Mensch of Letters

Jules and Iscah
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The first, best, and ONLY Jewish Supernatural podcast. Tune in each week as Jules (any pronouns) and Iscah (they/them) make a bad tv show slightly better by making it Jewish.

  1. 12/21/2021

    Ep 14 - Suck It Up, CW

    This week: Exposure therapy for secondhand embarrassment, making dick jokes about angels, Dean doesn’t know how to destroy a hard drive, the return of Buffynatural, and the JJ Bittenbinder school of vampire hunting.  References: Rat Park - Wikipedia“Prayer is no panacea, no substitute for action.” -- Abraham Joshua HeschelB’shem HashemIshim (angel) - Wikipedia Angels as Human Byproducts - Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and MysticismLast rites - Wikipedia"What happened to all the p***y in Supernatural"The Winchesters and First Aid Kits [Archived Version] Kashrut and bittul (nullification)The True Meaning of Smekday Jacob as trickster figureYou can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.

    1h 40m

  2. 12/01/2021

    Ep 13 - The Spider-Man Routine Accomplished Nothing

    This week: Scenes that aged like milk on a radiator, the era when they cared about demon possession victims, mid-00s homophobia that turned into real bisexuality, rescuing a kid from ghost-induced drowning...2!, and Jules’s boyfriend Special Agent Victor Henriksen. (Supernatural Season 2, Episodes 10, 11, and 12) References: Real Actors on SPN [Archived Version/Picture] Dean and Sam’s Paramilitary Upbringing [Archived Version]Down to AgincourtBorscht BeltYou can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Many thanks to Lulavet Arnow for her help with our audio editing. She can be found on Twitter @palmliker or @spacetrucksix. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.

    1h 22m

  3. 11/24/2021

    Ep 12 - Every Simple Human Vice and Virtue

    This week: Little sibling crimes of being taller, a sprinkling of daloy politsey, Sam gets snubbed by the FBI, Elijah the Prophet is playing with your dogs, and the covenant is just Eldest Daughter Disorder writ large. (Supernatural Season 2, Episodes 7, 8, and 9) References: SPN Wiki Transcript SearchThe Usual Suspects [Archived] The Story Iscah Vaguely Remembers The complexity of reasons people could get into hunting / [Archived Version]Black DogsThe Black Dog of Meriden, CTPerception of Dogs Among Ancient JewsThe Story of King Solomon and Ashmedai Demons with “C**k-like Footprints”Robert Johnson and the Devil LegendHonorifics for the dead in Judaism May Their Memory Be for a BlessingRoanoke ColonyGenesis 32:4 - Parsha VayishlachYou can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.

    1h 30m

  4. 10/20/2021

    Ep 11 - Infinite Salt Protection Tube

    This week: The boys could both benefit from some weed, emotions are little brother nonsense, apologies to Jules' mom for ragging on philosophy, the haunted post office episode we should have gotten, and debating the merits of different hairstyles.  References: The uncle who put up the headstone / [Archived Version] Death and Mourning in Judaism Dean's Amulet - Super-wiki Why do all monsters have superstrength? / [Archived Version + Picture] HH Holmes You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.

    1h 45m

  5. 10/12/2021

    Ep 10 - Demon Hunter's Quarterly

    This week: A Lulav-ly guest star, worms and Worms and vurms, kings breaking necromancy prohibitions, no such thing as scars or head trauma, and the math of plane crashes vs. serial killer clowns. References: 82 — Naso: Angel's on First — Kosher Queers! "ben edlund...looks like a goat that got turned into a human" / [Archived + Picture]Smile TimeThe Others (2001 film)The Book of Abramelin Exodus 30:36 Kol Nidrei SamaelJewish Naming Practices/Can a Child Be Named After a Living Person? DEATH, VIEWS AND CUSTOMS CONCERNING Communication with the Dead / Ghosts, Spirits, and Jewish wanderings in the Afterlife Jewish funeral in-fiction as protection from ghosts, etc"Sam, you go interrogate the MILF." / [Archived] Freak showJews and the CircusThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayRakshasaPardes (Jewish exegesis)Sera Gamble's Anti-Black Racism [Archived]You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Special guest Lulavet Arnow can be found on Twitter @palmliker or @spacetrucksix. Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.

    1h 56m

  6. 10/01/2021

    Ep 9 - The Honeymoon Phase

    This week: A living fossil of mid-00’s television, all questions and no answers, ghosts as a diaspora metaphor, what if it was more like X-Men, and everything is fresh and not yet beat into the ground. (Supernatural Season 1) References: "If they grapple with the nature of monstrosity twice a season..."The ShemaMaking hunters more than protectors of white suburbiaFridging You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Get your creative hats on, because Jupernatural Week is back! Running from October 2nd through October 9th, it's an entire week of celebrating the canon and fanon Jews of Supernatural. Draw some art, write a fic, put together a playlist, and share your favorites far and wide. We can't wait to see what you make! Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.

    1 hr

  7. 09/25/2021

    Ep 8 - Demons Creating Literary Symmetry

    This week: Clown foreshadowing, a list of impossible things, making holy water wrong, people who are unimpressed with the Winchesters, and Trivial Pursuit: Sammy’s Psychic Powers edition. (Supernatural Season 1, Episodes 21 and 22) References: Mandaic language - Wikipedia Holy water - WikipediaKey of Solomon - WikipediaJewish Exorcism You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Get your creative hats on, because Jupernatural Week is back! Running from October 2nd through October 9th, it's an entire week of celebrating the canon and fanon Jews of Supernatural. Draw some art, write a fic, put together a playlist, and share your favorites far and wide. We can't wait to see what you make! Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.

    1h 20m

  8. 09/10/2021

    Ep 7 - The Haunted Portrait of Theseus

    This week: Dean and Sam aren’t WASPs, a one-scene heist movie, Jules goes full Pepe Silvia over G-d as an author, Elijah is NOT a vampire, and it’s wildly easy to trick John Winchester. (Supernatural Season 1, Episodes 19 and 20) References: Working Class as a Signifier of Masculinity (Web Archive)(Tag Screenshot)Working Class as a Signifier of Masculinity (Original)A Swarm of Evil BeesExodus 20:4 with ConnectionsNosferatu (word)Lilith and lilin as blood drinkers You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more. Get your creative hats on, because Jupernatural Week is back! Running from October 2nd through October 9th, it's an entire week of celebrating the canon and fanon Jews of Supernatural. Draw some art, write a fic, put together a playlist, and share your favorites far and wide. We can't wait to see what you make! Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.

    58 min
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The first, best, and ONLY Jewish Supernatural podcast. Tune in each week as Jules (any pronouns) and Iscah (they/them) make a bad tv show slightly better by making it Jewish.

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  • Creator
    Jules and Iscah
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
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