Jon Reiss

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This American Life Ira Glass Man-Fatuation Post: Mr. Daisy And The Apple Farm

Ira plays with Siri, and more on this week’s recap of This American Life.

The This American Life Ira Glass Man-Fatuation Post: Neighborhood Watch

The first This American Life of 2012 brought two ostensibly new stories, held together by a tenuous yet rich theme and took us to places of hope, fear, courage and well, poo.

The This American Life Ira Glass Man-Fatuation Post: Nemeses

This week Ira and Co. tackle both sides of arguments

Extremely Manipulative And Incredibly Irritating

The trailer for the new Jonathan Safran Foer adaptation leaves us feeling a little disoriented.

The (New) Smoked Fish And Schmaltz Latke Man Of Brooklyn

Peter Shelsky is upping the ante on an important component to the new Jewish food scene: smoked fish.

This American Life Ira Glass Man-Fatuation Post: The Lone Hold Out

Ira Glass seems to love stories of people going against the grain.

Shmaltz Gets A Bar Mitzvah

Celebrating thirteen years of the most Jewish craft beer around.

Meyer Lansky Lives: Talking With Anatol Yusef Of Boardwalk Empire

We talk to the British-born actor who plays the famous Jewish gangster on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.