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Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, Hoffman starts the program with a unique dvar Torah, tying together the new blockbuster "The Odyssey" with James Joyce's "Ulysses" and antisemitism in Ireland. Goes well with white fish. Then we turn to the main event: "Reading Lolita in Tehran," which was directed by Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis and is currently playing in select cinemas. Labeled "a memoir in books," the film is based on the bestselling autobiography by author Azar Nafisi, published in 2003. The film is divided into chapters based on famous literature, including "The Great Gatsby," "Daisy Miller," and "Pride and Prejudice." It stars Golshifteh Farahani (known from a Hoffman favorite, "Paterson"), Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mina Kavani and Israeli mega-star entertainer Rita. Let's hear who gave this film an "oy," "meh" or the prized "not bad" this week on The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En juillet 2023, David et Marie Lou, accompagnés de leurs deux filles Éloïse et Maëlle ont quitté leur quotidien au Québec pour partir voyager à vélo. Pendant presque un an, ils ont parcouru près de 6 000 kilomètres à travers l'Angleterre, la France, le Maroc, l'Espagne, l'Italie, la Grèce et la Turquie.

# The Space Cowboy: Riding the Cosmic Frontier – Latest James Webb Space Telescope Discoveries Saddle up for an out-of-this-world journey through the newest **James Webb Space Telescope discoveries**! In this episode, The Space Cowboy takes listeners on a deep-space trail ride through groundbreaking findings that are reshaping our understanding of the universe. **What's covered in this episode:**

Host Griffin Rowe explores James Webb Space Telescope's dark matter map of the cosmic web across 800,000 galaxies. Discover mysteriously bright early galaxies, ancient galactic collisions, and confirmed methane on exoplanet TOI-1199b. A journey into cosmic origins. Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, Borschel-Dan begins the episode with her impressions of the United States after not having visited for eight years. We hear how American cottage cheese stacks up after all this time. We devote the rest of the program to "Tuner," the first narrative full-length feature by young Canadian filmmaker Daniel Roher and co-written by Robert Ramsey. Roher's 2022 film "Navalny," about the Russian political prisoner Alexei Navalny, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. But "Tuner" is a huge departure for the 33-year-old filmmaker and Hoffman explains how he manages to punch high while keeping his budget low. The plot surrounds a young piano tuner played by Leo Woodall who must make a quick buck after his mentor, played by Dustin Hoffman, falls on hard times. Tuner Niki White meets a team of thuggish Israelis, headed by Uri (Lior Raz), who exploit the tuner's highly sensitive hearing for nefarious means. Let's hear who gave these this film an "oy," "meh" or the prized "not bad" this week on The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On est complètement zinzin. En partie parce qu'on vit dans un monde complètement zinzin.Dans cette Minute Marine, je te parle de trois contenus (un livre, une note sur Substack et un documentaire) qui m'ont rappelé à quel point on est conditionnés à vouloir toujours faire mieux, aller plus loin, optimiser la moindre parcelle de nos vies.C'est stimulant, bien sûr. Mais à quel moment la recherche de progrès bascule-t-elle dans l'acharnement ? Et comment réussir à se dire que, parfois, tout est déjà très bien comme ça ?Toi, tu as l'impression d'être obsédé·e par l'optimisation ? Tu le vis comment ?(Pour me répondre, envoie-moi un mp sur Linkedin 

Extrait de l'épisode avec Maud Le Rest, journaliste, autrice de "Tu devrais voir quelqu'un" (éditions Anne Carrière).Plusieurs sujets évoqués :1) la solitude des hommes. Ils ne prennent pas soin d'eux, donc ils ne prennent pas soin de leurs relations amicales, donc ils n'ont pas d'ami·es à qui se confier en cas de besoin. C'est un cercle vicieux en termes de santé mentale. 2) le patriarcat, à travers la pop culture notamment, a conditionné les femmes à aimer / désirer, les hommes fuyants, émotionnellement indisponibles, taciturnes. C'est le terreau des violences. Voir : "Désirer la violence - ce(ux) que la pop culture nous apprend à aimer" de Chloé Thibaud (éditions Les Insolentes), et "Dix questions sur la culture du viol" de Valérie Rey Robert (éditions Libertalia)3) les raisons évoquées par les hommes pour refuser de prendre en charge leur santé mentale (attention bcp de mauvaise foi dans leurs propos)4) les hommes qui ont le budget, le temps, l'énergie, pour participer à des marathons, refusent de prendre soin de leur santé mentale. Donc non, ce n'est pas une question d'argent, de temps pour d'énergie. Episode complet : https://singlejungle.lepodcast.fr/rediff-maud-le-rest-hommes-et-sante-mentale-solitude-plus-refus-de-se-soigner-egal-consequences-sur-toute-la-societe Un épisode initialement diffusé le 18 décembre 2024, et qui a été très apprécié. N'hésitez pas à l'envoyer aux hommes de votre entourage, car ils sont très rares à prendre en charge leur santé dont leur santé mentale. L'occasion aussi de vous signaler la sortie du nouveau livre de Maud Le Rest, aux éditions La Meute "Toi t'es pas comme les autres filles”, sur le phénomène des "pick me", ou syndrome de la Schtroumpfette, ces femmes qui n'ont pas encore découvert le féminisme, la sororité, et souhaitent à tout prix être choisies, validées par les hommes. Maud Le Rest est journaliste et autrice, elle consacre un ouvrage, "Tu devrais voir quelqu'un" (éditions Anne Carrière), à un sujet d'utilité publique : la santé mentale des hommes, leur refus d'en prendre soin, et l'impact que ce choix catastrophique, a sur la société entière, et en premier lieu, les femmes. Le Bechdel test est une des illustrations : est-il possible qu'au cinéma, 2 femmes parlent d'autre chose ensemble que d'un homme de leur vie ? Notre vie entière est consacrée en bonne partie à prendre soin des hommes : père, frère(s), grands-parents, oncles, cousins, amis, et un jour.. compagnon, ex-compagnon. 80% de nos séances chez 1 psy tournent autour d'eux. Ces charge mentale, charge affective, charge sexuelle, devraient être partagées. Chères auditrices, chers auditeurs alliés, Maud Le Rest et moi vous invitons à poser la question à tous les hommes autour de vous : combien seraient prêts à consulter pour régler leurs problèmes : addictions, mauvaise gestion financière, professionnelle, affective, manque d'engagement auprès de leurs proches, de leurs amis, violence envers eux-mêmes et envers les autres etc. Indice : commencez par les sportifs et les fêtards, ils ont visiblement du temps et un budget. Reste la volonté, enfin, de prendre soin d'eux, pour avoir enfin de la considération pour autrui, à commencer par les femmes qui les entourent. Bonne écoute ! Précisions : à 13'30 j'évoque une vidéo de France TV Slash, relayé par Odiawara, avec le chanteur Kalash et Fabrice Eboué, et je précise "leur culture créole". Or seul Kalash a une culture créole. Fabrice Eboué est né en Ile de France il est métis, mais son père est camerounais, et sa maman, blanche, normande. Depuis la diffusion de cet épisode, Kalash a été accusé de violences économiques (entre autres) par son ex-femmes et mère de leurs deux filles "Non-paiement de pensions alimentaires, non-respect de certains décisions de justice, conflits récurrents" https://rci.fm/deuxiles/infos/People/Ingrid-Littre-livre-Sa-Verite-sur-sa-relation-avec-KalashSi vous voulez soutenir Single Jungle, avec un don en une seule fois, j'ai ouvert un Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/single-jungle. J'ai suivi le conseil d'auditrices et d'auditeurs qui ont proposé de participer à la hauteur de leurs moyens, ponctuellement, aux frais des épisodes (prise de son/montage et hébergement). Merci aux premières personnes qui ont participé ! Retrouvez Maud Le Rest sur les réseaux sociauxhttps://www.instagram.com/maudlerest/https://x.com/MaudLeResthttps://bsky.app/profile/maudlerest.bsky.social Références citées dans l'épisode ou en bonus ou recommandées par l'invitée (à suivre) PodcastsSingle Jungle Ep.75 Francis Dupuis Déri "Les hommes et le féminisme, faux amis, poseurs ou alliés" https://singlejungle.lepodcast.fr/ep-point-75-francis-dupuis-deri-les-hommes-et-le-feminisme-faux-amis-poseurs-ou-allies VidéosVidéo de Maud Le Rest pour Konbini https://www.instagram.com/p/DCbvIfpgE0a/Témoignage de Kalash (artiste rappeur, chanteur), ayant grandi en Martinique, sur sa prise en charge de sa santé mentale https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3GXuyYo6PY/?igsh=djA5YmlqdXgyamh1 Il y a aussi le témoignage de Fabrice Eboué, humoriste, dans le même épisodeVidéo humoristique et sincère de Thomas Sii, sur son père qui se moque de lui car il consulte 1 psy https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCUUIlHgOZb/?igsh=aTNwbTVwbWNlYXBvVidéo de Kevin Ozg sur les hommes qui refusent de montrer des émotions ou parler de leurs sentiments (autre que la colère) https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdNV7swu/ Aide financière pour consulter 1 psyUne séance de psy gratuite et sans ordonnance chaque mois pour tous les Français dès le 1er janvier 2025 Cette initiative s'inscrit dans le cadre du programme “Mon soutien psy”, lancé en 2022. À l'époque, il offrait huit séances gratuites par an, mais uniquement sur prescription médicale. Jusqu'ici limité à 8 séances annuelles gratuites sur ordonnance, il passe à 12 consultations par an sans formalités. https://www.sortiraparis.com/actualites/a-paris/articles/322452-sante-mentale-une-seance-de-psy-gratuite-chaque-mois-pour-les-francais-des-2025Le dispositif mis en place en place en mars 2021 à destination des étudiants à la suite de l'épidémie de Covid-19 est prolongé en 2023 (et 2024 ?). Vous êtes étudiant·e et vous ressentez le besoin d'une aide psychologique ? Vous pouvez bénéficier de 8 consultations gratuites avec un psychologue, sans avance de frais. Tous les étudiants qui le souhaitent peuvent en bénéficier." https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/actualites/A14726 Si vous vivez dans une localité où il n'y a pas de psy ou s'ils/elles n'ont pas de disponibilités avant plusieurs semaines, vous pouvez faire une téléconsultation, notamment via Qare https://www.qare.fr/ Si vous n'avez droit à aucune aide financière mais que vous souhaitez suivre une thérapie, un travail sur votre estime de soi, et pensez ne pas en avoir les moyens. Vous pouvez poser la question aux psychologues/psychiatres dans votre secteur (à voir sur Doctolib), il arrive régulièrement qu'ils/elles acceptent d'adapter leur tarif à leur patientèle. Dans mon cas par exemple, ma psy pratiquait le tarif de base de 40€ la séance (non remboursée par la sécurité sociale ou mutuelle), je ne pouvais pas aller au-delà de 30€ la séance la 1ère année, elle a accepté, le temps que mes finances s'améliorent. Et je sais que pour d'autres patientes (dont une de mes amies intermittente du spectacle), elle peut descendre à 20€ par exemple. Il suffit d'en parler ! Votre santé mentale mérite d'y réfléchir ! C'est le meilleur cadeau qu'on puisse s'offrir. Sujet évoqué dans le podcast "Thune", réalisé par Laurence Vély et Anna Borrel, dans cet épisode "l'argent sur le divan" avec la psychanalyste Mathilda Audasso https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/largent-sur-le-divan-avec-mathilda-audasso-psychanalyste/id1538572182?i=1000583258570 Si vous n'êtes pas encore prêt·e mais vous vous intéressez à la psychologie, psychanalyse, vous pouvez écouter et lire les chroniques de Mardi Noir (Emmanuelle Laurent) https://www.slate.fr/source/199596/mardi-noir et en podcast (pas les mêmes thématiques que les articles) : "ça tourne pas rond" https://www.slate.fr/audio/ca-tourne-pas-rond/ produit et réalisé par Slate.fr sous la direction de Christophe Carron et Benjamin Saeptem Hours. Montage et réalisation : Aurélie Rodrigues. AVERTISSEMENT IMPORTANT : Ne jamais s'inscrire sur une application ou site de rencontres payant sans 1) lire les avis sur Google (Play store) ou Apple (App store) 2) lire les conditions tarifaires de l'abonnement. Ainsi je vous déconseille fortement le site PARSHIP, qui pratique l'extorsion : on ne peut pas résilier avant 1 an obligatoire, même si on n'utilise plus le service, qui n'est pas satisfaisant, car très peu de personnes dans votre région. Le service client n'a que mépris pour les clients et le service communication ne veut rien entendre (un comble), aucun arrangement possible. Donc évitez une dépense inutile.Episode enregistré en novembre 2024 chez Isabelle, à Paris, merci à elle et à son chat pour leur hospitalité.Prise de son, montage et mixage : Isabelle FieldMusique : Nouveau générique ! Vous l'avez reconnu ? C'est le générique de la série mythique des années 90 "Code Quantum" avec Scott Bakula. J'adore cette série, féministe, inclusive. Dédicace à Richard Gaitet (Arte Radio), auteur, fan inconditionnel aussi de cette série.Virgules sonores : Edouard JoguetLogo conçu par Lynda Mac-ConnellHébergement : Podcloud

Un épisode initialement diffusé le 18 décembre 2024, et qui a été très apprécié. N'hésitez pas à l'envoyer aux hommes de votre entourage, car ils sont très rares à prendre en charge leur santé dont leur santé mentale. L'occasion aussi de vous signaler la sortie du nouveau livre de Maud Le Rest, aux éditions La Meute "Toi t'es pas comme les autres filles”, sur le phénomène des "pick me", ou syndrome de la Schtroumpfette, ces femmes qui n'ont pas encore découvert le féminisme, la sororité, et souhaitent à tout prix être choisies, validées par les hommes. Maud Le Rest est journaliste et autrice, elle consacre un ouvrage, "Tu devrais voir quelqu'un" (éditions Anne Carrière), à un sujet d'utilité publique : la santé mentale des hommes, leur refus d'en prendre soin, et l'impact que ce choix catastrophique, a sur la société entière, et en premier lieu, les femmes. Le Bechdel test est une des illustrations : est-il possible qu'au cinéma, 2 femmes parlent d'autre chose ensemble que d'un homme de leur vie ? Notre vie entière est consacrée en bonne partie à prendre soin des hommes : père, frère(s), grands-parents, oncles, cousins, amis, et un jour.. compagnon, ex-compagnon. 80% de nos séances chez 1 psy tournent autour d'eux. Ces charge mentale, charge affective, charge sexuelle, devraient être partagées. Chères auditrices, chers auditeurs alliés, Maud Le Rest et moi vous invitons à poser la question à tous les hommes autour de vous : combien seraient prêts à consulter pour régler leurs problèmes : addictions, mauvaise gestion financière, professionnelle, affective, manque d'engagement auprès de leurs proches, de leurs amis, violence envers eux-mêmes et envers les autres etc. Indice : commencez par les sportifs et les fêtards, ils ont visiblement du temps et un budget. Reste la volonté, enfin, de prendre soin d'eux, pour avoir enfin de la considération pour autrui, à commencer par les femmes qui les entourent. Bonne écoute ! Précisions : à 13'30 j'évoque une vidéo de France TV Slash, relayé par Odiawara, avec le chanteur Kalash et Fabrice Eboué, et je précise "leur culture créole". Or seul Kalash a une culture créole. Fabrice Eboué est né en Ile de France il est métis, mais son père est camerounais, et sa maman, blanche, normande. Depuis la diffusion de cet épisode, Kalash a été accusé de violences économiques (entre autres) par son ex-femmes et mère de leurs deux filles "Non-paiement de pensions alimentaires, non-respect de certains décisions de justice, conflits récurrents" https://rci.fm/deuxiles/infos/People/Ingrid-Littre-livre-Sa-Verite-sur-sa-relation-avec-Kalash Si vous voulez soutenir Single Jungle, avec un don en une seule fois, j'ai ouvert un Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/single-jungle. J'ai suivi le conseil d'auditrices et d'auditeurs qui ont proposé de participer à la hauteur de leurs moyens, ponctuellement, aux frais des épisodes (prise de son/montage et hébergement). Merci aux premières personnes qui ont participé ! Retrouvez Maud Le Rest sur les réseaux sociauxhttps://www.instagram.com/maudlerest/https://x.com/MaudLeResthttps://bsky.app/profile/maudlerest.bsky.social Références citées dans l'épisode ou en bonus ou recommandées par l'invitée (à suivre) PodcastsSingle Jungle Ep.75 Francis Dupuis Déri "Les hommes et le féminisme, faux amis, poseurs ou alliés" https://singlejungle.lepodcast.fr/ep-point-75-francis-dupuis-deri-les-hommes-et-le-feminisme-faux-amis-poseurs-ou-allies VidéosVidéo de Maud Le Rest pour Konbini https://www.instagram.com/p/DCbvIfpgE0a/Témoignage de Kalash (artiste rappeur, chanteur), ayant grandi en Martinique, sur sa prise en charge de sa santé mentale https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3GXuyYo6PY/?igsh=djA5YmlqdXgyamh1 Il y a aussi le témoignage de Fabrice Eboué, humoriste, dans le même épisodeVidéo humoristique et sincère de Thomas Sii, sur son père qui se moque de lui car il consulte 1 psy https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCUUIlHgOZb/?igsh=aTNwbTVwbWNlYXBvVidéo de Kevin Ozg sur les hommes qui refusent de montrer des émotions ou parler de leurs sentiments (autre que la colère) https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdNV7swu/ Aide financière pour consulter 1 psyUne séance de psy gratuite et sans ordonnance chaque mois pour tous les Français dès le 1er janvier 2025 Cette initiative s'inscrit dans le cadre du programme “Mon soutien psy”, lancé en 2022. À l'époque, il offrait huit séances gratuites par an, mais uniquement sur prescription médicale. Jusqu'ici limité à 8 séances annuelles gratuites sur ordonnance, il passe à 12 consultations par an sans formalités. https://www.sortiraparis.com/actualites/a-paris/articles/322452-sante-mentale-une-seance-de-psy-gratuite-chaque-mois-pour-les-francais-des-2025Le dispositif mis en place en place en mars 2021 à destination des étudiants à la suite de l'épidémie de Covid-19 est prolongé en 2023 (et 2024 ?). Vous êtes étudiant·e et vous ressentez le besoin d'une aide psychologique ? Vous pouvez bénéficier de 8 consultations gratuites avec un psychologue, sans avance de frais. Tous les étudiants qui le souhaitent peuvent en bénéficier." https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/actualites/A14726 Si vous vivez dans une localité où il n'y a pas de psy ou s'ils/elles n'ont pas de disponibilités avant plusieurs semaines, vous pouvez faire une téléconsultation, notamment via Qare https://www.qare.fr/ Si vous n'avez droit à aucune aide financière mais que vous souhaitez suivre une thérapie, un travail sur votre estime de soi, et pensez ne pas en avoir les moyens. Vous pouvez poser la question aux psychologues/psychiatres dans votre secteur (à voir sur Doctolib), il arrive régulièrement qu'ils/elles acceptent d'adapter leur tarif à leur patientèle. Dans mon cas par exemple, ma psy pratiquait le tarif de base de 40€ la séance (non remboursée par la sécurité sociale ou mutuelle), je ne pouvais pas aller au-delà de 30€ la séance la 1ère année, elle a accepté, le temps que mes finances s'améliorent. Et je sais que pour d'autres patientes (dont une de mes amies intermittente du spectacle), elle peut descendre à 20€ par exemple. Il suffit d'en parler ! Votre santé mentale mérite d'y réfléchir ! C'est le meilleur cadeau qu'on puisse s'offrir. Sujet évoqué dans le podcast "Thune", réalisé par Laurence Vély et Anna Borrel, dans cet épisode "l'argent sur le divan" avec la psychanalyste Mathilda Audasso https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/largent-sur-le-divan-avec-mathilda-audasso-psychanalyste/id1538572182?i=1000583258570 Si vous n'êtes pas encore prêt·e mais vous vous intéressez à la psychologie, psychanalyse, vous pouvez écouter et lire les chroniques de Mardi Noir (Emmanuelle Laurent) https://www.slate.fr/source/199596/mardi-noir et en podcast (pas les mêmes thématiques que les articles) : "ça tourne pas rond" https://www.slate.fr/audio/ca-tourne-pas-rond/ produit et réalisé par Slate.fr sous la direction de Christophe Carron et Benjamin Saeptem Hours. Montage et réalisation : Aurélie Rodrigues. AVERTISSEMENT IMPORTANT : Ne jamais s'inscrire sur une application ou site de rencontres payant sans 1) lire les avis sur Google (Play store) ou Apple (App store) 2) lire les conditions tarifaires de l'abonnement. Ainsi je vous déconseille fortement le site PARSHIP, qui pratique l'extorsion : on ne peut pas résilier avant 1 an obligatoire, même si on n'utilise plus le service, qui n'est pas satisfaisant, car très peu de personnes dans votre région. Le service client n'a que mépris pour les clients et le service communication ne veut rien entendre (un comble), aucun arrangement possible. Donc évitez une dépense inutile.Episode enregistré en novembre 2024 chez Isabelle, à Paris, merci à elle et à son chat pour leur hospitalité.Prise de son, montage et mixage : Isabelle FieldMusique : Nouveau générique ! Vous l'avez reconnu ? C'est le générique de la série mythique des années 90 "Code Quantum" avec Scott Bakula. J'adore cette série, féministe, inclusive. Dédicace à Richard Gaitet (Arte Radio), auteur, fan inconditionnel aussi de cette série.Virgules sonores : Edouard JoguetLogo conçu par Lynda Mac-ConnellHébergement : Podcloud

En esta entrega de Universo de Misterios, analizamos las noticias científicas más destacadas del 9 de julio de 2026. Diseccionamos el hallazgo de los exoplanetas superpuff TOI 791b y c, los avances en inteligencia artificial aplicada a la investigación biológica y el preocupante aumento de la desinformación alimentaria en España. Un recorrido por la actualidad que abarca desde la astrofísica hasta los retos de la sociedad digital. Aunque a algunas personas, a veces, puede proporcionar una falsa sensación de alivio, la ignorancia nunca es deseable. Pero eso, tú ya lo sabes... Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

 Noticias de Astronomía y Exploración del Espacio – JULIO 7, 2026. En este programa presentamos, comentamos y explicamos dos o tres noticias astronómicas y de exploración del espacio que fueron dadas a conocer en la semana, y que nos parecieron de particular relevancia e interés. Además, Pablo Lonnie Pacheco, de “Cielos Despejados,” nos presenta sus efemérides astronómicas. Esta semana: + 0) Premios de Obsesión por el Cielo: Junio 2026. Constelación: La ESA adopta la misión Arrakihs. https://phys.org/news/2026-06-esa-arrakihs-mission-eu-exploration.html Movimiento Retrógrado: Casa Blanca elige controversial astrónomo para dirigir grupo que estudiará casos de OVNIs. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/white-house-picks-harvard-professor-with-polarizing-alien-theories-to-lead-new-ufo-council + 1) Detectando exoplanetas con microlentes gravitacionales. https://phys.org/news/2026-07-tess-planet-years.html https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae7a50 + 2) TOI-2155b: ¿enana marrón masiva o estrella de muy baja masa? https://phys.org/news/2026-07-star-strange-inbetween-celestial-astronomers.html https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae7370  

Nous partons en voyage avec Samuel. À l'été 2025, ce jeune Suisse a quitté Neuchâtel à vélo pour rouler en direction du Maroc.

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Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, Borschel-Dan starts the episode with important news: She finally finished "My Name Is Barbra," Barbra Streisand's much-discussed 900+-page autobiography. Turning to the main event: Fifty years since the daring IDF rescue of over 100 hostages from Entebbe, Uganda, we dedicated this week's The Reel Schmooze to two movies, the 1977 feature film "Operation Thunderbolt" and the 2012 documentary, "Live or Die in Entebbe." Shot with the help of the Israeli government only a year after the raid, "Operation Thunderbolt" presents a fictionalized account grounded in the realism of documentary footage of Israeli leaders, including then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and defense minister Shimon Peres. Directed and co-written by Menachem Golan, it stars Israeli actor/singer Yehoram Gaon, who plays the head of the sayeret matkal unit, Yoni Netanyahu (the brother of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu). We hear about other key performances from Klaus Kinski and Sybil Danning playing the villainous German terrorists, as well as appearances from notable Israeli actors. In the final segment of the program, we hear about a documentary that focuses on the family of one of the fallen hostages, Jean-Jacques Mimouni, a 19-year-old French-Israeli. Let's hear who gave these two films an "oy," "meh" or the prized "not bad" this week on The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: A cheering crowd at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport raises a member of the rescue squad which freed the hijack hostages from Uganda earlier in the day, July 4, 1976. In the background is the C-130 transport plane which took part in the raid. The rescuer's face is obscured for security reasons. (AP Photo/Pool)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Astronomy Daily (S05E125), hosts Anna and Avery cover six major stories from the frontiers of space science and astronomy, including the most detailed image ever taken of the Milky Way's core, a Hubble discovery that solves a decades-old cosmological mystery, the oldest confirmed asteroid impact crater on Earth, a pair of impossibly light exoplanets, an impending lunar impact from a SpaceX rocket stage, and a live solar weather alert for Southern Hemisphere aurora watchers.   Stories Covered Story 1 — Euclid's Record Milky Way Galactic Bulge Image: ESA's Euclid telescope releases the largest, highest-resolution visible-light image ever made of the Milky Way's central bulge, containing more than 60 million stars. The image serves as a baseline for NASA's upcoming Roman Space Telescope's microlensing survey. (ESA / NASA, June 24–25 2026) Story 2 — Hubble Catches Galaxy Clearing the Cosmic Fog: Galaxy MXDFz4.4, observed 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, has been caught emitting ionising ultraviolet light — direct evidence of how the early universe's hydrogen fog was cleared. Published in The Astrophysical Journal, June 23 2026. Story 3 — Earth's Oldest Asteroid Crater Dated to 3 Billion Years: Curtin University researchers precisely date the North Pole Dome impact structure in Western Australia's Pilbara region to 3.024 billion years ago — the oldest known impact crater on Earth, beating the next oldest by ~800 million years. Published in Geology, June 23 2026. Story 4 — Super-Puff Planets Lighter Than Cotton Candy: An Oxford-led international team confirms TOI-791 b and c — two Jupiter-sized exoplanets with densities lower than cotton candy (0.038 and 0.047 g/cm³), making them the lowest-density giant planets ever found. Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, June 26 2026. Story 5 — SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage to Impact Moon on August 5: A spent Falcon 9 upper stage from the January 2025 Blue Ghost / Hakuto-R launch is on course to strike the Moon near Einstein Crater on August 5 2026. Visibility from Earth is uncertain, but NASA's LRO will image the resulting crater. NASA SSERVI, June 2026. Skywatching — A G1 geomagnetic storm struck overnight June 25, with further unsettled conditions expected June 26–27 as coronal hole streams strengthen and new sunspot region AR4478 rotates into Earth view. Aurora possible for Tasmania, New Zealand's South Island and southern Australia tonight.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-the-latest-space-news--5648921/support.Sponsor Details:Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN. To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn. You'll be glad you did!Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click HereThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. ToI founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode. With US President Donald Trump desperately attempting to end the war with Iran, Horovitz reviews the mixed messaging delivered by the US leader as he fawns over the Tehran regime's "nice, new" leaders and signs a "peace" deal that doesn't achieve any war goals but that he may think will keep alive his dream of the Nobel Peace Prize. Horovitz notes that the US readiness to authorize an Iranian role in Lebanon is undermining the unique readiness of the Beirut government to work with Israel toward a diplomatic, long-term arrangement. Rather than disconnecting Iran from Hezbollah -- an explicit war goal -- the US is essentially partnering with Iran regarding Lebanon's future, dooming the Israel-Lebanon talks it is currently hosting in Washington, DC. Our discussion moves on to Tuesday's New York City primaries, in which two virulently anti-Israel Democratic Socialists of America candidates and one progressive Democrat won elections against more established candidates, further bolstering Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his anti-Zionist politics in the rapidly changing city. Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: In Trump’s delusions of peace with Iran and efforts to bully Israel, dark echoes of appeasement Trump’s deal is a catastrophic capitulation to Iran’s aggressors, leaves Israel vulnerable and constrained American pro-Israel activists may have just had their worst week ever Mamdani-backed primary sweep further cements anti-Zionist politics in NYC Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Yitzchak Ledee. IMAGE: ToI founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's Daily Briefing podcast (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harry Roselmack, journaliste et philosophe. Son dernier essai, L'amour malgré la peur, est une enquête métaphysique sur ce qui constitue vraiment la nature humaine et sur l'amour. Et il m'a semblé que pour un épisode 400 ca faisait vraiment du sens :)J'ai rencontré Harry une première fois et il y a quelque chose que j'aime dans notre façon de parler ensemble : on ne se ménage pas et on s'apprécie vraiment. On a eu une vraie conversation sur ce qui coince dans le monde aujourd'hui à commencer par la peur, l'économie comme fiction collective, la technologie sans sagesse, et puis cette idée que j'ai trouvé centrale qui est que l'on a tous du libre arbitre mais personne ne l'utilise vraiment.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de métaphysique comme outil pratique et pas comme matière à thèse. J'ai questionné Harry sur ses propres peurs, sur ce qu'il pense de Dieu, sur la mort vue comme changement d'état, et sur son pari un peu fou : dans trois ou quatre générations, la sagesse sera la norme.CITATIONS MARQUANTES"Le courage, c'est pas de ne pas avoir peur. C'est d'affronter ses peurs — voire d'aimer les affronter.""On revendique le libre arbitre mais en vérité on ne l'utilise pas. On ne fait que réagir.""L'économie, c'est un imaginaire. Il n'y a pas d'argent, il n'y a pas d'économie concrètement. Et pourtant cet imaginaire est plus fort que le réel.""La mort, c'est un changement d'état. Ce n'est pas une chute dans le néant.""Dieu n'est pas amour. Dieu a choisi l'amour pour faire l'espace-temps."BIG IDEASLa peur n'est pas l'opposé de l'amour — elle en est l'obstacle (~00:26:20)L'amour est transcendant : on ne demande jamais à quelqu'un pourquoi il est amoureux. La peur, elle, est un produit de l'évolution gravé dans nos gènes via l'épigénétique. Elle masque cet amour et l'empêche de rayonner. Diminuer la peur, c'est laisser l'amour exister. C'est la thèse centrale du livre.Le libre arbitre qu'on revendique mais qu'on n'exerce pas (~00:38:53)À chaque stimulus, on réagit instinctivement au lieu de choisir. Harry appelle ça "le grand djihad" des sages musulmans : la guerre qu'on mène dans sa tête avant de la mener dans le monde. C'est là que tout se joue.L'économie est un imaginaire devenu plus puissant que le réel (~00:34:51)On savait depuis 70 ans ce qui allait se passer avec le climat. On a rien fait "à cause de l'économie." Mais l'économie n'existe pas concrètement — c'est une convention. Ce qui est vertigineux, c'est qu'une fiction soit devenue plus forte que la physique du monde.L'humanité est en émergence, pas aboutie (~00:37:00)Harry pense que l'anthropologie génèse n'est pas terminée. L'être humain guidé par la sagesse n'est pas encore là. On n'est plus préhistoriques, mais on n'est pas arrivés. Cette idée change tout : nos comportements actuels ne sont pas notre nature définitive.La mort comme changement d'état (~01:04:00)Les atomes de carbone qui nous composent ont une durée de vie de plusieurs milliards d'années. Ce qui s'arrête à la mort, c'est leur cohérence en tant que "nous." L'information qui fait notre esprit n'a, métaphysiquement, aucune raison de disparaître. On sait pas ce que ça devient — mais ça continue, autrement.Dieu n'est pas amour — il a choisi l'amour (~01:20:59)La distinction la plus radicale de l'épisode. Dire "Dieu est amour" en fait une propriété automatique. Dire "Dieu a choisi l'amour" en fait un acte libre — exactement ce qu'Harry nous demande de faire nous-mêmes chaque jour.QUESTIONS POSÉES DANS L'INTERVIEWPourquoi "l'amour malgré la peur" — de quelle peur s'agit-il précisément ?Toi, tu as peur de quoi ?Comment convaincre des gens d'aller vers ces valeurs dans une société qui valorise la performance ?Est-ce que tu ne crois pas que nos comportements sont basés sur des imaginaires plutôt que sur le réel ?Comment on développe la sagesse collective — faut-il toucher le fond d'abord ?Comment tu redéfinis le succès, et à quel moment la philosophie est entrée dans ta vie ?Comment tu distingues harmonie et équilibre — tu utilises les deux mots ?Est-ce que la mort ne serait pas la plus belle des frictions — celle qui donne le sens à la vie ?Comment dialogue en toi la partie animale qui a peur et le fragment du divin ?Qu'est-ce qui te donne envie du futur ?RÉFÉRENCES CITÉESLivresL'amour malgré la peur — Harry Roselmack — tout au longIl n'est pas trop tard pour naître — Harry Roselmack (premier essai métaphysique) — ~01:17:30La Simulation — Loïc H. (s'appuie sur la physique quantique) — ~00:49:15Philosophes / penseursPlaton et Socrate — la cité gouvernée par des principes — ~00:33:46Lao-Tseu / Tao Te Ching — "d'une justesse hallucinante" — ~01:16:12Hegel — la peur de la mort comme moteur de nos vies — ~01:10:13Copernic / Galilée — l'héliocentrisme, les vérités cachées renversées par la pensée — ~00:52:14Rousseau — "malheur à celui qui possède tout" (cité approximativement par Grégory) — ~00:43:32Sartre — aimer pour être aimé en retour — ~01:14:30Références culturellesTerminator / Matrix — la technologie autonome annoncée par la fiction — ~00:56:31Physique quantique — principe d'incertitude, matière comme vide — ~00:47:25TIMESTAMPS CLÉS (orienté valeur)00:23:19 — Intro : l'amour comme nature profonde, présentation d'Harry 00:25:01 — Harry arrive après une matinée chaotique — la philosophie à l'épreuve du réel 00:26:20 — Pourquoi "malgré la peur" : la peur inscrite dans nos gènes vs l'amour transcendant 00:27:32 — Les peurs d'Harry : la mort de ses proches, la séparation, le vide 00:29:25 — "Brave" et "gentil" sont devenus des insultes — la réhabilitation des valeurs douces 00:30:37 — Réhabiliter les valeurs collectivement : seul face à des profiteurs, tu perds 00:33:44 — La philosophie peut nous sauver : Socrate, Platon, les principes stables 00:34:42 — L'économie comme imaginaire plus fort que le réel — et le climat ignoré pendant 70 ans 00:37:49 — Pourquoi la philo revient à la mode : on a atteint le zénith d'une façon de penser absurde 00:38:53 — Le libre arbitre qu'on n'exerce pas : réagir vs choisir 00:40:02 — La lutte dans la tête avant la vraie vie — "le grand djihad" 00:41:30 — Le succès redéfini : Harry n'a jamais été impressionné par la notoriété 00:46:28 — Contrôle et émerveillement : pourquoi les couchers de soleil nous touchent 00:47:25 — Monde déterministe mais pas prédéterminé — on peut intervenir 00:49:15 — La théorie de la simulation (Loïc H.) et la réponse métaphysique d'Harry 00:50:42 — Définition simple de la métaphysique : l'étude de tout ce qui existe, y compris l'imaginé 00:55:49 — "Je veux participer à sauver le monde" — assumer l'ambition 00:57:28 — Développer la sagesse aussi vite qu'on développe la technologie 00:59:25 — 70 ans = rien à l'échelle cosmologique — le changement prend des générations 01:02:10 — "Le courage, c'est une histoire d'amour avec l'inconnu" 01:04:00 — La mort comme changement d'état — les atomes durent des milliards d'années 01:08:17 — La quête existentielle n'attend pas la crise : être philosophe quand ça va bien 01:09:33 — La Silicon Valley a supprimé les frictions positives : l'ennui, la perte, la réflexion 01:10:29 — La mort n'est pas notre raison d'être — la relation harmonieuse l'est 01:16:12 — La mission d'Harry : redonner de l'actualité à des savoirs anciens 01:19:43 — Dieu vs religions — décorréler les deux, les dogmes comme problème 01:20:59 — "Dieu n'est pas amour — il a choisi l'amour pour faire l'espace-temps" 01:24:21 — L'amour de soi comme fondation ? Question finale VLAN 01:25:13 — Fin Suggestion d'autres épisodes à écouter : #291 Redonner du sens à notre existence avec Harry Roselmack (https://audmns.com/iNmFdfO) [SOLO] Les 5 vérités inconfortables que j'ai apprise pour faire durer l'amour (https://audmns.com/cTiuBky) [Hors-Serie] Tout ce que j'aurais voulu savoir en amour avec Alain de Botton (partie 1) (https://audmns.com/jiDhQhD)Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In this episode of Convos from the Couch, Toi Valentine, Chief Strategy Officer at LifeStance Health, explores her personal experience with EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy. Together, we unpack how EMDR works, what it feels like, and why it can be an impactful option for people navigating trauma, grief, and PTSD.  Toi shares her journey and reflects on how EMDR helped her process difficult memories in a new way, shift her emotional responses, and regain a sense of control. Along the way, she highlights the importance of self-advocacy in therapy, finding the right approach, and staying curious about evidence-based care. 

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, as Borschel-Dan continues to read Hoffman's recommendation -- "My Name Is Barbra," Barbra Streisand's verrrrry long biography -- we turn to an audience favorite, the 1972 screwball comedy, "What's Up, Doc?" Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the film is a cleverly stylized updated homage to the golden era of Hollywood. It features Streisand playing a wacky vagabond and hunky Ryan O'Neal as a nerdy musicology prof, plus a slew of then-unknown Jewish stars, including Madeline Kahn. But the real star of the show is the 1970s fashions and cars. Let's hear who gave it an "oy," "meh" or the prized "not bad" this week on The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World. This week, we hear from former prime minister Naftali Bennett in conversation with founding editor David Horovitz and political correspondent Tal Schneider. Speaking with ToI on June 11 at the campaign headquarters of Together, the new, merged party he now leads with former prime minister Yair Lapid, Bennett said Israel is facing “an existential moment,” and warned that another term under the current government would leave the country without a functioning economy, society or international position. “Another four years with this government, we won’t have an economy, we won’t have a society,” he charged. “The Haredi issue will just crash us all. We won’t have an international standing anywhere. We have to act now.” And so, this week, we ask Naftali Bennett, what matters now. For further reading: Bennett to ToI: ‘We’re at an existential moment. Another four years with this government, we won’t have a society’ What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was edited by Yitzchak Ledee. Former prime minister Naftali Bennett (ToI) / Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men scuffle with police during a protest against military recruitment and call for the release of detained draft resisters outside a military prison near Kfar Yona, Israel, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A landmark episode packed with discoveries at the cutting edge of space and astronomy. Webb and Hubble redefine a category of stellar object, JWST delivers unprecedented chemistry data from an extreme exoplanet, a 21-year-old NASA observatory faces a daring robotic rescue, a multi-telescope image reveals an ancient galactic supernova, China's Tianwen-2 zeroes in on a possible fragment of our own Moon, and astronomers detect the chemical fingerprint of a planet swallowed by its star.   Story 1: Webb & Hubble Rewrite History: Terzan 5 Is a 'Bulge Fossil Fragment' Using the James Webb Space Telescope and archival data from Hubble spanning 12 years, researchers have definitively reclassified Terzan 5 — a stellar system 22,000 light-years away in Sagittarius — from a globular cluster to an entirely new class of object: a 'bulge fossil fragment.' Four distinct generations of stars have been identified within Terzan 5, formed 12.5 billion, 4.7 billion, 3.8 billion, and 2.5 billion years ago. Unlike a typical globular cluster with a single ancient stellar population, Terzan 5 repeatedly formed new stars by retaining the gas and heavy elements expelled by its own supernovae. Astronomers believe Terzan 5 is a surviving relic of the primordial clumps that merged to form the Milky Way's central bulge billions of years ago — a living fossil of galaxy formation. Results were presented at the 248th American Astronomical Society meeting and published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Source: NASA / ESA / STScI press release, 16–17 June 2026   Story 2: JWST Catches the 'Roasted Exoplanet' HD 80606 b in the Act Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI instrument have observed the extreme exoplanet HD 80606 b experiencing a temperature increase of 1,100°F (600°C) during its close approach to its host star. HD 80606 b is a gas giant four times the mass of Jupiter on a highly elliptical 111-day orbit. The JWST study — led by Tiffany Kataria of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory — also detected specific atmospheric chemical signatures including methane and carbon dioxide, enabling detailed study of how the planet's chemistry shifts under extreme heating. This is the most detailed look yet at an atmospheric response to a rapid, intense heating event. Results were presented at the 248th AAS meeting in Pasadena, California. Source: NASA / JPL press release, 16–17 June 2026   Story 3: Swift's Rescue Mission Cleared for Launch: LINK on the Pad NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has studied gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy cosmic events since 2004, is facing re-entry as its orbit decays under increased solar activity. NASA contracted Katalyst Space Technologies in September 2025 to build and launch a robotic servicing spacecraft — called LINK — to boost Swift to a higher orbit. LINK is now encapsulated inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket, which has been attached to the Stargazer L-1011 carrier aircraft and is en route to Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands for launch later in June 2026. This will be the final flight of the Pegasus XL — the world's first privately developed orbital launch vehicle, which first flew in 1990. Its air-launch capability is uniquely suited to reaching Swift's unusual low-inclination orbit. Source: NASA press release and media teleconference, 17 June 2026   Story 4: Possible Supernova Remnant at the Galactic Centre A striking multi-telescope composite image released as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on 18 June 2026 reveals a possible supernova remnant near the galactic centre — a blue X-ray-emitting structure whose light is estimated to have reached Earth approximately 1,700 years ago, in the third century CE. The image combines X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton (the blue structure), radio data from the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa (the large red cloud), and optical background star data from the PanSTARRS telescopes in Hawaii. Source: NASA APOD, 18 June 2026. Image credit: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z. Zhu et al.; ESA/XMM-Newton; MeerKAT; PanSTARRS   Story 5: China's Tianwen-2 Closes In on Earth's 'Quasi-Moon' China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft — launched in May 2025 — performed its primary orbit insertion burn at asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa on June 7, 2026, and has since been performing fine adjustment burns tracked by amateur radio astronomers in Germany and the Netherlands. China's space agency has released no official updates. Kamoʻoalewa is a 40–100 metre quasi-satellite of Earth, orbiting the Sun in a path that keeps it perpetually near our planet. Its reflectance spectrum resembles weathered lunar rock, fuelling a theory that it is a fragment blasted from the Moon by an ancient impact — though a competing theory holds that it is an ordinary inner asteroid belt migrant. Sample collection is scheduled to begin July 4, 2026. Tianwen-2 will depart Kamoʻoalewa in April 2027, with the sample return capsule landing in Inner Mongolia in late November 2027. A new paper in Nature Communications (June 2026) challenges the lunar-origin theory, suggesting Kamoʻoalewa may instead originate from the Flora asteroid family. Source: SpaceNews, Scientific American, Nature Communications, June 2026   Story 6: A Star That Ate a Planet: TOI-5882's Chemical Fingerprint Astronomers led by Brooke Kotten of the University of Michigan have identified a chemical imbalance between the two stars of binary system TOI-5882, located approximately 1,300 light-years away. One star is enriched in elements characteristic of rocky planetary material — including iron, silicon, and magnesium — while its companion is not. Because binary stars form from the same gas cloud and should have identical initial compositions, this difference is interpreted as evidence that one star subsequently ingested at least one planet. The amount of enrichment suggests the equivalent of several Earth masses of rocky material was consumed. Source: Phys.org / University of Michigan, June 15, 2026       Connect With Us Website: astronomydaily.io Social: @AstroDailyPod (X / Instagram / TikTok / Tumblr) Network: Bitesz.com Podcast NetworkBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates--5648921/support.Sponsor Details:Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN. To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn. 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Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World. This week, we hear from former prime minister Naftali Bennett in conversation with founding editor David Horovitz and political correspondent Tal Schneider. Speaking with ToI on June 11 at the campaign headquarters of Together, the new, merged party he now leads with former prime minister Yair Lapid, Bennett said Israel is facing “an existential moment,” and warned that another term under the current government would leave the country without a functioning economy, society or international position. “Another four years with this government, we won’t have an economy, we won’t have a society,” he charged. “The Haredi issue will just crash us all. We won’t have an international standing anywhere. We have to act now.” And so, this week, we ask Naftali Bennett, what matters now. For further reading: Bennett to ToI: ‘We’re at an existential moment. Another four years with this government, we won’t have a society’ What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was edited by Yitzchak Ledee. Former prime minister Naftali Bennett (ToI) / Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men scuffle with police during a protest against military recruitment and call for the release of detained draft resisters outside a military prison near Kfar Yona, Israel, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. The duo sat down to record early this week during the confluence of three major events: Iran again struck Israel, the Tonys were awarded, and RUSH played in Los Angeles. Movie maven Hoffman gives us the Jangles from the awards recognizing the best Broadway productions during the 2025–26 season and follows up with all that is Jewish about RUSH. The main feature this week is Joseph Cedar's 2007 "Beaufort," which became all too relevant again when the IDF recaptured the medieval castle early last week. Set in 2000, the blockbuster Israeli film depicts the (then) final week of the IDF's occupation of the famed UNESCO site in southern Lebanon. In the grisly Oscar-nominated movie, we meet -- and lose -- soldier after soldier who are stuck on the besieged rock. As it hits all too close to home for mother-of-soldiers Borschel-Dan, she decides to grade the film according to two scales. Let's hear who gave it an "oy," "meh" or the prized "not bad" this week on The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, we're joined by our first guest, Isaac Zablocki. For over 20 years, Zablocki, the director of film programs at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, has been developing film programs at the JCC, including The Israel Film Center and its annual film festival, a festival focusing on disabilities, ReelAbilities, and the Other Israel Film Festival about Arab and minority populations in Israel. Before turning to the two feature films on the menu this week, we ask Zablocki about the status of boycotts against Israeli films at international festivals and whether his festivals have ever been protested. This year's Israel Film Center Festival is taking place June 9–16 at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (MMJCCM) and expanding to 10 additional venues across the New York Metro Area, including Manhattan, Westchester, Long Island, and New Jersey. The first movie on our bill this week is festival opener, "Love, Statistically Speaking." Directed by Amichai Greenberg, the dark comedy stars actor Yehoram Gaon and Meshi Kleinstein as a grandfather-granddaughter duo on a bizarre whodunnit mission. Next, we review the surrealistic and all-too-realistic film "Oxygen" by Netalie Braun. Set in an Israel beset by war in the north, mother Anat decides how much she is willing to sacrifice to keep her soldier son Ido from fighting in Lebanon. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

durée : 00:05:11 - Grand bien vous fasse ! - par : Thibaut de Saint Maurice - Cette formule sonne à première vue comme un post Instagram inspirant. Sauf que cette phrase, elle est de Ralph Waldo Emerson, un écrivain et philosophe américain du XIXe siècle, et qu'elle vient d'un texte de 1841 qui s'appelle « La confiance en soi ». Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:21:07 - Théâtre - "Mon pauvre besson m'a causé bien des peines, et je crains qu'il ne m'en cause encore. Toi, qui es si savante, Fanchonnette, tu devrais bien trouver un moyen de le guérir." - réalisation : Céline Geoffroy Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Julien : Purée, j'ai complètement oublié la fête des mères ! C'est aujourd'hui, non ?Louise : Bah oui, on en a parlé en début de semaine ! Toi je sens que tu vas encore acheter un cadeau à la dernière minute.Julien : En vrai, je pensais lui prendre un parfum, même si c'est pas très original.Louise : Mais non ! Offre-lui plutôt une expérience comme un soin au spa. Fais-moi confiance, ça lui plaira. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

BONNE FÊTE DES MÈRES À TOUTES LES PRECIEUSES MÈRES HAÏTÈNNES.Seigneur, Dieu de bonté et de grâce,nous élevons nos voix vers Toi pour Te confier toutes les mères haïtiennes, ces femmes vaillantes et courageuses qui sont les piliers de nos foyers.Toi qui connais les sacrifices, les larmes silencieuses et les défis quotidiens auxquels elles font face, nous Te demandons de les entourer de Ton amour infini et de Ta protection. Bénis leurs mains travailleuses, fortifie leur esprit et console leurs cœurs face aux épreuves et aux incertitudes.Accorde-leur la sagesse pour guider leurs enfants, la santé pour continuer à avancer, et la paix de l'esprit qu'Il est le seul à pouvoir donner. Qu'elles soient soutenues et honorées pour tout l'amour inconditionnel qu'elles sèment chaque jour.Nous Te prions de veiller sur leurs familles, afin que leurs foyers soient remplis d'harmonie, de sécurité et d'espoir.Veille sur chaque mère, qu'elle soit en Haïti ou à travers le monde, et répands Ta grâce sur chacune d'elles au nom du Seigneur et sauveur Jésus-Christ.Amen.

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, we learn that famed actress and chanteuse Barbra Streisand received an honorary Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Borschel-Dan, who is reading the artist's massive memoir, calls on all podcast fans to send in the names of their favorite Streisand films for a future episode. We then turn to the monumentally Jewish movie, "A Serious Man," written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen in 2009. Set in 1967 Minnesota, the film focuses on the Gopnik family: father Larry, mother Judith, kids Danny and Sarah, and uncle Arthur. On the surface, the middle-class family appears to be merrily rolling along, anticipating Danny's approaching bar mitzvah. And then everything falls apart and it becomes a very funny retelling of the Book of Job. However, before the movie takes off, the audience is treated to a quote from the great rabbinic sage Rashi and is shown a Yiddish-only shtetl ghost story short -- just... because. Stay tuned for our duo's thoughts on the much-recommended Coen brothers' film, "A Serious Man." The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan, speaking with author and scholar Dara Horn. Horn visited ToI's Jerusalem studio while on a break from this year’s International Writers Festival in Jerusalem, taking place May 25-28 at the city’s Mishkenot Sha’ananim cultural center An author of novels and non-fiction, including “People Love Dead Jews,” “Eternal Life,” “A Guide for the Perplexed,” Horn's latest book -- her first for young readers -- is “One Little Goat.” Her newest nonfiction work will be published by Simon & Schuster in September under the title, "The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love Story for the Living." We hear about how, after Horn published her bestselling work, "People Love Dead Jews," readers asked her for the solution to this problem. This week, she speaks about her new education initiative, Tell, which is bent on teaching American schoolchildren about real, living Jews, and Jewish culture. To launch the wide-ranging conversation, Horn defines terms, explaining that Jews are not a religion, but a people with a religion. This difference, she states, is massive and must be internalized to understand the millennia of hate experienced by the Jewish people. Since the Hamas onslaught on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, and the resultant retaliatory war in Gaza, there has been an outsized focus on the trend of "non-Zionist" or "anti-Zionist" Jews. Who are these Jews -- and are they significant in the chronicles of Jewish history? And so, this week, we ask author Dara Horn, what matters now? What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Yitzchak Ledee. IMAGE: APSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So, nach elf Tagen auf der Aida muss Atze dringend sein Essverhalten überdenken. Große Buffets mit Unmengen von Desserts sind nichts für seinen jugendlichen Körper. Jetzt heißt es erstmal abspecken und fit werden für den nächsten Auftritt, heute in einer Woche. Immerhin ist sein Image besser, als das von Ferrari, die mit ihrem neuen E-mobil alles daransetzen, den guten Ruf zu ruinieren. Über diese Phase ist Clemens Tönnies zu seinem 70sten schon lange weg. Er feilt an seinem Karma. Toi, toi, toi bei bis zu 18.000 ermordeten Schwein pro Tag. Wie sagte schon Narumol bei Bauer sucht Frau: Ick bin fick und fertig!Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/atzeschroeder_offiziell/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. ToI founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode. As US President Donald Trump seeks to finalize an agreement with Iran that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz but won't limit the regime's ballistic missile program, thwart its nuclear ambitions or constrain its capacity to wage terrorism around the world, Horovitz discusses Israel’s absence from the negotiations and its need to assert its independent capacity to defend itself. After National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir taunted hundreds of detainees from the latest flotilla and received only a light rebuke from Netanyahu, Horovitz recalls that the prime minister just a few years ago said that the hawkish Ben Gvir didn't represent Israel's values and would never have a seat in his government. Ben Gvir is in charge of the prisons that New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has accused of carrying out the strategic sexual assault of Palestinian detainees. Israel, however outraged, will not end up suing the publication, Horovitz assesses, explaining why. Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: With Trump conflicted and Iran emboldened, vital bid to end regime’s nuclear drive is being botched Trump’s emerging Iran deal forces Israel to seek guarantees, not victory Netanyahu needs to fire Ben Gvir after his flotilla provocation, but of course he won’t Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Yitzchak Ledee. IMAGE: Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing. (ToI)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan, speaking with author and scholar Dara Horn. Horn visited ToI's Jerusalem studio while on a break from this year’s International Writers Festival in Jerusalem, taking place May 25-28 at the city’s Mishkenot Sha’ananim cultural center An author of novels and non-fiction, including “People Love Dead Jews,” “Eternal Life,” “A Guide for the Perplexed,” Horn's latest book -- her first for young readers -- is “One Little Goat.” Her newest nonfiction work will be published by Simon & Schuster in September under the title, "The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love Story for the Living." We hear about how, after Horn published her bestselling work, "People Love Dead Jews," readers asked her for the solution to this problem. This week, she speaks about her new education initiative, Tell, which is bent on teaching American schoolchildren about real, living Jews, and Jewish culture. To launch the wide-ranging conversation, Horn defines terms, explaining that Jews are not a religion, but a people with a religion. This difference, she states, is massive and must be internalized to understand the millennia of hate experienced by the Jewish people. Since the Hamas onslaught on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, and the resultant retaliatory war in Gaza, there has been an outsized focus on the trend of "non-Zionist" or "anti-Zionist" Jews. Who are these Jews -- and are they significant in the chronicles of Jewish history? And so, this week, we ask author Dara Horn, what matters now? What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Yitzchak Ledee. IMAGE: APSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Iran and the United States played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war on Monday, with Tehran saying that while it had reached understandings on many issues with the US, an agreement was not imminent. For his part, US President Donald Trump says the deal will be "great and meaningful" or won't happen at all. While there was no official Iranian confirmation of the contents of the potential agreement, Freiberg delves into the differing narratives being presented by US and Iranian press. US President Donald Trump sought to reassure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call that a final agreement with Iran will fully dismantle Tehran’s nuclear program, a senior Israeli official said yesterday. We learn of blowback from politicians in the US and Israel and explore how this potential deal could affect the Lebanon front. As part of an ongoing series of conversations, Freiberg communicated with five residents of Iran who described widespread unemployment and economic hardship, tighter surveillance and targeting of dissidents, and further restricted internet access since the war’s start. We hear more. Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: Iran and US voice optimism but temper expectations for imminent breakthrough in talks US official: Iran deal to be signed in coming days; Trump derides ‘loser’ critics Trump said to assure Netanyahu he will thwart Iran nuke program as Israel fears ‘very bad’ deal As US moves to end war, Iranians tell ToI they fear regime clampdown just starting Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Yitzchak Ledee.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Simon and Dan break down why software stocks continue to struggle despite many companies showing little evidence of major AI disruption so far. They discuss the ongoing valuation reset across SaaS, the shift away from seat-based pricing, and why companies like Salesforce, ServiceNow, Adobe, Constellation Software, and Topicus may need more than solid earnings to regain investor confidence. They then turn to Bitcoin, looking at why it remains well below its roughly US$125,000 peak. Simon covers the role of ETF outflows, leverage, post-election crypto optimism fading, quantum computing fears, profit-taking, and higher bond yields as potential headwinds. To wrap up, they highlight stocks on their radar, including Visa and Mastercard as high-quality payment networks facing stablecoin disruption risk, and Waste Connections as a real-economy compounder trading at a more attractive valuation while the market remains focused on AI-related names. Tickers of stocks discussed: CRM, NOW, ADBE, CSU.TO, TOI.V, V, MA, WCN, WM, RSG, GFL.TO, BTC. Subscribe to our Our New Youtube Channel! Check out our portfolio by going to Jointci.com Our Website Our New Youtube Channel! Canadian Investor Podcast Network Twitter: @cdn_investing Simon’s twitter: @Fiat_Iceberg Braden’s twitter: @BradoCapital Dan’s Twitter: @stocktrades_ca Want to learn more about Real Estate Investing? Check out the Canadian Real Estate Investor Podcast! Apple Podcast - The Canadian Real Estate Investor Spotify - The Canadian Real Estate Investor Web player - The Canadian Real Estate Investor Asset Allocation ETFs | BMO Global Asset Management Sign up for Fiscal.ai for free to get easy access to global stock coverage and powerful AI investing tools. Register for EQ Bank, the seamless digital banking experience with better rates and no nonsense. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Maintenant que je suis totalement alignée avec ma petite voix intérieure, c'est mon devoir de dire aux gens : écoutez-vous !" Pendant 20 ans, Alessandra Sublet a incarné la réussite à la française : star de la télé et animatrice solaire, on se rappelle tous de son sourire éclatant et de son énergie à déplacer des montagnes. Mais derrière les plateaux, une autre vérité se cachait : celle d'une femme lancée à 300 km/h qui ne savait pas s'arrêter. C'est la dépression post-partum qui a fait office de "mur" la forçant à ralentir et à s'écouter enfin. La leçon était douloureuse mais elle fut vite apprise : Alessandra Sublet a ensuite décidé de faire du lâcher-prise son moteur de vie. Et c'est au moment de quitter la télévision qu'elle a compris que sauter dans le vide était la meilleure chose à expérimenter dans la vie. Et que quitte à s'écraser, ça valait toujours le coup d'essayer… Puis de recommencer. ✨ Bonne écoute. 

Le site de Radio Tankonnon à Bobo-Dioulasso au Burkina Faso est l'un des rares médias ouest-africains à rapporter et commenter cette enquête publiée hier par Jeune Afrique. Enquête sur les disparitions en Guinée d'opposants, de personnalités de la société civile, ou encore de journalistes. « En Guinée, une ombre grandissante plane sur l'espace public et politique, relate Radio Tankonnon. Depuis plusieurs mois, les enlèvements de figures critiques du régime, ainsi que de certains de leurs proches, suscitent une vive inquiétude au sein de la société civile et des observateurs internationaux. Derrière ces disparitions, un schéma récurrent semble se dessiner, révélateur d'un climat de plus en plus répressif sous l'autorité du président Mamadi Doumbouya. » Un témoignage rare Radio Tankonnon fait donc écho à cette longue enquête de Jeune Afrique. Enquête qui débute par le témoignage d'Abdoul Sacko, le coordinateur national du Forum des forces sociales de Guinée, une coalition créée en 2022 et qui regroupe une quarantaine d'organisations de la société civile. Abdoul Sacko qui a accepté de parler malgré le danger…   « Ce militant, qui critique le régime de transition instauré par les militaires en 2021, n'oubliera jamais ce jour de février 2025, pointe le site panafricain, où il s'est retrouvé sans savoir comment dans un village, à 100 km de Conakry. Yeux bandés, corps meurtri, il avait été abandonné dans la nature. La veille, des hommes armés et encagoulés avaient fait irruption à son domicile. “Ils ont menacé ma femme, mis ma fille en joue et l'ont plaquée au sol“, raconte Abdoul Sacko, encore très ému. Ligoté, violenté, retenu pendant vingt-quatre heures par ses ravisseurs, il a été relâché sans aucune explication, à l'inverse d'autres adversaires du régime, toujours portés disparus. “Quelqu'un est venu défaire mes liens et m'a dit : “Toi, tu as de la chance, on devait t'éliminer. Si tu as la vie sauve, ne dis rien de ce qui t'est arrivé”, se souvient-il. Ses bourreaux ont-ils reçu l'ordre de le garder en vie ? Ou a-t-il échappé par miracle à l'inéluctable, tel le Daniel de la Bible, sorti indemne de la fosse aux lions ?  »   Un système de disparitions forcées bien rodé Et Jeune Afrique de décrire une organisation répressive bien huilée :  « Nous avons interrogé, rapporte le site panafricain, une dizaine de personnes victimes d'enlèvement ou de tentative d'enlèvement, et de témoins directs. Tous décrivent un même modus operandi, qui commence par des remarques et par des mises en garde. Ces alertes rouges sont souvent accompagnées de propositions d'intégrer la transition : offre d'un poste dans une administration publique, dans un ministère, voire au gouvernement. Dans une seconde phase, des hommes à moto suivent les opposants, rôdent près de leur lieu de travail, posent des questions à leurs voisins. Des inconnus sonnent chez eux au milieu de la nuit, puis tambourinent à la porte s'ils ne répondent pas. » Enfin, surviennent les enlèvements. Des proches de Doumbouya à la manœuvre Alors, « qui prend la décision et coordonne ces opérations ? Deux noms sont revenus au cours de cette enquête, pointe Jeune Afrique. Celui de Balla Samoura, haut commandant de la Gendarmerie nationale et rouage essentiel des Forces de défense et de sécurité. Et celui du commandant Dantili Moriba Keïta (alias Kilo), chef de la compagnie Cobra du Groupement des forces spéciales, l'unité d'élite de Mamadi Doumbouya, et aide de camp du chef de l'État. De nombreux témoignages ou faits rapportés par des proches des disparus convergent vers ces responsables du système sécuritaire, qui passent pour des intimes du président ». Rompre avec ces pratiques  On revient à Radio Tankonnon avec ce commentaire : « Malgré les risques, certaines voix continuent de s'élever pour dénoncer ces dérives. Des collectifs citoyens, des médias indépendants et des défenseurs des droits humains tentent de documenter les cas, de soutenir les familles et de maintenir la pression. Dans un climat où la peur tend à s'imposer comme un outil de gouvernance, la résilience de la société civile apparaît comme l'un des derniers remparts contre l'effacement progressif des libertés. L'avenir de la Guinée, conclut Radio Tankonnon, dépendra en grande partie de sa capacité à rompre avec ces pratiques et à réaffirmer les principes fondamentaux de justice, de transparence et de respect des droits humains. Car sans vérité ni responsabilité, aucune stabilité durable ne saurait être envisagée. » À lire aussiGuinée: l'ONU demande la libération des proches du musicien et opposant Elie Kamano

En la sección semanal de Discos Desiertos, con la locutora, productora y actriz Geraldine Hill, conocemos las canciones favoritas y los tesoros sonoros ocultos del diseñador e interiorista Pedro Abuelo Gascón.Suenan Joan Manuel Serrat (Mediterráneo), Tino Casal (Eloise), Bette Midler (The Rose), Vicky Leandros (Aprés Toi) y Rosalía (La Perla).También escuchamos a Seisca (Canaca) y Scarlet Rivera (Born In Time).

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. We roll out with three Jangles -- news with a Jewish angle. Borschel-Dan gives her favorite actress, 96-year-old June Squib, a shoutout for her recent Tony nomination for "Marjorie Prime." Hoffman discusses his recent discovery of a famous Jewish porn star and also the new reboot of "Lord of the Flies" which hints that one of the boys is Jewish. We then turn to "Cast a Giant Shadow," the 1966 biopic of Colonel Mickey Marcus. David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus was a complicated character who was foundational to the organization of what became the Israel Defense Force. The United States Army colonel, who was later dubbed Israel's first general, was also instrumental at the Nuremberg Trials. Kirk Douglas plays Marcus and the rest of the all-star cast includes Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson. The movie maven and our host disagreed about the film, so stick around to see if "Cast a Giant Shadow" gets an "oy," "meh" or "not bad" in this week's The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are there really exoplanets with where it rains ruby and emerald raindrops? How do we measure the atmospheres of exoplanets light years away? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Dr. Munazza Alam of the Space Telescope Science Institute. The STScI performs science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope when it launches in 2026. As always, though, we start off with the day's joyfully cool cosmic thing. On Feb 24, 2026, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory activated the alert system it will use to notify astronomers of noteworthy events and sent out 800,000 alerts on that single day! Munazza tells us about how she studies the atmospheres of exoplanets like Wasp 121-b, a gas giant thought to have ruby and sapphire rain. Dr. Alam describes exoplanets with surface oceans made of magma, and she and Chuck talk about the importance of plate tectonics. You'll hear about Hot Jupiters, Super-Earths, and Sub-Neptunes – and the theories about why we don't have any of them in our solar system despite the fact that they're incredibly common in the Milky Way galaxy. Then it's time for audience questions, which for this episode come from students at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, where Munazza is an alum. Not only does past guest Dr. Betty Jensen teach there, as well, but she was a critical influence on Munazza's career path. (You can listen to our episode with Dr. Jensen here.) The first question is from Charlotte, who asks, “How far have we gone in space?” Munazza, Allen, and Chuck discuss Voyager 1, which at a current distance of nearly 16 billion miles is the man-made object that has gone furthest from Earth. Next up, Gabby asks, “What was the best advice you were given when you were preparing for college?” Dr. Alam's answer: Pick something you enjoy and are good at - in spite of any pressure you might get from friends, family, and others. A second piece of advice Munazza got was to maintain your breadth, i.e., developing other interests besides your primary focus. For Munazza, that was art and writing, and she shares some of her art later in the show. Finally, Gisella asks if it was hard picking a college. Dr. Alam shares her process, with the caveat that it might not be good advice for everyone. Charles and Munazza reflect on the tradition of scientific exploration, observation, discovery and analysis of which she's part. Munazza recounts the excitement when JWST observations of transmission spectra of the exoplanet Wasp 39b confirmed their predictions – and also detected something unexpected: sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere of the planet which is a by-product of photochemistry between light from its star and water molecules in the atmosphere of the planet. Finally, Chuck asks Munazza to share some of her art. She shows us one of the first paintings she ever did, a peacock, and tells us a little about it and a portrait she has displayed at the Lowell Observatory. If you'd like to know more about what Dr. Alam is up to, you can follower her on LinkedIn or visit her website . We hope you enjoy this episode of The LIUniverse, and, if you do, please support us on Patreon.   Credits for Images Used in this Episode: Artist impression of Wasp 121-b, an exoplanet thought to have ruby and sapphire rain. – Credit: NASA, ESA, Q. Changeat et al., M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble) Quake epicenters Digital Tectonic Activity Map of the Earth (DTAM). – Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Illustration comparing the sizes of sub-Neptune exoplanets TOI-421 b and GJ 1214 b to Earth and Neptune. – Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Dani Player (STScI) Illustration of the inferred size of the super-Earth CoRoT-7b (center) in comparison with Earth and Neptune. – Credit: Creative Commons / Aldaron Location of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. – Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech JWST transmission spectra of the exoplanet Wasp 39b. – Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) Radial velocity method to detect exoplanets. – Credit::ESA Transit method for discovering exoplanets (animation). – Credit: NASA PlanetQuest Artist's concept of WASP-107b, a gas giant, orbiting a highly active K-type star about 200 light-years from Earth. – Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser   CHAPTERS 00:00 - We welcome Dr. Munazza Alam of the Space Telescope Science Institute 02:50 - Joyfully cool cosmic thing: Vera C. Rubin Observatory Alert System 07:00 - How Do We Know What Exoplanets Are Like? 10:37 - The Importance of Plate Tectonics 11:45 - Hot Jupiters, Super Earths, and Sub-Neptunes 19:56 - How Far Have We Gone In Space, i.e., Where is Voyager now? 22:44 - Best advice when preparing for college? 25:32 - Was it hard picking a college? 31:00 - Confirming Theories and Discovering the Unexpected 36:33 - Munazza Alam Shares Her Painting of a Peacock 38:49 - What data and measurements are used to study exoplanets?

In this episode of Conversations with Toi, I'm unpacking the recent drama surrounding Dr. Cheyenne Bryant—not to add fuel to the fire, but to highlight a deeper conversation we don't have often enough: why working with a licensed, qualified therapist matters, and why your own clarity and flexibility matter just as much.When public figures in the mental‑health space become the center of controversy, it can shake people's trust in therapy altogether. But the truth is this: your healing is too important to hand over to anyone who isn't trained, licensed, and accountable. And even with the right professional, you still need to come into the process with an understanding of what you need, what you're working toward, and how open you're willing to be.We talk about:What the Dr. Bryant situation reveals about the importance of credentials, ethics, and real clinical trainingHow to identify what you need from a therapist so you don't waste time, money, or emotional energyWhy flexibility in your wellness journey helps you get the most out of therapyThe difference between reinforcing your wellness in every area of your life versus chasing quick fixes or viral momentsHow staying the course—quietly, consistently—builds results that lastThis episode is a reminder that your healing isn't a trend. It's a commitment. And when you choose licensed support, stay flexible, and keep reinforcing your growth in every area of your life, you create change that doesn't need an audience to be real.Follow me on all socials at @toitimeblog and stay connected through the blog at www.toitime.org for more conversations on wellness, intentional living, and doing the work that actually transforms you.

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, we dive straight into our two films for this week, the 2021 documentary "Bernstein's Wall" and Bradley Cooper's 2023 "Maestro." Our two classical music fans begin with the documentary, highlighting the parts of conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein's life that were previously unknown to them. We hear how the movie employs Bernstein himself as its narrator by weaving together clips from dozens of revealing interviews the celebrity gave over his life. Shifting over to the Hollywood treatment, we zero in on the Maestro's relationship with his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. We learn where Cooper stayed true to the contours of the musician's life -- and where he missed the mark. Stick around to see if "Bernstein's Wall" and "Maestro" got an "oy," "meh" or "not bad" in this week's The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. ToI founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode. As the US and Iran continue talks regarding a permanent deal, Horovitz says the regime feels it has established control over the Strait of Hormuz and views the US as vulnerable. Horovitz discusses the deal-making tendencies of Trump, a way of thinking that ultimately worked in favor of the Hamas hostage deal, but is harder to achieve with the dilemmas in Iran, with Hezbollah in Lebanon and with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Following Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's recent comment that former prime minister Naftali Bennett’s decision to include the Islamist Ra’am party in his 2021-2022 government was far worse than the governmental failures tied to Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught, Horovitz comments on the level of political hostility and the absence of empathy among Netanyahu's government for all the bereaved Israelis and hostage families. Finally, Horovitz reflects on the recent Golders Green stabbing attack, an iteration of the antisemitic attacks happening all over the Jewish diaspora, and how the British government has handled the situation. Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: US, Iran said closing in on framework for permanent deal, as Trump renews bomb threats Board of Peace won’t hold Israel to truce terms if Hamas doesn’t okay disarmament offer Smotrich: Including Arab party in government ‘a thousand times’ worse than Oct. 7 failures We’re not in the 1930s… yet Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by Yitzchak Ledee. IMAGE: ToI founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, before diving into our two films for this week, we revisit the 1960 film "Exodus" with a few reflections based on listeners' responses -- and Hoffman's musing while sweeping. We then hear about the movie maven's night out enjoying the Boss, Bruce Springsteen, and the E-Street Band's longtime Jewish musicians. The first film we chew over in this week's episode is a short, 13-minute indie production called "How to Make Challah" by Sarah Rosen. The intergenerational look at New York Jewry is framed within footage filmed by Rosen's aunt of her grandmother making challah in 1975. Now #1 on Netflix in Israel, Sadie Sandler's new "Roommates" left the team almost speechless, but they valiantly rallied at the sight of Jewish acting greats Natasha Lyonne, Nick Kroll and Carol Kane. Chloe East stars as Celeste, joined by Sadie Sandler as Devon. Does her apple fall far from the Adam Sandler tree? Stick around to see if "How to Make Challah" and "Roommates" got an "oy," "meh" or "not bad" in this week's The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew returns with his latest blueprint for a gothic mystery, and the coaching quickly zeroes in on what will make it work: a clear, compelling villain and twists that truly land. With help from thriller coach and Thrillerfest executive director Samantha Skal, the discussion unpacks the hidden layer of the story—what the villain is actually doing—and how that contrasts with the protagonist's assumptions.As they dig in, it becomes clear that strengthening the mystery means making the murders more personal, introducing a convincing false suspect, and mapping both the visible story and the truth underneath it. By the end, Andrew has a sharper path forward: deepen the villain's motive, raise the stakes earlier, and build each twist so it feels both surprising and inevitable.#AmWriting is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.About Book Coach Sam SkalA fan of the scary, mysterious, and suspenseful, Samantha Skal is the Executive Director of ThrillerFest, the co-founder of Shadows & Secrets writing retreats, and an Author Accelerator-certified book coach who specializes in coaching mystery, thriller, horror, and suspense authors. Sam writes stories that keep her up at night, is a breast cancer survivor, and lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Learn more at www.samanthaskal.com and www.shadowsandsecrets.com. Catch Up on Andrew's Hot Seat Coaching JourneyTranscriptHi, I'm Jennie Nash, and you're listening to the #amwriting podcast, the place where we help writers of all kinds play big in your writing life, love the process, and stick with it long enough to finish what matters most.This is a hot seat coaching episode where we work through a real challenge in real time.And today we're back talking with Andrew Perella, the hashtag am writing podcast producer who has stepped out from behind the mic to work on a novel. And where we left Andrew last time was you'd worked through the whole blueprint and you were tasked with completing. Inside outline. So before we get into our guest and, um, what we're gonna do today, how was that, what was it like for you?Um, I mean, it was, it was, uh, really hard. Uh, but it was, it was, uh, it was really gratifying and it was, it was a lot of fun to do as well. Um. Because I think, um, part of, part of the assignment, you, you, you left for me, [00:01:00] Jenny, was to also beef out certain elements of certain, certain, the presence of certain characters, um, and certain and certain elements of the book.And so I was trying to do that as well as. As, as crafting the outline. Um, and so yeah, it was, it was a long, it was a struggle. It was a struggle, especially to get it to three, to keep it to three, to get it down to three pages. I know, and I'm very strict about that for reasons you are. Um, and. Did you feel a sense of accomplishment when you did it though?Like, oh, this is a book and I'm writing it, or how did that land? Yeah, I mean, like at first I just started writing. I started writing the scene bullets and the, and the points, and just started like, okay, what are all the, what are all the elements that that. I have in my head that I need to get down onto paper and it was like 6, 7, 8 pages.And I was like, okay, now I gotta get this down to three pages. Um, and, and, and I was like, okay, I can combine these two scenes or maybe I don't need this. So I just ended up cutting a lot and cutting a lot [00:02:00] and getting it down. So like, yes, there was a sense of like. Completion. Um, that was certainly gratifying, uh, to get that.And, uh, I had a couple of late nights, um, getting that, getting that squared away, but yeah, it also feels, feels more real now. Um, and it's like, yeah, there's, there's, there's a, there's a there here, which I'm pretty excited about. I'm excited about too, and I'm also excited because we're doing something really cool today.Um, and we have with us Samantha Skull, who I will introduce in a hot second. But hi Samantha. Hi. Thanks so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here. Well, I'm excited too because, um. Sam, as I call her, um, I've known for quite some time. She's one of the OG author, accelerator certified coaches. And Sam, you actually don't know this, but I use you.Probably every day.Oh my God, I'm so flattered as an example of [00:03:00] what a great book coach should do, which is to focus and choose who you're gonna serve and how you're gonna serve them, and to really go deep into what you love and what you wanna do all day. Right? The read books all day and get paid for it thing like do what you love and you.Do that. You've done that just so powerfully and it's so visible on your website, which we'll link to in the show notes so folks can go see, but. Sam loves all the dark and suspenseful and scary mystery, twisty things, which always just cracked me up because I don't, and that's what's so beautiful about book coaching and writing for that matters.Everybody has their own thing and, and that's part of the work of writing Big is. What is your thing? You know? So the reason that I wanted Sam to come is she's built a whole business on this type of work and with, um, another author, [00:04:00] accelerator coach, she runs a really cool, uh, writing retreat that is, um, it's always in Salem.Right. It is in a haunted hotel, which, um, Carrie Savage, who is my co-founder in shadows and secrets, uh, loves being haunted. I do not choose to be haunted, so I choose the non haunted floor. So they have that retreat and they, um, have just started taking it virtual and just all kinds of tools and resources and things for people writing this kind of work.And in addition to that, I. I just am always impressed by your trajectory of having gone from. A volunteer at the Thriller Fest. Well, for a participant at the Thriller Fest conference to being a volunteer, to running the Pitch Fest piece of the thing. And now you're, well then you were co-director, now you're running the whole thing.You're, you're, yes, I am. You're running the entire [00:05:00] Thriller Fest conference, which is how many writers every year. Oh, we have around a thousand and I have a team behind me. Just to be clear. This would not happen without a village, but uh, yes, we have around a thousand thriller authors who come to New York and we, uh, we talk about the dark stuff all week.It's absolutely the, the best time. And it's in two weeks. I can't, I mean, when this comes out, it may have already passed, but yeah, can't wait. No, this is coming out right before, so if anybody wants a quick getaway to New York, they should go. But also just the programming, watch the programming coming out of it and we're so excited.Yeah, it's really good. So, um, I just, I love the career you've built for yourself. It's always just really inspiring to me. And, um, also a recent breast cancer survivor, so we're, uh, always wanna shout out to that. Yes. Get your scans. That's my PSA. Always love it. Same. Love it. Love it. So I wanted Sam to come look at Andrew's inside [00:06:00] outline because I knew that the thing he has to work on is this, what I call in my not totally expertise in this area.I call the twisties of it. That there's a, you know, it's a mystery. It's a murder, it's a gothic, it's horror. It's all the things. And it, those twists have to land. And this is so much Sam's expertise that the whole time I was talking to Andrew about it and guiding him and coaching him, I just kept thinking, we need Sam in here.So, so we got Sam in here. And so, um, Andrew completed his inside outline and Sam very graciously, um, agreed to look through it and to look through his whole blueprint. So before we get into what you saw and what you found, Sam. I just love to hear, I mean, this is so self-serving. I just like nothing more than reading a blueprint.I think it's so fun. Um, just to like, [00:07:00] kind of peel back the, the cover and see what's in there. Did, did you have fun with that? Oh my gosh. So much fun. Andrew. This story is, is so cool. And I love the historical elements and the rethinking of, you know, vampires are running around London and everyone's just like, that's fine.You know, and then how does, how does this all go down? And we have this very agency filled, moxie filled main character who's just a delight and yeah, I loved it. I have, I have so many fun questions to ask you. So Andrew, how does that feel? I mean, it feels great and I, I was reading through, uh, through both of your notes, um, in the, in the, in the outline and like you're asking all of these questions.Um. Some of them that I have not thought of before and like, so I'm, so I'm really excited to kind of dig into these and talk through them. But I'm, I'm, it's really gratifying to hear that this, that this idea is, is, is, is an interesting one. Yeah. I loved it. I a hundred [00:08:00] percent read this book. I'd, I'd see it and be like, yes, I want, I want to be in that world.Cool. Well that's why you're here. Because I would be like, no, too scary. Too scary for me. So, um, I'm gonna let. Sam sort of take it away and, uh, we could talk for days, I'm sure about this, but one of the, the things I love about book coaches who are well trained is they'll hone in on the most important, the most important things.So. What do you think, Sam? What's the most important thing Andrew should be thinking about in his next iteration of this outline? Yeah, so my favorite thing to talk about outta the gate with Mr. Thriller and suspense and gothic horror, depending on how dark you wanna make this, um, is who is the person who's really behind all these murders and why are they committing them?Right? I like to think of MTS mystery full or suspense as the villain's journey as experienced by the [00:09:00] protagonist. Mm-hmm. Right. So we, we must know what's going on beneath the surface in order for those twists to land, because twists are just assumptions about what's going on that the protagonist makes.And when the truth, you know, what's really going on with the villain is revealed, it's twisty because it's unexpected. Mm-hmm. So if we don't, therefore if we don't know who's. Who's behind, who's doing all these villainous things. Um, we struggle to make those twists land and we struggle to get a blueprint that we can actually follow.So tell me your thoughts on who this mastermind murderer is and why they're doing what they're doing. Um, so. So Jack Seward is the, is the, is the Mastermind behind this. And I've been, I've been thinking a lot about it this week since I, since I finished the, since I finished the outline. And a lot of other things have occurred to me about who this gentleman is and how he's doing what he's doing.But I think the why is, um, he is committed to the status quo. He is committed [00:10:00] to, uh, uh, uh, uh, a, you know, uh. He is committed to the manosphere. He is committed to the patriarchy. He has committed to, um, the previous way of doing things. Um. In, in, in society, in politics, in medicine. And so like he's seeing this sea change, um, in all of those areas.Um, with the advent of this, of this, um, medical school for women, uh, with the, with this vote, um, vote, uh, that is happening. Um, and he disapproves and so his goal is to disrupt all of those, um. Disruptions di uh, by pitting them against each other. Got it. So if he can, if he can. Create this illusion that vampires are preying on Suffr jets.They will be too busy fighting each other to try and find any sort of, uh, agency for [00:11:00] themselves. Aha. Very, very well thought out. I love that. As a, as a mastermind villain goal. So here's the other thing, is that mm-hmm. In the genre expectation for any sort of modern mystery, full or suspense, is that we have three twists.We have one at the mid and we can have more. Right. But we have one at the midpoint, which is just the midpoint turn. Like it's, it's a classic story thing, which you already have. You have a great midpoint currently. Mm-hmm. Um, and the climactic twist is the reveal of, uh, as, as Carrie, my co-founder and shadows and secrets likes to say, um, the climactic.Confrontation answers the story question, which is presented in the inciting incident and typically in mysteries, the inciting incident is who's doing the killing? Right? Like, who's behind this dead body that we have early on? And we'll talk about that in just a second. Um, so the climactic answers that question, and then we have a final twist, which is typically the reveal of this gentleman who wants to keep things as is.And he [00:12:00] meanwhile. During the course of the story is going to be taking action to stop, uh, our plucky protagonist from stopping him, right? Mm-hmm. So he's a full antagonist to our protagonist. And in that way we need a fake villain, right? We need someone that he can have set up so that she thinks this is the person behind everything in the climactic scene.And then she gets to the end and is like, oh my gosh, I've. You know, I've conquered, I've brought chaos to order, I've solved this thing, and now, oh my God, now there's somebody else who's actually behind everything. And actually we're still in grave danger and we didn't even know to be worried about this.And that's how you get that like, you know, 85 to 98% just ripping through the pages readers, you know, being so hooked to figure out what happened. Right. Um, so. Tell me a little bit more about who Seward could have set up or manipulated or something [00:13:00] else to commit these murders so that he gets done what he wants to get done, but he also protects himself.And if you don't know the answer, that's okay. We can brainstorm. But if you do, then that's great. So this is, this is kind of part of the, the, the thought, the idea that I've had since I, since I finished the, the, the, uh, the outline is. Because the, the syringe idea mm-hmm. The double-headed syringe idea always felt a little tenuous.Uh, like I, I wasn't quite sure that that was gonna hold, but, so my new thought about this is, is. Because he is, uh, he is the, uh, director of a mental institution. Um, and so, and so, like, that's a whole other politic where he has people who are, uh, who are in his thra essentially. And so is there a way that he can coerce, um, a vampire who needs him to commit these murders on his behalf, thereby kind of insulating himself from the actions.Perfect. And [00:14:00] so I think that could, so the climactic twist would then be. It's a vampire I disco discovering that the, the, this is the vampires committing the murders. But then the, the, the final twist is, oh s**t, he's been doing this at the behest of, of Seward, who's her, you know, kind of Yes, yes. As it were in quotation.Okay. Yes. That sounds amazing. And it also, you know, when we step into this story, um, in your initial scene, we have. Vampires feeding on people and Abby's just like, uh, okay, that's, that's normal. Right? And so is that, did I read that right? Is that the world that we're in? Is that We have vampires existing and Van Helsing, you know, was the one who kept them in check.And we have all that like lore that we're dealing with that the reader brings in. So tell me more about the world I'm walking into here. So, yeah, I think I'm still developing this world. So we're 20 years. Around 20 years after the events of Dracula. Okay. The, the, the novel. And so, and I think, I think people are now aware that [00:15:00] vampires exist.And I think, you know, at this, at the same time, they're being used as like this bogey man or, or, or straw man of like, everything that is wrong with, with British society. Um, but they're also. Not the monsters, right? They're, they're just another, another, um, community that is trying to, uh, eke out, eke out some sort of existence.Um, I love that so much. It's just such a fun, sort of new twist on. Know a story that's so well known and has been in our collective conscience for a hundred years. You know, I don't know when, when Dracula came out. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a long time, right? A little over a hundred years. Yeah. It's been a minute.It's been a minute. Um, and so I, so it's still very much a period of transition as, as you know, London and the world are still trying to figure out what that means, that these things actually exist and live among us. Um, and, uh, and so. There were [00:16:00] some things that didn't make it into the outline like I had.There was this one scene where they're walking down the street and there's someone on the soapbox at speaker's Corner at Hyde Park who's railing against, who's railing against, uh, um, vampires as like a sturge on society and things of that nature. And, and there'll be things in the newspaper. I think that kind of addressed this new, this new politic, um, that, that the characters interact with.And so I'm still feeling out what exactly it means. That vampires exist and are part of the public consciousness. Yeah. So one sort of logical question that comes up for me there is, you know, if we're in society and there's just like monsters living among us who occasionally pick people off on the street, that would create a level of, um, extreme tension.Okay. Right. One might say, right, like, yeah, if I'm wandering down the street and I see a vampire eating somebody that's not just like a, you know, we would be taking steps to protect ourselves because humans are always going to protect themselves, and so yes. You [00:17:00] know what, if you change it where the vampires are only allowed to feed on like livestock or something.Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. You know, something that's like the, nobody's happy, right? Yeah. Like, like most, uh, um, situations where we, we agree on something and we're, we're all giving something up. Yeah. But that allows them to exist in society and live among us. Right? Like the, the veil has been lifted. Vampires are here.But they've agreed to only eat livestock, and then the fact that they're murdering people by eating them then becomes. A huge deal. Right? Because this Deante that we've had with them is now broken. Mm-hmm. Um, something like that, because I think if we, if we have it just being casual that they're, they're eating people in alleys or whatever, it reduces, I mean, that's a fun story, don't get me wrong.Yeah, yeah. But that reduces the impact of the murders that we are seeking to solve with this and Right. You know, you said this was, this was a mystery. And so currently [00:18:00] we don't have a ton of mystery on the page like we have. The midpoint is where, um, she discovers that things might not be what they seem, which I love.But in order for that to have impact, we need something earlier. And that could be, you know, these murders have been happening for a few days. That could be the last year. It could be she sees the first murder. Um. Something along those lines, but we need something early. So we, we understand the tension and we understand the mystery story question because you have a ton of other story questions in here, but if this is mystery first, the mystery story question needs to be who committed, who is committing these murders and why?Yep. Yeah. Does that kind of, that makes sense? Land? Yes. No, absolutely. Absolutely. Okay. Now as a, as as I was, I was rereading the outline, the other, the other, the, the other night. And I was like, I feel, I feel like there needs to be another murder scene. Yeah. Earlier we gotta up the body count in the, the book.Yeah. You know, it's a, it's a, it's a conversation I have every day. [00:19:00] Yeah. Not, not enough dead bodies. Not enough dead. Not enough dead bodies. Yeah. So, you know, and so if she is, if she's really worried about, you know, that's their question is why, why is she so involved in solving these murders? How do we make it personal to her?Mm-hmm. And so could this be a friend? Could this be. You know, um, a sister, could this be an aunt, like some something that's related to her so that this person is taken out. And then that becomes Seward has targeted her because she's the, she's, you know, van sing's niece, right? Yep. Yeah. So she's a public figure that if he takes out by having a vampire.Quote, you know, kill her. Then he will have achieved his goal of disrupting this whole thing and be like, look how dangerous it's for women to be out in the world and you know. Mm-hmm. We should put a stop to this. Like that achieves his goal, but she won't know. Right. Obviously that [00:20:00] that's his goal. Right.But he also needs to create the unrest, so it's not just, you know, she's the one who's murdered. That's going to be the climactic plan and he will have killed other people in the meantime. Right. Okay. Something like that. Like we need to make, yeah. Whatever it is that needs to be personal to her. And if she paint, if she paints a target on her back later on by being a ksky, amateur sleuth, which is classic.Um. That works well as well. But I like, you know, one of the questions I love to ask is, what was your villain doing on the day that their prote, the pro protagonist, decided to ruin their life by deciding to go after and stop them from villain. And so maybe she had nothing to do with any of this and she's researching and becomes a problem.That's the other way you could play it. Mm-hmm. Um. But, you know, if he has this grand plan and he's like, Ooh, Abby would make a great sort of like, figurehead to the end of all these murders, and that's the one that I'm gonna point at it and be like, [00:21:00] look, we can't, you know, I, we can't have these women out here.Right? Something like that could work well. Um, what do you think? What, what's, what's your brain do when I say all those things? Um, it's interesting. I hadn't considered, I hadn't considered that her uncle would be targeting her. One of the things I've been grappling with was like. One of the reasons he targets people around her is to scare her away from med school to scare her away from the cause, okay.Um, and kind of pin her in further to the existing, to the existing, um, um, status quo. Um, and so I hadn't considered him using her. Sacrificing her for his, uh, for his ultimate goals. Yeah. Um, and that's an in, that's an interesting idea. And, and if she were to discover that would certainly up to stakes, um, that would certainly up to stakes for her.It would. And so if you want him to be a little more [00:22:00] empathetic Right. We don't need to go like full dark if you don't want to. Right. Um, he could be trying to protect her. By killing other people, which is misguided. Yeah. But, uh, fun. Right? And then that would make sense. So when she figures out it's actually him, he could be like, I was doing all of this to protect you because I love you.You're in my family. Right? Yeah. That also works. But we need to have whatever his, his plan is for causing, you know, using these murders to achieve his goal. If she's, she needs to be the target of it so that it's very personal to her as she moves through this story. Um, and upping the stakes is always great.It amps the tension, right? Yeah. And again, she's not gonna know any of this until she gets to that final twist. And so one of like the most fine chilling, you know, tingly things that you can do with mysteries is that reveal at the very end. We as through the protagonist, understand how much danger we were in [00:23:00] this entire story, and we had no idea.Right? And that moment is the one that we're seeking with readers and for ourselves, right? It's like, how do we have that moment that reveal have the biggest impact possible? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Something like that. Yeah. I, I see Andrew just grinning, like, what are you, whatcha feeling? He's just like, got his giant grin on his face.I mean, like, and like I said, I've been trying to figure out how, because it, because as I was reading, as I was reading through the outline, it did feel like, like abriana was just kind of like adjacent to mm-hmm. All of the murders. Um, and, and Jenny, you and I had talked about whether there was an active investigation and, and, and Sam, I think you kind of alluded to that in, in the notes, is there, is there an active investigation and like, is she, is, is Abriana being.Is, uh, uh, coroner does a suspect by the, by the investigators. Um, is that, why, is that why she is doing her own investigation? Um, [00:24:00] which is another, which is another way to to, to up the stakes. Mm-hmm. Also, um, I, yeah, I'm, I'm, that's an interest, that's an interesting way though to, that's an interesting take on Seward, who's, um, an avuncular figure.He's not, like, he's not a blood relation. To Abriana, but like he is, he is determined in his goal and like, you know, he would, he probably would stop at nothing to get that done, even if it meant, even if it meant, uh, the daughter of a friend of his got killed. Yeah, I mean, just thinking through, and this is your homework, really, is to think through how dark do you want to make him, right?Because you can have a villain who starts off with. A, uh, a goal and decides to achieve it through very ill-advised means, but still wants to protect the people around them, right? Like they can be both. We don't have to have it be a hundred percent. [00:25:00] This person is so evil and willing to burn it all down, right?And so, but that can also be a series of bad decisions. It's like bad decision one leads to, oh my God, like people are finding out that these aren't really vampires. Now I have to really like double down to make it really seem like vampires, so I don't get caught. Because guess what, if I get caught, my life is ruined.Right? And you know, as Abby gets closer, he realizes. I have to kill her. Right? Yeah. She's, she's gonna ruin everything. Yeah. And that sort of angst and that, you know, that would be very painful for him. That could be the thing that when she confronts him at the end, and there will be a de Ma, right? We're gonna have something where he's like, I did all these things for this reason.And it doesn't have to be Yeah. Pages, but we do have a, that's a classic mystery thing. Mm-hmm. She'll understand if you like this, that you know, he was trying to protect her and then. He'll be like, you did this to yourself. You know, like, right. Yeah. You're the one who got in the way. Um, something like [00:26:00] that.And he's like, mm-hmm. My only choice now is to kill you. And then of course she will not allow that because she's our lucky protagonist and will survive because chaos will be brought to order. That's the other big thing is we wanna wrap this up unless you're going who, in which case. It gets worse at the very end.Um, is, is that, is that, is that allowed? Yeah, we, yeah. Well, to keep chaos on the chaos, absolutely. We just need it genre bending is. So hot right now, right? Um, and it's really fun, right? So you can have both, you can have the main mystery wrapped up, like she can, Abby can figure out, okay, this wasn't actually vampires and someone is posing as a vampire.And so that actually changes your midpoint, by the way. We'll talk about that in a second. But if that's the arc, right? She thinks it's vampires. She is, when she does the climactic confrontation, she's like, it's vampires like someone, you know, what are they doing? Why are they doing this? And then realizes [00:27:00] in that, that it wasn't vampires and it's actually someone else.Um, the chaos will be brought to order in that way, right? Like we have, we have a right, we have figured out that someone was posing as a vampire. But what if you have a final, final twist where you know, there actually are vampires. Killing people as well. Like seaward only admits to three of these murders and then there's someone else doing, you know, and it's just like we end it with like, oh no.You know? Right. Yeah. Or by, maybe there's something mystical with like by imitating a vampire or that, you know, the vampires have been gathering their energy for the last 20 years by feeding on goats and you know, they're ready to, we need a new van Helsing to, to keep them under control or something. And Abby takes up that mantle and, you know.You can, you can totally play it where there's an unanswered. Okay. Oh no, it's worse at the end, but we do need some sort of wrap up of the story. Gotcha. But there does seem to be some cover resolution. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I see what you're saying. That makes sense. Yeah, that makes sense. So it strikes [00:28:00] me, I'm not sure that you picked this up, Sam, and you might not have, but that there's a.Uh, um, Mina the Vampire. Mina, yeah, yeah, yeah. Is is her mother. Right. I did pick up on that, and that's a question I have. Okay. Yeah. Great. Because it seems like what you're all talking about that could play a really important role in any of these twists and arcs. Right. I. Yes. Yes. Plus one. Yeah. Everything you just said.Um, yeah. So Mina being her mother, fantastic. One of your final twists, right? And particularly if you have Seward being like the final confrontation, final twist person, and then, you know, you have this lovely final scene where she's like, oh my God, it's my mother. Um, yeah. But the logical question there is why would Mina Hyde, what's she after?Why would she not have tried to help Abby? Right? Because you're dealing with reader expectations that mothers will do anything to protect their children. Right? And so you can, we can twist that. Maybe she is trying to protect her from what's coming, right? [00:29:00] Like what's actually going on. Maybe she's the one who's been protecting her the whole time by warding off the vampires that have been attacking her, her friends at medical school.Um. And that's why there's so many mistaken identity things, right? Because you have two where, where Abby's like, whoops. I think that was supposed to be for me. Yeah. Um, and so the reader's gonna wonder why are they so bad at killing her, right? Like, if these were assassin attempts, like why wouldn't what, what's going on?And so that answers that question. If it's Mina stepping in, but you know, we need to understand what Mina's really after and why she didn't step forward sooner. That's a huge question that, you know, yeah. Everyone will have. Yeah, it is a huge question. Like, like where has she been for the last 18 years?Mm-hmm. Why has Aubrianna not seen her since, since, since her birth? Um, and I haven't quite nailed that down yet. Like, is there some sort of like vampire code? I don't like, I don't know. Is it, is it that she's, is that she, that Mina. Knows [00:30:00] Jonathan, her husband too well, and knows that, that he would not allow a vampire, uh, to interact with his children.Like. And so I think there, I think there are a couple of answers to that, but I haven't like, landed on one yet. Um, but I, like, I, I like the idea of Mina working kind of behind the scenes to protect, to actively protect, um. Abriana, which is what that, that opening that, that, that scene in the alley earlier on is about, is like she comes to her aid at that point.Um, and, uh, and, and and physically puts herself between, between Abri and Abriana and the violence, which Abriana misunderstands, uh, and runs away terrified. But I think, I, I think there are ways to incorporate that, as you say. Elsewhere in the, elsewhere in the story. Yeah. Well, I mean she, to make to a fantastic twist would be, she assumes Mina is the one after her, right?Right. Yeah. Like she recalls in this opening scene that Mina was coming at her and is like, Ooh, that's the vampire that wants to kill me. Yeah, yeah. And [00:31:00] you know, sees her around. And so that's her assumption. And this is how you create twists, right? Her assumption is that Nina is the person behind all of this, and why, but.You run the risk of when she starts investigating Mina and figuring out who she is? It would be, we'd figure out we need some very good reason that she couldn't figure out that was that Mina was her mother, right? Yeah. Yes. So in that case, I would suggest having some other vampire be the one that she thinks is behind everything.Um, which leads me to the midpoint. So currently this is where she discovers that these bite marks are not bite marks at all. They are. Other Marks syringes. Right, right. Like the, yeah. Yeah. Um, so if that's the midpoint, which I like, again, that means that she's going to assume that there is a human or a vampire who's lost her teeth.I don't know, um, behind all of this. And the climactic confrontation will be with that, [00:32:00] with that knowledge that this is not a vampire doing these villainous things. Um. So how does that feel? Like do if, do we, is there someone in the cast that we can sort of have her assume is that person that's not Seward.Not, not someone that I've identified yet. Um, okay. But I, I, I, I agree with you. We need, we need someone that she, that she's pursuing and, uh, in, at, in, in that sense. Um, and, and she believed, I, I, I see, I see. Now I see what you're saying. That the, the importance of her making that, that, that incorrect assumption that this is the person who's, who's doing, who's doing the, the killings.And I don't know who that is yet. I don't know if there's someone actively in the, in the cha in the cast that we have, or if I need, if I need a new character. Okay. I mean, you can also play with, you know, so this is the thing about mysteries, it gets very quickly complicated, is on the surface we have all the assumptions which are incorrect.[00:33:00] Right? Right. And so we have to build up that, those plots and make it plausible. Yeah. Because we need, you know, the example I like to give is like, let's say you, you come home and you're expecting that no one else is there and there's an open window and there is a earring back on the counter and a bloody footprint on your.You know, nice white carpet and you know, um, a knocked over plant and then you recall, oh yes, you know the nab I've been babysitting the neighbor's cat, they knocked over the plant. So that's solved. But this bloody footprint is really freaking me out because clearly somebody came in here and made a bloody footprint and that's terrifying.You're focusing on the bloody footprint because that's the most obvious thing, but the earring back is the thing that is the villain clue. Right, and that, that's the person that came in and misled you by putting the bloody footprint on the carpet for reasons, capital R, whatever it is in this story, right?But we have clocked on screen, on the page what the clue is and ignored it. And so yeah, [00:34:00] this is how you can go back in on a revision and you know, you maybe we don't know who this other person is that's actually doing this, but they will have a vested interest in not being caught. Right? Mm-hmm. And so these little clues that we put on the page later are ignored, and then we're following the story that we've already created.Mm-hmm. Um, but keeping track of all these layers feels complicated, which is why Jenny's outline with three pages is so, so useful. Um, right. Because what the, what's on the page is the, is the story that you already, that we're focusing on, right? Mm-hmm. And then what really happened? Mm-hmm. Is the thing beneath the surface that we don't learn until the truth is revealed in one of these twists.Does that make sense? Yeah, yeah. No, that absolutely makes sense. That Absolutely. That also feels like a lot to think about. It is. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I don't have, I don't have enough red earrings. I don't have enough mis, I don't have enough misdirecting. Misdirecting clues, as it were. Right. Well, those are fun to brainstorm, right?Because we start thinking [00:35:00] about who really, it comes back to Seward. Like what would he be doing to misdirect Abby away from this? Right. To keep her safe, if you like that as a goal. Yeah. And also to make the, make society freak out about how vampires are killing again. Mm-hmm. Um, what would he plant, who would he manipulate?Who would he pay off? You know? Mm-hmm. Maybe there's a vampire who knows about all of this, and. Is trying to kill the person that Seward is hired to do the syringes because Seward's not going around and doing this. Abby would've seen him or you know mm-hmm. Recognized him or something. So he will have paid someone to, or it has someone in his organization who also believes in the cause.Yeah. And is doing this, and maybe that person's a vampire. I don't know. I do love the double syringe. I mean, I hope that stays. Yeah. Yeah. It's good. It's good. Is it? Yeah. I heard you say, I heard you kind of dismiss it, Andrew, but it, to me, that would be a perfect misdirection if [00:36:00] somebody finds that and now there's this whole thread of assumptions about what that means and Yeah, but that it's not really what it is or it's not being used the way we think, or so.Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. Sam, you mentioned something because I was, I was getting close to like throwing that overboard. No, it's good. No. Okay. Okay. I think it is good. So, so, so, so, but that could still be, that could still be used as a, that could still, I could still use it as a red herring potentially, uh, because it could still be a vampire at Seward's behest committing the murders.But maybe they're doing it with the syringe or maybe they're, and or maybe they're doing it a little bit with their own or Right. Or not. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, to Jenny's point, this could be a total, maybe. Maybe it's not used for what we think. Maybe the double syringe is something completely unrelated and it's like the best way to draw out the.I don't know. I mean, depending on, maybe he is drugging the people in the [00:37:00] asylum, like giving them more drugs than they're supposed to have. Right, right. And, and he devised, I mean, you know, devised a double syringe to deliver it and doesn't want anybody to know that that's what he is doing, you know? Yeah, yeah.Okay. Yeah, yeah. But if you wanna play with the idea that there's also a vampire involved who believes in Seward's? Cause then that, you know. That's very interesting because it's like, well, why? What do they want? You know? Yeah, yeah. Or even just someone who is, is being coerced by him, who does, doesn't necessarily Yes.Believe in the cause, but is perhaps is, has perhaps been assigned to his asylum. Mm-hmm. And he's taking advantage of, I love. Which I think, I think really makes sewer to a, a pretty despicable individual on a number of levels, which I, which I can like, well, I mean, he's already killing people, so, right. You know, slippery slope.But that's what, you know, it's, that's the, [00:38:00] that's the thing is that his, his goals. We need to make logical sense when we get to the end and Right. You know, Abby figures out what's going on, but he, he can also be empathetic. Right? Yeah. Like, why is he so scared of women? Yeah. Being in society, what is, what is that deep fear about?And that's definitely something to explore as well. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah, so we could, like I said, talk for days, for days about these things, but, um, it feels like this is a good place to leave Andrew with a whole bunch of work to do. And I'm just laughing because, um, this is such a perfect example of.Why we do a blueprint, right? There's so much to work out. There's so much to think about. There's so many layers and levels to every story. And, uh, you know, we, we heard you today, Andrew, sort of going, well, I don't know. I haven't thought about it. I don't know. I, I'll have to see, you know, that's, that's the work and being in that.[00:39:00] Discomfort and that not knowing mm-hmm. And the, all the possibilities and making your choices. That's, that's a work, right Sam? Like that's, it is, it's so fun. But yeah, it's mysteries are puzzles, right? Yeah. And we wanna guide the reader through the puzzle in a way that gives them maximum impact and maximum joy.For every reveal that we decide to put out there, right? We, we, we don't want to casually have a reveal. Everything is on purpose. Um, and so I was gonna say on, on the inside outline that you have, um, a parallel one, or, you know, if you make it even tighter just to flow the flow of events, you can have a, what really happened?Um, line which tracks what the villain is actually doing. And I do find that that can be really helpful because it does get overwhelming with figuring out, okay, we have assumptions. Yeah. And those assumptions are, you know, lead to action and this is how we get a repulsive plot. But those assumptions are.Not going to be the [00:40:00] actual thing that is the truth. And so we need to track what the truth is and what our villain is doing to stop our protagonist from stopping them because Yeah, forces of opposition, you know, so just for our listeners to clarify that makes sense. What Sam's talking about is a parallel inside outline is, is to literally do.An a three page outline for the, the villain? Yes, yes. Or to put a bullet point or a, a subpoint on the protagonists inside. Outline that. Tracks that, um, sometimes people color code that. Mm-hmm. Yeah. You know, but the, that's why we keep this so tight because if you start making it nine pages or 15 pages and then you layer these things, all of a sudden you have a 30 page outline, and now you've just got one of those giant story grid things that I find to be impossible to, to manipulate.Like we still want this to be manipulatable, right. So that you [00:41:00] can. Hold it in your hands and see it and, and then get to a place where you say, I can write that story. I love this story. I can write this story. That's, so that's what we're going for. So, yeah. Um, Sam, could you maybe just summarize, um, Andrew will take some time to work on this next iteration to show me.Can you give him direction on key thing to think about and me direction on the key thing to look for? Yeah, of course. So the biggest thing is figure out what Seward's really, why he's really doing what he's doing and how it relates directly to Abby. Right. What is, what action can he take that is about her, and that's either protecting her or, you know.Um, killing someone close to her to scare her away, but then why, right? Mm-hmm. So figure out the, figure out what he's really doing, and then look and see what actions, what other actions would he take about who this other person [00:42:00] is that he's framing or manipulating, or blackmailing or whatever. And if that's a vampire, then.You know, why does that work when we, when it's revealed? Like, what else could be going on? That makes sense. Perhaps the vampires don't want women and suffragettes to have this power because it threatens the power that they have in society currently, or something like that, or mm-hmm. Whatever it is. But figure out what, what's really going on.That's your homework, that's your big homework. Mm-hmm. And then, you know, for the next iteration. More murder on the page, right? We need the attention to rise and we need to understand why Abby, as she takes her steps based on assumptions, what are those assumptions? Why is she so personally invested in this?Why doesn't she just give up, right? Because that's the big logical question that I always ask is for both the antagonist and your protagonist, why don't they just walk away? Why do they keep doing this when it gets hard, right? Because when someone's actively trying to [00:43:00] stop you as the protagonist is. For the antagonist, why would the antagonist not just be like, okay, this is too tough, right?Like, I'm, I'm out, uh, this is, my goal isn't going to be achieved. So why do they both keep going? And the answer is usually we're in too deep, right? We can't, the only way out is through, um, which is what the midpoint establishes. Usually. It's like, well, shoot, you know, I can't leave this story. I have to keep going.Right? So the three twists, right? We want the assumptions to be present on the inside outline. So we have a midpoint twist. We have an inciting incident that presents the mystery story question, murder usually. Mm-hmm. And then climactic twist, who is this fake villain? And then final villain, Seward. And then final, final twist.Mina is actually involved, right? And has been protecting her the whole time or whatever, right? Yeah. Okay. So on the page, assumptions is second part of that homework, but you have to figure out what really happened in order to have the assumptions, which are Yeah, not [00:44:00] right. Yeah. So drawing, drawing out those two timelines of the, what, what actually happened, timeline, and then the assumptions, timeline and how they, well, the assumptions are gonna be on the page, right?Those will be on your protagonist inside outline, right? Because it, it informs her actions. And so everything you have about her fighting to go to med school and like all these things, all that works. All we're doing is just tweaking it a little bit so that the mystery is more. Front and center, and she's taking action based on, okay, I have this clue, what do I do?Now I have this clue. What do I do now? What stands in the way of each time I do this? Oops, I'm wrong about that. So what now? You know? Okay. And in the meantime it's clear that her personal stakes are rising and she is becoming a target. There's more attempts on her life and, and you know, then what? Right.Once you have a target on your back, you can't run. Yeah. Yeah. So. Yeah. Make it scarier. That's your homework. Yeah, I do. I do. I have to put her in [00:45:00] peril. I have to put her in peril. Right? You do. Yeah. Yeah. And the final thing I'll mention about this is when you actually get to writing the way that you, even if it's, even if the actions are a little less intense, right?We don't actually have an assassin coming at her every page because we'd get bored with that. So through interiority, through inner thought, she's going to think about what she's scared of throughout the entire book. Mm-hmm. It's not just gonna be, oh, I assume this thing. It's like I assume this thing. And also I'm terrified because you know what, if this is about that, and that's how you create those red herrings too, is because she's going to make assumptions about what's happening, and those assumptions will be based in fear.Right. Love it. Right. That makes sense. Love it. That makes sense. Thank you. My God. You're so welcome. Love this story. Can't wait to read it. Are you still with us, Andrew? You're not. You're not walking away. Right. You're not like, I'm in too deep now. No. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Just past the midpoint. Yeah, I was gonna say good.Good. No, that's why, that's why I'm, that's why I'm grinning so [00:46:00] much. It's like, it's like, ‘cause we're talking about this as if it's an actual, real thing. It's not just, it's not just an idea that I've, I've, I've had and been, I've been telling my wife about this is an actual, this is an actual thing I'm talking with people about.Um, and so this is, this is real. This is. It is real. It's exciting. Um, we will, uh, see how this unfolds for Andrew and Sam, I just wanna thank you so much for joining us and talking about all this. Um, and I'm gonna tell our listeners that if you want this kind of twisty help, um, that's Samantha's website, which is samantha skull.com and that's SKAL.She has a really cool, um, very inexpensive twist. Course, which you can, um, take. It's just awesome. And it's, um, she got some blueprint stuff on there, all kinds of things. And you can learn also about the retreat that she runs with carrieSavage@shadowsandsecrets.com. And you can go to Thriller [00:47:00] Fest and see all of the big work she's doing for this community of writers out in the world.So Sam, thank you for coming on. Oh, thank you so much for having me. And I just wanna say, Jenny, the reason that I focused, I mean, yes, I love this stuff and I have, I've loved it my whole life, but I listened to you. This was your. To focus in on what I love and I did. And it's just the best I get to wake up every day and talk about murder, which sounds like a terrible hobby, but I love it.So here we are. I know. That's why I talk about you all the time. Maybe that's it. ‘cause you listen toI, I, uh, I push people a lot harder now, let's put it that way. Um. Amazing. That's, that is my craft. But thank you Andrew, again, for being so willing to be doing this in public. It's not easy for those listening just to be on the hot seat like this for so long, so often really hard. So, um, you, [00:48:00] huge, huge shout out to Andrew and shout.Um, just for our listeners, thanks for tuning in and let's get back to work. This is a public episode. 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Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. This week, before diving into the nuts and bolts of the iconic epic Hollywood adventure, we learn how the 1960 film "Exodus" is part of Hoffman's genesis story. Hoffman lays out the film's plot, which is based on a 1958 Leon Uris novel. We learn about director Otto Preminger, who was a very big deal in Tinsel Town during his era, which is how he managed to capture an all-star cast including a dashing Paul Newman, high-heeled Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo's fury and the "good Arab" John Derek, whom we recently saw in "The Ten Commandments." We give a big shoutout to Ernest Gold's soundtrack -- as well as the many covers of it. We then hear a sharp criticism from Borschel-Dan on the poor historical accuracy of the film: The real boat, the Exodus 1947, never weighed anchor in Cyprus, where the first third of the film takes place. Hoffman notes that the film raises abiding issues, including ideology pitting brother against brother and the everlasting hope of coexistence in the land. Stick around to see if "Exodus" got an "oy," "meh" or "not bad" in this week's The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use. We start the program with a "Jangle" -- a Jewish angle -- on this week's entertainment news. Hoffman brings a tale of our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, who defends three Israelis in Times Square who are being attacked by a would-be social media influencer. Hear what transpires. Our main feature this week is Israeli director Nadav Lapid newest film, "Yes!" The film has raised eyebrows -- and not a little amount of ire -- in Israel for its messaging, with the Minister of Culture Miki Zohar weighing in. Now screening in the United States, the film premiered in 2025 at the Cannes Film Festival. The film focuses on an artistic couple that is willing to do almost anything to succeed in their art, including sex work and writing a horrific anthem calling for the complete destruction of Gaza. Stick around to see if "Yes!" got an "oy," "meh" or "not bad" in this week's The Reel Schmooze. The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.