Pod Drash
Pod Drash offers a Jewish take on podcasts. Each episode is based on an issue as tackled in another podcast, which host Leon Wiener Dow and his guests riff on (i.e., “drash”), using Jewish tradition to provide new insights and even greater depth. Pod Drash is a project of Kolot.
Episodes
16 episodes
News, Narratives, and Truths
Post-truth, fake news, multiple narratives. How are we to sort out and sift through the multitude of images and words thrown our way – by friends, interested parties, and algorithms? Building upon
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:10:56
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A Confessional Invitation
What would it mean for a woman to sing authentically a song composed by a man about his experience as a man (who dresses in black)? That’s the kind of question we didn’t ask in S2 E5, “Fake It Till You Feel It.” Listen in as Leon extends a conf...
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6:30
Anonymity and Speaking the Truth
“Off the record” talk is often the most forthright, and anonymous surveys or peer-reviews allow us to speak honestly. But what about accountability? What do we do when our hidden identity allows us to spew vile? Which is the true me? Reply All’...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:04:09
Judaism Unbound Drashes Pod Drash
We interrupt Season Two to bring you a podcast on a podcast on a podcast. Judaism Unbound turned Pod Drash host Leon Wiener Dow into their guest, and explored the rationale and approach to Torah that underlies Pod Drash. If you've ever wondered...
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Season 2
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51:47
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Fake It Till You Feel It
How are you today? Crappy, but can I tell you that? We face this quandary in every role we play - as guest, as customer, in our professional lives, and in our home ecosystems. Building upon The Work Life episode
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:18:05
Deep Pockets, Shallow Hearts?
Generosity can nourish not just the receiver, but the giver, too. Is there a point when the act of giving can itself be a source of greed? Revisionist History’s M...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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54:29
External Success, Internal Happiness
Once we achieve financial security, after the promotion, if we just get the manuscript published, if only we win the prize - then we’ll be content, because we will have received the recognition for which we’re pining. But as we hear in...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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55:54
Seeing With Our Eyes Closed
When we first lay our eyes upon someone, we behold what they offer, willingly or unwillingly. The contour of the figure, the texture of the fabric, the pigment of the skin. This American Life’s
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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54:59
Our Curated Image
“Smile!” We’ve been saying that just before snapping a picture for years, long before selfies, Facebook and Instagram. But now we not only want to capture the moment; we want to share it, and widely.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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54:46
Season 2 Trailer - This Lying World, Alma de-Shikra
This world lies to us, all the time. How can we live in it without giving into its lies? Join host Leon Wiener Dow with a fantastic line-up of guests: Rabbis Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Jay Moses, Sara Hurwitz, Lizzi Heydemann, Amichai La...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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1:58
Always Doing Time
The idea of teshuva rests on the belief that we can break from our past habits and transform ourselves. But sometimes people – whether the victim or not, whether knowingly or unknowingly – continue to hold fast to our past as part of t...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:06:27
Buzzing in My Head
Sometimes effectuating change takes a very long time. This episode begins with “The Meatball and Chain,” a segment of This American’ Life’s Episode 668, which tells of...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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54:29
Nailing the Apology
Sometimes it’s too long, sometimes it’s too short. Sometimes it’s too technical, other times its strokes are too broad. But occasionally, it’s just right. After listening to Dan Harmon’s public apology for sexually harassing her, Megan Ganz des...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:00:03
Inside Looking Outside Looking In
One of the most difficult – and potent – ways of going about teshuva is to see look at ourselves critically by trying to see ourselves from outside. We begin by listening to
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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54:57
Moving Along, Muckily
How do we move on when the apology we so long for – and the resolution and accountability week seek – refuse to come? We begin a snippet from Heavyweight's episode 11, Christina, and from there we explore perhaps one of the thorniest issues of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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59:20
