Jewish Heretics Podcast

In this instalment of the official UJPO podcast, we speak to celebrated artist,academic and activist, Elle Flanders. The interview covers a range of topics, including her family history, her fascinating early days in various radical art scenes in Toronto and Montreal, her penchant for always being on the move and her important work exploring end-of-life care.

In this installment of the official UJPO podcast, we speak to celebrated American artist, poet, and cultural critic, Wayne Koestenbaum about a number of topics, including the Jewish themes in his recent work, the inherent irony in the piano music of Robert Schumann, the glories of Harpo Marx and the necessities of obsession.

In this installment of the official UJPO podcast, we interview celebrated author and academic, Jordy Rosenberg about his latest novel, Night Night Fawn, his wild journey as a trans Marxist lover of Jewish humour, and his thoughts on whether the genre of fiction has the power to inspire readers into political action.

In this installment of the official United Jewish People’s Order podcast, we interview Palestinian-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter Cherien Dabis, about her latest epic feature film, All That’s Left Of You.

In this installment of the official United Jewish People’s Order podcast, we interview author and lawyer Saeed Teebi, exploring topics such as the role that intergenerational trauma has played in shaping his world view, his journey as a writer, his dedication to expressing an uncompromised Palestinian identity and the difference between hope and imagination during a genocide.  

In this installment of the official United Jewish People’s Order podcast, we interview novelist, poet, musician and educator Gary Barwin about his incredibly diverse and prolific practice, his relationship to all things Jewish, and his commitments to empathy and experimentalism as life projects.  

In this installment of the official United Jewish People’s Order podcast, we interview author and professor Aaron Kreuter about his work as a poet, novelist and humorist, touching on the development of his radical Jewish politics and his examination of colonial and Zionist cultural histories.

In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we explore the ins and outs, past and present of Camp Naivelt, a family getaway that has been a haven for secular, Yiddishist, progressive Jewish people and their diverse families and comrades for a century. In August of 2025, guests will descend on the campgrounds, situated on the Credit River near Brampton, Ontario, to celebrate this inspiring place and its 100 incredible years.

On May 12, 2025, The United Jewish People’s Order presented an Evening with Peter Beinart, at Parkdale Hall in downtown Toronto. The event was an opportunity for representatives from an array of progressive, Jewish organizations to ask Mr. Beinart questions related to his latest book, Being Jewish After The Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning.

In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview producer, broadcaster and journalist, Samira Mohyeddin. She joins us to discuss her background in theatre, her experiences as a young Iranian expatriot and how they helped shape her politics and the complexities of so-called objective journalism, especially in the face of genocide.

In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview Oriel Eisner and Dina Chizhik, activists and organizers with the Centre for Jewish Nonviolence. They joined us to discuss their own activist histories, their incredible solidarity work in the West Bank and elsewhere, the necessity of deferring to Palestinian voices and the current state of the left in Israel/Palestine.

In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview celebrated author, professor and activist, Naomi Klein. She joined us to discuss a wide range of topics, including her own Jewish identity, the development of her political consciousness, the weaponizations of antisemitism in pursuit of Palestinian erasure and ways forward for liberationist movements in an ever-worsening political and ecological reality.

In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview healer, author, visual artist and activist, Wendy Elisheva Somerson, also known as Wes. They joined us to discuss their upcoming book, "An Anti-Zionist Path to Embodied Jewish Healing", a fascinating exploration of the connections between liberationist political activism, somatic healing and Jewish identity.

In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview Arielle Angel, editor-in-chief  at Jewish Currents Magazine. The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including what it’s like to wrangle multiple perspectives at one of America’s most important Jewish/left institutions during a time of unprecedented Israeli violence and how to catch people when they leave Zionism.

In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview Solomon J. Brager, the author of Heavyweight [William Morrow 2024] and other comics, a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artists Fellow, a member of the Pinko magazine editorial collective and the director of community engagement at Jewish Currents magazine.

In this instalment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview internationally celebrated artist, animator, writer and journalist Molly Crabapple. In a wide-ranging discussion, we touch on such topics as her long career as a visual artist, her unique relationship to language and her recent work researching and writing about the Jewish Labour Bund."