Nobel Effort: Ep. 246

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, it’s Nobel Prize season! We're celebrating by airing a special virtual live show, presented by ORT America, featuring actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik, who shares our hobby of Googling Nobel Prize winners to see if they’re Jewish. Stars—they’re just like us! Listen as we chat with the Blossom and The Big Bang Theory actress about discovering observant Judaism in college, singing Jewish music with her quartet, and getting stopped by star-struck fans in synagogue. She also gives us a preview of her new mental health podcast, Mayim Bialik's Breakdown. We're almost at 1,000 donors in our fundraising drive! Help us get over the finish line by donating at bit.ly/unorthodox2020fundraiser. Everyone who gives will be entered into a raffle to spend some virtual time with the hosts. Let us know what you think of the show, and share your 5781 resolutions at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave us a voicemail at (914) 570-4869. You can also record a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our recording sessions on our YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group, and follow Unorthodox on Twitter and Instagram. Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Sponsors: American Jewish World Service is the leading Jewish organization working to fight poverty and pursue justice in the developing world. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, AJWS is currently matching all donations tenfold; find out more about the organization at AJWS.org/unorthodox. Hebrew College trains aspiring rabbis, cantors, and educational leaders. Join us for Ta Sh'ma, an online open house on November 16, to experience the vibrant pluralistic communities of Hebrew College. Learn more and register at hebrewcollege.edu/virtualvisit. A Better Man is the latest book by comedian and actor Michael Ian Black. Part memoir, part advice book, it’s a heartfelt look at boyhood and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity, in the form of a letter from the comedian to his son. On sale now; Michael Ian Black will be the guest on next week’s Unorthodox episode.

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0:00.0	Hey J crew, this is Mark and last Monday night I was privileged along with Stephanie and
0:06.8	Leel to host a virtual live event for about a thousand people sponsored by Ortt America the educational organization and our guest for that
0:14.9	live show was Myambiolic you know her from Blossom from the Big Bang Theory from her
0:20.0	work as a Jewish activist and author and now podcaster.
0:23.8	And we were going to hold that interview for some date to be named later, but it was so good
0:28.6	that we decided we had to rush it right to you.
0:30.6	So here from this past Monday night is me, Leel, and Stephanie with Myambiolech
0:36.1	in the Ort America Virtual Live Show. I hope you enjoy.
0:39.2	All right. All right.
0:45.0	Shall we go?
0:46.0	Three, two.
0:48.0	This is unorthodox.
0:49.0	The universe... Wait, wait, Mark, it's too soon.
0:51.0	People are just filing in.
0:52.0	We've got to... Have you done a webinar before? We have to entertain them while they while they get into the thing.
0:57.6	See, Mark, these are Jews. Let me tell you something about Jews.
1:00.9	Seven means 715.
1:03.8	730.
1:04.8	Oh, I see.
1:05.2	I see the number, the counter's going up.
1:07.0	Oh, holy count.
1:08.0	I admire your life that you have not been in zooms, like, for the entirety of the last
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