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All's Fair in Love and J-War: Unorthodox Episode 3, featuring Ophira...
It’s Thursday, which means the new episode of Unorthodox is here. This week, Mark Oppenheimer, Liel Leibovitz, and I sound off about the latest headlines: the legal battle between Jewish dating apps...
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No Business Like Show Business: Unorthodox Episode 4, Featuring Katha Pollitt...
It’s Thursday, which means the new episode of Unorthodox is here. On this week’s show, Jewish rapper Matisyahu gets booted from a Spanish reggae festival’s lineup for refusing to condemn Israel (he’s...
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Did You Hear The One About...?: Unorthodox Episode 5, Featuring Jason Zinoman...
It’s Thursday, and you know what that means: a new episode of Unorthodox! On this week’s show, a dolphin accused of being an Israeli spy, the world’s oldest Jewish person dies at 114, and a sobering,...
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Hard To Say I'm Sorry: Unorthodox's High Holiday Episode, Featuring Stories...
In the season leading up to Yom Kippur, Jews are supposed to apologize to all those we have wronged in the previous year. But what does that look like in practice? What happens when an apology goes...
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On Unorthodox, Rabbi Avi Shafran on Why He Hates the Term 'Ultra-Orthodox,'...
On this week’s episode of Unorthodox: whether schools should close for Jewish holidays, exporting American extremism to the West Bank, and Rosh Hashanah resolutions from host Mark Oppenheimer and...
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On Unorthodox, Talking Chai Fashion with Writer/Model Julia Frakes and...
This week on Unorthodox, we’re ringing in 5776 with the latest news of the Jews: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s Rosh Hashanah tweet, and a controversial New York Times feature that listed the...
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On Unorthodox, Talking to Alan Dershowitz About Natalie Portman and Muslim...
This week on Unorthodox: Ann Coulter’s ill-advised tweet during the Republican presidential debate about “f—ing Jews” (and A.J. Jacobs’ fact-minded response); the pope’s visit to the United States; and...
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On Unorthodox, Talking to Sloane Crosley About Her New Novel, and Poetry...
This week on Unorthodox: Ralph Lauren steps down as CEO of his namesake clothing company, Amy Schumer lands an $8 million book deal, and Mahmoud Abbas drops by the U.N. General Assembly. Our Jewish...
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A Live Taping of Unorthodox, Featuring Yale Philosophy Professor Shelly Kagan...
This week, we present our first-ever Unorthodox live show, which we recorded at the Slifka Center at Yale University. We discuss Ben Carson’s comments about gun control and the Holocaust, plus two...
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On Unorthodox, Shulem Deen Talks Life After Ultra-Orthodoxy and WSJ Sports...
This week on Unorthodox, James Franco’s star-studded bar mitzvah for charity (seriously, it raised $2.5 million); a viral video celebrating—with spoken word poetry—the diversity of the Jewish people;...
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This Week on Unorthodox, Wayne Hoffman Talks Gay Fiction and Dog Trainer...
This week marks the 13th episode of Unorthodox, and we’re ready to party like it’s our bar mitzvah all over again.Continue reading "This Week on Unorthodox, Wayne Hoffman Talks Gay Fiction and Dog...
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On Unorthodox, Journalist Alyssa Katz Talks Chamber of Commerce and Poet...
This week on Unorthodox: cat-astrophy in Israel.Continue reading "On Unorthodox, Journalist Alyssa Katz Talks Chamber of Commerce and Poet Emily Moore Asks About Hora" at...
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This Week on Unorthodox, Tablet's Alana Newhouse on Print Magazines, and...
This week on Unorthodox: Preaching to the unconverted.Continue reading "This Week on Unorthodox, Tablet's Alana Newhouse on Print Magazines, and Southern Baptist Bigwig Dr. Albert Mohler on Jewish...
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On Unorthodox, Sex Counselor Bat Sheva Marcus and Slate Advice Columnist...
This week on Unorthodox: Let’s talk about sex.Continue reading "On Unorthodox, Sex Counselor Bat Sheva Marcus and Slate Advice Columnist Mallory Ortberg" at...
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A Very Unorthodox Thanksgiving Episode: Talking to Our Listeners
This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for good health, cats, and Drake. But mostly, dear listeners, we’re thankful for you. Over the past 17 weeks, you’ve not only listened to our humble podcast, you’ve...
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On Unorthodox, Competitive Eater Don 'Moses' Lerman Devours Latkes, Hanukkah...
This week, we’re ringing in the Festival of Lights with a special episode filled with Unorthodox holiday cheer, Adam Sandler’s updated “Hanukkah Song,” and a whole lot of latkes. We’re joined by...
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On Unorthodox, Irin Carmon Talks 'Notorious RBG,' and Kathryn Hahn Describes...
This week on Unorthodox: America’s most badass Supreme Court Justice and TV’s most visible rabbi. Our Jewish guest is MSNBC reporter Irin Carmon, whose new book, Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of...
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Unorthodox Heads to D.C. for a Live Taping Featuring Jewish Food Maven Joan...
This week, Unorthodox heads to our nation’s capital for a special live episode at the Washington DCJCC.Continue reading "Unorthodox Heads to D.C. for a Live Taping Featuring Jewish Food Maven Joan...
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A Very Unorthodox Christmas, Featuring 'Orange is the New Black' Star Yael...
This week, Unorthodox celebrates Christmas—or as we call it, Christian Hanukkah—the only way we know how: binge-watching Netflix (the new “going to a movie”) and eating Chinese food. We’re joined by...
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The Best of Unorthodox in 2015: Featuring Simon Doonan, Dave Hill, Erin...
It’s been quite a year for Unorthodox! We started the podcast in July as part of Slate’s Panoply network and since then have discussed everything from Drake to Bernie Sanders (and cats), hosted live...
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