Presenting - The Franchise: Jews, Sports and America

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Hey JCrew, we've got something extra we want to share with you. The Franchise is a new, eight-part series exploring how contemporary American Jewish culture imprinted itself onto sports and how sports imprinted itself onto Jewish traditions. Hosted by Meredith Shiner and produced by the team behind Unorthodox, the No. 1 Jewish podcast, The Franchise highlights the moments and the people—athletes, fans, stat geeks, journalists, and team owners—who are writing this uniquely, American Jewish story. The series begins in 1965 with Sandy Koufax, and traces the arc of American Jews and sports since then: from probing the so-called Koufax curse that befalls Jewish athletes who play on Yom Kippur to reevaluating the "Jewish Jordan" phenomenon and wondering why Jews love teams that always seem to lose, and much more. The Franchise premiers on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hey, J-Crew, it's Stephanie, popping into your feed to share another new tablet studios
0:07.3	podcast that we are so excited about.
0:09.6	It's called The Franchise, Jews, Sports, and America, and it's hosted by Meredith Shiner.
0:14.7	The series explores the intersection of sports and American Jewish culture, and highlights
0:19.1	to the moments and the people, the athletes, fans, stockings, and team owners who merged
0:24.2	these two very American worlds.
0:27.5	Meredith was on an orthodox a few months back, talking about sandy co-facts, and that's
0:31.4	exactly where the series begins.
0:34.0	Today we're sharing the trailer, plus a sneak peek of episode 1.
0:38.0	Have a listen.
0:48.2	In Game 6 of the 2021 World Series, Houston, Astro, Alex Breggman flew out to Atlanta Braves
0:54.5	right fielder, Jack Peterson.
0:57.0	To most fans, there was absolutely nothing exceptional about this play, but to some of us,
1:03.9	this moment was unlike any other in baseball history.
1:11.0	In Major League Baseball's online video library, a place usually filled with clips of monster
1:16.2	home runs or acrobatic catches, you might be surprised that this clip of a routine pop
1:21.9	fly exists at all.
1:24.6	The video is generically titled, Alex Breggman flies out to right fielder, Jack Peterson,
1:30.0	in foul territory.
1:32.3	It feels so mundane.
1:35.6	So what made this fly ball different from all other fly balls?
1:42.2	The starting picture for the Braves that night was Max Fried, which meant that Breggman
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