S3E12 - Go for gelt: Canada's hockey teams have high hopes for a groundbreaking Maccabiah Games
S3E12 - Go for gelt: Canada's hockey teams have high hopes for a groundbreaking Maccabiah Games
With 80 countries and 10,000 participating athletes, the 21st Maccabiah Game—the third-largest sporting event in the wor... Read more
11 Jul 2022
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33mins
S3E11 - Talking Sue Bird with one Stone
S3E11 - Talking Sue Bird with one Stone
Basketball legend Sue Bird rocked the sports world last week by announcing her retirement at the end of the 2022 season.... Read more
22 Jun 2022
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42mins
S3E10 - Reigniting the Koufax vs. Greenberg debate with Howard Megdal
S3E10 - Reigniting the Koufax vs. Greenberg debate with Howard Megdal
Howard Megdal first published the The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen ... Read more
1 Jun 2022
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45mins
S3E9 - Barry Levinson's 'The Survivor' shows the traumatic background to Jewish sports heroes
S3E9 - Barry Levinson's 'The Survivor' shows the traumatic background to Jewish sports heroes
The Survivor is a new film by Barry Levinson about Harry Haft, a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz who was forced to box othe... Read more
12 May 2022
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40mins
S3E8 - Know a teenage Jewish baseball prodigy? Now's their chance to try out for Team Israel
S3E8 - Know a teenage Jewish baseball prodigy? Now's their chance to try out for Team Israel
Historically, young Jewish athletes have had to choose between embracing a Jewish life and turning pro. But Brad Eisen i... Read more
28 Apr 2022
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39mins
S3E7 - Celebrating our second annual baseball seder
S3E7 - Celebrating our second annual baseball seder
Spring has sprung, which means two things to the Menschwarmers: baseball's opening day and Passover are mere days apart.... Read more
14 Apr 2022
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36mins
S3E6 - Why is there still so much antisemitism in wrestling?
S3E6 - Why is there still so much antisemitism in wrestling?
This week is Wrestlemania, the biggest weekend in wrestling. It's as good a time as any to air an interview with acclaim... Read more
30 Mar 2022
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41mins
S3E5 - Now is a wild time to be a Jewish soccer fan
S3E5 - Now is a wild time to be a Jewish soccer fan
Roman Abramovich is one of Russia's most prominent billionaire oligarchs. As the owner of Chelsea F.C. who routinely thr... Read more
16 Mar 2022
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49mins
S3E4 - Inside HBO's 'Winning Time' with writer Jeff Pearlman
S3E4 - Inside HBO's 'Winning Time' with writer Jeff Pearlman
There weren't a lot of Jews involved with the "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s. But there was Magic Johnson an... Read more
1 Mar 2022
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46mins
S3E3 - Wait, the Olympics are still going on?
S3E3 - Wait, the Olympics are still going on?
Despite the usual fanfare before the games began, hype around the 2022 Winter Olympics died down tremendously during the... Read more
17 Feb 2022
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52mins