7 JUL 2024 · This week I talk to Rabbi Samantha Thal, the new associate rabbi at Bet Shalom Congregation. We talk about what was appealing about coming to Bet Shalom, the roots of her Jewish community leadership, and what she’s looking forward to as she starts her first post-ordination pulpit, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

23 JUN 2024 · This week I talk to Hunter Wengersky, the J-Pride program coordinator at Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Minneapolis. We talk about the upcoming Pride weekend and what J-Pride has in store for the festival, how the presence at Pride has evolved, and how their diverse background works well in creating programming opportunities, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. Links to stuff we discussed: https://jfcsmpls.org/j-pride-celebrates-pride-month/ Yiddish book club: https://qlibrary.org/event/queer-jewish-folklore-book-club/  TC Pride Shabbat: https://jfcsmpls.org/event/twin-cities-pride-shabbat-2/ TC Pride Parade: https://jfcsmpls.org/event/twin-cities-pride-parade/ GALA: https://galachoruses.org/festival-2024/

9 JUN 2024 · This week I talk to Stacey Dinner-Levin about her role in the upcoming Minnesota Mammalehs: Stories From the Tribe event on June 24. We talk about what it’s like to perform in a storytelling event, how the theater is central to her family, and that one time she wrote a play, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. Buy tickets now: http://bit.ly/mammalehs

2 JUN 2024 · This week I talk to recently retired State Representative Frank Hornstein. We reflect on his 22 years in the state legislature, his love for transportation policy, and what he’s looking forward to next, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. After the end credits, you can listen to Frank’s retirement speech from the floor of the House on May 20, with thanks to Barry LaGrave and Mike Cook from the Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Services. Or you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge9jrmDoUfQ Sponsors this week: Hodroff-Epstein: https://hodroffepsteinmemorialchapels.com/ MN Mammalehs Stories from the Tribe: http://bit.ly/mammalehs

26 MAY 2024 · We have a special edition of this week’s show: This week I talk to Haviv Rettig-Gur, who will be the featured speaker at the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas annual event on June 2. Haviv Rettig Gur is a veteran Israeli journalist who serves as senior analyst for The Times of Israel and is also a frequent guest on the Call Me Back and The Times of Israel podcasts. He has covered Israel’s politics and foreign policy since 2005, reported from over 20 countries, served as director of communications for the Jewish Agency for Israel, Israel’s largest NGO, and taught at prestigious premilitary academies. We’ll have the links to Haviv’s work and how to get tickets to the JCRC’s event in the show notes. Haviv and I talk about what he’s observing in the state of mind of Israelis, how politicians in Israel and the United States are getting plenty wrong in the war, and the misconceptions many have about the war – and Israeli-Palestinian relations – on this week’s Who the Folk?! Podcast. JCRC Annual Event: https://minndakjcrc.org/event/2024-annual-event/ Haviv on Twitter: https://x.com/havivrettiggur https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/haviv-gur/

19 MAY 2024 · This week I talk to Mia Nosanow, author of the new book The College Student’s Guide to Mental Health: Essential Wellness Strategies for Flourishing in College. We talk about what led to write this book, how long it took, and some of the challenges facing college students and adolescents, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. More info on the book: https://mianosanow.com/ Sponsors this week: https://hodroffepsteinmemorialchapels.com/ https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/2cDPQnBn374RYaBmOtFUSw

12 MAY 2024 · Welcome to this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast, I’m Lonny Goldsmith, the editor of TC Jewfolk. This week I talk to Andrew Miller, the chief operating officer of the Minnesota Vikings. We talk about how he got his start working sports, what brought him to Minnesota, and how his job works in concert with the football side of the business, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. This week’s podcast is brought to you by TC Jewfolk’s, MN Mammalehs: Stories From The Tribe event on June 24 at Beth El Synagogue. Stories From The Tribe is a live, on-stage summer show featuring 12 true and original stories somehow threaded to being (or having!) a mammaleh -- the good, the bad, the golden, and the hilarious. Tickets to the public go on sale on May 13. Get tickets at http://bit.ly/mammalehs

5 MAY 2024 · This week I talk with Jacob Rapport, the creator of The Chanted Torah. We talk about what this project is all about, where his inspiration came from, what his next steps with the project are, and most importantly, where you can find the work, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. Make sure you stay until the end for a sample! https://www.thechantedtorah.com/

28 APR 2024 · This week I talk with Yedidya Yasu, the Israeli shaliach, or emissary, to St. Paul from Israel. We talk about his arrival delay and dramatic change in plans, getting to know the St. Paul community, and what he’s looking forward to experiencing in his next couple of years in Minnesota, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. Links we discussed: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Nw64QpMhYavDrNEo9rGR6?si=rU3FGJMmQpyzVeIB0cv3Vw https://tcjewfolk.com/event/yom-hashoah-2024-5784-holocaust-remembrance-day/ https://tcjewfolk.com/event/twin-cities-erev-yom-hazikaron/ https://tcjewfolk.com/event/yom-haatzmaut-celebration/

21 APR 2024 · This week we talk to advocacy associate Naomi Breazeale and development and annual event coordinator Nina Afremov of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas. We talk about the vital work that the pair are doing, how they got their starts in the organization, and we talk about the JCRC’s annual event on June 2, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. Sponsored this week by Ethan Roberts Photography: https://ethanrobertsphotos.com https://minndakjcrc.org/event/2024-annual-event/