Running the Stage: Ep. 186

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Our first Jewish guest this week is Matthew Futterman, deputy sports editor at the New York Times and author of the new book, Running to the Edge. A 23-time marathoner, Matt breaks down the major transformations in both professional and recreational running over the past few decades, and describes the more meditative aspects of the sport, explaining how running is, for him, a form of prayer. Our second Jewish guest is Tony and Academy Award-winning actor Joel Grey, whose credits include Cabaret, Wicked, and Chicago. His latest role is directing the Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof at Stage 42. He tells us about growing up around Yiddish (his father was musician and comedian Mickey Katz, who wrote Yiddish parodies of popular songs), having a daughter in the business (Jennifer Grey starred as Baby in Dirty Dancing), and about his love of photography (he just published his fifth book of photography, "The Flower Whisperer"). We'd love to hear what you thought of this week's show. Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. We’re heading to Chicago! See us live Wednesday, June 26 at 7 p.m. at the Logan Square Auditorium with Iditarod finisher Blair Braverman and Nerdette podcast host Greta Johnsen. Presented with Hadassah Chicago-North Shore. Get your tickets here. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group.

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0:33.0	This is Un Orthodox, the Universe's leading Jewish podcast.
0:37.0	I am Mark Oppenheimer joined as ever by my co-hosts,
0:40.0	tablet deputy editor Stephanie Butnick,
0:42.0	good day.
0:43.2	And senior writer for tablet magazine,
0:45.2	Leal Leibovitz.
0:46.1	And a very happy summer to all.
0:48.2	This week we spoke with the legendary Joel Gray actor,
0:50.6	director, and as you will learn, flower aficionado.
0:54.0	We also spoke with author Matthew Butterman, who's been a guest on the show before, but he has a new
0:57.8	book out, it's called Running to the Edge.
0:59.6	It's about the deep weird history of distance running, I promise you even if you're not
1:04.3	a former distance runner like me it's really interesting stuff it's really
1:07.9	spiritual we are delighted to have him back but before we get to the guests, lots of stuff to do, news of the Jews to talk about,
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