The Five Books

30 Episodes

1. Jessica Berger Gross on on Cultural Judaism and Creative Resistance

   Published: 6/24/2025
2. Mary Morris on Hidden Histories and Jewish Identities

   Published: 6/10/2025
3. Announcement: Now an Always-On, Every Other Week Show, and a Newsletter!

   Published: 6/3/2025
4. Rabbi Sharon Brous on Finding Her Place in the Jewish Community and Working to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World

   Published: 5/27/2025
5. Jeremy Dauber on Jewish Literature, Pop Culture, and What The Horror Genre Reveals About America

   Published: 5/20/2025
6. Jill Santopolo on Being a “Pizza Bagel”, and Fiction as a Way to Make History More Human

   Published: 5/13/2025
7. Allison Epstein on Taking on One of Literature’s Most Notoriously Antisemitic Characters

   Published: 5/6/2025
8. Nicole Graev Lipson On the Attention, Intention, and Complexity of Mothers

   Published: 4/29/2025
9. Gayle Forman on Judy Blume, Taylor Swift, and the Innate Goodness of Young People

   Published: 4/22/2025
10. Jennifer Weiner on Pushing Back Against De-Jewified Last Names, “Women’s Fiction,” and Activism in the Face of Despair

    Published: 4/15/2025
11. BONUS: Dara Horn on Tevye the Dairyman

    Published: 4/8/2025
12. Dara Horn on Being the Lorax at Her Seder Table

    Published: 4/8/2025
13. Georgia Hunter on Discovering her Family’s Jewish History and Kindness as Resistance

    Published: 4/1/2025
14. Rob Kutner on Writing for The Daily Show, Conan, and How Comedy and Judaism Overlap

    Published: 3/25/2025
15. Allegra Goodman on Making the Exotic Familiar, and Finding the Modern in Ancient Words

    Published: 3/18/2025
16. Introducing Chutzpod!

    Published: 2/25/2025
17. We'd love to hear your feedback!

    Published: 2/20/2025
18. Tova Mirvis on Community, Belonging, and Forgiveness

    Published: 2/11/2025
19. Bonny Reichert on Food, Fear, and Finding Beauty

    Published: 2/4/2025
20. Jessica Elisheva Emerson on Belief, Identity, and Women’s Desire

    Published: 1/28/2025