Remember when OJ died?? That's what we were talking about a few days ago when we recorded this, and all was calm in the world. Coincidentaly this blissfully unaware episode is also number 100 for us! Thank you for that, Chaya Leah is petitionin

Deal or No Deal - with Tom Aharon

16 days ago 1h 15m

Tom Aharon is an Israeli standup comedian, and co-host of Israel's top commercial daily radio morning show, New Morning. We discuss doing stand up for IDF soliders after Oct 7, Hezbollah's VP of Global Marketing and Natan Sharansky's underwear.

In Defense of Imposter Syndrome - with Peter Berkowitz

23 days ago 1h 10m

Dr. Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, former Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, executive secretary of the department's Commission on Unalienable Rights, and

The Antisemitism space is thriving

30 days ago 1h 9m

In this episode we cover a failed meditation, a succesful trip to Israel (it's all fine now), and the moral confusion about rapes that aren't planned but just kind of happen. Also: a listener creates a fun game: who said it white nationalist or

All Aboard the Compassion Bus - with Jen Murtazashvili

Mar 19th, 2024 1h 34m

This week we welcome Jennifer Murtazashvili, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and Founding Director of the Center for Governance and Markets.We talk about an interfaith initiative sh

Hot Girl Walk - With Bridget Phetasy

Mar 14th, 2024 1h 53m

Two hours with one of our favorite Shiksa's, Bridget Phetasy! Fair warning that Bridget used to write for Playboy, and Chaya Leah was very interested in that, so this episode gets spicy.Bridget Phetasy is host of Dumpster Fire on YouTube and th

Take your meds

Mar 5th, 2024 1h 11m

A very bad Jewish dad jokeAn exciting new AAJ Spin-off((((((Why))))))Our friend and former guest Batya Ungar-Sargon kicking ass on Bill MaherShould you get a Aaron Bushnell face tattoo?Abolition week at HarvardAcademia - Should we stay or shoul

Rob Henderson is 0.6% Jewish

Feb 28th, 2024 1h 9m

This week the girls welcome Rob Henderson, author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. Born to a drug-addicted, homeless mother in California, Rob was passed around 7 foster homes and grew to become a rowdy teenager.

Cowardice will end us - with Winston Marshall

Feb 20th, 2024 1h 8m

This week, we welcome Lord Winston Marshall (we assume he’s a Lord, he’s from England) - writer, podcaster, musician, and noble friend of the Jews. You may know Winston as co-founder of the band “Mumford and Sons” and more recently as host of “

Black Shabbos Goy - With Coleman Hughes

Feb 12th, 2024 1h 14m

Make Colorblindness Great Again! Writer, musician, rapper, author and podcaster Coleman Hughes joins us this week to discuss his new book which you should buy and read, "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America."We cover Neo

Imagine UN Me

Feb 6th, 2024 1h 7m

In this episode, we discuss the personal stories of two fallen IDF soldiers - Ahmad Abu Latif and Cedrick Garin. You can read more about Ahmad in this story from our friend Nancy Rommelmann, and see a video of both young men on our substack, as

From the Potomac River to the Atlantic Sea - DC Dispatch with James Kirchick

Jan 31st, 2024 1h 16m

James Kirchick is a journalist and author of the NY Times bestseller "Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington". You may know him from his work in Air Mail, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and others. Follow Jamie on Twitter, read

Paragliding into the Superbowl like...

Jan 23rd, 2024 1h

Good morning from Israel, where it is currently October 116th. on this solo pod, the girls occupy familiar and new territories:Being sick at homeWe are brothers?Hostages forever.The Russian roulette that is Jerusalem bus travelChaya Leah guardi

AAJ 84 Nick Gillespie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space

Jan 17th, 2024 1h 47m

Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets," and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie, he’s also our favorite libertarian! In this episode we talk about:Hollywood’s portr

Pizza Bagels - with Mike Pesca

Jan 8th, 2024 1h 17m

This week on Ask A Jew, the girls sit down with their colleague at the top of the podcasting charts Mike Pesca, who just returned from his first ever reporting trip to Israel. We discuss the war with Hamas, growing up Italian and Jewish, and at

Righteous Among the Gentiles - W/ Michael Moynihan

Jan 2nd, 2024 1h 23m

Join the discussion on Susbtack askajew.substack.comFollow, review and rate Ask A Jew five stars us on Apple podcasts, it helps us grow! Joing the AAJ conversation on Susbtack! askajew.substack.comEmail us your questions [email protected]

A Rabbi "Jewsplains" Christmas Music

Dec 21st, 2023 2h 6m

This week we are re-airing one of our favorite episodes, "All I want for Christmas is Jews", from December 2022. In this episode we interview Rabbi David Komerofsky, an expert on Christmas music. I know, right??If Rabbi K's name sounds familia

Vote

Dec 15th, 2023 1h 13m

Thank you to everyone who showed up at the Hanukkah Party! It was lots of fun, we had donuts, drinks, home made hamentaschen (why not!) and more laughs than awkward introductions. Lets do it again sometime! Pics here.This week:Pray for the soci

Every Dog Will Have Its Day

Dec 6th, 2023 1h 10m

SEE YOU WEDNESDAY, DEC 13 Hanukkah Bash - 3 sheets bar, 134 West 3rd street, 6pm. RSVPMore info on askajew.substack.comIn a nice catch-up episode we discuss this non-fun rollercoaster of emotions, turn our rage to all different directions (this

Spirals of Silence w/ Jonathan Rauch

Nov 29th, 2023 1h 13m

As part of our ongoing therapy, we welcomed Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Jonathan is one of our favorite authors, and his books “Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought” and “The Constitution of Knowle

The 4 Horsemen of the Jewpocalypse

Nov 21st, 2023 1h 12m

~~Save the Date - December 13th Hannukah party in NYC~~Follow substack for more info: askajew.substack.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sam Harris is amazing. Me too, unless you’re a jewWHO? Unicef? UNHRC? GTFOIlhan

Gen Z and the Z word - with Blake Flayton

Nov 16th, 2023 1h 6m

We welcome young journalist and activist Blake Flayton, fresh off a ground invasion into academia. He tries to explain to us what is wrong with the kids today, what TikTok and peer pressure has to do with it, and why we need different kinds of

Islamophobia Month Special - with the Habibi Bros Mujahed Kobbe and Siraj Hashmi

Nov 6th, 2023 1h 26m

In honor of Islamophobia month, we detained Mujahed Kobbe and Siraj Hashmi, otherwise knows as the Habibi Bros, hosts of the Habibi Power Hour." Seriously, this is the most fun we’ve had all month - and that's before we strip searched them. Fo

Return of the Jewish whisper - with Yossi Klein Halevi

Oct 31st, 2023 1h 10m

The girls use their guest Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Hartman Institute, as a free therapist.Warning: This episode gets funny and lighthearted at times, some might even say optimistic. We talk:Israeli music is so….Israeli.Why is Yo

You've got a friend - with Mary Katharine Ham

Oct 24th, 2023 1h 49m

On October 6th, we sat down for a lovely conversation with journalist Mary Katharine Ham, who you may know from CNN, The Federalist, and as the co-host of wonderful podcast "Getting Hammered". I'd like to say that back 3 weeks ago when we reco