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Smite Me: A Torah Podcast Smite Me
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Bad writing. Bad politics. Way too many rules about animal sacrifice. It’s the Torah, and three good friends/bad Jews are rereading the whole G-D damn thing. Join comedian Jon Alcabes, musician Ayani Hayashi, and writer Josh Marcus as they give the good book one last chance. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smite-me-podcast/support
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Episode 57: Joshua, I Hardly Knew Ya feat. Ethan Black
This week, the boys finish the Book of Joshua with Ethan Black standing in for Josh. They chat about the conclusion of conquering the land of Canaan, the legacy of Joshua and how nobody seems to really want to bother with pulling esoteric meaning out of a text as dry as the book of Joshua.
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Episode 56: Ancient Antisemitism feat. Ben Kurzrock
The boys come together for a lightly historical conversation about the origins of antisemitism in the Ancient world. Assyrians, Babylonians and Romans oh my!
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Episode 55: The Park Slope Food Coop, 9/11, Borders and Pelé Episode feat. Jon Moskowitz
The boys continue to chug their way through the book of Joshua, and this time enlist the help of comedian Jon Moscowitz. They discuss the original Jewish Sleepaway camp, Clint Eastwood's term as a mayor and how sometimes even the most earnest of biblical scholars can't escape the bible being very literal.
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Episode 54: Uncut Gems
Josh and Jon come together to watch an Adam Sandler movie while Ayani is out of the country. They talk the politics of and production of Uncut Gems, how much they genuinely enjoy the film and also concede it technically isn't an Adam Sandler Film and it's just good casting.
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Episode 53: The Gallagher Explosion (RIP Dipshit)
This week, the boys talk shop about about podcast alumnus Norm Finkelstein and share their remorse over the death of comedian Gallagher against the backdrop of Joshua and the Israelites continuing to massacre their way through the land of Canaan.
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Episode 52: Old Testament After Dark
Hot off of finishing the 5 Books of Moses, the boys meet for a rare in-person episode and crack into the book of Joshua. Moses is gone now but the conquering and empire building continues. Plus, jut a skosh of Kanye talk and a discussion antisemitic conspiracy theories in general.
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