Queen Elisabeth Deepfake! What has Queen Elisabeth II meant in your life. Do you see her differently now than when you were young?Lin Qi Dies of Poisoning! Have you ever had such a huge conflict with a coworker that you suspected they might want to poison you? Or that you might want to poison them?RICE Asian Comedy Podcast. Sharing the Asian perspective on entertainment and culture. Hosted by Vong Show, official spokesperson for gay, super cute Asians. Featuring Asian comedians Leonard Chan and Veronica Antipolo.Subscribe to Podcast: https://rice.simplecast.comFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vongshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/vongshowTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/vongshowYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/vongshowOfficial Website: https://www.vongshow.com#VONGSHOW #RICECOMEDY

Dan and Al convene on the scene to discuss how their holidays were (2:05) before diving into the results of some polls on Twitter that the duo posted (10:21). Dan and Al then reflect on the year 2020 (22:30), touching on things they enjoyed and things that they'd like to leave in that dreadful year. The two then draft their top four irrational fears (31:10) and round out the episode by playing the over/underrated game (44:55). Intro/Outro: “Pantyhose” by TV GirlFrom the Free Music Archive CC BY NC 4.0

Merry Christmas from American Jew! Jonathan regales us with a story about performing at a Jewish birthday party in NJ, and we talk about the role of Jews in politics. Plus, no Jewish Christmas would be complete without ordering Chinese, so we got comedian Brian Jian to talk about his relationship with the Jewish community before he got into comedy! Follow Brian @JianBrian Follow us on Twitter @AmericanJewPod Follow us on Instagram: @AmericanJewPodcast Check out  Facebook.com/AmericanJewPodcast AmericanJewPodcast@gmail.com

eyes wide shut (1999) / the purple rose of cairo (1985) merry christmas, friends. rob franco week continues as @responsiblerob joins us to talk about everybody's favorite "actually a christmas movie", before moving into our favorite auteur of the chosen people. well, probably not our favorite, but it's crazy that we went 81 episodes without reviewing a woody allen movie. discussed on malcolm in the middle: nun in rope hell, city of lost souls, sully, notre musique

Listen up! Dan and Al are back on air. This time around the two of them discuss the results of their first Twitter poll they put out earlier this week (4:59). Dan and Al touch on their new logo and some possible merch (11:45) before discussing whether Muntadhar Al-Zadi's shoe throw at George W. Bush would be more or less iconic if Al-Zadi had actually hit the president (13:40). The duo then preview Jewish Christmas™ (18:48)and draft the top four coolest people (28:38). The episode is rounded out by playing the "Over/Underrated Game" (49:15) which was rebranded for this episode to be the "Cool/Not Cool Game." 

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Those magical Christmas specials that we all looked forward to... some of us still do. This episode has it all, depressed toys, a misanthrope of a drummer, A Jazzy Christmas soundtrack, and even Jewish Christmas singers. What could be better? Join Paula, Dave, and Craig as the Mid-Modcasters reminisce about the television of Christmas past in this heart-warming and very special edition of, The Mid-Modcast. It's a new holiday tradition! We hope that you will learn something and we would love to hear from you about your Christmases past on Social Media, Email or even our hotline! Special thanks to "The Voice of The Mid-Modcast," Allen Marsh! Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PODCASTS! https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/search/The%20Midmodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midmodcast Twitter: @midmodcast https://twitter.com/MidModcast Our Website https://www.midmodcast.com Email: midmodcast@gmail.com We would love to hear from you, and we are always interested in new show ideas. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast and give us a great review. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-midmodcast/id1521672835 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yODQ4NDk1MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/56KRzqjxzI1NTksjICLTsx Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1521672835/the-midmodcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/the-mid-modcast Thanks for being our friend. - You're Swell!

“Christmas is pagan” “Christmas is anti-Jewish” “Christmas is Catholic” If you're a Messianic believer, almost certainly you've heard these claims. Are they true? The Gospels record, Today in the city of David is born a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord. And the sign to you is this: You'll find an infant wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger. And suddenly, a multitude of heavenly armies appeared with the angel, praise God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest! And shalom on earth and good will to men!” Luke 2 This Biblical event 2000 years ago changed the world forever. Today, it's celebrated by billions of Christians around the world as Christmas. But many Messianic believers don't celebrate Christmas. Some of us feel it's un-Jewish to do so, especially given the existence of Hanukkah and its anti-assimilation themes. Some Messianics feel that Christmas is mere dressed up Catholicism, a view shared by some early Reformers. Some Messianics highlight pagan influences that have seeped in: Christmas trees, yuletide, and other “Christmas” symbols have more to do with Norse and Germanic mythology than the historical Jewish Messiah. In this new episode, Messianic apologist and author J.K. McKee and I discuss how Messianic people can navigate the winter holidays while avoiding some of the doom, gloom, and heresy hunting too prevalent in today's Hebrew Roots movement. I argue we Messianic believers ought to have joy at this time of year. It's OK to have joy that Messiah was born. It's OK to have joy that billions of people are celebrating His birth, even if it's not exactly on the right day. Tune in for a great discussion between John, who celebrates Hanukkah, and Judah, who celebrates both Hanukkah and Christmas.

A very special holiday episode! Julie and Emily interview premiere Judaism scholar Dr. Professor Noah "Barry" Levinson. We take listeners' questions, finally learn how to spell Hanukkah, and throw in a quick lesson in the top Yiddish phrases you need to know for this holiday season. Spoiler alert: Hanukkah is NOT the Jewish Christmas. This episode is for the "Jew-curious" Christmas celebrators out there.

Dave Sterling (@dimoko on Twitter) joins Craig to talk about mostly non-Browns things. Billy Winn reacts to his own GIF Carolina player celebrates his own personal foul NFL refs being stars of the NFL Sony pulling the Seth Rogen movie Sony releasing The Interview on Crackle Unfollowing your favorite football team on social media Adrian Wojnarowski and the Woj bomb The draft tipping thing Sportsyelling and Brutal Stephanie's youtube show The Browns can't take advantage of depenalties Browns on Hard Knocks? Paul Rudd narrated Hard Knocks Dave Sterling loves Paul Rudd The ending of Serial podcast Getting surly about Nerdist on Instagram Jewish Christmas traditions CBS shows advertised on football The Big Bang Theory Are there even nerds anymore? Recording in the same room instead of via Skype Dave and Craig talk about Brian Spaeth because he listens when you talk about him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Jewish Christmas miracle! A new episode on Christmas eve day?! How can this be? Jackie, Justin, and Ryan spend time chatting. NO GUESTS! Toppy stops by. Justin re-lives his visit with Tom Green. Kent's Kloset returns! AAAAND more.  Special thanks to Ryan Elder for the Toppy theme, thanks to Josh Manderville for the awesome episode art! ALWAYS: Thanks to Smith Harrison, our heroic announcer. MERRY CHRISTMAL!