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Joel Dinerstein is a professor of English and Sizeler Professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, a jazz scholar, cultural historian, and author of The Last of the Ellis Island Jews: A Brooklyn Memoir. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren The Last…

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/bender…

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 Sensationhttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/O/bo43634385.html Mark’…

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 M…

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 Offenbacherhttps://o…

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 Stepshttps://www.amazon.com/Retracing-My-Steps-Queer-Memoir/dp/B0HG87VNXY/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/m…

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 Saidhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Some…

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 Knowhttps:/…

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 Outsiderhttps://www.fantagraphics.com/products/the-outsider Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps…