Who The Folk?! Podcast

When a passion for baking turns into a business, does it matter when the owner is 12? Not for Marley Zoss. Marley is the owner of Marley’z Cakes + Cupcakes, and is baking up any custom flavor creation you can think of. We talk about where her love for baking started, why turn it into a business and what her favorite flavor that she makes is, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://www.insta...

This week I talk to Evana Kvasnik, owner eViees Challah and Desserts. We talk about why she started a vegan bakery, the need for this kind of business in the vegan community, and the family connection to this business, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://www.eviees.com/ https://www.instagram.com/evieeschallah/ https://www.facebook.com/eVieeschallah https://twitter.com/EvieesC The Who Th...

This week I talk to Emily Lauer, the chef and owner of Fruit and Grain. We talk about how she has expanded her business during the pandemic, how she has developed some fantastic flavors for her menu, and where she hopes to take her business, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://www.facebook.com/fruitandgrain The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of...

This week I talk to Alejandro Baer, the director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota. We talk Minnesota’s social studies standards, growing up Jewish in Spain, and the impact of memory, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies: https://cla.umn.edu/chgs Portraying Memories project: https://chgs.elevator.umn.edu/sear...

This week, I talk with musician Tzipporah Johnson, a Minneapolis-based guitarist, educator, and singer-songwriter. We talk about her musical inspirations, teaching in a pandemic, and the J-Pride Music Showcase on Dec. 20 that Jewfolk is co-sponsoring. https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/olam-chesed-yivaneh-rabbi-menachem-creditor-cover https://tcjewfolk.com/event/j-pride-virtual-concert-and-open-...

This week I talk to Enzi Tanner, the community safety organizer at Jewish Community Action. We talk about this newly created position and such an important time in our community, his work organizing in faith communities, and his journey to Judaism, on this week’s Who The Folk Podcast. The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produce...

This week I talk to Anthony and Haley Sisler-Neuman, the husband and wife team that are the co-founders of the Graceful Monsters Educational Theatre Collective. We talk about each of their theatrical backgrounds, how their program fits into a crowded Twin Cities theater landscape, and how they’re adapting and innovating their program in the COVID Era, on this week’s Who The Folk Podcast. https://g...

This week I get to sit down with Stephanie Levine, the mayor-elect of Mendota Heights. We talk about the decision to go from one elected office to this new position, campaigning in a pandemic, and how her Jewish values inform her public service, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced...

This week I talk with Ruby Comito, a junior high student in Hopkins and entrepreneur who used the time during quarantine to start her business RuAura. We talk about how she got her business started and if it’s a hobby that will outlast COVID, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RuAura And our sponsors this week: www.dogsdaympls.com and dtdogs.com The Who The Folk?! Pod...

. With Election Day just days away, we thought it would be a great time to talk once again with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon for a special PSA about the state of voting in Minnesota. We talk about how you can STILL get your vote counted, what that deadline to get your ballot postmarked is and how many voters we may see as Minnesota tries to keep its spot as the best-in-the-nation voter...

This week I talk with Sam Graber, an award-winning playwright and producer of the excellent podcast, American Refugee. We talk about where the idea for the show came from, where his travels have taken him, and how his Jewish values come out in the show, in this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://odaction.com/americanrefugee/ Sponsored by dtdogs.com and dogsdaympls.com The Who The Folk?! Podcas...

This week I sit down with Sarah Buchlaw, the new decriminalizing communities organizer at Jewish Community Action. We talk about what led her to this opportunity, her varied background, and her secret to the perfect homemade challah, on this week’s Who the Folk?! Podcast. www.jewishcommunityaction.org Thanks to our sponsor, Downtown Dogs and Dogs Day Out. www.dtdogs.com and www.dogsdaympls.com The...

What drives someone who hadn’t been politically active to run for office? Dan Kessler, a psychologist in Chaska who is in the home stretch of the race for Minnesota House District 47B. Dan and I talk about what drove him to run, the Jewish values at play in his candidacy, and what difference he thinks he can make in St. Paul, on this week’s Who The Folk? Podcast. https://www.kesslerforhouse.com/ T...

This week I talk with Morgan Dachis, the founder, chef, and owner of Morgan’s Broth and Buns. We talk about what led to her starting this new business, why challah and soup, and what flavor profiles she’s considering next, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://www.instagram.com/morgansbrothnbuns/ The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc....

What do you do when you uncover some unsavory history about your hometown? If you’re Kirsten Delegard, you help start the Mapping Prejudice Project at the University of Minnesota. Delegard helps us kick our series "Exodus and Equity: Reconciling the History of Minneapolis' Jewish North Side." We talk about how the project got started, her families connection to restricted covenants in Minneapolis,...

This week I’m happy to be joined by Justin (JP) Held, who works for not one but TWO of the great organizations in the Twin Cities, Minnesota Hillel and Herzl Camp. We talk about how re-entry to the Twin Cities has been, the strangest summer ever, and Hillel’s brand new building, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://herzlcamp.org https://mnhillel.org The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of...

This week I talk with Emma Greenman, a voting rights lawyer and advocate turned candidate for the Minnesota state house of representatives. We talk about being a first time candidate, what led her to wanting to run for office, and the ongoing fight for democracy, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://emmagreenman.com/ The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a pr...

This week, I talk with Dante Reminick, a sophomore at the University of Minnesota and an entrepreneur whose most recent business is aiming to help parents. We talk with Dante about global travel, tutoring, and goats, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://www.bigstutoring.com/ The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produce...

This week I’m thrilled to be joined by Miriam Graham, the new J-Pride coordinator at Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis. We talk about what she’s looking forward to programming, embracing Judaism as a convert, and if she’s planning on following her predecessors to become a rabbi. The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes...

Episode 100!! This week, Lonny is joined by Minnesota United Football Club forward Aaron Schoenfeld. We talk about life in the bubble of Orlando, What it was like playing for both big Tel Aviv clubs, and taking penalty kicks under pressure, on this week’s Who The Folk Podcast. The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jew...

This week, Lonny talks with Cantor Tamar Havilio, who started last month as the new cantor at Bet Shalom. We talk about the journey that it took to get to Minnesota mid-pandemic, what drew her back to a pulpit job, and her family’s excitement for winter, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are...

This week I sit down with Meyer Weinshel, a Ph. D. candidate at the University of Minnesota who is teaching Yiddish to people of all ages, most recently in a class offered by Jewish Community Action. Meyer talks about how he got started and about a resurgence of Yiddish in the 21st century, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a...

This week I talk with Aly Jones, the new coordinator of JFCS NextGen. We talk about growing up in a really small Jewish community, what led her to the Twin Cities, and how to keep the NextGen momentum going while being socially distant. The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If...

This week I talk with artist and art consultant Candida Gonzalez. We talk about the importance of art in the coronavirus era, the intersectionality of being a queer, Russian/Puerto Rican Jew, and the concept of paying reparations, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. https://instagram.com/lasranasjewelry/ https://www.instagram.com/candida612/ The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Pod...

This week we talk to Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon to talk early voting, which kicked off on June 26 for the August 11 primaries. We talk about why voting by mail is a public service in the coronavirus era, how you can get vote by mail if you haven’t signed up for that already, and dispelling myths perpetrated by a certain elected official. The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewf...