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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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27:23

Ep. 85: Double Dare, Unwrapped, and Beyond – with...

Amusing Jews ·

2025/01/20

Marc Summers is a legendary television personality, best known for hosting Nickelodeon’s Double Dare and Unwrapped for the Food Network. He is the author of Everything in Its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the star of a one-man stage show, The Life & Slimes of Marc Summers. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Marc’s IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003162/ Double Dare Best

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24:04

Ep. 84: Is Yosemite Sam Jewish? - with Jonathan...

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2025/01/13

There’s an old debate about Yosemite Sam’s possible Jewish identity. Amusing Jews gets to the bottom of it! Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Donald Trump Mispronounces “Yosemite”https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/04/trump-mispronounces-yosemite-white-house-event/3289122001/ Yosemite Sam is Actually Jewishhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8608037/After-Trumps-gaffe-emerges-Yosemite-Sam-Jewish-named-Samuel-Rosenbaum.html How

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46:55

Ep. 83: Abe Saperstein’s Harlem Globetrotters – with...

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2025/01/06

Brothers Mark and Matthew Jacob are the co-authors of Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports. They previously co-authored What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame.Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook up the World of Sportshttps://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538181454/Globetrotter-How-Abe-Saperstein-Shook-Up-the-World-of-Sports What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and

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26:49

Ep. 82: Carl Laemmle’s Universal Legacy – with film...

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2024/12/23

Antonia Carlotta is a film historian and niece of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle. She explores her great uncle’s legacy on her YouTube channel and website, Antonia Carlotta Presents: Universally Me. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Antonia’s websitehttps://www.antoniacarlotta.com/ Antonia’s YouTube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/AntoniaCarlotta Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/ Subscribe to the Amusing Jews

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21:19

A Very Cthulhu Hanukkah Special – with author Alex...

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2024/12/16

Alex Shvartsman is an author, translator, and anthologist whose latest book is Dreidel of Dread: The Very Cthulhu Hanukkah Board Book. His other works include the fantasy novels Kakistocracy, The Middling Affliction, and Eridani’s Crown. His short stories have appeared in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, and other publications. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Alex’s websitehttps://alexshvartsman.com/Dreidel of Dread -

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25:30

Ep. 81: Levy-Gardner-Laven Memories – with Barbara Laven

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2024/12/09

Barbara Laven is a retired trauma therapist and daughter of producer-director Arnold Laven – one-third of Levy-Gardner-Laven, the production company behind the classic TV Western series The Rifleman and The Big Valley. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Levy-Garnder-Lavenhttps://www.therifleman.net/about/ Arnold Laven’s IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491852/ Arnold Laven’s

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24:59

Ep. 80: What Jewish Looks Like – with author Liz...

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2024/12/02

Liz Kleinrock is an antiracist and antibias educator and author of What Jewish Looks Like, a book for young readers co-authored with Caroline Kusin Prichard and illustrated by Iris Gottlieb. Her previous books include Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School; Eyes that Weave the World’s Wonders; and Come and Join Us! 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren What Jewish Looks

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37:59

Ep. 79: Remembering Gene Wilder – with documentarian...

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2024/11/25

Glenn Kirschbaum is a documentary writer, producer, and director whose latest film is Remembering Gene Wilder. He also wrote episodes of Unsolved Mysteries, and has overseen hundreds of hours of programming on The History Channel, A & E, Discovery, National Geographic, The Travel Channel, The Food Network, HGTV, The Weather Channel, and more. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Glenn’s IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1014024/ Remembering Gene Wilder

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27:41

Ep. 78: A Century of Dybbuks – with theatre professor...

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2024/11/18

Debra Caplan is an associate professor of theatre at the Graduate Center and Baruch College, City University of New York. She's the author of Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy, and co-editor of The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play That Possessed the World. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren The Dybbuk Centuryhttps://press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Dybbuk-Century3 Yiddish

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52:11

Ep. 77: American Ninja, Breakin’ 2, and Cannon Films...

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2024/11/11

Sam Firstenberg is an independent film director best known for his work with Cannon films, including Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo and the American Ninja series. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Sam’s websitehttps://samfirstenberg.tripod.com/ Sam’s YouTube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJpfRkG6T_kUII7sCRO5uAw Sam’s IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278735/ American Ninja trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xrzqPLwOio Breakin’ 2: Electric

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34:29

Ep. 76: Contemporary Jewish Visual Art – with artist...

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2024/11/04

Joel Silverstein is an artist, curator, teacher, critic, and a founding member of the Jewish Art Salon. His new book is The Brighton Beach Bible, an autobiographical painted narrative based around the Exodus story. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Joel’s websitehttps://joelsilversteinart.com/mu.html The Brighton Beach Biblehttps://www.amazon.com/Brighton-Beach-Bible-Joel-Silverstein/dp/B0CHV3TX25 Jewish Art Salonhttps://jewishartsalon.org/ Amusing

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19:18

Betty Boop Halloween Special – with author Peter...

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2024/10/28

Peter Benjaminson is a former reporter for The LA Times, Detroit Free Press, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He’s the author of several books, including The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard; Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar; and most recently The Life and Times of Betty Boop: The 100-Year History of an Animated Icon. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren The Life and Times of Betty

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27:43

Ep. 75: Real Life Funnies – with cartoonist Stan Mack

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2024/10/21

Stan Mack is a cartoonist best known for Real Life Funnies, which ran in The Village Voice for over two decades. His new book, Stan Mack’s Real-Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995, is published by Fantagraphics. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Stan Mack’s Real Life

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32:01

Ep. 74: The Jewish Mother of Organized Crime – with...

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2024/10/14

Margalit Fox is a journalist and author whose latest book is The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss. Her previous books include Conan Doyle for the Defense, The Riddle of the Labyrinth, Talking Hands, and The Confidence Men. As a senior writer in the Obituary News Department of The New York Times, she wrote sendoffs for some of the leading cultural figures of our age. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike

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27:37

Ep. 73: Cartoonists Against Racism – with historian...

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2024/10/07

Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, based in Washington, D.C. He’s the author of more than 20 books, including the graphic novel Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America and his latest, Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Cartoonists Against

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39:51

Ep. 72: American Jewish Material Culture – with...

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2024/09/30

Avi Decter is managing partner of History Now and the author most recently of Exploring American Jewish History through 50 Historic Treasures. He has served as director of the Museum of American Jewish History and the Jewish Museum of Maryland, head of education at the H.F. DuPont Museum and Gardens, and special assistant to the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Exploring American

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Ep. 71: Voicing Teddy Ruxpin – with actor Phil Baron

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2024/09/23

Phil Baron is a voice actor, singer, and songwriter best known as the voice of Teddy Ruxpin. He also voiced Piglet on the 1980s Disney Channel series Welcome to Pooh Corner. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Phil’s IMDbhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056295/ Phil’s Teddy Ruxpin Wikihttps://teddyruxpin.fandom.com/wiki/Phil_Baron Teddy Ruxpin Commercialshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkr_4RICL9M Amusing Jews Merch

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45:55

Ep. 70: Why You Like It: Music, Taste, & Pandora –...

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2024/09/16

Nolan Gasser, a composer, pianist, and musicologist, is the architect of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project. He’s also the author of Why You Like It: The Science & Culture of Musical Taste. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Nolan’s websitehttps://www.nolangasser.com/ Why You Like It (book page)https://www.whyyoulikeit.com/ Nolan’s TEDx Talkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3wzSjKKvf4 Nolan’s NASA music (GLAST

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22:29

Ep. 69: Jews, Emo & Say Anything – with researcher...

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2024/09/09

Gabrielle Newman is a cantor and emo aficionado. Her cantorial thesis is titled, “Say Anything: The Significance of the Jewish Voice in Contemporary Mainstream Music.”Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Say Anything, “Hebrews”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qq-LoFCjEU Say Anything, “Alive With the Glory of Love”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZGRzdywXqs Say Anything, “Died a Jew”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPH9ClhHPkk Amusing Jews Merch

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22:36

Ep. 68: The Art of Anger – with political cartoonist...

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2024/09/02

Eli Valley is a writer and cartoonist whose work has been featured in The Nation, The New Republic, The Village Voice, Jewish Currents, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel, and the forthcoming book, Museum of Degenerates: Portraits of the American Grotesque. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Eli’s websitehttps://www.elivalley.com/ Eli’s

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