Spirits & Spirituality

Dec 18 2019 18
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Recorded live at the Museum of Jewish Montreal, join talk radio legend Tommy Schnurmacher, the Rabbi Avi Finegold and a rotating, round-table panel of guests from the arts, the media and the academic and religious communities for a bi-weekly conversation on faith and life over a couple of cocktails.

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SPECIAL: A Very Orthodox Jewish Christmas (Unpacking the News ep110 w/ Tommy Schnurmacher)

Dec 18 2019 60 mins  
Accidental babysitting for John Lennon and Yoko Ono, nostalgia and memory on Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal and why Stephen Harper is a terrible dinner guest. Plus: how the origins of the ‘Canada is Fake’ movement may lie in the 1995 Referendum.All this and more with political commentator, talk radio legend and author of the new memoir 'Make-up Tips From Auschwitz: How Vanity

S2, E11: Debating the Jewish Left w/ Jonathan Neumann

Nov 27 2019 37 mins  
On the eleventh episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold are joined by writer Jonathan Neumann to discuss his controversial new polemic 'To Heal the World?: How the Jewish Left Corrupts Judaism and Endangers Israel'.Production by Andre GouletTechnical assistance from Ricochet MediaLogo by Design is Yu

S2, E10: Makeup Tips From Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved My Mother's Life

Nov 13 2019 36 mins  
On the tenth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold sit down to discuss Tommy's fascinating, funny and fantastic new memoir 'Makeup Tips From Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved My Mother's Life'.Production by Andre GouletTechnical assistance from Ricochet MediaLogo by Design is YummyTheme music by Montreal

S2, E9: Nothing But the Truth With Dr. Ruth

Oct 30 2019 28 mins  
On the ninth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome the fabulous, fascinating and internationally renown radio and television talk show host, sex therapist and author Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Production by Andre GouletTechnical assistance from Ricochet MediaLogo by Design is YummyTheme music by

S2, E8: Inside the Funeral Parlor w/ Ross and Joseph Paperman

Oct 16 2019 25 mins  
On the eighth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome Joseph and Ross Paperman, two of the directors at Paperman & Sons, to explore faith and grief, mourning and tradition, and how the Paperman family has prioritized care for the deceased and their loved ones for more than a century.Production

S2, E7: Apple Cider Vinegar, Gwyneth Paltrow and Other Deities w/ Dr. Joe Schwarcz

Sep 04 2019 40 mins  
On the seventh episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome McGill University academic and author Dr. Joe Schwarcz to discuss the chemistry of faith, quack remedies and the state of science in a fake news world..Production by Andre GouletTechnical assistance from Ricochet MediaLogo by Design is Yu

S2, E6: The Young and the Restless Political Pundit w/ Anthony Koch

Aug 04 2019 40 mins  
On the sixth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome the precocious and pugnacious 20-year-old Anthony Koch to discuss McGill campus politics, contemporary conservatism and why he's made the decision to convert to Judaism.Production by Andre GouletTechnical assistance from Ricochet MediaLogo

S2, E5: Lies My Prime Minister Told Me w/ Nakuset

Jul 22 2019 42 mins  
On the fifth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome media personality and Executive Director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal Nakuset to discuss faith, family and the Trudeau government's failure to genuinely work towards reconciliation.Production by Andre GouletTechnical assistance

S2, E4: How to Be in a Good Mood Very Early in the Morning w/ Terry DiMonte

Jul 08 2019 45 mins  
On the fourth episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome legendary Montreal radio personality Terry DiMonte for a conversation exploring his incredible career, his recent engagement and what it's been like hanging out with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the last 20 years. Production by Andre

S2, E3: Behind the Veil of Secularism w/ Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed

Jun 24 2019 43 mins  
On the third episode of Season 2 of Canada’s premiere faith and conversation podcast, hosts Tommy Schnurmacher and Rabbi Avi Finegold welcome journalist Fariha Nagvi-Mohamed for a provocative discussion on politics and religious freedom in a post-Bill 21 Quebec.Production by Andre GouletTechnical assistance from Ricochet MediaLogo by Design is YummyTheme music by Montreal hip-hop