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‘Seasons’ of Love
In this episode, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky dive into Netflix’s new dramedy The Four Seasons, a modern take on love, friendship, and the many seasons of life…
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Andor and the Art of Resistance
Set during the ascendancy of the evil galactic empire, Andor, whose full second and final season is now out on Disney+, strips away the mythic and reveals the…
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‘The Studio’ and the Shul
What do a Hollywood studio and a synagogue have in common? In this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky explore ‘The Studio’, the Apple…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 25
In this week’s episode, Brad and Steven take a walk down memory lane talking about graduations and birthdays. Several youthful indiscretions are…
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Before the Iron Throne, There Was the ‘House of David’
Long before Westeros crowned its kings, ancient Israel had its own saga of ambition, betrayal, prophecy, and power. In this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 24
This week, Brad and Steven are back, talking about the measles vaccine (PSA: make sure you still have your immunity!), the ridiculous Lindsey Graham tweet…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 23
It’s the Easter/Passover is Over episode, and this week, Brad and Steven talk about how seemingly everyone ends Passover by eating pizza, wonder if…
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Searching for God at ‘The White Lotus’
Season 3 of ‘The White Lotus’ trades Sicilian scandal for Thai transcendence, following guests who journey to Thailand seeking serenity…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 22
This week, Brad and Steven are back with a special Passover episode. In honor of the holiday, the guys talk about gefilte fish and keeping carp in the bathtub…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 21
This week, Brad and Steven are back at it, talking about, what else? Signalgate. Hard to believe that this story broke less than a week ago and how quickly it…
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Pop-pourri — Comfort Watches for Tumultuous Times
When the world seems to be going off the rails, what movies and shows do we turn to for comfort, and why? Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky are binge-watching at the…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 20
This week, Brad and Steven are back at it, talking about the ominous turn that the country is taking. They discuss Paul Weiss’ capitulation to Trump and…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 19
Brad and Steven are back at it this week, talking about the steady creep toward authoritarianism, film A Real Pain, what’s happening at Columbia…
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‘You’re Cordially Invited’ … But Should You Go?
Weddings are supposed to be joyous occasions—but what happens when everything goes off the rails? In this celebratory episode of PopTorah, we RSVP to…
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The Poppys: PopTorah 2025 Oscars Special!
The 97th Academy Awards are here, and Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky are here to talk about the Torah of this year’s nominees. In this special episode, we discuss…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 18
Brad and Steven are back at it this week after a week’s hiatus due to Covid. Thankfully, everyone is ok and happy to be podcasting again. The guys talk…
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No ‘Pain’, No Gain
What do we owe the past — and each other? In this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky unpack ‘A Real Pain’, the poignant new film that…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 17
This week, Brad and Steven are back at, trying to wade through (and remember!) the week’s major developments. They talk about Trump’s proposal for…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 16
Brad and Steven are back at it this week, talking about the looming trade war with Canada and Mexico, the unempathetic president, the death of DEI and what…
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Knowing the ‘Complete Unknown’
Who is Bob Dylan, really? In this episode of PopTorah, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky are joined by friend-of-the-pod Henry Bernstein to explore ‘A Complete…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 15
Brad and Steven are back, talking about the first week of the new Trump administration — it’s hard to believe that we’re only five days in…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 14
Brad and Steven are back and talking about the incoming Trump administration, what their algorithms are serving them on social media, potential sponsors for…
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Over the Hill and Undercover: Being ‘A Man on the Inside’ and Out
What can an undercover spy in a retirement home teach us about aging, purpose, and truly living? In this episode, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky discuss ‘A Man…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 13
Brad and Steven are back for their first podcast of 2025. It may be a new year, but things seem to have picked up right where they left off in 2024. The guys…
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Charting New Waters with ‘Moana 2’
In this episode, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky dive into ‘Moana 2’, Disney’s follow-up to the beloved original. How does the sequel build on Moana’s…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 12
It’s the last Amen Corner of 2025 and Brad and Steven are back from (another) week’s hiatus. This week, the guys are talking about the emerging…
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The Good, The Bad, and The ‘Wicked’
What does it mean to be good? And who gets to decide? In this magical episode of PopTorah, we dive into the world of Wicked, the spellbinding prequel to The…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 11
Unexpectedly, Brad and Steven are back this week due to a faulty airplane. The guys are talking the drones over New Jersey, Chris Christie, Chanukkah, and once…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 10
This week, Brad and Steven are back at it and they’re talking about rage rooms, the potential fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Christmas songs, Van…
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Trying ‘Shrinking’ On for Size…Again
In this episode, Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky discuss season 2 of the AppleTV+ hit, ‘Shrinking‘! After our first deep dive into the series, we couldn’t help…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 9
It’s the post-Thanksgiving episode and Brad and Steven are recapping their respective holidays. In addition to talking about how turkey (the food, not…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 8
This week, Brad and Steven are back after another travel related hiatus. They survey how not much has changed over the past couple of weeks — it’s…
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“Yellowstone” and the Battle for the Soul of America
In this episode, we dive into the rugged and ruthless world of “Yellowstone,” where questions of legacy, land, and loyalty play out against a…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 7
This week, Brad and Steven talk about, what else? The absolute drubbing that Kamala Harris suffered in the election. What more needs to be said, you might…
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Right, Wrong, and ‘Agatha All Along’
In this episode, we explore the spellbinding new Marvel TV series “Agatha All Along” (streaming on Disney+), where the lines between power, control, and…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 6
This week, Brad and Steven are back one last time before the election to talk about, what else? The Yankees and Van Halen. Seriously, while the guys do talk…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 5
This week, Brad and Steven talk about the Yankees making it to the World Series and about the meaning of fandom (not to mention how much tickets are going…
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Who Wants ‘Nobody Wants This’?
In this episode, we dive into the thought-provoking Netflix series “Nobody Wants This,” exploring its funny and sometimes cringey take on identity…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 4
This week, for the second week in a row, Brad and Steven are back! It’s the post-Yom Kippur episode and the guys discuss whether we’re living in a…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 3
After (another) week away, Brad and Steven are back and are talking about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish High Holidays and the length of time that services last…
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Grieving and Loving ‘Between the Temples’
In this episode, we dive into ‘Between the Temples‘, a quirky new indie comedy about a cantor grappling with a crisis of faith. Starring Jason…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 2
Brad and Steven are back this week for the second episode of the new season, and they’re talking about accountability (or the lack thereof). They start…
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How We Spent Our PopTorah Summer Vacation
The rabbis are back from break and ready to talk Torah! The summer of 2024 delivered epic superhero showdowns, headline-grabbing streaming series, and some…
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Amen Corner Season 9, Episode 1
Brad and Steven are back for the ninth season of the Amen Corner! In the first episode, they recap the momentous events of the past summer — President…
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We’re All In on ‘Inside Out 2’
‘Inside Out 2’ is the sequel to the critically acclaimed and widely beloved 2015 Disney/Pixar animated film ‘Inside Out,” and is proving to be just as…
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Dune: Part 2: More Power Dynamics, Less Platform Disruption
Dune: Part 2, now streaming on Max, continues the sprawling epic adapted from Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi series. Featuring an all-powerful psychotropic…
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X-Mensches
Marvel Animation’s X-Men ’97, now streaming on Disney+, is a reboot/sequel to the X-Men animated series that was beloved by older Millennials who grew up in…
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Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 28
This week, Brad and Steven were actually together and recorded the final podcast of the season directly from the Amen Corner studios in NYC. To celebrate the…
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Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 27
This week, in what is the penultimate episode of the season, Brad and Steven continue to discuss the campus wars. They also talk about the Washington Post and…
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Are the Rabbis STILL Cray-Cray for Tay-Tay?
The third installment in PopTorah’s ongoing conversation about Taylor Swift, our resident rabbinic Swifties discuss her latest album, “The Tortured Poets…
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Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 26
This week, Brad and Steven talk (a bit) more about the campus protests and wonder out loud if seeing a non-Arab or a non-Muslim wearing a keffiyeh is…
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Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 25
This week, Brad and Steven are back after (another) week off for travel. They spend the entire episode discussing the nationwide campus protests. They talk…
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Does Bustin’ Make You Feel Good?
The new film, ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,’ a sequel to the ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ is a thing that exists. But should it? Rabbis Knopf and…
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Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 24
This week, Brad and Steven return from their various travels and find that the Passover Seder season is upon us. They talk about Germany, lunch in Athens, the…
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‘Manhunt’ and the Pursuit of Justice
The new AppleTV+ series ‘Manhunt’, adapted from James L. Swanson’s eponymous book, follows the 12 day search for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes…
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Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 23
This week, Brad and Steven follow up on their discussion of the Trump bible and talk about religious groups like Mormons and Chabad. They also talk about how…
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Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 22
Brad and Steven are back this week after a brief hiatus with another episode of your favorite podcast. The guys catch up on some of the things they missed…
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The Poppys: PopTorah 2024 Oscars Special!
The 96th Academy Awards are behind us, and Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky are here to talk about the Torah of this year’s nominees. In this special episode, we…
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Amen Corner Season 8, Episode 21
This week, Brad and Steven conjure up the memory of Steven’s late father, Michael Cook, to talk about how to avoid being screwed over. They’re back…
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Making the Old ’Daily Show’ New, and Making the New Holy
Jon Stewart’s back, baby! The influential Jewish comic who made ‘The Daily Show’ a cultural juggernaut before leaving in 2015 has returned, for a limited time…