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Ryan Goodcase is a comedian who went suuuuper viral with a joke that's actually funny-- not just controversial-- which is the Olympic gold medal of comedy. We love him!! Also, Raye has an exciting guest cohost, Genesis Sol, and we love her too! (Antonia is still out of town, but she's coming back!) We Yenta about: - Penises (classic us) - Disecting Ryan's super viral joke - Good old re...

Did you know the Jewish Memes Only account was run by the coolest lesbian in Australia??? This week we hung out with Shoshana Gottlieb (Jewish Memes Only) and her amazing girlfriend Skye Tal (famous Australian actor). Honestly this conversation is 10/10, Jewish Gossip Only. We Yenta about: - Having a fan club at Limmud - More Limmud gossip - British Jews are... unique - Talmud takes on lesbians -...

Eliana Light (Orah Hi, Light Lab) is on the pod, and we are so pumped to have this literal tzaddik here to talk about her world-famous Jewish music and her job teaching rabbis how to not suck. (Also, we're sorry for the mediocre video quality! This is Antonia's first solo episode on the road, and she fucked up the video.🙂 But she didn't fuck up the interview!) We Yenta about: - Limmud gossip - Wh...

Catherine Mcafferty (Hulu, Amazon, Freevee) is a fan-favorite Yenta, so for the holidays, we're re-releasing this classic episode! We Yenta about: - Fans who want to bone you. - Catherine's new series Pretty Gay, that's pretty perfect, pretty hilarious, pretty gay - The creators of Dropout are producing Catherine's new show because they literally believe in her so hard. - Catherine doesn't want to...

It's just us today!!! You know it's a Yentas Only episode when Raye is fully horizontal on the couch. This is another cozy gossip sesh with your two favorite queer jews (and their very strong opinions). We Yenta about: - We're the best queer jewish podcast - Kabbalah. Real? Fake? Scam? - Bisexuals are more oppressed than literally anyone - Actual bisexuals with boyfriends are the most oppressed -...

This week we are talking to the most powerful lesbian in LA, Anna Goodman! Anna runs Damn Good Dykes Nights, where she throws the biggest sapphic parties in the city. She used to work for JQI (Jewish Queer International) and also she went on one date with Raye. ICONIC YENTA. BTW, there's an additional Patreon episode with Anna all about Israel and Palestine, and a very difficult situation that cam...

Big deal playwright Agnes Borinsky (Playwrights Horizons, Bushwick Starr) is here to give her hottest takes on bimbo-hood, trans Jewishness, and Milton Steinberg (iconic Yenta). We Yenta about: - Writing historical trans fiction - Talking shit about synagogues - The theatre of Judaism - Every Jew feels like an outsider - Biiiiig juicy Israel chat - The most incredible academic bullshit that has ev...

We have an unbelievable Jewish story on the pod today. Amy Lord (CEO Eris Talent Agency) is here to talk about her journey through fundamentalist religions, and her return to Judaism. With guest host Melissa Weisz, this discussion is so beautiful, and we can't wait to share!! We Yenta about: - Which cults are fun cults - Chabad v Evangelical Christianity - Do fundamentalists make the best friends?...

The Yentas do sex-ed! It's just us on the pod today, and we're wading deep into the world of consent education. I know, HOT. And Jewish! We Yenta about: - Bystander intervention - Yes means yes is kind of dumb - High schoolers are kind of dumb - The ways we've been dumb - Antonia is writing the world's best screenplay Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://ww...

It's a second installment of everyone's favorite ex-Orthodox queers: The Orthodykes!! Leah Forster and Melissa Weisz are back, and they brought their juicy secrets! (Extra secrets on the Patreon.) We Yenta about: - Are we healthy enough for a relationship? - Writing a book about Oct 7 - Leaving a cult - Getting into another cult - Tallits are just fidget spinners - And SECRETS Leah Forster: https:...

THE ORTHODYKES ARE BACK. Everyone's favorite Yentas are in LA, and they have so many opinions! Have you ever wanted to hear what Orthodox people really think of Reform Judaism...? IT'S JUICY. We Yenta about: Everyone loves Zusha Having relations with different genders Emotional bottoming... it makes sense THE HOT RABBI SHOW Orthodox v Reform Battle Royale Religious trauma, the classic The differen...

WE CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. THIS IS THE BEST GOSSIP WE'VE EVER HAD ON THE PODCAST. Tatyana Guchi is an icon of the LA standup scene, a featured comic on Sirius XM, and the provider of the BEST STORY WE'VE EVER HEARD. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. We Yenta about: - Lots of cool stuff - And then a secret from her love life that is soooo juicy we literally lose our minds - Also religion, queerness, comedy p...

He's queer, he's Jewish, and he's the internet's favorite ventriloquist! It's Zack Binder and his friend Ticklemuff!!! Ticklemuff is a Jewish icon, and the very first puppet Yenta. You cannot miss this episode. What We Yenta About: - Getting more Jewy with age - Queer Shabbat - Comedy advice, but like actually good, we promise - The philosophy of puppets - So how do you feel about God? - Bombing w...

This episode starts with singing- NEED WE SAY MORE?? We talked to the it-couple of the LA Jewish/comedy/music/queer world: Marnina Schon (Chanshi, Droupout, UCB) and Micah O'Konis (Dropout, UCB)!!!! They really prove that you can be hot, funny, and talented. We're not jealous. We Yenta about: - Being famous B'Mitzvah tutotrs - Jewish Joy (sooooo important) - Marnina only dates people who work in J...

Raye's sister is here!! Becca Schiller is genetically great at gossip. This is an episode for everyone who's ever watched an older sibling come out and thought... I could do better. (All the really explicit stuff is on Patreon this week, and it's JUICY.) We Yenta about - Watching Raye come out - Becca/Raye are basically twins - How Becca came out - Judgement in the Orthodox Community (Shocking, we...

It's Just Us today, and we are wrestling with the future!! We Yenta about: - The gender politics of bellydancing - Future of the pod - High Holidays trauma - LA shuls - Nobody Wants This - The Ick Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:01 - High Holi...

Raye had a threesome at their Torah teacher's wedding. With their Torah teacher's sister. Liana is that Torah teacher. Liana Wertman is the literal genius behind The Torah Studio (the premier online Jewish school for cool people), and she happens to be an expert at everything the Yentas love: comedy, Judaism, and being hot. This is a TOP TIER episode. We Yenta about: - Liana runs the queer...

A fan favorite Yenta is back! If you don't know Avital Ash's unbelievably popular TikTok/Edinburgh Fringe show/Netflix writing gig, then you should know that Avital is on the short list of the most famous ex-Orthodox comedians! (What a list.) Stuff we yenta about: - Chronic fatigue. Hot. - Houdini was Jewish?? - Giving up your life for a Netflix show - Edinburgh gossip - What changed since...

It's just us again!! BARUCH HASHEM!!! Once again, when left to our own devices we get embarrassingly Jewy. We Yenta about: - Nose jobs. Hot Jewish Topic. - No one teaches Jewish music well - Raye went viral. AFFIRMING. - Feeling not queer enough - The topics Antonia is not allowed to make jokes about - Antonia is famous. So is Moishe. Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Anton...

He's got a Comedy Central special, a ton of TV credits, and two Jewish friends! It's Papp Johnson! And it turns out the world's most deadpan comedian is also a huge mush. (Shoutout to all the listeners who heard this special early when we accidentally released it!) We Yenta about: - Papp's OF persona: LeBone James - Papp learns about matzah - Really timely opinions about the Olympi...

Marriage is super cool, and this is episode is SUPER EXPLICIT. So we had to put all the horny details on the Patreon!! Subscribe now to learn more about Antonia and Artem's real estate turn-ons?? https://www.patreon.com/yenta On the Patreon, we Yenta about: - The first time we had sex - Handjobs in the car - How our sex life has grown - Men who are obsessed with squirting - Role play in foreig...

That's right, it's just Core Yenta this week! Raye and Antonia are recapping the HIGHLY DRAMATIC queer Jewish retreat they went on. And there's a groundbreaking cameo from Moishe the Dog. We Yenta about: - Moishe the dog/rabbi - How great we are - EQ in the queer orthodox dating scene - Alleged Orthodox cruising rings - The different flavors of Jewish nerd - Can you have a queer mechit...

Nerds, this is big for us!!! It's Laser Webber, aka half of the Doubleclicks, cohost of Gentlemen's Club (the premier trans masc comedy show), Edinburgh Fringe superstar, and icon of the trans nerd internet. We Yenta about: 1. Divorce is so great 2. Charlie James is great 3. Trans boys actually aren't shattering the glass ceiling 4. Geeks are the best/the most sexist 5. Lasers and feel...

It's the queen of the feel-good lesbian internet... Rachel Samples!! She's the star of our TikTok fyp's, and she's even better in person??? We Yenta about: - How Rachel met her gf - Creative director to Content creator - How to: genius tiktok videos - Charlie XCX our QUEEN - How did you know you were queer? - Ms. Honey was a catch - Rachel's particularly harrowing work secret -...

We are re-releasing this iconic episode because Raye has some family shit to take care of and couldn't get a new episode done in time. Love you yentas be back next week <3 When I found out the director of YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH is a queer, nonbinary JEW I knew I HAD to have them on Yenta. Sammi Cohen is the wildly of accomplished director of that giant Jewy Netflix movie w...