25 APR 2024 · Nina Paley is a cartoonist, animator, and free culture advocate. She’s best known for her 2008 animated feature film, Sita Sings the Blues, based on the Ramayana, and her 2018 animated feature, Seder-Masochism, a jukebox musical recounting the Exodus, the eradication of goddess worship, and the rise of patriarchy.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Joey Angel-Field   Seder-Masochism https://vimeo.com/263398514   Copyright is Brain Damage – TEDx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO9FKQAxWZc&t=890s   Nina’s website https://blog.ninapaley.com/   Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews   Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/   Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/   Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

22 APR 2024 · Nancy Pearlman is an award-winning broadcaster and environmentalist who has dedicated her career to protecting the planet’s ecosystems. She organized the first Earth Day in Southern California in 1970, has hosted the Environmental Directions radio show since 1977, and has produced the ECONEWS television program since 1984. She also directs the nonprofit Educational Communications.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Nancy’s website https://nancypearlman.net/   Environmental Directions https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAHwd0X2JA3HyBJoWOl3Hsg   ECONEWS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzv6ensQNKDbw9Q0OwTzInA   Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews   Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/   Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/   Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

15 APR 2024 · Eva Bilick is an actor, writer, and producer behind the 2020 podcast series A Place Called Fairneck and the 2018 web series Weird in Bed.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Eva’s website https://www.evabilick.com/   A Place Called Fairneck https://www.evabilick.com/podcast   Weird in Bed https://www.evabilick.com/web-series   Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews   Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/   Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/   Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

8 APR 2024 · Eric Glickman is a cartoonist who spent 36 years in advertising before switching gears and becoming an art educator. His new graphic memoir, Camp Pock-a-Wocknee and the Dyn-O-Mite Summer of ’77, reveals what really happened at Jewish summer camp and comes with a warning: “This is NOT a book for kids.”   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Eric’s website https://www.ericstevenglickman.com/   Camp Pock-a-Wocknee & The Dyn-O-Mite Summer of ’77 https://www.blackpanelpress.com/en/product/camp-pock-a-wocknee/   Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews   Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/   Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/   Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

1 APR 2024 · Andrew Burt is a poet, author, and lawyer whose writings have appeared in the New York Times, LA Times, Slate, The Atlantic, Politico, Harvard Business Review, and other publications. He’s the author of American Hysteria: The Untold Story of Mass Political Extremism in the United States and a new book, Poems for a Cartoon Mouse.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Andrew’s website https://www.andrewburt.net/ Poems for a Cartoon Mouse https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/poems-for-a-cartoon-mouse/ American Hysteria https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493050024/American-Hysteria-The-Untold-Story-of-Mass-Political-Extremism-in-the-United-States Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews   Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/   Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/ Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

25 MAR 2024 · Marc Scott Zicree is a science fiction author, screenwriter, and producer who’s written hundreds of hours of TV programs for most of the major studios and networks. His credits include, among many others, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5, Super Friends, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and The Smurfs. His new sci-fi series, Space Command, is currently in production. He’s also the bestselling writer of The Twilight Zone Companion, the Magic Time trilogy, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, and a new book, Love, Gloria: A Memoir of My Mother.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Marc’s IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956002/   Marc’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@MrSciFi   Love, Gloria https://www.amazon.com/Love-Gloria-Memoir-My-Mother/dp/B0CVQKX2SP?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER   Space Command https://spacecommand-theseries.com/   Greenlighting Yourself https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/filmmaking-directing/greenlighting-yourself/   Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews   Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/   Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/   Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

18 MAR 2024 · Susan Ryan is a Beatles expert and proprietor and tour guide of Fab 4 NYC Walking Tours, which visits New York City sites related to the group. Her writing has appeared in Daytrippin’ Magazine, the London Beatles Fan Club Magazine, Newsbeat, REBEAT Magazine, Humanistic Judaism Magazine, and other publications. She’s also a co-author of the 2021 book The Beatles: Fab Four Cities: Liverpool - Hamburg - London - New York, and co-host of the travel DVD John Lennon’s New York.   Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren   Fab 4 NYC Walking Tours https://fab4nyctours.weebly.com/   The Beatles: Fab Four Cities https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/the-beatles-fab-four-cities/   John Lennon’s New York https://www.amazon.com/John-Lennon-Lennons-New-York/dp/B07JKKBZW3   Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews   Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/   Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/   Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

11 MAR 2024 · Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield are the co-editors of a new book, This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity. Oren is assistant director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice and assistant professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco. Ariella is associate director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and special advisor on antisemitism at Temple University. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field   Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren This Is Your Song Too https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09525-7.html   Oren Kroll-Zeldin https://www.usfca.edu/faculty/oren-kroll-zeldin Ariella Werden-Greenfield https://liberalarts.temple.edu/academics/faculty/werden-greenfield-ariella Phish play ‘Avinu Maklenu’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az1dEW2LTIw   Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews   Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/   Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/ Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

4 MAR 2024 · Josh Tuininga is an author, illustrator, and musician whose debut graphic novel, We Are Not Strangers, follows his grandfather’s efforts to help his Japanese American neighbors who were incarcerated during World War II. Josh is also the founder and creative director of the design firm, The Medium, has two children’s books, Why Blue? and Dream On, and makes music with his wife in the duo, To the River. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Josh’s website https://www.joshtuininga.com/ We Are Not Strangers https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/we-are-not-strangers_9781419759949/ To the River https://open.spotify.com/artist/017t7byPTeNujUFzmHEa0V?nd=1&si=GVcZL004QcGigl0on7ymdA The Medium https://www.the-medium.net/ Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/ Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/ Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios

26 FEB 2024 · Ari Ashkenazi was a professor of art at Cal State Los Angeles from 1972 to 1991. He took a disability leave due to the onset of blindness, earned a certificate in rehabilitation teaching for the blind, received ordination as a Zen Buddhist monk, and worked with AIDS patients who experienced blindness as a result of their illness. He is the author three memoirs: The Skeptic: Jews, Zen, and Blindness; About My Dog: Guide Dog Training at The Seeing Eye; and Mitzvah: A Memoir about Zen, Judaism, Pain, and Recovery. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren The Skeptic: Jews, Zen, and Blindness https://www.amazon.com/Skeptic-Jews-Zen-Blindness/dp/B0BBY5DFXP/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=B0BmJ&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_r=142-9158865-9035219&pd_rd_wg=BK6V8&pd_rd_r=b5229d66-8e96-4e73-b11a-b925ca8c6ff2&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk About My Dog: Guide Dog Training at the Seeing Eye https://www.amazon.com/About-My-Dog-Training-Seeing/dp/B0CLRP4WCD?ref_=ast_author_dp Mitzvah: A Memoir about Zen, Judaism, Pain, and Recovery https://www.amazon.com/Mitzvah-Memoir-about-Judaism-Recovery/dp/1979927332?ref_=ast_author_dp Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/ Cool Shul Cultural Community https://www.coolshul.org/ Atheists United Studios https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios