Yenta!

Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar
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Yenta!

DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST! It's full of dirty, juicy secrets not meant for you or anyone else to hear. You don't want to hear comedians Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar get the hot goss - aka yenta - with their comedian friends about sex, dating, comedy, and who their mother is trying to set them up with. We don't want you to hear our secrets so please don't listen. You should do something better with your time. I beg you. Don't rate this 5 stars. And don't share.

  1. 5D AGO

    Yentas Only: Engagements Only

    IT'S THE BIG DAY!!!!!!! RAYE IS ENGAYGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This episode is literally nothing but weddings: Jewish qeddings, gay weddings, nonbinary weddings, Jewish/gay/nonbinary weddings!!! BTW, Antonia's video feed cuts out towards the end, but that means you have more time to look at Raye's gorgeous face. :) We Yenta about: - weddings - weddings - nothing but weddings Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:26 - ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT 9:56 - Queer wedding recap 20:33 - Mcah and Marnina: the dream queer wedding 29:34 - Queer wedding shtick 31:39 - Raye's future wedding 36:41 - Ashkenazi v Persian wedding

    50 min

  2. MAR 13

    Orthodykes Learn Torah: The Episode About Jokes

    It's everyone's favorite queer yeshiva! Leah Forster and Melissa Weisz (The World Famous Orthodykes) are back, and this week we're asking... is there comedy in the Torah??? We have source sheets, chevrutas, and pedantic arguments about the meaning of words: it's a real yeshiva!! We Yenta about: - Are we completely disrespecting our ancestors? - We're definitely disrespecting our ancestors. - How to best disrespect our ancestors. - Who would be funnier in the holocaust - How the Gemara literally teaches us to open all Torah learning with a JOKE! Jokes of the Talmud source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/625384?lang=bi Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog Leah Forster: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/?hl=en Melissa Wesiz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/?hl=en Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:16 - Is Torah funny? 5:02 - Jokes from the Torah 10:01 - Can we call it comedy? 13:00 - This too is Torah 18:17 - Start with a joke 24:48 - Talmud jokes 38:00 - Holocaust jokes 48:45 - More Torah jokes 53:22 - Chassidic opinion on humor 55:38 - Conclusion

    1h 2m

  3. MAR 6

    "Queer and still Orthodox" with Rachel Olshin

    Rachel Olshin (Hamantaschen Monologues) is here to make your frum gay fantasies come true. This feels like a classic Yenta: we get deep into yiddishkeit, queer politics, and Raye threatens to have a threesome. We Yenta about: - Queer kids in modern orthodox schools - The queer frum cultures hiding in major cities - If you're bi, are you shomer negiah for everyone? - Going flat with a mastectomy - Choosing Judiasm for yourself, not your family - Why Raye needs bungee cords Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog Rachel Olshin: https://www.hamantaschenmonologues.com/ Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 3:41 - Meet Rachel Olshin 5:52 - Growing up modern Orthodox 10:45 - Being queer and still observant 15:00 - Jewish matchmaking 20:30 - Frum summer programs 24:42 - If you weren't queer 29:30 - The queer frum utopia 40:42 - Mastectomy secrets

    55 min

  4. FEB 27

    "The Comedian Wrangler" with David Zucker

    David Zucker is the brain behind the most popular comedy marketing blog on Substack. We talk about being legally blind, touring with clowns, and every single thing we are doing wrong with our podcast. We Yenta about: - Jewish frats - Austin comedy v Brooklyn comedy - Following your clown brother around the world - Everything that comedians need to know about marketing themselves - The steamy goss of linktrees... Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog David Zucker: https://davidzucker.substack.com/ Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta 0:00 - Intro 4:50 - David's Substack 6:15 - Jewish frats 6:30 - Always being an outsider 8:35 - Growing up Jewish 11:00 - Dropping out of school to manage clowns 13:54 - Talking shop: How to improve your social media 33:31 - Looking for collective effervescence 39:30 - Can influencers be good stage performers? 48:58 - Secrets/How to hack your disability

    1h 1m

  5. FEB 20

    "Dopplebangers" with Mari Taren

    Mari Taren (lesbian TikTok legend/casting producer on Queer Ultimatum) is back!!! This is a fan favorite Yenta, and she's back with big updates to her dating life, comedy career, and opinions about Jewish necklaces. We Yenta about: - Looking for a viable womb - The gay shul was too gay - Strap on anxiety - Mari's huge new show Mari Taren: https://www.instagram.com/mariel_taren/?hl=en Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta Timestamps - 4:45 - Intro - 5:38 - Being late bloomers - 7:51 - Strap on anxiety - 18:08 - Obligatory jewish check-in - 25:35 - The Joy of Being Single - 33:18 - Freezing your eggs - 38:30 - Politics suck & Rachel Maddow rocks - 41:12 - Mari's amazing new show

    48 min

  6. FEB 13

    Orthodykes Learn Torah: What Does The Torah Say About Being Nonbinary?

    Introducing our new four part miniseries!!! The Orthodykes are back, and now we're a sexy yeshiva! Each episode will feature these four luminaries of the queer Jewish world (Antonia Lassar, Raye Schiller, Leah Forster, Melissa Weisz) and will cover a new Torah question. This week we've decided to stop being so cis, and we're talking nothing but nonbinary! (BTW, apologies for the wonky audio, we're optimizing that for next episode. Thanks bbs.) And we're giving a huge Yenta thank you to The Queerkeit Initiative for funding this series. We Yenta about: - Finding the perfect study partner - Our younger selves would be dying over this queer torah study - How does the mishnah talk about nonbinary people? - The Torah definitions of sex and gender - Is it important to ask queer Torah questions? - Vibrators too. Duh. Announcing the Yenta Matchmaking initiative! If you want to be matched with another incredibly hot Yenta listener, submit your application today! Anyone can submit to be matched, but only Patreon listeners will be able to listen in on the matchmaking process in our new Patreon series: Yenta Matchmaking! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog Resources: Understanding the Androgynos Sefaria source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/385624?lang=bi Terms for gender diversity in classical jewish texts: https://transtorah.org/PDFs/Classical_Jewish_Terms_for_Gender_Diversity.pdf Androgynos and Tumtum Sefaria source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/113417?lang=bi Calling non-binary people to the Torah: https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/calling-non-binary-people-to-torah-honors-cjls-oh-139_3-2022-final.pdf The Holiness of Twilight by Reuben Zellman: https://www.transtorah.org/PDFs/Holiness_of_Twilight.pdf Halakha Beyond The Binary by Laynie Soloman: https://svara.org/halakha-beyond-the-binary/ Leah Forster: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/?hl=en Melissa Wesiz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/?hl=en Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 12:55 - How the mishnah defines nonbinary 31:20 - Where do nonbinary people fit into halacha? 42:33 - Kabbalah of nonbinary 46:37 - Queerness of Purim 51:55 - The Holiness of Twilight 58:26 - Final takeaways

    1h 9m

  7. FEB 6

    Yentas Only: The Advice Episode!

    It's just us Yentas today, and we're giving out our sage wisdom! It's the ADVICE EPISODE! Thank you to all the amazing listeners who wrote in with juuuuuuuicy questions. And we even answer a vintage question from 1906 that literally could have been written by a Gen Z. We Yenta about: - Coming out to your religious family - Ethical Non-Monog - The famous dick measuring contest in the Talmud - Should you study Gemara? - Our upcoming series with the Orthodykes!! Time stamps: - 0:00 - intro - 8:35 - Question one: Coming out to religious family - 18:49 - Question two: Ethical Non-Monogamy - 25:28 - Question three: Feeling guilty about poly - 28:25 - Question four: Making up fake Halacha - 35:30 - Question five: Should I learan Gemara? - 42:23 - Question six: Vintage Jewish problems

    49 min

  8. JAN 30

    "You haven't been to a sex party??" with Eli Olsberg

    Wow Yentas this episode is one of the most fun, kinky, and just plain wild Yenta episodes we've ever had! Our guest is Eli Olsberg (TBS, Chelsea Lately) and he gets hilarious and vulnerable with us as he tells us his goss about the variety of sex clubs he's been to. Honestly we might get demonetized for this but it's worth it. (Also Antonia is still out of town, so we have the iconic co-host, returning Yenta Martin Morrow!) We yenta about: - Dave Chappelle on SNL - The difference between MMF vs MFM (there is one!) - How to go from being scared of sex parties to being a regular go-er - Fetlife vs Feeld vs Thrinder - Do you go to hell if you m********e - Jewish vs Baptist ideas about masterbation Eli Olsberg: https://www.instagram.com/eliolsberg/ Raye Schiller https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Guest co-host: Martin Morrow https://www.instagram.com/martinmmorrow/ Bonus episodes and yenta: https://www.patreon.com/yenta Timestamps: - 0:00 - Intro - 6:23 - Performing for swingers - 7:34 - Eli's kinky journey - 12:46 - Babygirl debreif - 19:06 - Sex Party GOSSIP - 37:11 - Dating in comedy and the sex party world - 41:33 - Eli's comedy career - 47:50 - Martin's journey to sex parties

    1h 6m
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DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST! It's full of dirty, juicy secrets not meant for you or anyone else to hear. You don't want to hear comedians Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar get the hot goss - aka yenta - with their comedian friends about sex, dating, comedy, and who their mother is trying to set them up with. We don't want you to hear our secrets so please don't listen. You should do something better with your time. I beg you. Don't rate this 5 stars. And don't share.

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  • Creator
    Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    97
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Raye Schiller and Antonia Lassar
  • Show Website
    Yenta!

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