Text Messages Ep. 10

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Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, host Mark Oppenheimer and Tablet staffers Stephanie Butnick and Liel Leibovitz discuss Amy Schumer's $8 million book deal, Ralph Lauren stepping down as CEO of his namesake brand, and Mahmoud Abbas's speech at the U.N. General Assembly. Our Jewish guest is best-selling essayist Sloane Crosley, whose first novel, 'The Clasp,' tells the story of college friends who reunited 10 years later and get swept up in a modern-day treasure hunt across Europe. She tells the panel how a Jewish girl ended up with the name Sloane Crosley and about the transition from essay-writing to fiction. Our non-Jewish guest is New York Times poetry critic David Orr, whose newest book, 'The Road Not Taken,' is about the Robert Frost poem people love—but completely misunderstand. He asks the panel why Jews, who have long been a staple of the literary world, are less present in the field of poetry. You can get Sloane Crosley's book here: http://www.sloanecrosley.com/theclasp, and David Orr's book here: http://www.davidorr.com/books/the-road-not-taken/. For more Unorthodox, visit tabletmag.com/unorthodox. Email us at unorthodox@tabletmag.com.

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0:00.0	What better way to be proudly Jewish right now than with our book, the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia?
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0:28.1	Discount code, unorthodox, all caps.
0:33.0	caps. Happy Schmini a absurd and Simchastura.
0:37.0	Welcome to Unorthodox, a weekly podcast from Talent magazine.
0:40.0	I'm Mark Oppenheimer joined as ever by senior writer Leah Leibovitz.
0:44.0	Do you ever think that your professional career would involve ever saying the phrase
0:47.2	happy Schminia Sir?
0:48.2	I never did.
0:49.2	As a little boy, was that part of your dream?
0:50.8	No, but my mother who thinks Tishabov is funny because it sounds
0:53.2	like tushy and she doesn't know what it is also thinks Shminny out Sarah is a
0:56.8	funny thing to set. Tishabove is hilarious. Tishabove is hilarious.
0:59.4	Tishabove is hilarious. And deputy editor Stephanie Butney. Hi.
1:03.0	Later in the show we'll be talking with humorist, novelist,
1:06.3	Jewess, Sloane Krosley, and with our guest non-Jew of the week,
1:10.4	our token Gentile, David Orr, who has a new book out about the Robert Frost poem, The Road Not Taken.
1:16.0	So, a little news of the Jews, Israeli supermodel.
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