Unorthodox is the world’s leading Jewish podcast™ - but you don’t have to be Jewish to love it! Hosted by Mark Oppenheimer, Stephanie Butnick, and Liel Leibovitz of Tablet Magazine, each episode we bring you interesting guests (one Jewish and one gentile), News of the Jews, and so much more.
Kine Hora! Why superstitions remain such an ingrained part of Jewish life
60 Min
Dec 6, 2018
Director Frederick Wiseman, Travon Free's tweets, and former Rock and Roll Hall of Fame president Terry Stewart
61 Min
Nov 20, 2018
Shay Khatiri on raising $1.2 million for Pittsburgh synagogue, A.J. Jacobs on embracing your inner Mr. Rogers
63 Min
Nov 14, 2018
Author Gary Shteyngart, Risk! podcast host Kevin Allison, and some Cleveland mazels
In the wake of tragedy in Pittsburgh, a testament to the city's Jewish community, recorded on the ground
'93Queen,' a documentary About Ezras Nashim, the first female volunteer ambulance in New York, founded and staffed by Hasidic women.
'Your Friend From Israel' podcast host Benyamin Cohen, WSJ sports columnist Jason Gay
‘Barney Miller’ star Hal Linden and Nickelodeon alum Ryan Ochoa, co-stars in the new film ‘The Samuel Project’
Celebrating the Jewish harvest festival with etrog farmers in CA and etrog sellers in NYC, plus sugar beets and the Jewish immigrants who became chicken ranchers.
Celebrating with some of our most memorable segments, plus a visit to one of our favorite guests
A Franciscan sister’s first Shabbat dinner; Unorthodox marriage counseling; and a Christian scholar among Jews
Andre Aciman on the film adaptation of his novel; Kevin Begos on why we should be drinking Israeli wine
Jill Kargman, Tovah Feldshuh, and Judith Rosenbaum break down the Jewish American Princess stereotype
Celebrating Independence Day with stories from Oklahoma, Colorado, Maine, and beyond
JCC Krakow director Jonathan Ornstein and Modern Loss founders Gabi Birkner and Rebecca Soffer
Food historian Michael Twitty, 'Soccer Style' author Simon Doonan, Molly Yeh's Food Network debut,
Yossi Klein Halevi's 'Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor;' NYT political reporter Astead Herndon
Former Jehovah's Witness Linda Curtis and Rachel Simmons on empowering young girls
Celebrating Israel's 70th birthday with writer Periel Aschenbrand, chef Eyal Shani, and singer Yael Deckelbaum.
Josh Malina and Hrishikesh Hirway of The West Wing Weekly, plus Rabbi Rick Eisenberg on his work on opioid addiction
Listener questions about Passover, Matzah parties, scallion whipping, Mimouna, and author Adam Mansbach on the power of the Passover story.
'Everybody Loves Raymond' creator Phil Rosenthal, DoubleX Gabfest host June Thomas
Yiddish vocalist Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, Bloody Good Period founder Gabby Edlin
Roy Moore's 'Jewish lawyer', plus LGBTQ&A host Jeffrey Masters and memoirist Anne Edelstein
Looking at rhinoplasty from every angle: Jewish, feminist, historical, and more!
Bonus interview: Mark chats with 'On The Media' about Kayla Moore's remark about her Jewish lawyer
Footsteps Executive Director Lani Santo and 'Why Bob Dylan Matters' author Richard F. Thomas
'Bad Rabbi' author Eddy Portnoy and Washington Post religion reporter Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Emma's Torch founder Kerry Brodie on empowering refugees in the kitchen, and Kale and Caramel blogger Lily Diamond on her new cookbook
Writer Annabelle Gurwitch on being her elderly mother’s drug mule; plus the creative duo behind the one-man film ‘Wrestling Jerusalem’
The German-Danish historian teaching ethics at Auschwitz, plus the men behind women’s suffrage
Breaking the glass with Anita Diamant, Amichai Lau-Lavie, ‘Bridesmaid for Hire’ Jen Glantz, Bat Sheva Marcus, and more
To celebrate our centennial episode, we turn the microphones around and interview hosts Mark, Stephanie, and Liel
Live in NYC with FiveThirtyEight's Harry Enten and ‘How to Be a Muslim’ author Haroon Moghul
Bonus content: Our favorite 'Latter Day Jew’ talks LGBT politics, Zionism, and anti-Semitism
Jamie Kirchick on the End of Europe and Negin Farsad on Comedy in the Trump Era
Stephen Tobolowsky on being Jewish in Hollywood; Stephen Marche on modern gender dynamics
Bonus interview: Mark chats with On The Media's Brooke Gladstone about how we use—or don't use—the word 'Jew'
'Latter Day Jew' H. Alan Scott on converting to Judaism at 31 and making comedy from cancer
A filmmaker asks whether we can joke about the Holocaust; ‘Jesuitical’ host Ashley McKinless
New York vs. Montreal bagels, bagel makers in Cleveland and Melbourne, Israel’s beigale scene
Miami Jewish Film Festival's Igor Shteyrenberg, Rocco’s Tacos owner Rocco Mangel
Ayelet Waldman on LSD microdosing, ‘Why Oh Why’ host Andrea Silenzi, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich on Morman polygamy
NPR's Glynn Washington (Snap Judgement) and the butcher committed to ethical kosher meat
NPR's Glynn Washington (Snap Judgement) and the butcher committed to ethical kosher meat
Lawyer Bob Barnes talks about his $500,000 payday after betting on Trump to win the election
