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Us People: Ep. 348

Tablet Studios

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unorthodox, Belgium is still the worst. Our Jew of the Week is the novelist Gabrielle Zevin. She joins us to talk about her newest novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, plus how video games can be vehicles for teaching morality and how she approaches writing about Holocaust survivors. Plus, the hosts discuss the new Netflix disaster that is You People, with insight from our managing producer and Hollywood correspondent, Courtney Hazlett. We love to hear from you! Send us emails and voice memos at unorthodox@tabletmag.com, or leave a voicemail at our listener line: (914) 570-4869. Remember to tell us who you are and where you’re calling from. Merch alert! Check out our new Unorthodox tees, mugs, and hoodies at tabletstudios.com. We’re back on the road! Find out about our upcoming events at tabletmag.com/unorthodoxlive. To book us for a live show or event, email Tanya Singer at tsinger@tabletmag.com. 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. Unorthodox is produced by Tablet Studios. Check out all of our podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts. Sponsors: Study and practice Jewish sacred chanting with Sacred Chant: Healing the Spirit, Transforming the Mind, Deepening Love, the new four-week program from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. Sign up by February 10th at JewishSpirituality.org.

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0:00.0

This is on Orthodox, the universe is leading Jewish podcast.

0:06.0

I am your host, Mark Oppenheimer.

0:07.9

Join Desever by my co-host, tablet deputy editor Stephanie Buttnick.

0:11.5

Hello, good day.

0:13.2

And tablet editor at large and fellow film critic today, Leo Lieberwitz.

0:17.5

To be Schwat Hegeia, Chagla Ila, not happy to be Schwat as we record.

0:23.5

Everyone's favorite holiday after some good day to be Schwat has come and gone by now and

0:28.0

we once again forgot to honor it as we ought, but we do have a great show for you.

0:32.5

Today on our show, just one guest, but it's a super guest.

0:35.2

It's a Jew of the Week, author Gabrielle Zeven who's booked tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

0:39.4

was stopping up the tanning lotion everywhere last summer on the beach, including

0:44.0

Shay Oppenheimer and is still one of the great reads of the year.

0:48.2

But before we get to Gabrielle Zeven, I want to greet two people I haven't talked to in a while.

0:53.0

Leo Lieberwitz, Stephanie Buttnick, how are you guys?

0:55.6

Hey, hey, it's great to be back together, even though we're not right now back together,

0:59.8

but it's nice to see your faces.

1:01.6

We all have travel stories this week.

1:03.0

We've all been out and about meeting the hidden wherever they may be.

1:07.0

I'm going to do a small medium large.

1:08.1

Mine is small.

1:08.8

I have a micro story and it's only this.

1:11.4

I give a really fun talk at the University of Florida to a great group of people at the Bob Graham

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