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Amusing Jews

Atheists United Studios

An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.

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Ep 104: So Bad, It’s Good – with comedy writer Bruce...

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2025/06/09

Bruce Vilanch is Hollywood’s go-to comedy writer for award shows, sitcoms, and variety specials. His new book is It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Timehttps://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/it-seemed-like-a-bad-idea-at-the-time-products-9780914091929.php?page_id=21 Bruce’s IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0897358/ Star Wars

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45:56

Ep. 103: Jewish Women’s Graphic Narratives – with...

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2025/06/02

Victoria Aarons is the O.R. and Eva Mitchell Distinguished Professor of Literature at Trinity University and editor of a new book, The Story’s Not Over: Jewish Women and Embodied Selfhood in Graphic Narratives. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren The Story’s Not Overhttps://wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814349113/ Memory Spaceshttps://wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814349144/ Holocaust Graphic

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18:54

Ep. 102: A Summer with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald...

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2025/05/26

Janice Shapiro is an author and illustrator whose new graphic novel, Honoria: A Fortuitous Friendship, is published by Fantagraphics. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Honoria: A Fortuitous Friendshiphttps://www.fantagraphics.com/products/honoria Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/ Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los

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35:42

Ep. 101: AI and the Afterlife – with cartoonist Amy...

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2025/05/19

Amy Kurzweil is a cartoonist and graphic memoirist whose latest book is Artificial: A Love Story. She previously authored Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir, and you can find her cartoons in The New Yorker. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Artificial: A Love Storyhttps://books.catapult.co/books/artificial/ Amy’s Websitehttps://amykurzweil.com/ Amy’s TED Talkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G37VO1yeVEo Amusing Jews Merch

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37:42

Ep. 100: Forgotten Hollywood Moguls: Nicholas and...

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2025/05/12

Michael Benson is the author of more than 60 nonfiction history and true crime books. His latest is Moguls: The Lives and Times of Film Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck, co-written with Craig Singer. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Mogulshttps://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806543086/moguls/ Michael’s Bookshttps://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HCVE00?ccs_id=5e6cd248-fe92-413d-b0c2-58a9b6ae537b Amusing Jews Merch

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25:27

Ep. 99: Wrestling is My Gimmick – with WWE legend...

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2025/05/05

Barry Horowitz’s professional wrestling career spanned nearly four decades, including memorable runs in both WWF and WCW. His new memoir is titled, Wrestling is My Gimmick: My Life on the Wrong Side of the Three-Count. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Wrestling is My Gimmickhttps://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/wrestling-is-my-gimmick/?srsltid=AfmBOooLYziMK4_FDTKxdPzDyRNYfpRhEOG7JUpe6w511-Pu-gfOZw2I Barry Horowitz’s

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44:46

Ep. 98: Einstein in Kafkaland – with graphic novelist...

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2025/04/28

Ken Krimstein is a cartoonist and graphic novelist whose latest book is Einstein in Kafkaland. He previously authored The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt; When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiography of Six Yiddish Teenagers; and Kvetch as Kvetch Can, a collection of Jewish cartoons. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Ken’s websitehttps://www.kenkrimstein.com/Einstein in Kafkalandhttps://www.bloomsbury.com/us/einstein-in-kafkaland-9781635579543/Amusing Jews

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19:14

Ep. 97: Jewish History through Humor – with author...

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2025/04/21

Rob Kutner is an award-winning author and television writer whose credits include The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Teen Titans Go!, Ben10, and many more. His latest book is The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Mike Tomren Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren The Jews: 5,000 Years and Countinghttps://posthillpress.com/book/the-jews-5000-years-and-counting Rob’s IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1243193/ God’s

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17:37

Rugrats Passover Special – with actress Melanie Chartoff

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2025/04/14

Melanie Chartoff voiced Didi Pickles and her mother Minka on Nickelodeon's long-running cartoon, Rugrats. She was also Principal Musso on Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, a cast member on Fridays, and a guest star on Seinfeld, among other credits. More recently, she authored a memoir, Odd Woman Out: Exposure in Essays and Stories. A Rugrats Passover – commercialhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAm0b16TMQ Melanie’s websitehttps://melaniechartoff.com/ Odd Woman

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Ep. 96: Rod Serling: The Twilight Man – with graphic...

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2025/04/07

Koren Shadmi is a cartoonist, illustrator, and author of The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television. Among his other books are Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula and A For Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World. Koren’s websitehttps://www.korenshadmi.com/ The Twilight Manhttps://www.humanoids.com/series/233 Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/ Subscribe to the Amusing Jews

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24:08

Ep. 95: Is the Toxic Avenger Jewish? - with Jonathan...

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2025/03/31

With recent news that the long-awaited reboot of The Toxic Avenger will finally be released in August 2025, we thought it would be a good time to revisit a question some have been asking since 1984: Is the Toxic Avenger Jewish?Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-FieldProducer-engineer: Mike TomrenThe Toxic Avenger (1984; full movie)https://tubitv.com/movies/655405/the-toxic-avenger?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feedToxic Crusaders (first

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Ep. 94: Jewish Masculinity & Popular Culture – with...

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2025/03/24

Miriam Eve Mora is managing director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan and author of Carrying a Big Schtick: Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century. She’s also co-creator of JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience, a comic book and pop culture convention celebrating diverse Jewish themes, characters, and narratives in sequential art. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Miriam’s

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Ep. 93: A Looney Tunes Retrospective – with cartoon...

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2025/03/17

Jaime Weinman is a cartoon historian and author of the book, Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite: The Unauthorized Biography of Looney Tunes. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren Anvils, Mallets & Dynamitehttps://utpdistribution.com/9781989555460/anvils-mallets-and-dynamite/ “The Walky Talky Philosophy of Foghorn Leghorn” - book excerpthttps://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/10/anvils-mallets-dynamite-the-walky-talky-philosophy-of-foghorn-leghorn/ Amusing

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Ep. 92: Living with Groucho Marx – with author Steve...

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2025/03/10

Steve Stoliar is the author of the classic memoir, Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House. He also wrote for TV shows like Murder, She Wrote, Simon & Simon, and Sliders, and has written and produced documentaries including Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge. His latest book is Salamis & Swastikas: Letters Home from a G.I. Jew.Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Steve’s websitehttp://stevestoliar.com/ Steve’s

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Ep. 91: Al Jolson & The Jazz Singer – with author...

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2025/03/03

Richard Bernstein is a reporter, foreign correspondent, and cultural critic whose latest book is Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Richard’s websitehttps://www.richardbernstein.net/ Only in Americahttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/703276/only-in-america-by-richard-bernstein/ The Jazz Singer (1927)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMvn8Ws-l0c Amusing Jews Merch

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Ep. 90: Writing the Friends Theme (“I’ll Be There For...

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2025/02/24

Michael Skloff is a composer best known for “I’ll Be There For You,” the theme song for Friends. His music is heard on many films and TV shows, as well as on the stage, in concert halls, and even in synagogues. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Michael’s IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804488/ “I’ll Be There For You”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2TyVQGoCYo Friends Final Music Sessionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_AvlCW-sNg Dream On –

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20:26

Ep. 89: Remembering Abbie Hoffman – with...

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2025/02/17

Nancy Cohen is a “multi-un-disciplinary” filmmaker, artist, and activist. Her candid documentary, My Dinner with Abbie, was filmed with Abbie Hoffman at Sarge’s Deli in Manhattan in 1987. She is currently in post-production on a film about love, obsession, and John Lennon. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Nancy’s IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169642/?ref_=tt_cst_dr_1 My Dinner with Abbie – previewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giQ_g__C8uw Amusing

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Ep. 88: Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews – with pop culture...

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2025/02/10

Mathew Klickstein is a prolific author, filmmaker, and pop culture historian, whose latest book is Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews, part of the Conversations with Filmmakers Series of the University Press of Mississippi.Lloyd Kaufman has been making independent movies for over 50 years as cofounder and president of Troma Entertainment, and is responsible for the likes of such schlocky “midnight movie” fare as 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝑺𝒈𝒕. 𝑲𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒌𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑵.𝒀.𝑷.𝑫., 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛

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29:37

Ep. 87: Jewish Cultural Canon - with author Jodi...

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2025/02/03

Jodi Kornfeld is rabbi of Beth Chaverim Humanistic Jewish Community in Deerfield, Illinois, and co-editor of a new book, Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-FieldProducer-engineer: Mike TomrenContemporary Humanistic Judaismhttps://jps.org/books/contemporary-humanistic-judaism/Jodi's Biohttps://bethchaverim.net/about-beth-chaverim/our-rabbiAmusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/Subscribe to the Amusing Jews

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32:26

Ep. 86: Daisy Goes to the Moon – with author Mathew...

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2025/01/27

Mathew Klickstein is a prolific author, filmmaker, and pop culture historian. Rick Geary is a renowned artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. Their new graphic novel, Daisy Goes to the Moon, is published by Fantagraphics. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Mathew’s websitehttps://www.mathewklickstein.com/ Rick’s websitehttps://www.rickgeary.com/ Daisy Goes to the

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