All Episodes

Ep. 147: Respecting Rodney Dangerfield – with biographer Michael Seth Starr

Ep. 146: Queen of Cosmos Comix – with artist Barbara “Willy” Mendes

Ep. 145: Jewish Toy Entrepreneurs – with author Michael Kimmel

Ep. 144: Growing Weed in the Garden – with author Johanna Silver

Ep. 143: Climate Change Comics – with cartoonist Peter Kuper

Ep. 142: Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom – with biographer Michael Seth Starr

Sid Caesar Passover Special – with actress Rena Strober

Ep. 141: Jews, Music, and the American South – with Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma

Ep. 140: Carl Laemmle vs. the Nazis – with documentarian Deborah F. Blum

Oscars Special: Supremely Jewish Marty Supreme – with pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein

Ep. 139: Going Mad for MAD Magazine – with documentarian Alan Bernstein

Ep. 138: Hyping the Legends: Pekar, Spiegelman, and more – with PR specialist Jeff Newelt

Ep. 137: The Genius Bat – with neurobiologist Yossi Yovel

Ep. 136: Curious Rituals and Superstitions – with author Arie Kaplan

Ep. 135: Ancient Gods in the Digital Age – with novelist Andrew Rubin

Ep: 134: Jewish Electoral Pioneers – with author Mark Rutzick

Ep. 133: JewGirl: A Memoir on Being and Belonging – with author Marcie Maxfield

Ep. 132: Sid Caesar: Comedian of Comedians – with author David Margolick

Ep. 131: Lost Yiddish New York City – with author Henry Sapoznik

Ep. 130: Garment Workers Illustrated – with artist Frances Jetter

Ep. 129: Meshugganahs, Misanthropes, and EC Comics – with author Bob Levin

Rob Reiner: A Retrospective - with pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein

Ep. 128: Writing for Middle Grades – with novelist Diana Harmon Asher

Ep. 127: Sam Singer: The Ed Wood of Cartoons - with Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Ep. 126: Alzheimer’s Comics Memoir – with Eric Glickman and Stephen Hersh

Thanksgivukkah Retrospective Special – with co-creator Deborah Gitell

Ep: 125: Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday, & the 1951 Oscar Race – w/ screenwriter Seth Michael Donsky

Ep. 124: Autofiction, Microfiction, and Appeals to Dame Fortune – with novelist Gary Lippman

Ep. 123: Portraits of the American Grotesque – with political cartoonist Eli Valley

It’s Alive! Halloween Special – with novelist Julian David Stone

Ep. 122: Illustrating They Might Be Giants – with artist Kelilah Miller

Ep. 121: Movie Memories – with film historian Steve Vertlieb

Ep. 120: Will Eisner: A Comics Biography – with Stephen Weiner and Dan Mazur

Ep. 119: The Bible is a Joke* – with podcaster Gil Kidron

Ep. 118: Building a Cartoon Empire – with animation producer Michael Hirsh

Ep. 117: Marx Brothers Forever! – with writer and performer Noah Diamond

Ep. 116: 30 Years of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist – with pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein

Ep. 115: Outlaw Rock & Roll Photography – with photographer Julian David Stone

Ep. 114: Desegregating Glen Echo: A Black-Jewish Alliance – with documentarian Ilana Trachtman

Ep.113: Maria Lani: The Woman with Fifty Faces – with Jonathan Lackman and Zachary J. Pinson

Ep 112: Dr. Wertham’s Crusade Against Comics – with author Harold Schechter

Ep. 111: Are the Ferengi Space Jews? – with author Miriam Eve Mora

Ep. 110: Talkin' Jewish – with podcaster Jonathan Rosen

Movie Review: Superman or Super-BLAND? – with comic book scholar Roy Schwartz

Ep. 109: Jews & Westerns – with author Jonathan L. Friedmann

Ep. 108: Jews & Comic Books – with DC Comics legend Paul Levitz

Ep. 107: Eminent Jews – with author David Denby

Ep. 106: Who was Jack Ruby? – with biographer Danny Fingeroth

Ep. 105: From Soaps to Historical Fiction – with novelist Alina Adams

Ep 104: So Bad, It’s Good – with comedy writer Bruce Vilanch

Ep. 103: Jewish Women’s Graphic Narratives – with comics scholar Victoria Aarons

Ep. 102: A Summer with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald – with graphic novelist Janice Shapiro

Ep. 101: AI and the Afterlife – with cartoonist Amy Kurzweil

Ep. 100: Forgotten Hollywood Moguls: Nicholas and Joseph Schenck – with author Michael Benson

Ep. 99: Wrestling is My Gimmick – with WWE legend Barry Horowitz

Ep. 98: Einstein in Kafkaland – with graphic novelist Ken Krimstein

Ep. 97: Jewish History through Humor – with author Rob Kutner

Rugrats Passover Special – with actress Melanie Chartoff

Ep. 96: Rod Serling: The Twilight Man – with graphic novelist Koren Shadmi

Ep. 95: Is the Toxic Avenger Jewish? - with Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Ep. 94: Jewish Masculinity & Popular Culture – with historian Miriam Eve Mora

Ep. 93: A Looney Tunes Retrospective – with cartoon historian Jaime Weinman

Ep. 92: Living with Groucho Marx – with author Steve Stoliar

Ep. 91: Al Jolson & The Jazz Singer – with author Richard Bernstein

Ep. 90: Writing the Friends Theme (“I’ll Be There For You”) – with composer Michael Skloff

Ep. 89: Remembering Abbie Hoffman – with documentarian Nancy Cohen

Ep. 88: Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews – with pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein

Ep. 87: Jewish Cultural Canon - with author Jodi Kornfeld

Ep. 86: Daisy Goes to the Moon – with author Mathew Klickstein and artist Rick Geary

Ep. 85: Double Dare, Unwrapped, and Beyond – with television host Marc Summers

Ep. 84: Is Yosemite Sam Jewish? - with Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

Ep. 83: Abe Saperstein’s Harlem Globetrotters – with authors Mark Jacob and Matthew Jacob

Ep. 82: Carl Laemmle’s Universal Legacy – with film historian Antonia Carlotta

A Very Cthulhu Hanukkah Special – with author Alex Shvartsman

Ep. 81: Levy-Gardner-Laven Memories – with Barbara Laven

Ep. 80: What Jewish Looks Like – with author Liz Kleinrock

Ep. 79: Remembering Gene Wilder – with documentarian Glenn Kirschbaum

Ep. 78: A Century of Dybbuks – with theatre professor Debra Caplan

Ep. 77: American Ninja, Breakin’ 2, and Cannon Films – with director Sam Firstenberg

Ep. 76: Contemporary Jewish Visual Art – with artist Joel Silverstein

Betty Boop Halloween Special – with author Peter Benjaminson

Ep. 75: Real Life Funnies – with cartoonist Stan Mack

Ep. 74: The Jewish Mother of Organized Crime – with author Margalit Fox

Ep. 73: Cartoonists Against Racism – with historian Rafael Medoff

Ep. 72: American Jewish Material Culture – with museum expert Avi Decter

Ep. 71: Voicing Teddy Ruxpin – with actor Phil Baron

Ep. 70: Why You Like It: Music, Taste, & Pandora – with composer Nolan Gasser

Ep. 69: Jews, Emo & Say Anything – with researcher Gabrielle Newman

Ep. 68: The Art of Anger – with political cartoonist Eli Valley

Ep. 67: God’s Gang, Snot Goblins, and Comedy Writing – with writer Rob Kutner

Ep. 66: Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz – with graphic memoirist Ari Richter

Ep. 65: Borscht Belt Museum – with curator and author Allen Frishman

Ep. 64: Jews & Jazz – with jazz pianist Joe Alterman

Ep. 63: Comfort Zones & Taking Risks – with acting coach Margie Haber

Ep. 62: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Feminism – with novelist Esther Friesner

Ep. 61: Golden Age Film Composers – with musicologist Aaron Fruchtman

Ep. 60: Jewish Comics Library of Seattle – with founder Jeff Treistman

Ep. 59: Sounds Jewish – with radio host Andy Muchin

Ep. 58: True Love, Godspell, and Classic Comedy – with actor Jerry Sroka

Ep. 57: Mark Twain’s War Prayer – with graphic designer Seymour Chwast

Ep. 56: Branding, Storytelling, and Last Action Hero – with creative marketer Jeffrey Braer

Ep. 55: Live at Mister Kelly’s – with documentarian Theodore Bogosian

Ep. 54: The Marx Brothers & Salvador Dalí – with author Josh Frank

Ep. 53: Making the Golden Girls Sparkle – with screenwriter Stan Zimmerman

Ep. 52: You Can’t Teach Funny – with comedic actor Jason Kravits

Ep. 51: The Torah of Taylor Swift – with educator Dalilah Bernier

Ep. 50: Remembering Siskel & Ebert – with film critic Matt Singer

Seder-Masochism Passover Special

Earth Day Special

Ep. 49: The Ten Plagues Come to Town – with actor Eva Bilick

Ep. 48: Jewish Summer Camp Revisited – with cartoonist Eric Glickman

Ep. 47: An American Tail: Optimism & Disappointment – with poet Andrew Burt

Ep.46: Hanging with “Mr. Sci-Fi” – with screenwriter Marc Scott Zicree

Ep.45: Walking with the Beatles – with historian and tour guide Susan Ryan

Ep. 44: Jews & Phish with Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Green

Ep. 43: We Are Not Strangers – with cartoonist Josh Tuininga

Ep. 42: Guide Dogs, Art, and Zen – with memoirist Ari Ashkenazi

Ep. 41: Amusements Parks & Immersive Entertainment – with attorney Wendy Heimann

Ep. 40: Jews, Tattoos & Rock 'n' Roll – with artist Howard Teman

Ep. 39: Anime in America – celebrating animation pioneer Fred Ladd

Ep. 38: Diversity in Animation – with writer-producer Dustin Ellis

Ep. 37: The Three Stooges Forever! – with Stoogeum founder Gary Lassin

Ep. 36: EC Comics, Censorship, and The Unwanted – with historian Robert L. Reiner

Ep. 35: Fine Art, Ranching, and Rural Living – with artist Katie Herzog

Ep. 34: Painting America’s Pastime – with artist Graig Kreindler

Ep. 33: Iditarod, Sled Dogs, and the Frozen Chosen – with musher Fred Agree

Ep. 32: Kafka and Popular Culture – with author Kathi Diamant

Ep. 31: Movies, Myths, and Mental Health – with filmmaker Mastaneh Moghadam

Ep. 30: Jewish Food Society – with program director Amanda Dell

Ep. 29: Underground Comix, Wonder Woman, and Comics Herstory – with cartoonist Trina Robbins

Ep. 28: The Origins of 420 – with originator Steve Capper

Ep. 27: Nightdive Studios, Classic Video Games, and Jewish History – with director of business development Larry Kuperman

Ep. 26: Celebrity Gossip, Pop Culture, and Public Speaking - with communication strategist Sabba Rahbar

Yiddish Horror Halloween Special

Ep. 25: Laemmle Theatres, Cinema, and Culture – with president Greg Laemmle

Ep. 24: Documentary Filmmaking – with Maggie Rawling Smith

Ep. 23: Troma, Toxic Avenger, and Independent Filmmaking – with director Lloyd Kaufman

Ep. 22: Journalism, History, and the Cost of Free Land – with journalist Rebecca Clarren

Ep. 21: The Jewish Deli, Comics, and Culture – with illustrator Ben Nadler

Ep. 20: Character Acting, Groundhog Day, and the Search for Meaning – with actor Stephen Tobolowsky

Ep. 19: Travel, History, and Jewish Life Television – with TV host Brad Pomerance

Ep. 18: Toys, Stamps, and Jewish Identity – with collector Paul Golin

Is Barbie Jewish?

Ep. 17: Microsoft, Soundscape, and Sound Design – with sound artist Matthew Bennett

Ep. 16: I Lost on Jeopardy! – with contestant Jennie Bunde

Writers Guild of America Strike

Ep. 15: Pop Culture, Comic-Con, and Nostalgia – with writer Mathew Klickstein

Ep. 14: Kickstarter, Culture, Curation – with artist Molly Surno

Ep. 13: Jewish Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fandom – with author Valerie Estelle Frankel

Ep. 12: The Chosen, Roswell, and Directors Close Up – with director Jeremy Kagan

Ep. 11: Airplane!, Private Benjamin, and Ultraman – with actress Lorna Lembeck

Ep. 10: Klezmer, Hip Hop, and Beyond – with musician Joshua “Socalled” Dolgin

Live-Action Mario Reviews The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Ep. 9: Last Chance U, Gunther’s Millions, and Family Massacre – with film editor Gary Pollak

Ep. 8: iCrime, Killer Siblings, and the UFC – with producer Eric Mazer

Ep. 7: Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and Twin Peaks – with musicologist Reba Wissner

Ep. 6: Knives Out, Blood Relatives, and the Last Jedi – with actor Noah Segan

Ep. 5: Rugrats, Fridays, and Parker Lewis Can't Lose - with actress Melanie Chartoff

Ep. 4: The Frisco Kid, The Jerk, and Head of the Class – with screenwriter Michael Elias

Ep. 3: Sailor Moon, Sesame Street, and Sid Caesar – with actress Rena Strober

Ep. 2: 100,000 Ways to Spell Hanukkah – with author Jonathan Friedmann

Ep. 1: A Festivus for the Rest of Us – with Seinfeld actor Harris Shore

Amusing Jews Promo