Bobs Your Uncle Podcast
Each week, Bob Mendelsohn will take us on a journey, 18 minutes of time together, learning and laughing and feeling what's going on in the world around us. It's really a podcast about people and for people. Topics might include sports, books, religion, and words themselves-- people though are our #1 concern. Broadcast each TUESDAY from his home in Sydney, Australia. Photos of the guests are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobmendo/albums/72177720296857670. You are invited to share your thoughts via Instagram or FB, even via audio if you'd like.
Often we get into topics about health and wellness, and we find those fascinating.
Episodes
122 episodes
Day 8 of 8. Holy Week. What an ending!
Jewish feast of First Fruits found in the 23rd chapter of Leviticus is fulfilled with a tomb that is the scene of the Greatest Escape ever. A dead Jew, Yeshua, buried and sealed in a tomb, rises from the dead and walks out, lives with his mates...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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14:27
Day 7 of Holy Week: Who is Isaiah, what did he have to say about this?
It's Saturday, 2,000 years ago, and Jerusalem is quiet. A Jewish rabbi was killed and buried yesterday. What significance does all this have? Then, and even today? Historical markers include Waco, Oklahoma City, Madison's slave, Lor...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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18:43
What kind of God calls Good Friday "good?' Day 6 of Holy Week
A little longer than the previous 5 days, and a lot of action and conversations taking place 2,000 years ago makes this necessary. Why is this 'good' anyway? And what does it have to do with you?Historical markers include Paul Reve...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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18:43
Day 5 of Holy Week: What is Maundy Thursday and Passover
Back in 33 CE or so, this episode features the Passover and the story of redemption. A little bit of nuance about the difference between the Redeemer and Redemption itself. But don't get hung up. Also a bit on simulation vs shadows in Older Tes...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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14:28
Day 4 of Holy Week, from Alabama, from Jerusalem, to you
What are your takeaways from the chance to rest and reconsider the events so far, AND to plan for what's about to take place. In your life, or in the lives of those who influence you. Historical marker of the day again features Abe ...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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13:37
Day 3 of 8: Cursing the Fig Tree. Religion doesn't work
From the stories of the Gospels, Yeshua is gathering his troops closer and making his enemies, well, his enemies. Judas betrays him, The leadership mockingly test him. Historical marker includes Jackie Robinson and Ray Kroc.
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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16:11
Day 2 of Holy Week, back in Jerusalem... Cleansing the Temple?
Who does Yeshua think he is taking it out on the MoneyChangers in the Temple? What message does God have for me on Day 2 of this year's Holy Week? What was Yeshua trying to say to us, or to you?Historical marker is a lot of bad news.
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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17:53
What is Palm Sunday?
Day one of 8 covering all the events of what's nicknamed "Holy Week" in Jerusalem about 2,000 years ago. Do they have anything to do with us in Australia or in the US or anywhere? Let's explore this topic. Today and every day this week.
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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17:35
Rachel Kushner on antisemitism and memories
Season 7 Episode 3 features Rachel Links Kushner from the US. She's a podcaster and a long-time friend. Jewish subjects and Philadelphia Cheese steaks feature. (With Whiz or without?)Historical marker includes Argentina's first fe...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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18:19
The results are in: Elections and Chiefs and Passover?
Season 7, episode 2 is about results and especially not waiting for the results. Sometimes we get it wrong when we stop watching too soon, or when jet lag hits us full on. Three stories that might make you smile. At least I hope so.Hist...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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19:17
Season Seven Episode 1: Do-Overs and gaffes, do those work in real life?
Today Bob takes us on an 18-minute journey in the land of do-overs, thinking about what a gaffe is, and how to make things right, when we do wrong. Quoting Professor Malouff of UNE in Australia and Rabbi Brad Hirschfield of the US, som...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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17:55
Sukkot Day 8: 7th of 7 festivals, culmination Who is tabernacling with us?
A bit of Hosanna reprise, some Mount of Transfiguration flashback, John chapter 1 telling us who is tabernacling with us, and even the last book in the Bible, Revelation chapter 21 where the culmination culminates! It's all there at Messiah's r...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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25:12
Sukkot Day 7: From 5783 with Customs and What is the Great Hosannah anyway?
Finding salvation is the cry of Hoshana, so how does that help us in 2024? Reading from Ecclesiastes chapter 7 is timely.
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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18:19
Sukkot Day 6: Traditions and Hope
From 5783 Day 6 was actually a Shabbat, so it had double meaning for us inside the sukkah. I spoke about the value of and the inherent dangers of traditions. When traditions block or inhibit what they were intended to enhance, it's time to dump...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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18:01
Sukkot Day 5: Recorded in 5783 in Sydney
Bob shares from "in the sukkah' about Amos 9 and the fallen booth of David, about the Council in Jerusaalem and Gentiles keeping circumcision, and the role of the nations in Zechariah chapter 14, plus a reading and comments from Ecclesiastes ch...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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20:52
Sukkot Day 4: Solomon prayed for Gentiles? Sacrificial bulls countdown
Looking back at biblical history, we find some interesting information about the prayer Solomon prayed when he dedicated the Temple in Jerusalem around 960 BCE and a countdown of bulls when God told Moses to offer sacrifices on this holiday bac...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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16:28
Sukkot Day 3: Turn, turn, turn, Kanye, and a lulav and etrog
The symbols of the holiday are always instructive and the reading of the Bible's depressing book Ecclesiastes is a great way to ponder what the Almighty wants us to take away.Originally recorded in my sukkah in 5783.
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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18:59
Sukkot Day 2: Futility and impermanence. Trivial Pursuits.
From inside my sukkah, I read chapter 2 of Ecclesiastes and share some thoughts with motorcycles and noisy minas joining the chorus. The YouTube video is here: https://youtu.be/71A08FA47rgWhat do you think about all this? Share yo...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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18:22
Sukkot Day 1: What does it mean to 'ponder?'
From inside my sukkah in Sydney's north shore, a lesson from Ecclesiastes and the notion of re-minding on this Festival of Tabernacles. First of 8 episodes in Season 6, a special daily mini-series. The video version of this episode is on ...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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16:29
Identity... what do you identify as?
In this episode, Bob takes us on a journey of other people's journeys related to how they identify and asks "What is your identity?" Maybe the Bible can help us find our own if that's possible.Historical marker of the week includes the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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18:01
Rob Wilds, Texan, Tennessean, actor, teacher, hopeful man
My long-time friend Rob grew up in Temple, Texas, but has lived in Arkansas, California, and the last 3 decades in Nashville. He's a professor and an actor by profession, and has a lot of good stories to tell. His IMDB info is here: https...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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19:39
Josh Gaddis on Finding Grace, a new book now available!
In the heart of Alabama, Ethan Cooper's life appears idyllic: a devoted family, a thriving career, and a daughter he cherishes. Yet beneath this veneer of perfection, Ethan conceals a secret that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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18:01
What I did on my summer vacation
Every year as school began, it seemed that each of my primary school teachers would have us write a paragraph or an essay about our summer's activities. As August finishes and school in most of the US has reconvened, this seemed a good time to ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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18:01
A Jew from NYC finds eternal peace in an unusual place. MICHELLE BEADLE.
Cornell University student Michelle Lissner finds a way out of her struggles as someone walks with her through all the storms of life. Her story is compelling. Her grandchildren are beautiful. Fill in her story in this 18-minute episode. Follow...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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18:11
Daniah Greenberg, Part 2 (of 2) and how to survive when your husband passes
Meet Daniah Greenberg again. She is the front person for the TLV Bible Society, which actually hired 30 Ph.D. scholars to translate the Bible again in a Jewish perspective. The results are astronomical with over 600,000 downloads in less than a...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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18:01
