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Best Jessica Chaffin podcasts we could find (updated August 2020)
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Updated August 2020
Updated August 2020
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Your hilarious and insightful guide to Jewish ideas and culture. Join journalist Dan Crane and comedian Jessica Chaffin (Ronna & Beverly) as they explore activism, Jewish atheism, anti-semitism, love, sex, comedy, death and more with guests like David Wain, David Baddiel, Rabbi Sharon Brous, the Sklar Brothers, Tiffany Shlain, Moshe Kasher, Joel Stein and many others. A project of Reboot.
Ronna Glickman & Beverly Ginsberg are the best-selling co-authors of You'll Do A Little Better Next Time: A Guide to Marriage and Re-marriage for Jewish Singles ("It says Jewish in the name -- but it's for everyone!"). These outspoken fiftysomethings from Boston, who can be seen regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in LA, dispense their unique brand of relationship advice while interviewing/interrogating celebrity guests. Looking for the archives? All episodes older than 6 month ...
Despite his tiny, fleeting epiphanies, host Drew Droege has no idea what his morally bankrupt friends are going to tell him. Painful tales of forbidden desire, embarrassing stupidity, and downright garbage are spun together in search of a larger truth. Lower your expectations.
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Ep 49: Passion, Pop and Underpants with Steve Grand
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In July of 2013 Chicago singer-songwriter Steve Grand uploaded a video for his song "All American Boy". It was a video for a country song with a bare bum and a gay twist and a within days it had a million hit and Steve was the face of new gay country. Except that he wasn't and he wasn't even a country singer but he was in demand. To date steve has …
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Ep 48: The Family Business with Doris Pearson from Five Star
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In this episode, Gearóid meets singer/songwriter and choreographer Doris Pearson who shot to fame with her brothers and sisters as Five Star. Doris is currently in lockdown in the UK and is working on solo material. We had a chat about her time in her family supergroup. We chatted about the humble beginnings, fame, money and family. Truly a family …
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Ep 47: Eurovision Hopeful with Lesley Roy
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In this episode I chat to singer songwriter Lesley Roy. As teenager Lesley would busk on the streets of Dublin and instead of dreaming of superstardom she actively chased it. She signed a record contract with and American Label and spent two years in Sweden learning to write pop songs under the direction of Max Martin who produced her 2008 debut al…
Two brothers, a rabbi and a comedian, try to figure out how to do Judaism during a pandemic. See if you can figure out who’s who.By The Kibitz Podcast
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Ep 46: Live From Dublin Podcast Festival with Niamh Kavanagh and Naimee Coleman
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This is the live “Fascinated” show from the Dublin Podcast Festival to YouTube. My guests on the night were the fabulous singer-songwriter Naimee Coleman and the wonderful Niamh Kavanagh. Hits were sung and we even recreated the moment Niamh won the Eurovision Song Contest. The full show can be watched on YouTube. If you really enjoy this podcast y…
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EP 45: Staying At Home With Jann Arden
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In this episode I catch up with the wonderful Jann Arden in the midst of the worldwide Corona Virus epidemic. Last week she was supposed to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards but the ceremony was cancelled amid fears around the outbreak. Last week she streamed a mini-concert from her living room as part of a movement b…
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Ep 44: My Pop Life with Jacquie O'Sullivan from Bananarama
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EP 43: Ask Ronna with Jessica Chaffin (Abbys on NBC, Ronna And Beverly)
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Ep 42: Big Difference with Sean Smith from Same Difference (X Factor)
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In 2007 Sean and his Sarah caught the eye of a production runner while queuing to audition for the X Factor. Within a couple of months they were both performing live together every saturday night to millions of viewers. Each week to Same Difference astonished producers by clocking up millions of votes. Their cheesy but note-perfect performances had…
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Ep 41: Beyoncé That’s Who with Matthew Marsden
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Ep 41: Beyonce That’s Who with Matthew Marsden In this episode Gearóid chats to former soap-star, former pop-star and proper Hollywood star Matthew Marsden. After a stint as a male model Matthew began his acting career in the UK soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street. A brief but productive music career followed. He recorded the album “Say Who” for …
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Ep 40: Farrelly & Lacey with Tyne Daly from "Cagney and Lacey"
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In this episode Gearóid talks to his favourite actress of all time: Tyne Daly. Tyne Daly is a celebrated star of stage and screen. She once dreamed of becoming a nun to the theatre, but a stint as Dirty Harry's sidekick in "The Enforcer" led to her starring opposite Loretta Switt in a tv movie of the week called "Cagney & Lacey" which was a buddy f…
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Ep 39: Another Side with Celena Cherry from Honeyz
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This is another side to a story we've already told but what a story this is. In this episode comedian Gearoid Farrelly chats to singer and actress Celena Cherry about her time as the front woman of 90's R&B band the Honeyz along with band members Heavenli Denton and Naima Belkhiati. The band debuted in 1998 and had a massive hit with the self-penne…
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Ep 38: The Song With Wings with Chesney Hawkes
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Ep 38: The Song With Wings with Chesney Hawkes In this episode comedian Gearoid Farrelly chats to nineties heart-throb Chesney Hawkes about the song that catapulted him to the top of the charts in 1991 and went on to become the 20th biggest selling song of the nineties. As well as reflecting on the dark days after the success had gone away Chesney …
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Ep 37: Mariah from Clonmel with Bianca Kinane
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Bianca Kinane is the big voiced Irish superstar that we almost had back in 1996. Bianca is from Clonmel and in 1994 took part in "Stars In Their Eyes" as Mariah Carey. A big recording contract with Pete Waterman followed. A huge media campaign promising an Irish Mariah Carey from 'County Clonmel' (sic) accompanied the release of some singles but th…
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Ep 36: The Great Pop Caper with Daphne & Celeste
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In 1999 Daphne and Celeste burned pop music to the ground. They arrived from New York and released their debut single “ooh Stick you” and almost instantly had a hit. But there was more to Daphne and Celeste then the kitch pop tracks. They couldn’t take their newfound pop career seriously. They were astonished by straight faced interviewers asking t…
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Ep 35: The Meaning of Life with Michelle McManus
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In 2003 Michelle McManus shot to fame as the winner of the second series of Pop Idol. Throughout the series she stood out for her powerhouse soul voice. But she also got huge amounts of press coverage for her weight. Today plus-size is celebrated, body positivity is embraced and everyone is encouraged to be who they are. In 2003 this was not the ca…
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Ep 34: A Strange Snowy Day with Jann Arden
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In 1998 my friend Niamh Kavanagh was making an album and she recorded some cover versions of a Canadian singer songwriter Jann Arden. I then listened to Jann's orignal versions and I have been hooked ever since. Jann Arden is a huge recording artist in Canada and had international success in 1994 with her "Living Under June" album. She has just rel…
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Ep 33: Happy Just To Be With Michelle Gayle
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In this episode I got to meet up with 90s RnB pop goddess Michelle Gayle. But as you can see from the photo below myself and Michelle Gayle are old friends. I won a competition to meet her back in the mid-ninties and because I was under eighteen I had to bring my Dad. Michelle was a struggling singer who became an actress and then a very successful…
A teaser for the new season of Fascinated with Gearóid Farrelly. The season starts on Wednesday 2nd May 2018.By HeadStuff
A tight, 15-minute set of jokes from Dan’s nana, who passed away this week at the spry age of 97.By The Kibitz Podcast
Is there something peculiar to Judaism that makes us think about death differently? With no proscription for a definitive heaven or afterlife, how does that affect how we live our lives and think about death? Are Jewish rituals an effective way of dealing with grief? Are there better ways to think and talk about death with friends and family? In ou…
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The Best of the HeadStuff Podcast Network 2017
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So here we are, at the end of another year, the 2017th year… can you believe there have already been 2017 years on this planet? Amazing really. Anyway, what we have compiled here is the best of The HeadStuff Podcast Network 2017, short clips from a range of our shows. If something piques your fancy, […] La entrada The Best of the HeadStuff Podcast …
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A Catskills Kibitz w/ Moshe Kasher, Michael Showalter & The Living Sisters
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"A Catskills Kibitz,” our first ever live Kibitz event, was held at the “World Famous” Kibitz Room at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles on the second night of Hanukkah and featured standup from Moshe Kasher, a conversation with Michael Showalter and a performance by the Living Sisters. We also set a world record for the most number of people to eat a pa…
How has our understanding of history been curated by the choices of photographers, journalists and historians? This episode features curator at the International Center for Photography in New York Maya Benton talking about the photos of Roman Vichniac, and Yiddish scholar Eddy Portnoy discussing what he calls "The Jewish OJ trial of the 1870s” from…
Was Moses tripping when he saw the burning bush? Are psychedelics the key to unlocking the mysteries behind Jewish texts? And did you hear the one about the rabbi who did LSD with Timothy Leary? Featuring Rick Doblin founder and Executive Director of MAPS—the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. Plus an excerpt from our friend Mos…
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Refugees - with Mark Hetfield from HIAS
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We continue our discussion of immigration and refugees with Mark Hetfield, the CEO of HIAS: the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. Back in 1882, HIAS was formed to assist Jews fleeing pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe. Today, HIAS is leading the charge against the Trump administration’s attempt to ban most refugees from coming to the United States.…
When Donald Trump issued his first executive order to curb immigration from majority Muslim countries, it seemed to strike a chord of eerie and disturbing familiarity with Jews everywhere. To put this in perspective, we’ll hear a story about Jewish immigrants fleeing Germany in 1939 trying to come to the US, and we have some stories of Jews on the …
Why did a Jewish philanthropist put up a million dollars of his own money to get Jews to move to Alabama? And ten years into his experiment, does he consider it a success? And as synagogue membership declines across the US, how do we define a Jewish community? The Kibitz speaks with Larry Blumberg, the man behind the program offering $50,000 for fa…
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Name Dropping! w/ Michael Feldman & Jeremy Rowley
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This week, we're cracking out our own celebrity scandals and naming names! Hollywood may never be safe again.By Drew Droege
Author AJ Jacobs explains how we’re all mishpucha, and we discuss his new book, It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree.By The Kibitz Podcast
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Ep 32: Live At The Dublin Podcast Festival (Part 2) With Deirdre O’Kane
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What did Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers and Wilt Chamberlain have in common? Why did Jews on vacation need so much entertainment? How did the Catskills become the epicenter of Jewish middle-class vacationing and why did it collapse almost as quickly as it began? Who's putting baby in the corner—and why? Hosts Dan Crane and Jessica Chaffin explore the hist…
Your hilarious and insightful guide to Jewish ideas and culture. Join journalist Dan Crane and comedian Jessica Chaffin (Ronna & Beverly) as they explore activism, Jewish atheism, anti-semitism, love, sex, comedy, death and more with guests like David Wain, David Baddiel, Rabbi Sharon Brous, the Sklar Brothers, Tiffany Shlain, Moshe Kasher, Joel St…
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Back To School w/ Danielle Morrow and Joel Spence
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This week, we reminisce about horrible teachers, creepy classmates, weird plays that we created, and literally going back to school. And yes, we give Rodney Dangerfield and Sally Kellerman shoutouts, of course.By Drew Droege
Can Jews be atheists and still be Jews? Hosts Dan Crane and Jessica Chaffin host the second episode on this question, featuring a conversation with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie of New York City’s Lab/Shul.By The Kibitz Podcast
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Ep 31: Live At The Dublin Podcast Festival (Part 1) With Naimee Coleman
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Smacking Clown Legs W/ Roz Drezfalez and James Urbaniak
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We're sliding down a super nerdy actor wormhole this week, as we reveal our gaps in formal training that we've replaced with wigs and "energy".By Drew Droege
Can Jews be atheists and still be Jews? Hosts Dan Crane and Jessica Chaffin explore the question of Jewish atheism with Rabbi Susan Goldberg of LA's Wilshire Boulevard Temple, president of American Atheists David Silverman, British comedian David Baddiel, and founder and president emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America Herb Silverman.…
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Winning The Conversation w/ Larry Dorf & Margee Magee
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Believe it or not, we're talking football! But rest assured there's plenty of chatter about Cujo, acid, karma, blankets, and Sarah Jessica Parker too.By Drew Droege
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Too Much Sauce w/ Julie Brown and Jessica Chaffin
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This week, we are inundated with too much noise, too many smells, too much craziness. And it's partly Gene Wilder's fault.By Drew Droege
Season 2 Preview: Reboot’s Jewish-ish podcast is back for season two with actress and comedian Jessica Chaffin (Ronna, of comedy duo “Ronna & Beverly”) joining as co-host with Dan Crane. Named “one of the Top 10 Jewish Podcasts,” by Moment magazine, THE KIBITZ is about asking interesting questions—some big, many little—and exploring all you’ve ever…
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Les Enfants de Mountain Dew w/ Adam Slapin and Andre Hyland
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We were all brats who consumed too many sweets, had filthy tongues, and terrorized our elders. But at least we don't describe ourselves as "woke".By Drew Droege
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Ep 30: Is That...Craig?! with Craig Young from Deuce
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Fire Signs w/ Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Jack Plotnick
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This week, we are triggered and empowered and ready to own it all. Plus we play a surprise game where we find our spirit animals!By Drew Droege
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Flicks n' Tricks w/ Kyle Buchanan and Dhruv Uday Singh
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This week, we chat a little about movies and a lot about sex!! Tune in for filth!By Drew Droege
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Pollyanna And The Prostitute w/ Liz Bolton and Michael C.
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This week, we learn about per diems and rural Australia and yes of course Hayley Mills is involved.By Drew Droege
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Report Cards, Windfalls, and Impostor Rose w/ Mary Grill and Lana McKissack
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Trust your gut and buy that raffle ticket. Don't trust your kids when they immediately need art supplies. And maybe that sweet summer rose you crave is actually a trashy white zin!By Drew Droege
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Ep 29: Same Old Brand New Ben with Ben Adams from A1
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In this episode Gearoid heads to London to meet Ben Adams. Ben is a music producer and songwriter. He has written and produced hits for some of today’s brightest stars. But Ben is probably best know for having the most famous pair of curtains in pop. Ben is a member of the boyband a1. They […] La entrada Ep 29: Same Old Brand New Ben with Ben Adams…
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Crawling For Aliens w/ James Adomian and Liz Feldman
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Our parents have embarrassed us at dinner theaters. We believe in aliens. We need to relax and slow down and listen and love and be okay. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe @ smarturl.it/minorrevelations Like what you hear? Check out Fear Based Life @ hyperurl.co/fbl Oh! Check out our survey @ smarturl.it/feralsurvey…
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Happy Accidents w/ Casey Feigh and Geralyn Flood
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Sometimes you meet an incredible stranger. Or you're surprised to find yourself at an all-boys school. Sometimes we should all behave like misbehaving Muppets.By Drew Droege
