54 episodes
Jew Talkin' To Me? Jew Talkin
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5.0 • 7 Ratings
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An unashamedly Jewish comedy chat show where all are welcome!
Jew Talkin' To Me? is hosted by award winning comedians, Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon, and produced by Russell Balkind. Each show features two guests from the entertainment industry sharing their views on a variety of topics connected to modern Jewish life in a secular world, as well as their memories of growing up Jewish.
Both Philip and Rachel are well known as Jewish comedians on both the mainstream and community circuit and our guest list includes stand-up comedians, presenters, broadcasters, journalists and writers who are Jewish, have some Jewish heritage, or a Jewish connection.
Philip and Rachel have been collaborating for a few years, but who are we as individuals?
Philip Simon
WINNER of the Jewish Comedian of the Year 2015
WINNER of the Lastminute Comedy Comedian of the Year 2015
As a stand up Philip gigs throughout the UK, as well having performed as far flung places as America, Scandinavia, Europe, The Middle East and New Zealand. He is MC and curator of the Edinburgh Fringe's cult hit show Jew-O-Rama where Jewish and Jew”ish” acts perform to a mainly non-Jewish audience in packed out rooms each year. He is also resident compere at Borehamwood Comedy Club, works on panels shows including Mock the Week and Taskmaster and has been featured on BBC R2 and BBC 3CR, as well as acting in TV sitcoms such as My Family.
Rachel Creeger
WINNER Most Audience Recommended Show Camden Fringe 2012
WINNER Best Comedy Award Greater Manchester Fringe 2017
Rachel is the only practising orthodox Jewish woman on the UK comedy circuit and has attracted a big following outside of her community who are interested in a unique, accessible voice from an unlikely source. Her debut solo show ‘It’s No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl’ had a sell-out Edinburgh run in 2017, followed by tours of the UK and Israel. She's now meant to be touring her 5* show, ‘Hinayni! but, you know, the 'rona’. Rachel is the host of Central London's spectacular annual event Chanukah in the Square and resident MC of comedy club Upstairs at the Adam & Eve. As heard on BBC Radio London (regular guest) BBC R2, BBC Ouch and BBC 3CR. She is also an award winning director and critically acclaimed playwright.
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Jew Talkin' To Me? with Mara Wilson
Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guest is Hollywood actor and author, Mara Wilson!
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Mara Wilson
Website: https://mara.substack.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaraWilson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044138694343
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MaraWilson
Mara is an American actress and writer, most noted for her roles in Hollywood blockbusters Mrs. Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street and Matilda. After appearing in a series of guest roles in numerous TV series, Mara Wilson retired from acting to pursue a writing career. Her play ‘Sheeple’ was produced in 2013 for the New York International Fringe Festival. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for, and won, several awards, including the Young Star Award for her performance in the film ‘Matilda’ and the Showest Award in 1995 for Young Star of the Year. Lately Mara has mainly enjoyed a career in voiceovers, including playing a recurring voice role in the animated series ‘BoJack Horseman’ and appearing in various web series.
She is also the author of two books:
‘Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame’
A former child actor, Mara has always felt a little young and out of place: as the only kid on a film set full of adults, the first daughter in a house full of boys, a Valley girl in New York and a neurotic in California, and a grown-up the world still remembers as a little girl. Tackling everything from what she learned about sex on the set of Melrose Place, to discovering in adolescence that she was no longer “cute” enough for Hollywood, these essays chart her journey from accidental fame to relative (but happy) obscurity.
Good Girls Don’t
A coming-of- age memoir that bravely examines both the friendships Wilson formed as a child actor in Hollywood and the complex family relationships that shaped her.
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Jew Talkin’ To Me? with Russ Kane
Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guest is broadcaster comedian and author, Russ Kane!
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Russ Kane
Website: https://www.russkane.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RussellKane
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/russ.kane.7
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegatekeeper_book/
For twenty years, Sony Award-Winner, Russ Kane, was the voice of Capital Radio’s ‘Flying Eye’, forming an on-air partnership with Chris Tarrant to create the most listened-to commercial radio show in the world, with a daily audience in excess of 4 million. Today, Russ can be heard on BBC Radio London, where his weekly, hour-long news reviews have earned a further loyal following, and on TalkRadio.
In January 2019, Russ joined forces with Howard Jameson on Women’s Radio Station and to create Men’s Radio Station. These revolutionary global internet radio stations aim to provide a non-judgmental space in which men and women can ‘Really Talk’. Russ’s goal remains to remove the stigma that surrounds mental health and to improve how it is addressed in society.
Russ Kane’s one-man stand-up show, ‘Kaned Laughter’ has played to sell-out audiences in London and Los Angeles. He appeared at world-famous Edinburgh Fringe in 2019. His first novel, ‘The Gate Keeper’ - a dark tale of good vs evil, redemption, sacrifice and Jack Daniels, was published in Spring 2019, to rave reviews. The second novel is currently under-way.
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Jew Talkin' To Me? with Mark Schiff
Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guest is American comedian and author, Mark Schiff!
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Mark Schiff
Website: https://www.markschiff.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/markschiff
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comedianmarkschiff
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markschiff1/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/markschiff100
When Mark was six, his mother took him in to Manhattan every weekend for singing and ballet lessons. When he returned to school each Monday and showed his fellow Bronx classmates what he had learned, the class would gather around and beat him up. Mark’s mother smartened up and enrolled him in karate lessons, but those came to a halt when the karate teacher beat him up. When Mark was twelve, his parents took him to a nightclub. There, live on stage was Rodney Dangerfield doing his act. At that moment, he knew the path he had to follow. Mark has headlined in all the major casinos and clubs across the country and has appeared many times on both The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman. He has had both HBO and Showtime specials and has been the featured act at the Montreal Comedy Festival. He has written for and guest-starred on Mad About You, as well as appearing on Empty Nest and serving as a writer on The Roseanne Show. He joins us in the middle of touring with Seinfeld.
Books:
Why Not? Lessons on Comedy, Courage and Chutzpah - Available Here
I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics - Available Here
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Jew Talkin’ To Me? with Kim Ismay
Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guest is West End superstar, Kim Ismay! Follow her on social media, follow US on social media and don't forget to let us know what you think about the show.
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Kim Ismay
Website: https://www.kimismay.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimismay
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kimismay
Before we share her CV, here’s a glossary of some of the Yiddish terms that came up in our chat with Kim!
Tzuris - troubles, trials and tribulations
Schmy - aimlessly wandering and checking things out with no purpose
Schlep - walk a long way or carry something heavy!
Tantz - dance or waltz
Oy va voy - an exclamation of despair
Oy vay is mir - woe is me
Oya broch - what a curse!
Ken ayin hora - an expression for good luck to ward off the “evil eye”
Fress - eat
Nosh - eat snacks
Gescheft - business
Star of stage and screen, Kim spent a record 7 years starring as Tanya in Mamma Mia! in London's West End. Other West End/London credits include Deb in Elf The Musical, Madame Morrible in Wicked, Sunset Boulevard, Cabaret, Stop The World, Hamlet, Torch Song Trilogy, and for the RSC at the Barbican, Stratford and internationally, Kiss Me, Kate, The Wizard Of Oz and A Comedy Of Errors. Tours and regional credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Silver Gym, Noises Off, Stepping Out, Acorn Antiques, Saturday Night Fever, The Rocky Horror Show, Singin' In The Rain, Crazy For You, Whistle Down The Wind, Dames At Sea and the European Premiere of Sondheim's Follies.
Her TV credits include Not Going Out, Eastenders, The Bill, The Sound Of Musicals, Bob Martin, Strange But True, London's Burning, Just A Gigolo and Never The Twain. Her cabaret appearances and Masterclasses have taken her all over the world, she has recorded over a dozen cast albums; her solo albums, Torch & Debauch and About Bill are available at Dress Circle & on iTunes. Her most recent role was Frances Stevenson in the National Theatre of Scotland's sell-out new production of "Kidnapped".
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Jew Talkin' To Me? with SK Shlomo
Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guest is international non-binary beatbox star, disability & mental health ambassador and former world looping champion SK Shlomo! Follow them on social media, follow US on social media and don't forget to let us know what you think about the show.
Trigger Warning: This week’s episode contains discussion of mental health and suicide which some listeners may find distressing.
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SK Shlomo
Website: https://skshlomo.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skshlomo
Facebook: http://facebook.com/skshlomo
Twitter: http://twitter.com/skshlomo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/skshlomo
TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@skshlomo
Several years ago, SK Shlomo hit a rough patch.
10 years deep into a colourful career, they were an acclaimed beatboxer, a celebrated theatre performer and a well-respected collaborator with the likes of Björk, Gorillaz, Imogen Heap and Rudimental. They had become the first ever World Looping Champion, brought Ed Sheeran onstage as their guest at Glastonbury, been the first non-classical Artist in Residence at London’s Southbank Centre, and even been the subject of a feature film. But something had shifted. In the midst of a deep depression, they stopped performing. Shlomo spent almost two years off the road, recovering what had felt lost.
After a powerful comeback tour, a series of personal revelations changed the way that Shlomo viewed themselves and their work. Shlomo touches on themes they have never previously shared in public, queerness, gender, being foreign, disability and mental health and, ultimately, the healing power of rave.
In this episode they discuss the brilliant work of https://www.thecalmzone.net/
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Jew Talkin' To Me? with Tehran
Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. This week’s guest is comedian and actor, Tehran.
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TEHRAN
Website: https://www.iamtehran.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtehran
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamtehran
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/iamtehran
Tehran is a stand up comedian, actor, and radio and TV personality. He runs a regular comedy gig at the Laugh Factory in LA and works with Comedy For Peace which aims to reunited the Middle East through the sharing of laughter. Tehran is of African American and Persian Jewish descent, he is multilingual, performing stand up comedy in the USA and abroad in English, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, and French!
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Customer Reviews
Fantastic podcast!!
Love listening to this podcast. Always look forward to the next episode. Fun and enjoyable topics and great guests. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a laugh or just interesting conversations. If you haven’t already, definitely give this a listen!