People Jew Wanna Know

Afleveringen

1. Slam Frank: Andrew Fox on Satire Without Limits

   4 november 2026 · 55 min

   Afspelen
   Andrew Fox is the creator and composer of Slam Frank, the satirical hip-hop musical that reimagines Anne Frank's story. "Every woman is a Jew hiding in her own attic," the show proclaims. After going viral online, it made its off-Broadway debut in 2025 and was named one of the New York Times' best comedies of the year. A former nonprofit founder and educator who taught musical theater in China right before COVID, Fox also built the show's cult-famous social media presence himself from an Android. Lees meer

   In this episode, Fox makes his case for separating art from the artist. He describes how four Nick Fuentes fans flew in to see his show on the same night as a Satmar family, defends refusing to declare whether Slam Frank is Zionist or anti-Zionist, and explains why certainty is the real danger, and much more.

   This episode is brought to you by The Five Books Podcast! Listen wherever you get your podcasts & check out www.fivebookspod.org

   Follow Andrew on Instagram @andrewfoxmusic and follow the show @slamfrankmusical. See Slam Frank at the Orpheum Theater.

   Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow

   What We Discuss:

   00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

   06:26 Running the Slam Frank account as performance art

   07:21 Teaching musical theater in China before COVID

   09:41 What "woke" was, and why the arts won't grapple with it

   11:08 The professor suspended for teaching a Mandarin filler word

   15:19 Andrew's grandfather and the McCarthy era

   17:20 Why Slam Frank refuses to declare a side

   20:38 The night 4 Holocaust deniers and a Satmar family saw the show

   35:04 The October 7th show and the man who stormed out

   45:49 Separating the art from the artist — up to a point

   50:22 A message against Jewish tribalism

   51:19 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

2. The Case For Liberal Zionism - Shanie Reichman

   26 oktober 2026 · 46 min

   Afspelen
   Shanie Reichman is a rising star in the NYC Jewish non-profit scene. Today, she directs strategic initiatives at Israel Policy Forum and hosts the new podcast, Disputed Territory, where she makes the case for liberal Zionism to people who think the phrase is a contradiction. Lees meer

   In a conversation that's timely given the Israeli elections, Margarita brings her questions, her skepticism, and a genuine willingness to be educated — and Shanie delivers, right down to the logistics of how you could create a two-state solution or, as IPF calls it, a two-state outcome.

   Follow Shanie on Instagram @ShanieMieka and listen to Disputed Territory wherever you get your podcasts. Check out IPF at www.israelpolicyforum.org

   Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow

   **What We Discuss:**

   00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

   03:36 Nash Didan and an Aramaic-speaking family

   07:30 How Shanie learned about the I/P conflict

   10:00 What liberal Zionism actually means

   14:00 Israeli elections and Netanyahu's cracking coalition

   18:00 The Haredi draft, education, and the cost to Israel's economy

   23:00 Haredi feminists and the fake primary that worked

   28:00 Did October 7th shatter the status quo?

   35:00 Should diaspora Jews have a say in Israel?

   44:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

3. Rabbi Wolpe - What Happened to Jewish Peoplehood?

   21 oktober 2026 · 38 min

   Afspelen
   Rabbi David Wolpe has been described as one of the most influential Rabbis in America. He's known for his pointed debates on the importance of religion, his outspokenness on current affairs, and a desire to shape today's Jewish leaders and their passion for Judaism. Lees meer

   In this episode, Rabbi shares countless pieces of wisdom, an inside look at what's happening to Jewish denominations today, and opens up about his hilarious personality!

   Follow Rabbi Wolpe on Instagram @davidjwolpe

   Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow

   This episode is brought to you in partnership with the Center for Jewish History.

   **What We Discuss:**

   00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

   02:24 From aspiring writer to accidental rabbi

   06:00 Native to America but immigrants to Judaism

   11:30 Why young Jews lost the sense of peoplehood

   16:00 Talking to students at the Harvard encampments

   19:30 Courage, competence, and turning the argument around

   24:00 Is Orthodoxy the "original" Judaism?

   29:00 What 30 years taught him about influence

   33:00 Optimism, bots, and confusing your enemy

   36:30 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

4. Lindsay Pinchuk: It's Never Wrong to Do What's Right

   14 oktober 2026 · 52 min

   Afspelen
   Lindsay Pinchuk built a seven-figure company from scratch, sold it, and became a mentor to hundreds of women over 40 who thought it was too late to start. Then, October 8th, 2023 happened. She posted a video in the parking lot of Whole Foods about what it felt like to be a Jewish American woman, and woke up to 100,000 views and a comment section full of "me too." Lees meer

   Three years later, speaking up for what's right didn't cost her the business. Inquiries went up 500%. If you needed a reminder that it's never too late to chase your dreams - this episode is it.

   Follow Lindsay on socials @LindsayPinchuk and check out her work at www.lindsaypinchuk.comSupport our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknowWhat We Discuss:

   00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

   02:00 From advertising to Bump Club to Dear FoundHer

   07:00 The Whole Foods parking lot video that changed everything

   11:00 Fracturing, infighting, and why antisemitism shouldn't have a political party

   15:00 Getting brands to work with Jewish creators

   20:00 Why activism isn't a career (and why you need another lane)

   28:00 What hundreds of female founders taught her

   34:00 Raising two daughters after October 7th

   40:00 The "From the River to the Sea" shirt and the letter to the principal

   47:00 The SWEEP marketing framework

   52:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

5. Gila Pfeffer - The Jewish Way To Grieve

   8 oktober 2026 · 49 min

   Afspelen
   Gila Pfeffer lost her mother at 20 and her grandmother before that — both to cancers she carried the genetic blueprint for. So she did something very atypical at the time: a preventative double mastectomy in 2008, years before Angelina Jolie made the choice a norm. Unfortunately, Gila got breast cancer anyway. Both a previvor AND survivor, Gila is one of the funniest people you'll ever hear talk about all of it. Lees meer

   An award-winning author and humorist, Gila wrote her memoir *Nearly Departed* through the lens of her Orthodox Jewish life — Shiva, mikveh, wigs during chemo, the whole thing. This conversation lands during a week built for grief, and Gila makes the case that laughter isn't a betrayal of grief. It's the way through.

   Follow Gila on Instagram @gilapfeffer and check out her novel, Nearly Departed, anywhere you get your books!

   Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow

   **What We Discuss:**

   00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

   06:00 Writing Nearly Departed through an Orthodox lens

   12:00 Same chemo as her mother, thirty years later

   17:00 Phil, and the birthday that felt like a sign

   21:00 Grief you don't expect — and its sixth stage

   28:00 Emuna, agency, and choosing the mastectomy

   35:00 Why teenage Gila would be shocked

   40:00 How Margarita and Gila actually met (a Carnegie Hall heist)

   45:00 Find a way to laugh

   47:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

6. The Jews Are The Winningest Team in Human History — Rabbi Leor Sinai

   30 september 2026 · 58 min

   Afspelen
   Rabbi Leor Sinai changed Margarita's life before he ever met her. He ran Alexander Muss High School in Israel, the program that completely shaped Margarita's Jewish identity. Lees meer

   Years later, they finally sit down together. Now, Leor is serving as the Senior Vice President at the Israel Innovation Institute.

   This is a conversation about the story we tell ourselves. Leor makes the case that "the world hates us" is a losing pitch — and that Jews are, in fact, the winningest team in human history. He also names something uncomfortable: America is in decline, and Israel was never meant to be an insurance policy.

   Check out Leor's work at www.leorsinai.com and learn more about the Israel Innovation Institute at www.israelinnovation.org.il/

   Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknowWhat We Discuss:

   00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

   04:21 From New York nightlife to rabbinical school

   09:00 Why Muss worked: experiential learning that sticks

   14:00 The winning-team pitch vs. the world-hates-us story

   22:00 America in decline and the rise of antisemitism

   32:00 Innovation for the Jewish world: finding root causes

   40:00 Living consciously and trusting your gut

   48:00 Israel as home, not insurance policy

   53:00 A generation of lions, not the TikTok generation

   55:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

7. Dara Horn - Why We Need More Courage, Not Knowledge

   23 september 2026 · 1 uur

   Afspelen
   Dara Horn, by her own admission, hates arguing with people. So how did the author of *People Love Dead Jews* become one of the sharpest, most fearless voices confronting antisemitism today? Necessity, mostly. And a refusal to keep pretending. Lees meer

   In her return to the show, Dara unpacks her new book, *The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love Story For The Living*, and makes a case that'll stick with you: antisemitism isn't a bias, it's a lie — and the lie is always the same. Plus, why the anti-Israel movement is a "bag of hot air" with three words of substance behind it, and the data-poisoning plot she was handed in private.

   Buy Dara's new book everywhere books are sold and check out her work at www.darahorn.com

   Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow

   This episode was brought to you in partnership with the Center for Jewish History

   What We Discuss:

   00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

   04:00 Courage over knowledge, and whether we can expect heroism

   12:00 The Gentleman's Agreement and the price of passing

   21:00 Standing up to an organized hate movement

   28:00 Antisemitism as a lie, not a bias

   37:00 Jewish civilization as a 3,000-year anti-tyranny movement

   44:00 The Wikipedia and Reddit data-poisoning plot

   50:00 Her son, the gaming Discord, and cowardice at Harvard

   56:00 The collapse of the humanities and the lost art of argument

   58:30 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

8. Building NYC's Magic Empire - Nadav Roet

   16 september 2026 · 45 min

   Afspelen
   Nadav Roet started doing magic at 4 years old in Israel, moved to Amsterdam to live in his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's hometown, and landed in New York — where he now runs The Bluff, the city's underground magic show built for the young, cool crowd. He's an award-winning mentalist featured in Cosmopolitan and New York magazine, and in this episode, Nadav will convince you that magic is the single coolest art form ever invented. Lees meer

   Follow Nadav on socials @NadavRoet and @TheBluffNYC

   Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow

   **What We Discuss:**

   00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

   02:00 Growing up in magic and building The Bluff

   06:30 The magic renaissance and why every party has a magician now

   11:00 A third-generation Holocaust survivor's Jewish identity

   14:00 Israeli skeptics vs. American audiences

   17:00 A live mind-reading trick (watch on video)

   24:00 Why magic is a proudly Jewish — but never insular — art form

   30:00 Magic Camp, meeting your heroes, and killing your darlings

   38:00 Where the female magicians are

   41:00 Do what you love, with what you have, and have fun

   43:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

9. Harrison Greenbaum: A Jewish Magician’s Guide to Reading People

   9 september 2026 · 35 min

   Afspelen
   Harrison Greenbaum does 900 shows a year. The Harvard grad turned comedian-magician has been called "the hardest working man in comedy." He's also the guy who wrote his college thesis on whether jokes can make people less racist. Turns out the answer is complicated — and there's one type of humor that can actually make prejudice *worse*. Lees meer

   Harrison gets honest about the sharp rise in antisemitism showing up in his comments, the audience member who blurted "no" when he said he was Jewish, and why being a grandson of Holocaust survivors makes him want to talk about Jewish stuff *more*, not less. Plus: why so many magicians are terrible, and how to (maybe) reverse-pickpocket a mentalist.

   Follow Harrison on socials @harrisoncomedy

   Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow

   **What We Discuss:**

   00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

   02:09 From Magic Camp to Harvard's Jewish Fraternity

   06:30 The Secret Algorithm of 900 Shows a Year

   12:00 His Thesis on Whether Jokes Fight Prejudice

   17:30 Being a Jewish Comic in a Weirder Climate

   22:00 Running Off to Join Cirque du Soleil

   25:00 Why Every Magic Show Looks the Same

   29:00 The Reverse-Pickpocketing Sting Operation

   32:00 What the Jews Bring to Magic

   34:06 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

10. Chloe Hechter - People's Jewish American Princess

    2 september 2026 · 50 min

    Afspelen
    Chloe Hechter calls herself "the People's Jewish American Princess," and she means it as a mission, not a punchline. Former child actor, recovering sorority girl, and now a comedy creator with 300,000+ followers, she's spent years reclaiming an insult and turning private-school-summer-camp-Murray-Hill life into beloved sketches.But the skits are just the surface. Lees meer

    Chloe opens up about exposure therapy for emetophobia starting at age ten, why she believes Jewish women have to be "ten toes down," and her sharpest take yet: that a lot of Jinsta creators are failing.

    Follow Chloe on all socials @ChloeHechterrSupport our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow

    This episode is brought to you by ReturnQueen, making your returns easy! Use promo code **PJWK50** on the ReturnQueen app for 50% off an Annual Membership—just $99 for the year (regularly $199.99).

    Your membership includes:

    4 return pickups every month

    Up to 12 items in your pickup

    Or, if you'd like to try ReturnQueen first, use promo code **FREERETURN** on the app for your first pickup free!💜

    Download the ReturnQueen app and let them handle your returns—and your resale.

    Follow ReturnQueen on Socials @return.queen

    **What We Discuss:**

    00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

    04:00 Reclaiming Jewish American Princess

    06:30 Becoming a full-time content creator post Syracuse

    13:00 Why Chloe wants to manage her own socials

    15:00 Growing up the Jewish girl at theater camp

    18:00 Emetophobia and exposure therapy

    24:00 The camp meds line

    28:00 American Jews and the myth of the golden age

    32:00 Jewish girls and the trends they started

    40:00 Chloe's upcoming book, being a woman in the creator space, and why Jinsta ghettoizes Jews

    49:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination

Alle 161 afleveringen →