Political tensions, anxiety, and loneliness are on the rise,

but problems like these aren't new, and the solutions don't have to be either.

For thousands of years, societies have asked questions about how to live, thrive, and love.

And it was spiritual traditions that offered wisdom and tools to help people find their way.

Tools that science is now discovering offer real benefits. Join me, Dave

Desteno, to explore how we can all use this wisdom, whatever our beliefs. Listen to how God

works from PRX, wherever you listen to podcasts. Shalom, everyone, and welcome back to chutzpah.

Real life lived better, where each week we apply Jewish tradition and four cups of ketam grape juice

to talk about something that is live in our lives.

I'm Rabbi Shira Stutman.

And I'm Hannah Rosen.

Shira, if you have no kids at the table, is there ketam grape juice at your table?

Oh, well, Hannah, I think that's something we're going to be discussing today on the pod.

So stay tuned, everyone.

But first, I have a question for you.

Sure.

All right, Hannah, you're going out with friends for a night on the town. What is your drink of choice? Oh, Shira, I'm not a huge drinker. I'm not that interested. Like, I have a really good friend now who's becoming a sommolier, and I forgive her that. And I'm like, okay, like, you can bring good wine over to my house and you can teach me about

wine. I'll have a beer. If I have to have a cocktail, like I'll choose a citrusy cocktail. If I have

to choose my own drink, I'll choose a Tom Collins, which makes me seem like a 75 year old man

at the golf club. But that's about it for me. What about you? Are you a five wines in with

your girlfriends kind of girl? No. Well, first of all, you're so gendered. Like, anyway,

so first of all, I'm a real lightweight, as you probably could imagine. I like one drink. Like,

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