Writer Batya Ungar-Sargon joins us to talk about her piece in The Forward, which unpacks debates within the diverse American Jewish community about public toleration for the president following the mass shooting in Pittsburgh. Then, the “Everything is Alive” podcast interviews inanimate objects, personifying them and posing existential questions that make for a unique and smart package with an unexpectedly moving edge. To tell us more, podcast creator and host Ian Chillag joins us in the studio.