I'm Sorry: Ep. 106

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 September 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're all about atonement. For our third annual apology episode, we're joined by University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor Ari Kohen, who explains what makes an apology truly bad (and why he stopped blogging about apologies). Mark Osler, a former federal prosecutor turned clemency advocate, tells us about the personal journey behind his career change. Vanessa Zoltan, host of the podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, returns with a true story about a family apology that didn’t quite take. We also share your letters about Yom Kippur atonement, and offer our own apologies. (You can listen to our previous Yom Kippur episodes here and here!) Want to come to an Unorthodox taping IRL? (Of course you do!) Our next live show will be recorded in New York on October 25—tickets and info right here. Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, behind-the-scenes photos, and more! And email us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com—we’ll share our favorite notes on-air. Follow us on Twitter: @tabletmag, @markopp1, @liel, and @stuffism. This episode is brought to you by Harry’s! Get a free trial shave set (including razor handle, blades, and gel) valued at $13 when you sign up at Harrys.com/Unorthodox.

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0:00.0	What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?
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0:28.6	unorthodox, all caps. I don't even think we had school in Yum Kapoor on Long Island.
0:34.4	I'm sure you did. We shut down for all the holidays.
0:37.2	You shut down for like some gadalia.
0:39.2	Yeah.
0:42.2	Hello Jews. This is unorthodox, our third annual Yum Kippur episode. For the past two years
0:49.6	we've had special episodes in which we've talked about atonement, apology, all the ways that we make things
0:54.5	right at this time of year when the gates of heaven open and hear our prayers, and we're back
0:59.6	at you talking about atonement.
1:02.2	I'm your deeply guilty host Mark Oppenheimer.
1:04.3	Joined this week by only one of my co-hosts, the newly wed Stephanie Butnik.
1:09.1	Hi Stephanie.
1:10.1	Hi, it's good to know that Leel has nothing to atone for.
1:13.0	Right, he's...
1:14.0	Or he has so much to atone for, he's like off in the desert wearing a hair shirt and whipping himself.
1:20.0	On a Vision Quest.
1:21.0	Right, he's like on an Ijawasca-fueled vision quest.
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