Rock On: Ep. 280

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Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox: Bagels and latkes and shvantzes, oh my. Our first guest is David Fishof, the longtime music agent and producer who created Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, where music fans get to schmooze with rock icons. He tells us about the Jewish influences behind his work, his favorite musicians to work with, and the new documentary about Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp. Next we talk to Sports Illustrated’s L. Jon Wertheim, who returns to the show to tell us about his latest book, Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever. Be part of our upcoming Yom Kippur apology episode! Do you have a story of an apology given or owed? Leave us a voicemail (under a minute long) at (914) 570-4869, or record a voice memo on your phone and email it to unorthodox@tabletmag.com to be featured on the episode. Like the show? Rate us on iTunes! 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! Get your Unorthodox T-shirts, mugs, and baby onesies at bit.ly/unorthoshirt. Want to book us for a live show? Email producer Josh Kross at jkross@tabletmag.com. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors: Harry’s is a great shave at a great price. New customers can get a Starter Set for just $3 at harrys.com/unorthodox.

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0:00.0	Okay, I am super unbored with this.
0:04.0	Can you guys hear me?
0:05.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:06.0	Oh, I can hear anyone for a second, but everyone's just quiet.
0:08.0	It's like, is that what silence from these people sounds like?
0:11.0	What is that?
0:13.0	This is on Orthodox, the universe is leading Jewish podcast.
0:16.0	I'm your host, Mark Oppenheimer.
0:18.0	Joined as ever by two people who might have seen in person recently.
0:21.0	I'm still on a high from that.
0:23.0	It was a few days ago, but I'm still on a high.
0:25.0	It was tablet editor at large, Lieli Bevets, Shalom Shalom.
0:28.0	And tablet, deputy editor Stephanie Butting.
0:30.0	Hi again.
0:31.0	Yeah, we saw each other last Friday at Barney Greengrass.
0:34.0	On the Upper West Side, about which more in a moment.
0:37.0	First, I do want to tell you who's on this week's show.
0:40.0	It was some really fun interviews.
0:42.0	I talked to the David Fishoff who runs rock and roll fantasy camps.
0:45.0	And he talked with us about camps and rock and roll.
0:47.0	And it was kind of blew my mind.
0:49.0	And then also, since nothing says summer, like sports and great 80s tunes,
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