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People Jew Wanna Know

by People Jew Wanna Know

Welcome to People Jew Wanna Know, a podcast sharing stories of remarkable Jewish people! Hosted by Margarita Lyadova, each episode features conversations with interesting Jewish guests of today and historical figures who’ve shaped Jewish culture and identity. Together, we seek answers to today's essential questions facing the Jewish people. New episodes every Wednesday. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @peoplejewwannaknow for extras, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode. Support our work here: buymeacoffee.com/peoplejewwannaknow

Latest episodes

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Lindsay Pinchuk: It's Never Wrong to Do What's Right

Lindsay Pinchuk built a seven-figure company from scratch, sold it, and became a mentor to hundreds of women over 40 who thought it was too late to start. Then, October 8

Oct 14
52 min

Gila Pfeffer - The Jewish Way To Grieve

Gila Pfeffer lost her mother at 20 and her grandmother before that — both to cancers she carried the genetic blueprint for. So she did something very atypical at the time

Oct 8
48 min

The Jews Are The Winningest Team in Human History — Rabbi Leor Sinai

Rabbi Leor Sinai changed Margarita's life before he ever met her. He ran Alexander Muss High School in Israel, the program that completely shaped Margarita's Jewish ident

Sep 30
57 min

Dara Horn - Why We Need More Courage, Not Knowledge

Dara Horn, by her own admission, hates arguing with people. So how did the author of *People Love Dead Jews* become one of the sharpest, most fearless voices confronting

Sep 23
59 min

Building NYC's Magic Empire - Nadav Roet

Nadav Roet started doing magic at 4 years old in Israel, moved to Amsterdam to live in his Holocaust-survivor grandfather's hometown, and landed in New York — where he no

Sep 16
44 min

Harrison Greenbaum: A Jewish Magician’s Guide to Reading People

Harrison Greenbaum does 900 shows a year. The Harvard grad turned comedian-magician has been called "the hardest working man in comedy." He's also the guy who wrote his c

Sep 9
34 min

Chloe Hechter - People's Jewish American Princess

Chloe Hechter calls herself "the People's Jewish American Princess," and she means it as a mission, not a punchline. Former child actor, recovering sorority girl, and now

Sep 2
50 min

The Power of Quiet Confidence - Yardenne Greenspan

Yardenne Greenspan is a Tel Aviv-born writer and Hebrew translator whose work appears in numerous publications and has earned notable awards. She's married to Shai Davida

Aug 26
44 min

Eitan Levine - Looking For Allies Before Enemies

Eitan Levine - you know him, you love him. He's a popular Jewish comedian, political commentator, and the man behind the beloved "Jewish or Antisemitic" series. This ep

Aug 19
43 min

"Zionists for Zohran" with Adam Malev

Adam Malev has performed at over 1,000 stand-up shows, built an app that maps every open mic in New York City, and once did a full minute of 9/11 jokes on Kill Tony. He's

Aug 12
33 min

Transcending Hate w/Arno Michaelis (former white supremacist)

Arno Michaelis is a former Neo-Nazi turned activist, writer, and tremendous ally to the Jewish people. He was a founding member of a racist skinhead crew, lead singer of

Aug 5
42 min

Raheel Raza on Muslims and Jews in an Age of Tension

Raheel Raza is a Pakistani-Canadian author, journalist, and president of Muslims Facing Tomorrow. She'll help you understand everything you'd like to know about Radical I

Jul 29
48 min

Marina the Marathon Princess: All Miles, All Smiles

Marina the Marathon Princess has run 76 marathons, finished multiple Ironmans, and walked the entire length of Israel. Her running joke, pun intended, is that she's one o

Jul 22
27 min

Brianna Wu - It's Time To Change The Left

Brianna Wu is the voice of reason on the left. The video game developer turned political commentator turned Democratic insider has spent her career being first to name wh

Jul 15
47 min

Everything Misunderstood About Iran - Shay Khatiri

Shay Khatiri grew up in an Iranian Communist household where his dad handed him Das Kapital at age 12 — and somehow ended up a neoconservative Persian researcher at CAMER

Jul 8
45 min

The Office's Andy Buckley: On Comedy w/ Conscience

Andy Buckley is David Wallace. You know him. You love him. But before he was Steve Carell's perfectly straight-faced boss at Dunder Mifflin, he spent years as a Merrill L

Jul 1
39 min

Goy You Will Enjoy Returns | SOLO EPISODE

Margarita returns for a solo episode to catch you up on the comeback of the “Goy You Will Enjoy” season — dedicated to the allies showing up for the Jewish community — an

Jun 24
24 min

The Art of Looking Like Yourself - Dr. Monasebian

Dr. Monasebian is a board-certified plastic surgeon, and the man Margarita personally trusts with her own face. A Forest Hills native, Brandeis graduate, and proud half-

Jun 17
53 min

Rebecca Brooks — PR, Presence & Power

Rebecca Brooks is the dark horse behind some of the biggest food and lifestyle personalities you know — Rachael Ray, Andrew Zimmern, Guy Fieri, Jacques Torres, Robert Irv

Jun 10
28 min

Ari’el Stachel - Playing the Other

Ariel Stachel—Tony winner for The Band's Visit—gets brutally honest about learning to “act” by hiding parts of himself, and what it took to finally stop. We get into his

Jun 5
37 min

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