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The Weekly Kvetch, brought to you by MSU's Hillel, is a fun and entertaining podcast where host Jake Rubin along side producers Sophie Dwoskin and Nate Strauss talk about Jewish topics with special guests from Jewish communities! New episodes every Friday!
A weekly conversation about books and life, not necessarily in that order.
Welcome to Major League Rugby Kickoff . The official podcast of Major League Rugby hosted by Dan Power and Pete Steinberg. Bringing breaking news, exclusive guests, and high level analysis every week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Come listen to this episode as we talk to fellow podcaster and comedian (and Sophie's dad) Jeff Dwoskin about his very own podcast Live From Detroit The Jeff Dwoskin Show! www.jeffisfunny.com
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EP85: The Houston SaberCats Bare Their Teeth Ft. POW Dan Hollinshead
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In week four of the 2021 season, things started to shake out. Coaches made key selections that drove the performance of their sides. The Professor discusses selections in his tactics session and how important those decisions were. Teams that needed wins to right the ship and get back on course did so. Whilst others still had questions. Dan Hollinsh…
Lexicographer, bartender and bon vivant Jesse Sheidlower rejoins the show to talk about his new project, the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. We get into the 20-year-old origins of the project and the ways it mirrors the development of the internet over that span, the importance of fandom and community in science fiction, how the culture t…
Come listen to this episode as we interview Rabbi Jen Lader from Temple Israel of West Bloomfield about being a rabbi and all the amazing ways that she educates young Jewish teens and adults. www.temple-israel.org
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EP84: Historic Firsts in New England and Teams Settling Down Ft. PoW Mason Koch
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Dan and Pete sit down to discuss week three's matches as they noted how tight the Eastern conference remains. The competition on the weekend certainly showed how physical and tight the Eastern Conference teams can play while also being extremely efficient where it matters. The Rookie, better known by his teammates as The Sheriff, Mason Koch joins t…
How will we remember and recover from the last 5 years? National Book Award-winning cartoonist Nate Powell's new collection, Save It For Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest (Abrams ComicArts) explores America's fractures and its hopes for the future. We talk about the impetus of the book, how it follows his work adapting Rep. Jo…
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Season 2 Episode 13: Emily Kass: Swipe Out Hunger
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Come listen to this episode as we interview Emily Kass, Community Engagement Manager of Swipe Out Hunger about food insecurity on college campuses! https://www.swipehunger.org
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EP83: Too Early To Tell, But Some Teams Are Shaking Out Ft. Harrison Goddard
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Dan and Pete review the second week of Major League Rugby, they notice that there are already some clear favorites. That some teams have shaken their old ways and are playing at a new standard. Then, some of the mighty have struggled early. Harrison Goddard has marshalled the Giltinis attack to two early resounding victories for the LA Side continu…
Cartoonist Michael DeForge joins the show to celebrate his amazing new graphic story collection, Heaven No Hell (Drawn & Quarterly). We get into his prolific comics career, his compulsion to jump genres, the ways we relitigate the traumas of our lives, and why he digs he self-imposed challenge of a daily comic strip (on top of his other comics and …
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Season 2 Episode 12: Dr. Rachel Fish: Foundation to Combat Antisemitism
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Come listen to this episode as we interview Dr. Rachel Fish, the Founding Executive Director of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism about what the foundation does and how to combat Antisemitism. We also take it to the streets of MSU Hillel to ask fellow students about their favorite thing about Passover. IG: @togetherbeathate https://www.together…
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EP82: Opening Week Blitz Ft. Danny Tusitala
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After a wild opening weekend Dan and Pete sit down to discuss the Opening Weekend of Major League Rugby. The weekend defied expectations of putting on a spectacle for Rugby in North America as well as delivering four Rugby matches into the homes of the North American Rugby fans via The Rugby Network. Danny Tusitala was selected as Player of the Wee…
It's been a year since I started the COVID Check-In series of podcasts, so I decided to return to the very first guest in that series, artist Kate Lacour, to celebrate! (You know what I mean.) We talk about how her life has changed over a year in Pandemia, and how the urge to document those first few months gave way to other outlets. In her case, K…
Finnish novelist Laura Lindstedt joins the show to celebrate the US publication of My Friend Natalia (Liveright, tr. David Hackston). We get into the challenges of translating a novel that's all about the therapy sessions of an extremely literate and hypersexual patient, how the therapist's method parallels Laura's writing process, and my meta-theo…
Come listen to this episode as we interview Jake Cohen; recently published Jewish culinary extraordinaire about his new cookbook Jew-ish (out now) and why he loves Jewish cooking! The book is available wherever you buy books. IG and Tiktok: @jakecohen
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EP81: MLR Season Four Opening Week Ft Commissioner Killebrew
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The smell of Rugby is in the air as season four fast approaches. Commissioner George Killebrew joins the show to discuss the rapid commercial strides that Major League Rugby has achieved over the past three months establishing deals and partnerships with national and worldwide brands such as American Airlines. He made it a point to discuss why MLR …
Literary and feminist legend Vivian Gornick joins the show to celebrate her new collection, Taking A Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature, and Feminism in Our Time (Verso Press). We talk about the biggest shock of looking back at her work for this career-spanning collection, why she organized it from most recent to oldest, and the difference be…
Come listen to this episode as we interview our own Nate Strauss about himself and what he does at MSU Hillel along with a 5 minute guided meditation to help you decompress from the week! IG: @natestrauss @natetheyogi @msuhillel
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EP80: Toronto Arrows and San Diego Legion Ft. Lucas Rumball, Psalm Wooching, Chris Silverthorn, & Zack Test
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With the days counting down to opening weekend. Dan and Pete sit down with members of the Toronto Arrows and San Diego Legion. The Toronto Arrows ended 2020 just behind the San Diego Legion in the Major League Rugby standings when the season was called off. Dan sits down with both Head Coach Chris Silverthorn and Co-Captain Lucas Rumball. Chris get…
What price fame? With her debut novel, We Play Ourselves (Random House), writer and playwright Jen Silverman tells a comedic tale of theater life gone wrong, internet humiliation, a teenage feminist fight club, queer absurdist puppetry, the boundaries of documentary filmmaking, and a lot more. We get into the roots of her novel, what writing for th…
Come and listen to this episode as we interview Ariel Tidhar about her awesome Judaical jewelry and accessories that she makes! IG: @arieltidhar https://www.arieltidhar.com
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EP 79: LA Giltinis V. NE Free Jacks Ft. Luke White, Darren Coleman, Josh Larsen, and Ryan Martin
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With the season less than two weeks away, the smell of Rugby is in the air. Dan and guest host James Paterson dig into one of the tastiest match ups of Opening Weekend. Los Angeles Expansion side the Giltinis versus the New England Free Jacks. Darren Coleman drops by to talk about the pre-season and the choices made in quick succession which put th…
With her latest graphic memoir, I Know You Rider (Drawn & Quarterly), Leslie Stein reveals a piece of her life that she'd never shared with anyone: her decision to have an abortion. We talk about why she chose to tell that story, how her family reacted to the book, why she told the story in a direct, unmediated narrative, what it was like to have t…
Come listen to episode eight of season two as we interview Alma's editor Molly Tolsky about Alma and how she started the highly popular Jewish media source! IG: @hey.alma www.heyalma.com
Let's commemorate the 200th anniversary of John Keats' untimely death with a conversation with Anahid Nersessian, author of Keats' Odes: A Lover's Discourse (University of Chicago). We get into how she read Keats' letters to Fanny Brawne at WAY too young an age, how she's lived with his poems since childhood and how they've changed for her over the…
Come and listen to this episode of The Weekly Kvetch as we interview Yoshi Silverstein, the founder and the Executive Director of The Mitsui Collective. Listen to learn more about how Yoshi started The Mitsui Collective and what Jewish embodied practice is about! IG: @mitsuicollective @yoshimatzah
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EP78: Austin Gilronis V. Utah Warriors Ft. Lance Williams, Mason Pedersen, Sam Harris, Shawn Pittman
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Featuring the opening round match up of the Austin Gilgronis and the Utah Warriors. Dan and Pete take time to check in and discuss the pre-season with coaches Sam Harris and Shawn Pittman. Sam Harris joins the show to discuss the pre-season efforts that the Gilgronis have started, but have abruptly put on pause due to the extreme weather conditions…
On this episode of Humans of Hillel, Nate sat down with MSU sophomore, Sloane Krugel. Nate and Sloane talked all things nursing, positivity, and their love of Chacos.
Author, editor and activist Kate Maruyama rejoins the show to celebrate the publication of her wonderfully creepy new novella, Family Solstice (Omnium Gatherum). We get into why she wrote a haunted house story at a time when everyone's stuck in their homes, how she pushed herself to finish the book during the early months of the pandemic, and how F…
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Season 2 Episode 6: Whitney Fisch @jewhungry
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Come listen to episode 6 of season 2 as we interview Whitney Fisch, Executive Director of Hillel at Miami University in Ohio about her pressing take on social media and being a figure of inspiration to her followers and the Jewish students at Miami University. IG: @jewhungry @hillelatmu
Welcome to the first installment of a wonderful new podcast called Humans of Hillel! Take a listen as The Weekly Kvetch's Nate Strauss will be interviewing current MSU students about themselves. This episode, Nate talked to Carson Biederman!
With Drawn & Quarterly publishing new editions of King-Cat Classix, Map of My Heart, and Perfect Example, what better time for John Porcellino to return to the podcast? We talk about how King-Cat Comics & Stories has evolved over the ~30 years (!) he's been making it, how the refinement of his art and storytelling mirrors the battle of intuition vs…
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Season 2 Episode 5: Adam Lehman: CEO and President of Hillel International
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Come and listen to episode 5 of season 2 of The Weekly Kvetch as we interview Hillel International's CEO and President Adam Lehman about who he is what he does for Hillel's across the world. For more information about Hillel International, visit https://www.hillel.org
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EP77: Houston V. Seattle Ft Zach Pangelinan, Ross Neal, and Paul Healy
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Description- With a shift in the schedule, Dan and Pete check in with the Houston SaberCats and the Seattle Seawolves. Paul Healy joins the show to go over his preseason philosophy and his chance to fill in some holes in the roster with the Dallas dispersal draft. Zach Pangelinan stops by to catch up with two of his old friends with Dan having play…
With her debut memoir, Aftershocks (Simon & Schuster), Nadia Owusu explores the fault lines of identity, race, and justice, and the ways trauma and myths are transmitted through the generations. We talk about her upbringing in Europe (UK& Italy) and Africa (Ghana, Tanzania & Ethiopia), the meanings of skin color in different cultures, her social ju…
Come listen to episode 4 of season 2 while we interview Jewish rapper Kosha Dillz about his rap career and being Jewish in the rap scene! We also talk about International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan 27) and Tubishvat! To follow and listen to Kosha Dillz, go to where ever you listen to music. IG: @koshadillz Tiktok:@koshadillz826 http://koshadill…
Is it unhip to search for a meaningful pattern in life? Sven Birkerts rejoins the show to talk about his new book, Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memory: Bookmarked (IG Publishing), which explores time, memory, and those aforementioned meaningful patterns. We get into Sven's history with Nabokov's memoir, his own impulse toward memoir as he approached 5…
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Season 2 Episode 3: Stephanie Butnick: Unorthodox Co-Host
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Come and listen as we interview fellow Jewish podcaster Stephanie Butnick of the Unorthodox Podcast about herself, being apart of the world's leading Jewish podcast, Jews in the News, and insight about being a podcaster. To listen to the Unorthodox podcast, go to https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/unorthodox or wherever you listen to podcasts (such…
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EP 76: Rugby ATL v. Rugby United NY Ft Scott Lawrence, Duncan Van Schalkwyk, Greg McWilliams, Nate Brakeley
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Dan and Pete continue the road to Opening Weekend of Major League Rugby's Fourth Season. This week diving into the second match up featuring Rugby ATL v. Rugby United NY. Head Coach Scott Lawrence and Scrum-Half Duncan Van Schalkwyk sit down with Dan and Pete to discuss the extended offseason and preparations for the upcoming season. Head Coach Gre…
A series of deaths and personal losses in 2018 hang over Mark Wunderlich's poems in his new collection, God of Nothingness (Graywolf Press). We talk about that writing, how living through it unwittingly prepared him for the past year in Pandemia, and how the current situation compares with his arrival in NYC at the height of AIDS. We get into the u…
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Season 2 Episode 2: Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh: Director of The Well
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Come listen to episode 2 of season 2 as we talk to Rabbi Jeff about innovation in Jewish programing in Detroit and surrounding cities and you know, kvetch like we always do! To learn more about The Well, visit http://www.meetyouatthewell.org
"At 50, everyone has the face he deserves," said George Orwell, but he died at 47, so what does he know? To celebrate turning 50, I use an obscure Woody Allen movie to talk about why I can't take stock of my life. Then the good part: I ask nearly 40 guests of the podcast one question, "What do you wish you'd done before the pandemic?" (You can skip…
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Season 2 Episode 1: Chat with Jake, Sophie and Nate: New Years
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Come and listen to the first episode of season 2 as Jake, Sophie and Nate talk about our New Years resolutions, some things we did over winter break and our rant about maskholes!
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EP75: NOLA Gold v. Old Glory DC Ft Nathan Osborne, Moni Tongauiha, Andrew Douglas, Mungo Mason
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Dan and Pete take an inside look on the first match of opening day. New Orleans Gold v. Old Glory DC. They sit down first with NOLA Gold with Head Coach Nate Osborne to go over how the Gold have used this off-season to lay the foundation for future seasons off the pitch. Moni Tongauiha joins the show and discusses how he felt when Coach Osborne ask…
With his amazing new novel, Sergeant Salinger (Bellevue Literary Press), Jerome Charyn evokes and explores J.D. Salinger's WWII experience in the Counter Intelligence Corps. We talk about Jerome's history with Salinger's work, his disdain for The Catcher in the Rye and his love of Nine Stories and their depiction of NYC of the 1940s and early '50s,…
For the final episode of 2020, James Oseland rejoins the show to celebrate the launch of his World Food series of cookbooks, beginning with World Food: Mexico City (Ten Speed Press). We talk about his first experience with Mexico City, why he makes it his home, why he considers it North America's version of Rome, what it was like to treat it as tho…
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EP74 The Gilgronis Ft. Jeff Hassler, Sam Harris, and Will Magie
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A lot has changed in Austin since Adam Gilchrist acquired the franchise just before season three of Major League Rugby. Dan and Pete sit down with Will Magie to catch up on where things have moved since the season's cancellation, the changes that have been made, and how effective they've been. Sam Harris joins Dan Power to discuss the moving parts …
With the wonderful documentary, The Booksellers (Greenwich Entertainment), director D.W. Young celebrates the world of antiquarian books and the personalities who trade in them. We talk about how The Booksellers came together, the need to celebrate book culture, and the experience of premiering the movie during the New York International Antiquaria…
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Episode 412 - The Guest List 2020
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It's the 8th annual Guest List episode! Thirty of this year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2020 and the books they hope to get to in 2021! Guests include Derf Backderf, Philip Boehm, Ruben Bolling, Betsy Bonner, Henri Cole, Joan Marans Dim, Emily Flake, Jonathan W. Gray, Tom Hart, Arthur Hoyle, Rian Hug…
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Season 1 Episode 10: Ashley Schnaar and Sara Weinfeld
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Come and listen to episode 10 as we interview Ashley and Sara about their work in the mental health realm, the stigma associated with mental health and how you our listeners can treat yourself with some self care if you're going through something. If you or a loved one are struggling with any mental health, please feel free to visit any of these so…
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EP 73: 2021 Schedule Launch Ft Commissioner George Killebrew
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As the days count down towards Christmas, more presents for Major League Rugby fans get arrayed around the Christmas Tree. Commissioner George Killebrew joins the show to reflect upon his first season at the helm of MLR. He's quite honest about what his first season was like and where he sees the growth trajectory. He discusses the decision making …
