Yenta!

Jake Stein is a comedian, writer, and my oldest friend on the pod! We met at Hunter Hillel in 2013 and since then neither of us has changed at all. ;) We Yenta about:  How Jake and Raye met in kippahs and skirts Summer in the heights getting high, learning Torah, and being gay Raye getting canceled Jake’s problematic first comedy show 3 time eskimo sisters The old stoner days Jake Stein: https://w...

Yvette Segan is a comedian, writer, performer, and TikToker with tens of millions of views, she's the queen of the girlies. She's a Jewish New Yorker! She's the best!  We yenta about: Growing up a Jew in Westchester Getting cheated on Yvette’s advice for creating content How to write a sketch Emotions behind posting Boyfriends in comedy What do girls like?  Hear the rest of the episode...

I met comedians Max Norman (Fringe Festival) and Kate Sharp (The Gay Agenda) doing a show in London and they were charming and hot and hilarious and I said "you have to come on my podcast called Yenta" and they were like "what is a yenta??" and by the end of it don't you worry they understood the assignment. We yenta about: What a 10/10 vagina looks like  Hooking up with ev...

Clara Olshansky (Reductress) is a hilarious, mega-viral non-binary comedian based in NY! They have a great story about cheating on a vocab test (didn't we all!?) We yenta about: Being bisexual and nonbinary  The great nonbinary storyline in Sex Education Period piece lesbian movies Being in love with your director Cheating on tests in middle school  Come see them live on Big Yenta Energy in NY...

Sami Schwaeber (TimeOut, NY Comedy Fest) is wonderful, hilarious, and her whole family is queer and Jewish (or at least most of them). She has so many great secrets and stories, including one about her *mom and sister* coming out as queer before she did. She’s going to be on Big Yenta Energy in NYC on November 8th! If you’re in NY, you won’t wanna miss this! come thruuuuuuu fam <3 https://www.s...

Abby Feldman (Netflix, Just for Laughs, Adult Swim) is a hilarious comedy pop star, featured on the Drew Barrymore Show, the Today Show, the LA Times, Hey Alma & more. She’s gone mega viral on Instagram and TikTok with hits like “Call Me By Your Hebrew Name” She’s vegan, gluten-free, sober, meditates everyday, performed standup on TV in Argentina & Chile, and she’s so much fun and lovely t...

Ever Mainard (JFL, Netflix, Vulture) is a force of nature and a hilarious nonbinary comedian from a 900 person town in Texas! Ever is one of the hottest comedians out there and it was a joy to yenta with them! We yenta about: Behind the scenes for Ever’s SNL Audition Ghosts stealing our joints Writing our own queer roles Starting a queer gun club Ever’s journey to realizing they are nonbinary  How...

Oh gays you're in for a treat we got to yenta with Dylan Adler (Late Late Show with James Cordon, Vulture) this week! He is a hugely successful, hilarious comedian and also just a genuine nice person.  We yenta about: Buying a fake id for Rachel Sennott at NYU Touring with Atsuko Okatsuka Working with James Corden! Timothee Chalet is a “big slut”  Dylan’s new boyfriend! Do we actually like Gal...

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 with Adam Sandler and his whole family and the adorable high school queer rom-com Crush on Hulu. They’re also standup comedian, and truly just an all around wonderful person! We ye...

Get ready to laugh and be inspired with the hilarious and talented Samantha Bowling! Samantha is an indigenous comedian, improviser, performer, and all around wonderful human and this episode is a treat! She's behind the beautiful one-woman Hollywood Fringe show "This Was Never Supposed to be a One-Woman Show, a one woman show” about losing her comedy partner after her struggle with menta...

Hannah Jones is cool! I got to meet Hannah on when I was on the road in Denver and it was a joy. She’s huge on Instagram and TikTok! She’s cool and queer and also comes from a religious background so we had a ton to talk about. She has her own podcast go listen to it!! We yenta about: Hannah's foursome experience Raye sneaking into shabbat dinner Culturally do women pretend to like head? The “...

This week we have Celine Kuklowsky! Celine is a writer, comedian, french-american clownboi. You might've seen them in Netflix's "Feminists: What were They Thinking?" starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin! We start the pod super hungover (ayyy) but eventually get into schmoozing about: “Men Who Want to be Pegged but "Aren't Gay" 90% of Queer People Being Cooler than No...

It was such a joy to chat with Esther Fallick this week! We get into trans joy, musical theater, and obviously how queer the story of Esther (from the Bible) is. Esther (Vulture, Autostraddle, not from the Bible) is a comedian, cabaret icon, and musical theater writer based out of Brooklyn, NY but she came out to LA just for Yenta pod! We Yenta About: What Esther’s Mom thinks of Threesomes Esther’...

My friends this episode is crazy and chaotic and beautiful! We have Janaya Future Khan (they're very famous co-founder of BLM and a model and wow so much more) and Curtis Chase (cute comedian, also famous) and our great cohost Jack Brenner! We talk about: Janaya loves men as a queer masc Empathy for masculinity Comedy as a form of protest The coming culture war in the next few years Dave Chapp...

This week we have Teresa Lee!! She is a stand-up comedian, writer, and filmmaker. She was on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm wtf!!? Her short film I Think She Likes You was shown at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. She's written for Good Mythical Morning, Cracked , and was a contributing writer on Season 3 of Brockmire. She's amazing! We Yenta About: Dealing with Hecklers Old Comedy vs. New...

Pallavi Gunalan is an accomplished writer, comedian, creator, and biomedical engineer! She writes for Lovett or Leave It, and has been featured in NYTimes,  been a part of New York Comedy Festival, and so much more. We talk:  Influencers in LA Being comedians with science backgrounds Becoming bros with a pod Getting a boyfriend during pride How to communicate by flirting Being with men as bisexual...

I have literally been a fan of Gabe for OVER 10 YEARS and now I got to have him on Yenta! What!! We talk so much hot goss - you’d be stupid not to listen. Just kidding, please don’t listen. There are way too many secrets in here.  We yenta about: The crossover between rabbis and twinks Did Gabe ever have a crush on 2 siblings? Raye meeting Gabe as a fan in 2019! Changing your name as a public pers...

Part 2 with Avital and Antonia! We yenta about: Being in hetero relationships and open with women Genz vs millienial jokes  Raye's hookup with a religious "fan" Antonia’s genderqueer husband Do Avital's fans flirt with her after her shows? Avital's secret about a Jewish prayer https://www.instagram.com/avitalash https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar https://www.instagram.co...

Avital is an accomplished writer, comedian, and actress. She's been on Barry on HBO (um ever heard of it??)! She’s gonna be at Edinburgh fringe! She’s sold multiple TV shows! She's also queer and ex-Orthodox. Our conversation with Avital Ash was so awesome, so hot, so interesting, that we split this episode into 2 parts! We yenta about: Baby gays feeling like a fraud Avital's new show...

This is a hot chaotic episode amongst good friends I am sorry for the chaos 🙃 But if you want an inside look into what standups talk about - this is it! Maddie is a “good girl”  Raye's secret about the Mae Martin Netflix party  Maddie’s secret scheduling screw up for a celebrity podcast Doing ‘compliment battles’ instead of ‘roast battles’ Finding your Comedy personas

Wow what an icon Rachel is. She is just wonderful and funny and I lent her my curly hair product right before the podcast so it looks great! We talk: Rayes first time kissing a girl Rachel’s secret about pride parades Bringing dates to shows Rachels podcast “two dykes and a mic” started as a mic Advice to new comedians Closeted queer relationships The time Jack thought they’d die https://www.insta...

We Jew-bro out hard this episode my friends! I got to live out my best yeshiva-boi fantasies with Eitan Levine ! We schmooze about: Watching porn in an empty yeshiva classroom The rabbi that said shiksas for practice Leaving Judaism to come back to it Woke liberal cries and ben Shapiro Kris Jenner and Kardashian PR theories What would the Gemara say about the writers strike Foreskin vs no foreskin...

This week with Motti , your favorite local niche internet nano-celebrity! Motti is so fun and so hot ngl I was intimidated but they are so great! 😈 We gossip about Is Motti a hey mamas? Let trans people be annoying and awful! Sex as a nonbinary person Motti's "roast their tits off" Group sex with our old boyfriends Men taking notes from Motti during threesomes Motti's first time...

This episode is an epic, amazing, dream come true kind of episode. Yes, our guest today is the iconic Leah Forster ! Please don't listen there are way too many secrets! 😈 We gossip about: Do we want to date our parents? Raye's first threesome with their Torah study partner Melissa's threesome offer in seminary Leah tries to play matchmaker for Raye Being horny on Shabbos afternoon  Le...

We have the great ⁠Sarah Afkami ⁠ on this episode! We get down and dirty and discuss: Feeling Penis Envy 🍆 Sarah being ungroomable by her lesbian high school teacher & the conversation she "never told a soul about" Raye's first time shooting a gun Antonia evangelical christian church singing experience Sarahs writing for actual television! Being strategic in discussions about tr...