Genius Bar Ep. 32

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox: Israeli settlers and Palestinians working together… to grow marijuana. Our Jewish guest is Eric Weiner, author of the new book, The Geography of Genius. He tells us the cities throughout history most conducive to breeding genius, how he really feels about Silicon Valley, and whether cats are smarter than dogs. Our Gentile of the Week is Katherine Connor Martin, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and the New Oxford American Dictionary. She tells us why "Trumpmentum" doesn’t hold a candle to "Joementum," and asks about the difference between the words kippah, yarmulke, and skullcap.

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0:00.0	What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?
0:07.0	It's the perfect coffee table book for your proud Jewish home,
0:10.0	and it covers everything from Jewish history, pop holidays and of course food all with our trademark irreverence and love
0:16.8	Our publisher is offering a special 20% discount on newest Jewish and their entire Hanukk shop. So head to Artisan Books.com
0:24.0	and use the code unorthodox at check out.
0:26.5	That's Artisan Books.
0:28.1	Discount code, unorthodox, all caps.
0:33.0	Welcome to UnOrthadox, a weekly podcast from tablet magazine.
0:38.0	I am your host Mark Oppenheimer, joined as ever by senior writer Lealibovitz.
0:42.0	Sala Malaco.
0:43.0	You too.
0:44.0	And deputy editor Stephanie Butnik.
0:45.0	Hi.
0:46.0	How are you?
0:47.0	I'm great, thank you.
0:48.0	Today we'll be talking with guest Jew Eric Weiner,
0:51.0	author of The Geography of Genius,
0:53.1	and with guest Gentile Catherine Martin,
0:54.8	who is a lexicographer and head of US dictionaries
0:57.3	for Oxford University Press.
1:00.1	We'll also be doing some news to the Jews.
1:01.5	But first, how was your week, Stephanie?
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