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Call Us By Your Name: Ep. 146

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, we're wining and dining. Our Jewish guest is author Andre Aciman, whose 2007 novel Call Me By Your Name was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film starring Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet. He tells us about being forced to leave Egypt with his family as a teenager, getting recognized on the Upper West Side after the film premiered, and his absolute favorite coffeemaker. Our gentile of the week is journalist Kevin Begos, whose new book is Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine, a literary undertaking that began when he found an obscure wine from Bethlehem in a hotel room minibar. He tells us how local Israeli grapes got overshadowed when Edmond de Rothschild arrived in the 19th century and started making European wine in the Holy Land, and why we should ditch the Pinot Noirs and Cabernets and drink wine made from local Israeli grapes like jandali, hamdani, and dabouki instead. This is the last week of our fundraising drive. If you like listening to us, consider making a donation at tabletmag.com/donate. Write the name of your favorite host in your donation notes. We love hearing from you! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. We may share your note on the air. If you like listening, please consider leaving a review in iTunes. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group to chat with the hosts and see what happens behind-the-scenes! Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Show your love for Unorthodox with our new T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies. Get yours at bit.ly/unorthoshirt This episode is sponsored by One Day University. Get 20% off your ticket to see Mark Oppenheimer's Oct. 14 lecture on religion in America by using the code MARK when you register at OneDayU.com. This episode is sponsored by Harry’s. Get $5 off a shave set from Harry’s with code UNORTHODOX at Harrys.com.

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That's Artisan Books.

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Discount code, unorthodox, all caps.

0:32.4

Here's a special obscenity warning for you parents out there.

0:35.0

Camp is over, but school has yet to begin.

0:38.0

What the frick are you going to do with all those kids?

0:41.0

We might have to swear about it. This has been your

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obscenity warning. This is unorthodox, the best Jewett

0:49.3

podcast that you're listening to right now. I am your host Mark Oppenheimer joined as ever by

0:54.4

senior writer Leo Leibowitz. Shalom to you. Shalom to you and by deputy

0:59.6

editor Stephanie Butnick. Peace. It also means hello and goodbye.

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I'm saying Shalone, but I'm saying it as goodbye.

1:07.8

Our Jew of the Week is writer Andre Asaman, whose novel Call Me

1:11.0

by your name was the basis for the recent movie, and

1:13.4

Aragatwa Gentile of the week is Wine Expert Kevin Beegos. We all need to catch up.

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