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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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26 OCT 2026 · Michael Elias is a screenwriter-turned-novelist whose screen credits include The Jerk, The Frisco Kid, and Head of the Class. His latest novel is Bender’s L.A.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Bender’s L.A.
https://stickingplacebooks.com/books/benders-la
Michael’s website
https://www.michaeleliaswriter.co/
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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19 OCT 2026 · Mark Cohen is an author and journalist whose books include Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren
Overweight Sensation
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/O/bo43634385.html
Mark’s website
https://www.markcohenbooks.com/
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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12 OCT 2026 · Josh Kleinberg is a heavy metal afficionado whose article, “Spreading the Disease: Heavy Metal Jews and the Secular Sacred,” was published in the Spring 2026 issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Humanistic Judaism Magazine
https://shj.org/meaning-learning/humanistic-judaism-magazine/
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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5 OCT 2026 · Yale Strom is one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music, history, and culture. His latest novel is The Autobiography of The Offenbacher.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Autobiography of The Offenbacher
https://olympiapublishersusa.com/books/the-autobiography-of-the-offenbacher
Yale’s website
https://www.yalestrom.com/
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
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Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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28 SEP 2026 · Ari Ashkenazi is a retired professor of anthropology of art and arts education whose latest memoir is Retracing My Steps: A Queer Memoir.
Retracing My Steps
https://www.amazon.com/Retracing-My-Steps-Queer-Memoir/dp/B0HG87VNXY/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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21 SEP 2026 · Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor is a professor of history at Smith College and author of the new book, Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Something We Said
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Something-We-Said/Elizabeth-Stordeur-Pryor/9781982154509
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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14 SEP 2026 · Jacques Berlinerblau is the Rabbi Harold White Professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University and author of The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Philip Roth We Don’t Know
https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5393/
Jacques’ website
https://www.jberlinerblau.com/
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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7 SEP 2026 · Joe D’Esposito is a comic book artist and painter whose latest graphic novel, The Outsider, is published by Fantagraphics.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Outsider
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/the-outsider
Amusing Jews Merch Store
https://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/
Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcast
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org/
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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31 AUG 2026 · Michael Isaac Shokrian is publisher of the Thieving Magpie literary quarterly and author of the new novel, American Playground.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren
Michael’s website
https://www.mishokrian.com/
the Thieving Magpie
https://thievingmagpie.org/about/
Amusing Jews Merch Store
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Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.org
Atheists United Studios
https://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
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24 AUG 2026 · Yona Verwer is a Dutch-born multidisciplinary visual artist based in New York City and founder of the Jewish Art Salon, a global network of contemporary Jewish visual artists and scholars.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Yona’s website
https://www.yonaverwer.com/
Jewish Art Salon
https://jewishartsalon.org/
Amusing Jews Merch Store
https://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/
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/
Jewish Museum of the American West
https://www.jmawest.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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