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Moving Mountains: Ep. 345

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, who deserves a spot on the Jewish Mount Rushmore? Our first guest is author Rina Raphael, who joins us to talk about her book, The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care. Then we’re joined by "Weird Al" Yankovic’s drummer of more than 40 years, Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz, who talks with Liel about bringing brilliant parody music to life for more than 40 years. Plus, our hosts answer a Gentile of the Week question from Tabitha Soren, who was our guest a few episodes back. We love to hear from you! Send us emails and voice memos at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Remember to tell us who you are and where you’re calling from. Merch alert! Check out our new Unorthodox tees, mugs, and hoodies at tabletstudios.com. We’re back on the road! Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. To book us for a live show or event, email Tanya Singer at tsinger@tabletmag.com. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

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0:00.0

This is on Orthodox. The universe is leading Jewish podcast. I'm your host, Mark Oppenheimer,

0:07.0

joined by the other hosts, tablet editor at large, Lieli Boets, and the deputy editor

0:13.8

of Tablet Magazine, Stephanie Baudek. I'm actually the deputy editor emeritus, like when

0:18.0

you're rabbi, like, you were a woman without portfolio. No, I'm emeritus, which means

0:23.3

I get to like, hold all the meetings and like, you're emeritus and I'm at large.

0:29.0

Yes, we're not a very impressive peer. Let me tell you. Let me break this down. First

0:32.6

of all, you would be emerita. Second, at universities, that means. I want to be emeritat.

0:36.7

Emeritat. Emeritat. At universities, that would mean emeritrix.

0:40.8

Emeritrix. Keep your email account and library privileges, but get no money. So if you want

0:44.9

to keep showing up, checking your email and taking books off the tablet, bookshelves, of

0:48.9

which there are many, and not getting paid for it, I'm sure. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's

0:54.0

like a pretty sweet deal. I liked emeritus. It sounded fun. Emeritrix. Emeritrix.

0:57.9

Hashem's speed. Today on the show, we're bringing you an interview with health and wellness

1:01.9

writer, Reena Raphael. It's actually much better than I just made it sound because health

1:05.5

and wellness writer makes her sound like a fruit loop. She's actually a health and wellness

1:09.1

rating. She's a recovering health. Yes. Health and wellness coming out of your mouth.

1:13.6

Sounds like the most like die like a health and wellness. Right. She enjoyed us to tell

1:18.1

us about her new book, The Gospel of Wellness, Jim's Guru's Goop, and the false promise

1:23.3

of self-care. So there we go. There we go. There we go. Now we know what we're doing.

1:26.7

Also an interview with John Bremuda Schwartz, who is the drummer, of course, for Weirdau

1:30.5

Yankovic, or as my dad used to say, Weirdau Yankolović. And then a return Gentile

1:35.0

week. We're going to play a little bit of tape from our Gentile week, Tabitha Soren.

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