• Talking about Talking Animals
    Dec 11 2024

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    This week Jack and John try to take it a bit easy and then argue about animals! Listen as we describe a terrible frog, a clever ass, and of course how fables modern and ancient fit into the fabric of sacred mythology.

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    • Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • We Don't Need No Man, and Neither Does Lillith
    Oct 21 2024

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    This week we talk about the sexiest figure in Jewish mythology. The queen of demons, a woman who looked the archetypal man in the eyes and said. "No, I will not be subservient. I am woman, and I would rather be a queen of demons than serve anyone."

    John may be really excited to delve into this one...

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    53 mins
  • The Curses We Yell
    Oct 13 2024

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    This week Jack and John throw curses around like it's nobody's business! Listen to Jack read off traditional Yiddish curses. Did you know we tried to curse Hitler? Check out the storied history of curse prevention, and watch as Jack puts John on the spot to make curses up just for you!

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The Giant Wars and Warring Giants
    Sep 16 2024

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    John and Jack delve into one of their favorite topics, THE GIANT WARS. This is an insane topic as it's rife throughout both the Tanakh and the Talmud. There is ample liturgical evidence of giants and the Jewish people fighting them. So let's delve into our biggest fans, be the Nephilim, Raphaim, or just Yao Ming. (To our knowledge, Yao Ming is not a being made of fire, nor is he a listener, but we could be wrong!)

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Debonair Dybbukim
    Sep 5 2024

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    This week John and Jack meet up in person in sunny oppressive Austin, Texas to discuss which ghosts have the most in this episode of Dybbuk-Centric episode of Wayward Children.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Chassidic Magic
    Aug 14 2024

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    An amazing special episode, we bring on a descendent of the Rebbe to discuss his storied and near-mythic family history,

    • Story of Rabbi Menachem Tzvi of England (Rabbi with an Earring #2) https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1148-11
    • The wedding memento of Pessi and Dovie Levy (Rabbi with an Earring #3 and other family stories) https://collive.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Levy-Fischer-Memento.pdf
    • Sefer Shimmush Tehillim https://halakhah.com/rst/tehillim.pdf

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • The Gnashing of Our Gnoshers
    Jul 8 2024

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    There are few things that bring a group of Jews together faster than and better than food. This episode Jack and John dive into the culinary traditions of Judaism is more specifically those traditions' place in mysticism.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Sticks and Stones can Break a Sheyd's Bones
    Jun 28 2024

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    John and Jack talk about speaking quietly and carrying a big stick, while speaking very loudly.

    This episode is all about canes, staffs, and staves, magic and meaningful throughout Jewish history and mythology!

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    1 hr and 13 mins