Spirits & Spirituality

Spirits & Spirituality

Recorded live at the Museum of Jewish Montreal, join talk radio legend Tommy Schnurmacher, the Rabbi Avi Finegold and a rotating, round-table panel of guests from the arts, the media and the academic and religious communities for a bi-weekly conversation on faith and life over a couple of cocktails.

Episodes

SPECIAL: A Very Orthodox Jewish Christmas (Unpacking the News ep110 w/ Tommy Schnurmacher)

December 18, 2019 • 60 mins
Accidental babysitting for John Lennon and Yoko Ono, nostalgia and memory on Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal and why Stephen Harper is a terrible dinner guest. Plus: how the origins of the ‘Canada is Fake’ movement may lie in the 1995 Referendum.

All this and more with political commentator, talk radio legend and author of the new memoir 'Make-up Tips From Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved My Mother's Life' Tommy Schnurmacher on a very spec...
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S2, E11: Debating the Jewish Left w/ Jonathan Neumann

November 27, 2019 • 37 mins
On the eleventh episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold are joined by writer Jonathan Neumann to discuss his controversial new polemic 'To Heal the World?: How the Jewish Left Corrupts Judaism and Endangers Israel'.

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S2, E10: Makeup Tips From Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved My Mother's Life

November 13, 2019 • 36 mins
On the tenth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold sit down to discuss Tommy's fascinating, funny and fantastic new memoir 'Makeup Tips From Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved My Mother's Life'.

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S2, E9: Nothing But the Truth With Dr. Ruth

October 30, 2019 • 28 mins
On the ninth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome the fabulous, fascinating and internationally renown radio and television talk show host, sex therapist and author Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

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S2, E8: Inside the Funeral Parlor w/ Ross and Joseph Paperman

October 16, 2019 • 25 mins
On the eighth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome Joseph and Ross Paperman, two of the directors at Paperman & Sons, to explore faith and grief, mourning and tradition, and how the Paperman family has prioritized care for the deceased and their loved ones for more than a century.

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S2, E7: Apple Cider Vinegar, Gwyneth Paltrow and Other Deities w/ Dr. Joe Schwarcz

September 4, 2019 • 40 mins
On the seventh episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome McGill University academic and author Dr. Joe Schwarcz to discuss the chemistry of faith, quack remedies and the state of science in a fake news world..

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S2, E6: The Young and the Restless Political Pundit w/ Anthony Koch

August 4, 2019 • 40 mins
On the sixth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome the precocious and pugnacious 20-year-old Anthony Koch to discuss McGill campus politics, contemporary conservatism and why he's made the decision to convert to Judaism.

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S2, E5: Lies My Prime Minister Told Me w/ Nakuset

July 22, 2019 • 42 mins
On the fifth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome media personality and Executive Director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal Nakuset to discuss faith, family and the Trudeau government's failure to genuinely work towards reconciliation.

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S2, E4: How to Be in a Good Mood Very Early in the Morning w/ Terry DiMonte

July 8, 2019 • 45 mins
On the fourth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome legendary Montreal radio personality Terry DiMonte for a conversation exploring his incredible career, his recent engagement and what it's been like hanging out with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the last 20 years.

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S2, E3: Behind the Veil of Secularism w/ Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed

June 24, 2019 • 43 mins
On the third episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome journalist Fariha Nagvi-Mohamed for a provocative discussion on politics and religious freedom in a post-Bill 21 Quebec.

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S2, E2: Judaism Without God w/ writer Michael Carin

June 11, 2019 • 40 mins
On the second episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome writer Michael Carin for a discussion on his startling new alternate history 'Churchill at Munich'. Plus: a conversation exploring the bold, controversial argument he makes for a secular Judaism in his 2001 book 'The Future Jew'.

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S2, E1 Shiva: Bereaved, Bothered and Bewildered

May 27, 2019 • 36 mins
On Season 2, Episode 1 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold sit down to discuss grief, mourning and the strength found in community and tradition during difficult times.

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S1, E12: As Catholic As the Pope w/ Rev. Thomas Dowd

April 3, 2019 • 39 mins
On the twelfth and final episode of Season 1 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold join the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Montréal Rev. Thomas Dowd for a very Catholic conversation at the seminary library of the seminary of the Basilique-Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde in downtown Montreal.

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S1, E11: Dealing with a Doula w/ Rivka Cymbalist

March 20, 2019 • 35 mins
On the eleventh episode of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold are joined by Rivka Cymbalist (author of 'The Birth Conspiracy: Natural Birth, Hospitals, and Doulas : a Guide') for a dialogue exploring religion, childbirth and midwifery.

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S1, E10: Building Bridges in Politics and Religion w/ Mindy Pollak

March 6, 2019 • 38 mins
On the tenth episode of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold discuss the connections between activism, faith and electoral politics with Projet Montréal city councilwoman and Outremont borough councilor Mindy Pollak.

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S1, E9: Laughing At (and With) God w/ Just For Laughs co-founder Andy Nulman

February 20, 2019 • 43 mins
On the ninth episode of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold explore why laughter is the best spiritual medicine with 'Just for Laughs' co-founder, comedian and tech entrepreneur Andy Nulman.

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S1, E8: The Evolution of Religious Thinking w/ Dr. Gad Saad

February 6, 2019 • 45 mins
On the eighth episode of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold discuss masculinity, multiculturalism, feminism and faith with professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, author, and public intellectual Dr. Gad Saad.

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S1, E7: On Writing and Faith w/ author Nathan Englander

January 23, 2019 • 42 mins
On the seventh episode of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold discuss faith and writing with Nathan Englander, a Guggenheim Fellow and author of the acclaimed 'For the Relief of Unbearable Urges', 'The Ministry of Special Cases' and the Pulitzer-nominated 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank'.

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S1, E6: How to Fill a Church w/ Rev. Graham Singh

January 9, 2019 • 46 mins
On the sixth episode of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold explore the history of downtown Montreal's St. Jax Anglican Church (formerly St. James the Apostle from 1864 to 2015) and discuss how to re-think, re-brand and essentially re-launch a church with the Reverend Graham A. Singh

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S1, E5: Spirits & Sexuality w/ Dr. Laurie Betito

December 9, 2018 • 36 mins
On the fifth episode of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold find out why sex, love and passion have no expiration date with clinical psychologist, sex therapist and syndicated radio host Dr. Laurie Betito.

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