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

    Ep. 146: Queen of Cosmos Comix – with artist Barbara “Willy” Mendes
    2026/05/04
    Barbara “Willy” Mendes is a fine artist and underground comix pioneer whose new anthology, Queen of Cosmos Comix Trilogy, is published by Fantagraphics.

    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

    Queen of Cosmos Comix Trilogy
    https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/queen-of-cosmos-comix-trilogy

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    Barbara’s website
    http://www.barbaramendes.org/
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    Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
    https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/

    Cool Shul Cultural Community
    https://www.coolshul.org/

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

    Ep. 145: Jewish Toy Entrepreneurs – with author Michael Kimmel
    2026/04/27
    Michael Kimmel is a SUNY distinguished professor emeritus of sociology and gender studies at Stony Brook University, whose latest book is Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America.

    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

    Playmakers
    https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324105282

    Michael’s website
    https://www.michaelkimmel.com/

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    Jewish Museum of the American West
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    32 分
  • Ep. 144: Growing Weed in the Garden – with author Johanna Silver

    Ep. 144: Growing Weed in the Garden – with author Johanna Silver
    2026/04/20
    Johanna Silver is a garden writer and author of the book, Growing Weed in the Garden: A No-Fuss, Seed-to-Stash Guide to Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation.

    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

    Growing Weed in the Garden
    https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/growing-weed-in-the-garden_9781419742767/

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

    Ep. 143: Climate Change Comics – with cartoonist Peter Kuper
    2026/04/13
    Peter Kuper is a prolific cartoonist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, Charlie Hebdo, and MAD magazine. He’s the author of numerous books, including the graphic novels Kafkaesque and Insectopolis: A Natural History. His latest book, Wish We Weren’t Here: Postcards from the Apocalypse, is published by Fantagraphics.

    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

    Wish We Weren’t Here
    https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/peter-kuper/products/wish-we-werent-here

    Insectopolis
    https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324035718

    Kafkaesque
    https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393635621

    Peter’s website
    https://www.peterkuper.com/

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

    Ep. 142: Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom – with biographer Michael Seth Starr
    2026/04/06
    Michael Seth Starr is a prolific biographer whose books include Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom.

    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

    Michael’s website
    https://www.michaelsethstarr.com/

    Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom
    https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806541747/don-rickles/

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    Jewish Museum of the American West
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    Atheists United Studios
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    27 分
  • Sid Caesar Passover Special – with actress Rena Strober

    Sid Caesar Passover Special – with actress Rena Strober
    2026/03/30
    Rena Strober is a Broadway, television, film, and voice actor who’s currently working on a memoir, Singing for Sid and Other Wow Moments.

    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

    Producer-engineer: Joey Angel-Field

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

    Ep. 141: Jews, Music, and the American South – with Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma
    2026/03/23
    We’re thrilled to chat with Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma, a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter whose latest album is Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad.

    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

    Mark’s website
    https://www.jewofoklahoma.com/

    Mark’s Bandcamp
    https://jewofoklahoma.bandcamp.com/

    Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
    https://msje.org/

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    Atheists United Studios
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    38 分
  • Ep. 140: Carl Laemmle vs. the Nazis – with documentarian Deborah F. Blum

    Ep. 140: Carl Laemmle vs. the Nazis – with documentarian Deborah F. Blum
    2026/03/16
    Deborah F. Blum is an artist, educator, and documentary filmmaker whose latest film is Laemmle’s List.

    Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field

    Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren

    Laemmle’s List
    https://www.laemmleslist.com/

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    21 分