Episodes

  • Andi Murez

    Andi Murez
    Jan 5 2025
    This week I talk to Andi Murez, a psychiatry resident at Mayo Clinic and the flag-bearer for Team Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics. We talk about participating in her third Olympics, what it was like representing Israel in first games after Oct. 7, and the transition to moving to Rochester, on this week’s Who The Folk? Podcast.

    Sponsored this week by Hennepin Arts, presenting Parade at the Orpheum Theatre Jan. 21-26.
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    31 mins
  • Stephanie Chauss

    Stephanie Chauss
    Dec 1 2024
    This week I talk to Stephanie Chauss, the new-ish CEO of the Minnesota JCC on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. We talk about various transitions she has made since getting involved in the JCCs, her style of leadership, and how long does she get to be considered new in the job, on this week’s Who The Folk? Podcast.
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    31 mins
  • Adam Kersch

    Adam Kersch
    Nov 24 2024
    This week I talk to Adam Kersch, the new congregational administrator at Mayim Rabim Congregation as well as a Rabbinic student at ALEPH, the ordination program of Renewal Judaism. We talk about the winding road that brought Adam to the Twin Cities, an equally winding road of a Jewish journey, and a what led him to rabbinic school, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

    https://www.mayimrabim.org/
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    27 mins
  • Emily Boskoff

    Emily Boskoff
    Nov 10 2024
    This week I talk Emily Boskoff, the new executive director of Minnesota Hillel. We talk about her move back to the Midwest, getting used to working with college students again, and this week’s Hillel Big Ten Challenge, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

    https://give.hillel.org/minnesota24
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    37 mins
  • Michael Greenberg

    Michael Greenberg
    Nov 3 2024
    This week I talk Michael Greenberg, film director, writer and producer about his new short film “The Combination”. We talk about taking a deep-dive into some of the less-savory parts of Minneapolis Jewish history, what drew him to filmmaking, and the Twin Cities as a place where great movies can be made, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

    Trailer: https://youtu.be/FOhT2vr0hg0

    Limited Tickets for the premiere on 11/9: https://www.trylon.org/film/the-combination/
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    34 mins
  • Barbara Brooks

    Barbara Brooks
    Oct 27 2024
    This week I talk to Barbara Brooks, the founder and producing artistic director of Six Points Theater. We talk about milestone of reaching it’s 30th anniversary season, why she started the theater in the first place, and an exciting first to open the new season, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

    Six Points Theater: https://www.sixpointstheater.org/
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    32 mins
  • Rabbi Julie Schwarzwald

    Rabbi Julie Schwarzwald
    Oct 20 2024
    This week I talk to Rabbi Julie Schwarzwald, the Fiterman B-Mitzvah Program & Ritual Director at Beth El Synagogue. We talk about her mid-career decision to go to rabbinic school, what she’s looking forward as she starts working with a new group of learners, and coming back to the Midwest, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.


    Sponsored by TC Jewfolk's SukkotGiving. Tickets are now on sale. Learn more at: bit.ly/sukkotgiving
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    43 mins
  • Rabbi Jill Avrin

    Rabbi Jill Avrin
    Oct 13 2024
    This week I talk to Rabbi Jill Avrin, the founder of YourJewish. We talk about her transition from pulpit rabbi to non-profit founding director, Packers Football, and YourJewish being a part of TC Jewfolk’s Sukkot Giving on November 3, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast.

    Sukkot Giving: https://bit.ly/sukkot-giving

    YourJewish: https://yourjewish.org
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    33 mins