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Welcome to People Jew Wanna Know, a podcast sharing stories of remarkable Jewish people! Hosted by Margarita Lyadova, each episode features conversations with interesting Jewish guests of today and historical figures who’ve shaped Jewish culture and identity. Together, we seek answers to today's essential questions facing the Jewish people.
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- 5 days ago57 min
The Jews Are The Winningest Team in Human History — Rabbi Leor Sinai
Rabbi Leor Sinai changed Margarita's life before he ever met her. He ran Alexander Muss High School in Israel, the program that completely shaped Margarita's Jewish identity. Years later, they finally sit down together. Now, Leor is serving as the Senior Vice President at the Israel Innovation Institute. This is a conversation about the story we tell ourselves. Leor makes the case that "the world hates us" is a losing pitch — and that Jews are, in fact, the winningest team in human history. He also names something uncomfortable: America is in decline, and Israel was never meant to be an insurance policy.Check out Leor's work at www.leorsinai.com and learn more about the Israel Innovation Institute at www.israelinnovation.org.il/ Support our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknowWhat We Discuss:00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda04:21 From New York nightlife to rabbinical school09:00 Why Muss worked: experiential learning that sticks14:00 The winning-team pitch vs. the world-hates-us story22:00 America in decline and the rise of antisemitism32:00 Innovation for the Jewish world: finding root causes40:00 Living consciously and trusting your gut48:00 Israel as home, not insurance policy53:00 A generation of lions, not the TikTok generation55:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
- 1 weeks ago59 min
Dara Horn - Why We Need More Courage, Not Knowledge
Dara Horn, by her own admission, hates arguing with people. So how did the author of *People Love Dead Jews* become one of the sharpest, most fearless voices confronting antisemitism today? Necessity, mostly. And a refusal to keep pretending.In her return to the show, Dara unpacks her new book, *The Final Solution to the Jewish Question: A Love Story For The Living*, and makes a case that'll stick with you: antisemitism isn't a bias, it's a lie — and the lie is always the same. Plus, why the anti-Israel movement is a "bag of hot air" with three words of substance behind it, and the data-poisoning plot she was handed in private.Buy Dara's new book everywhere books are sold and check out her work at www.darahorn.comSupport our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknowThis episode was brought to you in partnership with the Center for Jewish HistoryWhat We Discuss:00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda04:00 Courage over knowledge, and whether we can expect heroism12:00 The Gentleman's Agreement and the price of passing21:00 Standing up to an organized hate movement28:00 Antisemitism as a lie, not a bias37:00 Jewish civilization as a 3,000-year anti-tyranny movement44:00 The Wikipedia and Reddit data-poisoning plot50:00 Her son, the gaming Discord, and cowardice at Harvard56:00 The collapse of the humanities and the lost art of argument58:30 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
- 2 weeks ago44 min
Building NYC's Magic Empire - Nadav Roet
Nadav Roet started doing magic at 4 years old in Israel, moved to Amsterdam to live in his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's hometown, and landed in New York — where he now runs The Bluff, the city's underground magic show built for the young, cool crowd. He's an award-winning mentalist featured in Cosmopolitan and New York magazine, and in this episode, Nadav will convince you that magic is the single coolest art form ever invented.Follow Nadav on socials @NadavRoet and @TheBluffNYCSupport our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow**What We Discuss:**00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda02:00 Growing up in magic and building The Bluff06:30 The magic renaissance and why every party has a magician now11:00 A third-generation Holocaust survivor's Jewish identity14:00 Israeli skeptics vs. American audiences17:00 A live mind-reading trick (watch on video)24:00 Why magic is a proudly Jewish — but never insular — art form30:00 Magic Camp, meeting your heroes, and killing your darlings38:00 Where the female magicians are41:00 Do what you love, with what you have, and have fun43:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
- 3 weeks ago34 min
Harrison Greenbaum: A Jewish Magician’s Guide to Reading People
Harrison Greenbaum does 900 shows a year. The Harvard grad turned comedian-magician has been called "the hardest working man in comedy." He's also the guy who wrote his college thesis on whether jokes can make people less racist. Turns out the answer is complicated — and there's one type of humor that can actually make prejudice *worse*.Harrison gets honest about the sharp rise in antisemitism showing up in his comments, the audience member who blurted "no" when he said he was Jewish, and why being a grandson of Holocaust survivors makes him want to talk about Jewish stuff *more*, not less. Plus: why so many magicians are terrible, and how to (maybe) reverse-pickpocket a mentalist.Follow Harrison on socials @harrisoncomedySupport our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow**What We Discuss:**00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda02:09 From Magic Camp to Harvard's Jewish Fraternity06:30 The Secret Algorithm of 900 Shows a Year12:00 His Thesis on Whether Jokes Fight Prejudice17:30 Being a Jewish Comic in a Weirder Climate22:00 Running Off to Join Cirque du Soleil25:00 Why Every Magic Show Looks the Same29:00 The Reverse-Pickpocketing Sting Operation32:00 What the Jews Bring to Magic34:06 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
- Sep 2, 202650 min
Chloe Hechter - People's Jewish American Princess
Chloe Hechter calls herself "the People's Jewish American Princess," and she means it as a mission, not a punchline. Former child actor, recovering sorority girl, and now a comedy creator with 300,000+ followers, she's spent years reclaiming an insult and turning private-school-summer-camp-Murray-Hill life into beloved sketches.But the skits are just the surface. Chloe opens up about exposure therapy for emetophobia starting at age ten, why she believes Jewish women have to be "ten toes down," and her sharpest take yet: that a lot of Jinsta creators are failing.Follow Chloe on all socials @ChloeHechterrSupport our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknowThis episode is brought to you by ReturnQueen, making your returns easy! Use promo code **PJWK50** on the ReturnQueen app for 50% off an Annual Membership—just $99 for the year (regularly $199.99). Your membership includes: 4 return pickups every monthUp to 12 items in your pickupOr, if you'd like to try ReturnQueen first, use promo code **FREERETURN** on the app for your first pickup free!💜 Download the ReturnQueen app and let them handle your returns—and your resale. Follow ReturnQueen on Socials @return.queen**What We Discuss:**00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda04:00 Reclaiming Jewish American Princess06:30 Becoming a full-time content creator post Syracuse13:00 Why Chloe wants to manage her own socials15:00 Growing up the Jewish girl at theater camp18:00 Emetophobia and exposure therapy24:00 The camp meds line28:00 American Jews and the myth of the golden age32:00 Jewish girls and the trends they started40:00 Chloe's upcoming book, being a woman in the creator space, and why Jinsta ghettoizes Jews49:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
- Aug 26, 202644 min
The Power of Quiet Confidence - Yardenne Greenspan
Yardenne Greenspan is a Tel Aviv-born writer and Hebrew translator whose work appears in numerous publications and has earned notable awards. She's married to Shai Davidai (yes, that one — Activist, former Columbia professor, and Margarita's viral early guest), but she's built her own formidable kind of activism: humanizing Israelis one carefully chosen word at a time. She's the person you drift toward at every Jewish event without quite knowing why.In this episode, Margarita and Yardenne discuss the importance of translation, the true reality of activism, and how to always take the high road. Follow Yardenne on Instagram @YardenneGreenspanSupport our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknowWhat We Discuss:00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda03:27 Growing Up Secular in Tel Aviv07:15 Meeting Shai & Moving to America10:30 Post-Mortems on Activism14:00 The Twitter Fight & Refusing the Bait19:45 Translation as a Form of Activism26:00 Vulnerability as Strength30:30 Raising Kids Under Attack36:00 Translating Trauma in Kazakhstan41:00 Message to the Jewish People44:03 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
- Aug 19, 202643 min
Eitan Levine - Looking For Allies Before Enemies
Eitan Levine - you know him, you love him. He's a popular Jewish comedian, political commentator, and the man behind the beloved "Jewish or Antisemitic" series. This episode goes deeper than expected. Eitan opens up about the sarcoma that shaped his teens and twenties. He also delivers a blistering and hilarious critique of how Jewish organizations spent money after October 7th — and why he thinks it backfired.Follow @eitanthegoalie on Instagram and check out his work at www.eitanlevine.comSupport our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknowWhat We Discuss:00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda03:41 From celebrity journalism to Jewish comedy06:00 Cancer at ten and the Russian leg-lengthening device14:00 Manischewitz Matchmakers and reinjecting Jewish joy23:00 Why the post-October 7th messaging failed30:00 Watching Trump press conferences from a bomb shelter33:00 Jewish or Antisemitic: New York City edition38:00 Find allies before enemies40:00 Brad Lander, endorsements, and showing up in city government43:00 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
- Aug 12, 202633 min
"Zionists for Zohran" with Adam Malev
Adam Malev has performed at over 1,000 stand-up shows, built an app that maps every open mic in New York City, and once did a full minute of 9/11 jokes on Kill Tony. He's a proud Zionist, the self-proclaimed last Jew in his family's lineage, and — brace yourself — a genuine, non-satirical Zohran Mamdani voter.Margarita was sure the "Zionist for Zohran" bit was a joke. It is not. This episode is a real-time reckoning, a lot of laughing, and zero eye-to-eye. They stay friends anyway.Follow Adam on Instagram @adammalev & @malevcomedySupport our work: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknowWhat We Discuss:00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda05:04 From EY consultant to full-time comedian07:30 Building Comediq, the open mic app09:00 Last Jew in the family 13:00 Zionist for Zohran, explained (and not satire)17:00 Affordability, potholes, and the case for Mamdani20:00 Synagogue buffer zones and Jewish safety24:00 The @Antisemitism account and manufactured outrage27:00 Kill Tony regrets and the Jewish Kanye West31:30 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
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