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An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.
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28 OCT 2024 · Peter Benjaminson is a former reporter for The LA Times, Detroit Free Press, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He’s the author of several books, including The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard; Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar; and most recently The Life and Times of Betty Boop: The 100-Year History of an Animated Icon.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Life and Times of Betty Boop
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493064281/The-Life-and-Times-of-Betty-Boop-The-100-Year-History-of-an-Animated-Icon
Peter’s website
https://www.peterbenjaminson.com/
Minnie the Moocher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhMuFEtIh4
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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21 OCT 2024 · Stan Mack is a cartoonist best known for Real Life Funnies, which ran in The Village Voice for over two decades. His new book, Stan Mack’s Real-Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995, is published by Fantagraphics.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/stan-macks-real-life-funnies?srsltid=AfmBOoo9DlUGftJJTCCD15LfqI3NsT9hFzmPoojWtTrX03L_tWa4WIJW
Stan’s website
https://www.stanmack.com/
The Story of the Jews
https://turnerpublishing.com/products/the-story-of-the-jews?srsltid=AfmBOoqjOzaWgWNVnMcFEETjLPyml2SfCLuGqv5fbYQ57eMqLwi3mmC6
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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14 OCT 2024 · Margalit Fox is a journalist and author whose latest book is The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss. Her previous books include Conan Doyle for the Defense, The Riddle of the Labyrinth, Talking Hands, and The Confidence Men. As a senior writer in the Obituary News Department of The New York Times, she wrote sendoffs for some of the leading cultural figures of our age.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Margalit’s website
https://margalitfox.com/
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677157/the-talented-mrs-mandelbaum-by-margalit-fox/
Margalit’s New York Times page
https://www.nytimes.com/by/margalit-fox
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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7 OCT 2024 · Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, based in Washington, D.C. He’s the author of more than 20 books, including the graphic novel Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America and his latest, Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Cartoonists Against Racism
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3012-364/Cartoonists-Against-Racism-TPB
Whistleblowers
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3011-433/Whistleblowers-Four-Who-Fought-to-Expose-the-Holocaust-to-America-TPB
The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies
http://new.wymaninstitute.org/
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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30 SEP 2024 · Avi Decter is managing partner of History Now and the author most recently of Exploring American Jewish History through 50 Historic Treasures. He has served as director of the Museum of American Jewish History and the Jewish Museum of Maryland, head of education at the H.F. DuPont Museum and Gardens, and special assistant to the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Exploring American Jewish History
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538115626/Exploring-American-Jewish-History-through-50-Historic-Treasures
Avi’s Museum Expert page
https://www.museumexpert.org/team/avi-decter
Avi on Jewish Museums
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-museums/
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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23 SEP 2024 · Phil Baron is a voice actor, singer, and songwriter best known as the voice of Teddy Ruxpin. He also voiced Piglet on the 1980s Disney Channel series Welcome to Pooh Corner.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Phil’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056295/
Phil’s Teddy Ruxpin Wiki
https://teddyruxpin.fandom.com/wiki/Phil_Baron
Teddy Ruxpin Commercials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkr_4RICL9M
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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16 SEP 2024 · Nolan Gasser, a composer, pianist, and musicologist, is the architect of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project. He’s also the author of Why You Like It: The Science & Culture of Musical Taste.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Nolan’s website
https://www.nolangasser.com/
Why You Like It (book page)
https://www.whyyoulikeit.com/
Nolan’s TEDx Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3wzSjKKvf4
Nolan’s NASA music (GLAST Prelude)
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov//10251
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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9 SEP 2024 · Gabrielle Newman is a cantor and emo aficionado. Her cantorial thesis is titled, “Say Anything: The Significance of the Jewish Voice in Contemporary Mainstream Music.”
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Say Anything, “Hebrews”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qq-LoFCjEU
Say Anything, “Alive With the Glory of Love”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZGRzdywXqs
Say Anything, “Died a Jew”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPH9ClhHPkk
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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2 SEP 2024 · Eli Valley is a writer and cartoonist whose work has been featured in The Nation, The New Republic, The Village Voice, Jewish Currents, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel, and the forthcoming book, Museum of Degenerates: Portraits of the American Grotesque.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Eli’s website
https://www.elivalley.com/
Eli’s Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/elivalley
Museum of Degenerates
https://orbooks.com/catalog/museum-of-degenerates/
VICE News segment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U7Kh7ke_XA
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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26 AUG 2024 · Rob Kutner is an award-winning author and television writer whose credits include The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Teen Titans Go!, Ben10, and many more. He’s also written for the Oscars, Emmys, Writers’ Guild Awards, MTV Movie Awards, and other awards shows. His books include Apocalypse How, Snot Goblins and Other Tasteless Tales, and The Future According to Me. He’s currently working on an animated action-adventure comedy series, God’s Gang.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren
Rob’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1243193/
Rob’s website
https://www.robkutner.com/
God’s Gang – trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXLtCsa6yy4
God’s Gang – full episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPVtpRlNQY4
Snot Goblins
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250780799/snotgoblinsandothertastelesstales
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmaw.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.
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