Amusing Jews
An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.
Ep. 171: The Only Living Pickpocket in New York – with writer/director Noah Segan
Noah Segan is an actor and filmmaker whose latest movie is The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, which he wrote and directed.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York – trailer
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Ep. 170: The Last of the Ellis Island Jews – with author Joel Dinerstein
Joel Dinerstein is a professor of English and Sizeler Professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, a jazz scholar, cultural historian, and author of The Last of the Ellis Island Jews: A Brooklyn Memoir.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Last of the Ellis Island Jews
https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Last-of-the-Ellis-Island-Jews
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https://www.joeldinerstein.com/
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Ep: 169: Screenwriting in the 1970s – with writer Michael Elias
Michael Elias is a screenwriter-turned-novelist whose screen credits include The Jerk, The Frisco Kid, and Head of the Class. His latest novel is Bender’s L.A.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Bender’s L.A.
https://stickingplacebooks.com/books/benders-la
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https://www.michaeleliaswriter.co/
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Ep. 168: Allan Sherman: Comedy Music Genius – with biographer Mark Cohen
Mark Cohen is an author and journalist whose books include Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Overweight Sensation
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/O/bo43634385.html
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Ep. 167: Heavy Metal Jews – with metalhead Josh Kleinberg
Josh Kleinberg is a heavy metal afficionado whose article, “Spreading the Disease: Heavy Metal Jews and the Secular Sacred,” was published in the Spring 2026 issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Humanistic Judaism Magazine
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Ep. 166: If Violins Could Talk – with ethnographer-novelist Yale Strom
Yale Strom is one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music, history, and culture. His latest novel is The Autobiography of The Offenbacher.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Autobiography of The Offenbacher
https://olympiapublishersusa.com/books/the-autobiography-of-the-offenbacher
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Ep. 165: Queer Culture Memoir – with author Ari Ashkenazi
Ari Ashkenazi is a retired professor of anthropology of art and arts education whose latest memoir is Retracing My Steps: A Queer Memoir.
Retracing My Steps
https://www.amazon.com/Retracing-My-Steps-Queer-Memoir/dp/B0HG87VNXY/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
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Ep. 164: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me – with author Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor
Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor is a professor of history at Smith College and author of the new book, Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Something We Said
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Something-We-Said/Elizabeth-Stordeur-Pryor/9781982154509
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Ep. 163: The Real Philip Roth – with author Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is the Rabbi Harold White Professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University and author of The Philip Roth We Don’t Know: Sex, Race, and Autobiography.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Philip Roth We Don’t Know
https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5393/
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Ep. 162: Bernie Krigstein, EC Comics & “Master Race” – with graphic novelist Joe D’Esposito
Joe D’Esposito is a comic book artist and painter whose latest graphic novel, The Outsider, is published by Fantagraphics.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
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Ep. 161: Immigration, Growing Pains, and the American Playground – with novelist Michael Isaac Shokrian
Michael Isaac Shokrian is publisher of the Thieving Magpie literary quarterly and author of the new novel, American Playground.
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Ep. 160: Jewish Art for Our Times – with fine artist Yona Verwer
Yona Verwer is a Dutch-born multidisciplinary visual artist based in New York City and founder of the Jewish Art Salon, a global network of contemporary Jewish visual artists and scholars.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
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Ep. 159: The Art of the Pickle – with fine artist Hannah Eve Rothbard
Hannah Eve Rothbard is a multimedia artist, curator, and writer based in New York City.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Hannah’s website
https://www.hannaheverothbard.com/
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Ep. 158: Ascendants: Technology, Corporate Power, & Humanity’s Future – with sci-fi author Don Schechter
Ascendants: Technology, Corporate Power, & Humanity’s Future – with sci-fi author Don Schechter
Don Schechter is an author, filmmaker, and film & media studies professor at Tufts University. His debut sci-fi novel is Ascendants.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Ascendants
https://ascendantsbook.com/
No Win Scenario – podcast
https://nowinscenariopodcast.com/
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Ep: 157: Justice Girl & The Birth of Television – with novelist Julian David Stone
Julian David Stone is an author, photographer, and filmmaker whose novels include The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Julian’s website
https://www.juliandavidstone.com/
Justice Girl
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Ep. 156: The Best of All Possible Planets – with sci-fi author Alex Shvartsman
Alex Shvartsman is a prolific science-fiction author whose latest novel is The Best of All Possible Planets.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Best of All Possible Planets
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufopublishing/the-best-of-all-possible-planets
The Best of All Possible Planets – audiobook preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK9d3hCI0_4
Alex’s website
https://alexshvartsman.com/
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Ep. 155: Can We Laugh at That? – with author Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau is the Rabbi Harold White Professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University and author of the new book, Can We Laugh at That? Comedy in a Conflicted Age.
Can We Laugh at That?
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/can-we-laugh-at-that/hardcover
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San Diego Comic-Con Origins – with Mathew Klickstein and Gus Krueger
Mathew Klickstein is a pop culture historian and author of See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture. Gus Krueger is an art director and designer for the theme park industry and the son of Comic-Con co-founder Ken Krueger.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
San Diego Comic-Con Oral History Panel
https://sdccblog.com/events-default/san-diego-comic-con-oral-history-panel/
See You At San Diego
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/see-you-at-san-diego-an-oral-history-of-comic-con-fandom-and-the-triumph-of-geek-culture
Comic-Con Begins (podcast)
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Ep. 154: Punk Rock Jews – with author Steven Lee Beeber
Steven Lee Beeber is a freelance journalist and author of The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB’s: A Secret History of Jewish Punk.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB
https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/the-heebie-jeebies-at-cbgb-s-products-9781556527616.php
Steven’s website
http://www.jewpunk.com/
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Jewish Soldiers in the American Civil War – with researcher Adrienne DeArmas
Adrienne DeArmas is director of the Shapell Roster of Jewish Service in the American Civil War at the Shapell Manuscript Foundation, an independent educational organization dedicated to the research, collection, and exhibition of original manuscripts and historical documents.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Shapell Manuscript Foundation
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Happy Birthday Mel Brooks! – with biographer Patrick McGilligan
Patrick McGilligan is a biographer and film historian whose books include, Funny Man: Mel Brooks.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Funny Man: Mel Brooks
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Ep: 153: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford – with filmmakers Gaylen Ross and Carol King
Director Gaylen Ross and producer Carol King have a new documentary, Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Sapiro v. Ford
https://sapirovford.com/
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Ep. 152: Black-Jewish Jazz – with jazz pianist Joe Alterman
Joe Alterman is an Altana-based jazz pianist and executive director of the Neranenah Concert and Culture Series.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Joe’s website
https://www.joealtermanmusic.com/
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https://joealterman.bandcamp.com/
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Ep. 151: The End-of-Life Option – with novelist Eric Beck Rubin
Eric Beck Rubin is an author and academic whose new novel is Ten Clear Days.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Ten Clear Days
https://www.turtlepointpress.com/books/ten-clear-days/
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https://www.ericbeckrubin.com/
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Ep. 150: Houdini’s Library – with author Barb Rosenstock
Barb Rosenstock is a picture book author whose latest book is Houdini’s Library.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Houdini’s Library
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712436/houdinis-library-by-barb-rosenstock-illustrated-by-mar-delmar/
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Ep. 149: The Jewish American Military Historical Society – with founding president Samuel P. Yudin
Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Samuel P. Yudin recently retired from the California Army National Guard and is president of the Jewish American Military Historical Society.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
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Ep. 148: Making Comics – with underground cartoonist Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch is a prolific cartoonist who’s been making comics since the underground movement of the 1960s. His latest book is How I Make Comics, published by Fantagraphics.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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How I make Comics
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Ep. 147: Respecting Rodney Dangerfield – with biographer Michael Seth Starr
Michael Seth Starr is a prolific biographer whose books include Nothin’ Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney Dangerfield.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Michael’s website
https://www.michaelsethstarr.com/
Nothin’ Comes Easy
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Ep. 146: Queen of Cosmos Comix – with artist Barbara “Willy” Mendes
Barbara “Willy” Mendes is a fine artist and underground comix pioneer whose new anthology, Queen of Cosmos Comix Trilogy, is published by Fantagraphics.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Queen of Cosmos Comix Trilogy
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Ep. 145: Jewish Toy Entrepreneurs – with author Michael Kimmel
Michael Kimmel is a SUNY distinguished professor emeritus of sociology and gender studies at Stony Brook University, whose latest book is Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Playmakers
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324105282
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https://www.michaelkimmel.com/
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Ep. 144: Growing Weed in the Garden – with author Johanna Silver
Johanna Silver is a garden writer and author of the book, Growing Weed in the Garden: A No-Fuss, Seed-to-Stash Guide to Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Growing Weed in the Garden
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Ep. 143: Climate Change Comics – with cartoonist Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper is a prolific cartoonist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, Charlie Hebdo, and MAD magazine. He’s the author of numerous books, including the graphic novels Kafkaesque and Insectopolis: A Natural History. His latest book, Wish We Weren’t Here: Postcards from the Apocalypse, is published by Fantagraphics.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Wish We Weren’t Here
https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/peter-kuper/products/wish-we-werent-here
Insectopolis
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Kafkaesque
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Ep. 142: Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom – with biographer Michael Seth Starr
Michael Seth Starr is a prolific biographer whose books include Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Michael’s website
https://www.michaelsethstarr.com/
Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom
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Sid Caesar Passover Special – with actress Rena Strober
Rena Strober is a Broadway, television, film, and voice actor who’s currently working on a memoir, Singing for Sid and Other Wow Moments.
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Ep. 141: Jews, Music, and the American South – with Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma
We’re thrilled to chat with Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma, a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter whose latest album is Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Mark’s website
https://www.jewofoklahoma.com/
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Ep. 140: Carl Laemmle vs. the Nazis – with documentarian Deborah F. Blum
Deborah F. Blum is an artist, educator, and documentary filmmaker whose latest film is Laemmle’s List.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
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Oscars Special: Supremely Jewish Marty Supreme – with pop culture historian Mathew Klickstein
Mathew Klickstein is an author and pop culture historian whose books have covered such topics as Nickelodeon, The Simpsons, The San Diego Comic-Con, and Lloyd Kaufman, president and co-founder of Troma Entertainment.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
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Ep. 139: Going Mad for MAD Magazine – with documentarian Alan Bernstein
Alan Bernstein is a filmmaker whose latest documentary is When We Went MAD!
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
When We Went MAD!
https://tubitv.com/movies/100047417/when-we-went-mad
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Ep. 138: Hyping the Legends: Pekar, Spiegelman, and more – with PR specialist Jeff Newelt
Jeff Newelt is a veteran PR and social media macher who has worked with Harvey Pekar, Art Spiegelman, Al Jaffee, the Zappa family, and many more.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Jeff’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahfurry/
Jeff on Harvey Pekar
https://forward.com/culture/books/139783/harvey-pekar-our-mensch-in-cleveland/
Jeff & Al Jaffee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0I-5GXhr0k
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Ep. 137: The Genius Bat – with neurobiologist Yossi Yovel
Yossi Yovel is an ecologist, neurobiologist, and author of The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Genius Bat
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250378446/thegeniusbat/
The BAT LAB for Neuro-Ecology
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