Amusing Jews
An interview show celebrating Jewish contributors and contributions to American popular culture co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field.
Episodes
May 19, 2025 • 35 mins
Amy Kurzweil is a cartoonist and graphic memoirist whose latest book is Artificial: A Love Story. She previously authored Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir, and you can find her cartoons in The New Yorker.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Artificial: A Love Story
https://books.catapult.co/books/artificial/
Amy’s Website
https://amykurzweil.com/
Amy’s TED Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Artificial: A Love Story
https://books.catapult.co/books/artificial/
Amy’s Website
https://amykurzweil.com/
Amy’s TED Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Michael Benson is the author of more than 60 nonfiction history and true crime books. His latest is Moguls: The Lives and Times of Film Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck, co-written with Craig Singer.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Moguls
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806543086/moguls/
Michael’s Books
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HCVE00?ccs_id=5e6cd248-fe92-413d...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Moguls
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806543086/moguls/
Michael’s Books
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HCVE00?ccs_id=5e6cd248-fe92-413d...
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May 5, 2025 • 25 mins
Barry Horowitz’s professional wrestling career spanned nearly four decades, including memorable runs in both WWF and WCW. His new memoir is titled, Wrestling is My Gimmick: My Life on the Wrong Side of the Three-Count.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Wrestling is My Gimmick
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/wrestling-is-my-gimmick/?srsltid=AfmBOooLYziMK4_FDTKxdPzDyRNYfpRhEOG7JUpe6w...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Wrestling is My Gimmick
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/wrestling-is-my-gimmick/?srsltid=AfmBOooLYziMK4_FDTKxdPzDyRNYfpRhEOG7JUpe6w...
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April 28, 2025 • 44 mins
Ken Krimstein is a cartoonist and graphic novelist whose latest book is Einstein in Kafkaland. He previously authored The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt; When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiography of Six Yiddish Teenagers; and Kvetch as Kvetch Can, a collection of Jewish cartoons.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Ken’s website
https://www.kenkrimstein.com/
Einstein in Kafkaland
https://www...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Ken’s website
https://www.kenkrimstein.com/
Einstein in Kafkaland
https://www...
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April 21, 2025 • 19 mins
Rob Kutner is an award-winning author and television writer whose credits include The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Teen Titans Go!, Ben10, and many more. His latest book is The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Mike Tomren
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting
https://posthillpress.com/book/the-jews-5000-years-and-counting
Rob’s IMDb
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Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Mike Tomren
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting
https://posthillpress.com/book/the-jews-5000-years-and-counting
Rob’s IMDb
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April 14, 2025 • 17 mins
Melanie Chartoff voiced Didi Pickles and her mother Minka on Nickelodeon's long-running cartoon, Rugrats. She was also Principal Musso on Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, a cast member on Fridays, and a guest star on Seinfeld, among other credits. More recently, she authored a memoir, Odd Woman Out: Exposure in Essays and Stories.
A Rugrats Passover – commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAm0b16TMQ
Melanie’s website
https://melaniecha...
A Rugrats Passover – commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAm0b16TMQ
Melanie’s website
https://melaniecha...
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April 7, 2025 • 26 mins
Koren Shadmi is a cartoonist, illustrator, and author of The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television. Among his other books are Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula and A For Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World.
Koren’s website
https://www.korenshadmi.com/
The Twilight Man
https://www.humanoids.com/series/233
Amusing Jews Merch Store
https://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/
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Koren’s website
https://www.korenshadmi.com/
The Twilight Man
https://www.humanoids.com/series/233
Amusing Jews Merch Store
https://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/
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March 31, 2025 • 24 mins
With recent news that the long-awaited reboot of The Toxic Avenger will finally be released in August 2025, we thought it would be a good time to revisit a question some have been asking since 1984: Is the Toxic Avenger Jewish?
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Toxic Avenger (1984; full movie)
https://tubitv.com/movies/655405/the-toxic-avenger?start=true&tracking=google-feed&...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
The Toxic Avenger (1984; full movie)
https://tubitv.com/movies/655405/the-toxic-avenger?start=true&tracking=google-feed&...
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March 24, 2025 • 45 mins
Miriam Eve Mora is managing director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan and author of Carrying a Big Schtick: Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century. She’s also co-creator of JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience, a comic book and pop culture convention celebrating diverse Jewish themes, characters, and narratives in sequential art.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Fie...
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March 17, 2025 • 28 mins
Jaime Weinman is a cartoon historian and author of the book, Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite: The Unauthorized Biography of Looney Tunes.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren
Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite
https://utpdistribution.com/9781989555460/anvils-mallets-and-dynamite/
“The Walky Talky Philosophy of Foghorn Leghorn” - book excerpt
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/10/anvils-mal...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-Engineer: Mike Tomren
Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite
https://utpdistribution.com/9781989555460/anvils-mallets-and-dynamite/
“The Walky Talky Philosophy of Foghorn Leghorn” - book excerpt
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/10/anvils-mal...
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March 10, 2025 • 49 mins
Steve Stoliar is the author of the classic memoir, Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House. He also wrote for TV shows like Murder, She Wrote, Simon & Simon, and Sliders, and has written and produced documentaries including Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge. His latest book is Salamis & Swastikas: Letters Home from a G.I. Jew.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike T...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike T...
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March 3, 2025 • 41 mins
Richard Bernstein is a reporter, foreign correspondent, and cultural critic whose latest book is Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Richard’s website
https://www.richardbernstein.net/
Only in America
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/703276/only-in-america-by-richard-bernstein/
The Jazz Singer (1927)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Richard’s website
https://www.richardbernstein.net/
Only in America
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/703276/only-in-america-by-richard-bernstein/
The Jazz Singer (1927)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P...
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February 24, 2025 • 24 mins
Michael Skloff is a composer best known for “I’ll Be There For You,” the theme song for Friends. His music is heard on many films and TV shows, as well as on the stage, in concert halls, and even in synagogues.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Michael’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804488/
“I’ll Be There For You”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2TyVQGoCYo
Friends Final Music Ses...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Michael’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804488/
“I’ll Be There For You”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2TyVQGoCYo
Friends Final Music Ses...
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February 17, 2025 • 20 mins
Nancy Cohen is a “multi-un-disciplinary” filmmaker, artist, and activist. Her candid documentary, My Dinner with Abbie, was filmed with Abbie Hoffman at Sarge’s Deli in Manhattan in 1987. She is currently in post-production on a film about love, obsession, and John Lennon.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Nancy’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169642/?ref_=tt_cst_dr_1
My Dinner wi...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Nancy’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169642/?ref_=tt_cst_dr_1
My Dinner wi...
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February 10, 2025 • 45 mins
Mathew Klickstein is a prolific author, filmmaker, and pop culture historian, whose latest book is Lloyd Kaufman: Interviews, part of the Conversations with Filmmakers Series of the University Press of Mississippi.
Lloyd Kaufman has been making independent movies for over 50 years as cofounder and president of Troma Entertainment, and is responsible for the likes of such schlocky “midnight movie” fare as 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈...
Lloyd Kaufman has been making independent movies for over 50 years as cofounder and president of Troma Entertainment, and is responsible for the likes of such schlocky “midnight movie” fare as 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈...
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February 3, 2025 • 29 mins
Jodi Kornfeld is rabbi of Beth Chaverim Humanistic Jewish Community in Deerfield, Illinois, and co-editor of a new book, Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Contemporary Humanistic Judaism
https://jps.org/books/contemporary-humanistic-judaism/
Jodi's Bio
https://bethchaverim.net/about-beth-chaverim/our-rabbi
Amusing Jews Merch Stor...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Contemporary Humanistic Judaism
https://jps.org/books/contemporary-humanistic-judaism/
Jodi's Bio
https://bethchaverim.net/about-beth-chaverim/our-rabbi
Amusing Jews Merch Stor...
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January 27, 2025 • 32 mins
Mathew Klickstein is a prolific author, filmmaker, and pop culture historian. Rick Geary is a renowned artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. Their new graphic novel, Daisy Goes to the Moon, is published by Fantagraphics.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Mathew’s website
https://www.mathewklickstein.com/
Rick’s website
https://www.rickgeary.com/
Daisy Goes to the Moon
https://www.fantagr...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Mathew’s website
https://www.mathewklickstein.com/
Rick’s website
https://www.rickgeary.com/
Daisy Goes to the Moon
https://www.fantagr...
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January 20, 2025 • 27 mins
Marc Summers is a legendary television personality, best known for hosting Nickelodeon’s Double Dare and Unwrapped for the Food Network. He is the author of Everything in Its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the star of a one-man stage show, The Life & Slimes of Marc Summers.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Marc’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/nam...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Marc’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/nam...
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January 13, 2025 • 24 mins
There’s an old debate about Yosemite Sam’s possible Jewish identity. Amusing Jews gets to the bottom of it!
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Donald Trump Mispronounces “Yosemite”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/04/trump-mispronounces-yosemite-white-house-event/3289122001/
Yosemite Sam is Actually Jewish
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8608037/After-Trumps...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Donald Trump Mispronounces “Yosemite”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/04/trump-mispronounces-yosemite-white-house-event/3289122001/
Yosemite Sam is Actually Jewish
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8608037/After-Trumps...
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January 6, 2025 • 46 mins
Brothers Mark and Matthew Jacob are the co-authors of Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports. They previously co-authored What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook up the World of Sports
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538181454/Globetrotter-How-Abe-Saperstein-Shook-Up-the-World-o...
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook up the World of Sports
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538181454/Globetrotter-How-Abe-Saperstein-Shook-Up-the-World-o...
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