Soothing Semantics

Yoni Kletzel AKA Yoneedapretzel on instagram is a comedian and Marketing agency owner based in NY who has gone viral on instagram for showing up at pro palestinian rallies, asking people questions and throwing his comedic twists into the mix. I came across his content and thoroughly enjoyed how he stumped the attendees of his questions. Tune in as Yoni and I discuss his comedy journey as well as t...

Sam Hyde, a Jewish political researcher and writer joined me for part 2 of our commentary of the Israel-Palestine debate on the Lex Fridman podcast. Part 2 delved much more into the current state of affairs as opposed to the history which created a lot more fire on Lex's podcast and was quite frankly a lot more entertaining for us to comment on. Sam and I shared our thoughts on October 7th, th...

Rabbi Manis Freidman is known as social medias most well-known Rabbi. Rabbi Manis is a world-renowned author, counselor, lecturer, and philosopher who uses ancient wisdom and modern wit to captivate audiences around the world. On this week's episode of Soothing Semantics, the Rabbi and I peeled back some onion layers in regard to the history of the inheritance feud of Israel between Isaac and...

This week, I sat down with Samuel J. Hyde, a political researcher and writer from Tel Aviv with whom I had the pleasure of sitting down with 2 weeks prior to this episode to discuss the nuances and challenges of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This week, Sam and I dissected part of Lex Fridman's recent episode where he moderated a debate with some very prominent historians, writers and think...

Rich cooper has been running several channel helping men understand women and navigate relationships but not everyone who watches Rich's content is familiar with his right-hand man Chris Moffett. Chris has joined Rich in creating content not long ago and has added to the value of the show, especially the lady's night segment where they bring on women from different age groups, different pa...

This Week I had the pleasure of conversing with Political researcher and writer Samuel Hyde. Sam has been writing articles and research papers in all major Israeli newspapers both left and right and has been on Israeli news channels such as I24 to give his very straightforward take on the current war in Gaza and overall conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians. Sam identifies as a left leani...

Divorce in the US and much of the western world is increasing. The stats in the US show the divorce rate to be at approximately 53-57% and a whopping 80% of divorces are initiated by women. Why are these numbers so high and what can people do to stay happily married? This week, I had sex therapist Dr. Batsheva Marcus on the show. Dr Marcus has been a sex therapist for 30 years and gives a very hon...

Bryan Callen is easily one of the most notable guests on the Soothing Semantics podcast to date. He's been friends with Joe Rogan, (the biggest podcast host on the planet who just signed another deal with spotify for $250 million dollars) for 30 years, played in films and shows such as the Hangover 1 & 2, the Joker, MadTV and many others, is a comedian, and hosts 2 podcasts (The Fighter an...

Sal Carola is a Real Estate broker at Remax Elite with 5 offices across the 5 NY Borough's. He started Real Estate while he was in the NYPD and eventually hung up his uniform and went into Real Estate full time. Sal and I discussed the key ingredients which make a successful agent, the required boring tasks which most agents refuse to undertake and what's in store for agents after the chan...

This week I sat down with The Salukie, a YouTuber who has been making very interesting travel content in different countries and has traveled to some very high risk and dangerous neighborhoods in said countries. In the past few months, Salukie has traveled to some high-risk parts of the Palestinian territories which are completely off limits to Israelis, in order to better understand the viewpoint...

Rich Cooper, a highly successful entrepreneur prior to his YouTube success on dating and relationships has been one of the earlier faces in the space helping men understand and navigate the dating world and has written a book called the Unplagged Alpha and has coaching courses for both men and women. This week, Rich and I covered the 21 red flags he put together which are according to him, signs t...

Hardship and pain are expected when you journey through entrepreneurship. William O'Donnell faced some serious challenges before his business started when he, his 3 siblings and his single mother were evicted from their apartment and had to live in a garage with no heat or AC. William took his humble childhood and became a powerful Real Estate agent and investor on Long Island NY and I had the...

This week I had the pleasure of having my first cousin from my father's side, Ryan on the podcast. About 4 years ago, I took a DNA test with My Heritage and shortly after, Ryan took the same test, saw me as a first cousin and reached out to me on Facebook. We covered some interesting points about DNA tests, some family history as well as the fascinating ways DNA can connect us with people, we...

The 2023 Real Estate market in South Florida was a great market but many buyers were reluctant to buy with rates between 8-9%. Over the last 2 months or so, rates have been slowly decreasing and are now at a current rate of just under 7%. Lucas Faillace, a loan officer with UMortgage, joins me as a guest this week to discuss the decreasing rates, what it means for buyers and how the recent NAR law...

This week, part 2 of my episode with Harris Sultan drops on the Soothing Semantics Podcast. In part 1, Harris and I discussed his views as an atheist and Zionist and why he chose to leave Islam as an immigrant to Australia of Pakistani Origin. Harris explained why he supports the Jewish right to their homeland but also feels that the status quo cannot continue as Islam continues to grow and the an...

Harris Sultan, born in Pakistan to a religious Muslim family, moved to Australia and later became an atheist. He came across books from Charles Darwin and other atheists and after reading those books, concluded that religion and g-d were fictional ideas and began his journey into non religion. I recently came across Harris's YouTube channel when I saw his title of ex Muslim atheist and had to...

In the last 3 weeks, I wanted to take the time to give credit to 3 Israeli brothers who grew up in the West Bank in Israel, the wild west of the country and have all decided to become pro Muay Thai and MMA fighters. This week, I had the pleasure to sit down with Kibedy, the oldest Gordon brother and the one who brought the family into the fight game. Kibedy just won his recent fight and plans to j...

Ahavat Gordon is a pro Muay Thai fighter who recently won a fight along with his other 2 brother this month. Very impressive to see 3 brother win fights as pro fighters all in the same month. All of them proudly representing Israel during a very challenging time for Jews both inside and outside of Israel. Dive into this episode with me as we discuss Ahavat Hashem's Journey from growing up in t...

As my subscribers have noticed, I've been having Israeli martial artists on my show for the last few months. This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ruach Gordon, an Israeli pro Muay Thai fighter who just won his recent fight and is looking to make it to the top of the Muay Thai world and eventually join the prestigious ONE Championship organization. You might be wondering how he&#39...

This week, I sat down with fellow Real Estate agent Danny Horowitz who has been in the business for 7 years and works in South Florida as a residential Realtor. There was a recent lawsuit against the Real Estate industry claiming that agents are overpaid and that there needs to be a change in the way commissions are paid. Tune in as we discuss the lawsuit and what can be expected for the future of...

This week I had the pleasure of talking to my friend and ethnically ambiguous Jewish friend Tal Oran. He claims not to be Indian but his accent and his knowledge of computers makes me think otherwise. Tal runs a travel YouTube channel called The Traveling Clatt where he tries food from all over the world and gives us a very entertaining insight on how different cultures live their lives. This week...

This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with David Alaverdian, an Armenian Israeli pro boxer with an undefeated 8-0 record. We discussed his career as well as our thoughts on the current war and the need to eliminate Hamas.

This last week, Israel was infiltrated by the terrorist group Hamas which resulted in the murder of over 1400 civilians including men, women, and children, as well as the kidnapping of almost 200 people. In response, Israel began a bombing campaign on Gaza. The war is still ongoing but I had the pleasure of sitting down with Druze Israeli pro MMA fighter Sean Pero. The Druze are an ethno-religious...

This week has been a tragic week for Israelis, both Jewish and not Jewish who have been mercilessly killed, r*ped, and kidnapped. This has been the worst attack on Jews and the State of Israel since the Holocaust and we are now in the midst of all an out war with the hamas terrorist group. This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with a man who not only shares my name but is an amazing Israeli...

This week I sat down with UNDEFEATED MMA pro fighter Tariel Abbasov. Tariel is a Sambo world champion and moved from Azerbaijan to Israel when his mother remarried an Israeli when Tariel was 10. Tariel decided to follow Islam but has a strong connection and love for Israel. We discussed some of his past fights, his plans to join the UFC, his upbringing in Israel, and what it's like representin...