This is on Orthodox. The universe is leading Jewish podcast. I am your only host today. Mark

Oppenheimer, everyone else who might conceivably co-host this show with me is off doing their

thing, spending time with children, catching up on books, binge watching television, or

just sleeping because, you know, we work hard. I mean, there are some super famous podcasts

and I'm looking at you radio lab and this American life and stuff that come out maybe

20 or 30, but definitely not 40 times a year. And we come out like 45, 46 times a year.

And when you count special little mini episodes and stuff, it's really like once a week.

We work so hard. And so August, we're taking a little bit of time in the, you know, the

Tish above season to dial things back and just have a summer vibe. Our Gentile of the

Week is Tim Winton. This is a funny story. Quinn Waller, she and I bond over Tim Winton.

You will hear this in the interview. We did it together and he's this Australian writer,

huge in Australia, fairly obscure in America who writes surf beachy type novels and other

stuff. And getting him as a Gentile of the Week was one of the greatest things that Quinn

Waller has ever done. He is so fabulous. And the conversation we had with him was so great.

And you have to stick around to the end when we find out the connection in Tim Winton's

mind between Jews and camels and Australia. It's, it's bonkers. Our Jew of the Week is

Ilana Horowitz. She teaches at Tulane and she has a new book about the impact of religion

on academic success in teenagers. So we're going to get to those interviews. But before

we do, I want to talk about what used to be my least favorite thing in the world that

has actually become one of my favorite things in the world. I want you to give me 90 seconds

to talk about my own personal journey in fundraising. And yeah, I'm going to ask you for money

at the end of it. But I actually want to make this a little bit personal. And I want to

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