Wednesday, July 24, 2013

No, we're not restarting the podcast….

…..but I did clean things up a bit so that this site can stay up as a historical record.  Show notes, comments, and images should all show up -- and most importantly, the MP3 audio files should play correctly.   Use the "play podcast" button at the bottom of each description to link directly to the MP3 file.  (Other buttons, such as iTunes, "Podcast Pickle," RSS, etc. are very unlikely to work!)

We no longer own the "jewsinalabama.com" domain name, so everything is hosted on a subfolder of our personal domain.  If you find an episode link that doesn't work, let me know!!!

Friday, January 21, 2011

"A little slice of heaven, before you burn in hell"

 
The "Alabama Loves Jews" sketch, from Conan O'Brien's show on January 20, 2011.  Probably what you Googled to get to this page.  :)

No, Raya and I aren't still producing the "There Are Jews in Alabama?" podcast.  Though after the firestorm of controversy and publicity surrounding Governor Robert Bentley's remarks and apology this week, I surely wish we were!!  What a gold mine of material our new dipshit-in-chief provided!!!!

Monday, October 01, 2007

Jews in Alabama, Episode #59

We survived the High Holidays -- hurrah!! We discuss our Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur experiences, as well as our sukkah fun, both at temple and in our own backyard. We've got some trips planned, including a trip to Atlanta to see They Might Be Giants and a jaunt to Vegas, baby!! Eric's heading solo to a local show by The Donnas in a couple of weeks -- we discuss the merits of The Donnas versus the Dead Milkmen. We're doing PR work for the March of Dimes, recording a 60-second video called "Sophie's Story" for their PSA contest. And, we try and decide the meaning of "crumitize," and eventually decide that it is a perfectly cromulent word. 40 minutes, 10 seconds of embiggening goodness.



Saturday, August 25, 2007

Jews in Alabama, Episode #58

We give a recap of the past couple of weeks, including our "Swim & Pray at the J" experience and Sophie's first week back at preschool. We got a little political this week, at a lunch for the local chapter of the National Jewish Democratic Council, featuring Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL). We celebrated eight years of marriage this past Wednesday with a night out on the town!! Raya's getting a team together for the NCCJ Walk as One, and there's a little controversy at our synagogue over a group for gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender Jews. 44 minutes, 24 seconds.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Jews in Alabama, Episode #57

On this Atlanta-riffic episode, we talk about our trip to that giant traffic jam of a city. We visited the Georgia Aquarium, the new World of Coca-Cola (we discuss the New Coke fiasco), and the Imagine-It Children's Museum. We enjoyed excellent dinners at Max Lager's and Atlanta's Hard Rock Cafe, and had an amazing breakfast at The Flying Biscuit. No trip to Atlanta would be complete -- at least for us -- without a visit to IKEA, and we discuss our purchases from the big blue store. Raya gives an update on her health -- all good news -- and her ongoing battle with the Birmingham Water Works. We close with a little reminiscing about our experience at the Atlanta Olympics, some 11 years ago. 55 minutes, 6 seconds.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

I am so smart....S-M-R-T....I mean S-M-A-R-T....

Because I forgot to renew the domain name before it expired this week, things on jewsinalabama.com have been a little flaky over the past couple days -- site inaccessible, iTunes feed not working, etc., etc.

I think I've got everything fixed now. But if you notice any weirdness, please let us know!

Friday, July 27, 2007

Jews in Alabama, Episode #56

Our second anniversary episode is also our first show in over a month, and do we begin with a discussion of Raya's health? Of course not, we first have to talk about The Simpsons Movie!!! Then, we move on to discussions about Raya's health, including nephrotic syndrome, minimal change disease, shingles, and more! We discuss our June visit to Camp Ramah Darom, and guess what -- Sophie's walking!! Eric got a new iPhone, and we plan for a trip to the beach. We close with a discussion of upcoming stuff at Beth-El, as the "programming year" is almost beginning. 47 minutes, 36 seconds.