Political tensions, anxiety, and loneliness are on the rise,

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For thousands of years, societies have asked questions about how to live, thrive, and love.

And it was spiritual traditions that offered wisdom and tools to help people find their way.

Tools that science is now discovering offer real benefits. Join me, Dave

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Welcome to chutzpah, everyone.

Real life lived better, where every week we apply the wisdom of Jewish tradition and subculture vultures to answer a letter sent by you, the listener, about an issue that is live in your life.

I'm Rabbi Shira Stutman.

And I'm Hannah Rosen, and we have a special guest today,

comedian, author, actor, and fellow podcaster, Moshe, Moshe. Hi, Moshe. Hi, hi. I'm so glad to be here.

What did you think about that intro? Did we, did we do it with enough fanfare? Well, I don't want to let,

I don't want to let your listeners in behind the fourth wall, but there was a lot of

anxiety before we pressed record.

And then when the intro started, I was astounded at the professionalism and radio readiness

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