Finding Favorites with Leah Jones

Joel Haber loves Shabbat Stews of all flavors

Jerusalem-based tour guide Joel Haber joined Leah to talk about Shabbat Stews ahead of the release of his ebook Chulent & Hamin: The Ultimate Jewish Comfort Food. There is so much more to Chulent than beans and meat!
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Show links
The Red Lady
Free Shabbat Stew Cookbook by Joel Haber
Machne Yehuda market
Gil Marks obituary
Ishtabach in Jerusalem
Shamburak
Birateinu
Beermiscuous in Chicago
Cardoon
Come for Cholent
Come for Cholent Again
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Gone Fishing: Back in October

Leah is going on hiatus until October, until then please enjoy the archives of Finding Favorites and pitch yourself as an interview when she returns this fall.

50 Years of Title IX with Veronica Arreola

Veronica Arreola is back to talk about the 50th anniversary of Title IX and how 37 words changed modern life for girls in the USA. We also talk about pay equity, Brittney Griner and the Chicago Sky.
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No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Show Notes
Chairman’s Championship WNBA
Brittney Griner
Pay equity in US professional soccer
Quarterback Princess starring Holly Hunter
Three Prong Test of Title IX
Yellowjackets
@shereebekker twitter thread that Leah misquotes
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/sports/title-ix-anniversary-womens-sports.html
Candace Parker panel about Title IX

Bill Tilley is looking for his next favorite thing

Bill Tilley, co-host of Bill and Robs: An Excellent Adventure and social media lead for Greatest Generation, joined Leah to talk about the interesting buildings he's lived and worked in, before diving into his search for his next favorite thing.
Find Bill online
Bill and Robs Podcast
Greatest Generation
@BillTilley1973 on Twitter
Bill Tilley Cards
Show Links
Stadium Residence Hall at The Ohio State
Stephen J Cannell 
Robert B Parker
Hollywood Babbleon
Star Trek Las Vegas
Friends of DeSoto
Trancers
Adam West: Lookwell Pilot

Matt Zoller Seitz and The Deadwood Bible

Matt Zoller Seitz, an author, filmmaker and TV critic, loves the acclaimed David Milch HBO drama - Deadwood. Together with 130 contributers, Matt recently published The Deadwood Bible: A Lie Agreed Upon, which includes critical essays on every episode, original illustrations, a complete account of David Milch's life and so much more. He also shares some of the backstory of how Shopify stole the thunder and celebration of pub week by trapping his team in a Kafkaesque puzzle.
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Show Notes
Reviews about Shopify (look at the 1 star reviews)
ACLU: asset forfeiture abuse
Ecwid
Without a Net
Dayton Callie
Hooplehead
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
My Darling Clementine
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Lynching of George Ward
Hill Street Blues
Regina Corrado
Nichole Beattie
Shotgun Stories
Neal Stephenson
Kubrick on Disney
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Carolyn loves The Prince of Egypt

Carolyn, a seminary graduate and chaplain, joined Leah to talk about one of her desert island movies - the 1998 animated, movie-musical from Dreamworks: Prince of Egypt. Starring Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, and Ofra Haza, the film covers the Exodus story by focusing on the brotherly relationship between Moses and Ramses.
We talk about how she first found the movie, the pop songs on the soundtrack, and the ideal food for a double-header movie marathon with Jesus Christ Super Star. Carolyn also answers all of Leah's questions about seminary.
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Show Links
StumbleUpon
Blogography Shampoo
Anastasia
Prince of Egypt
The Ten Commandments
Jesus Christ Superstar
Val Kilmer Documentary
Deliver Us
When You Believe, multi-language

Jessica’s journey from Jordan to the Jubilee

Jessica, our intrepid traveling friend, is back with more stories from the road. Since we last talked to Jessica about her 18-month global trip, she has gone on a road trip to Charleston, Savannah and Ashville, then went on a trip abroad to Jordan, Scotland and ended in Londong for the Queen's Jubilee.
We talk about lessons from group tours, exactly what canyoning is and navigating "work from anywhere" without an oven.
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Show Links
Hiking tours in Jordan
Canyoning in Jordan
Heat Stroke treatment
Platinum Jubilee
Highlands 
Great British Bake-Off
God Save the Queen
Outlander

Anna Tarkov loves F1 Racing

Anna Tarkov, podcaster and activist, joined Leah to talk answer the question - why did everyone get into F1 Racing all of the sudden? We go deep on Anna's personal history with sports as an immigrant, Drive to Survive documentaries, and finally spending weekends watching the 20 drivers of F1 racing.
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Show Links
Rise and Fall of Windy Citizen
Drive to Survive on Netflix
Formula One Driving Experience
Formula1.com
Indy Car
Bernie Ecclestone
2022 Rules
Reddit - what is a spec series
$100M Fine
Lewis Hamilton
The Hamilton Commission
Race: Bubba Wallace
 

Tim Barnes loves DVD extras

Writer and comedian Tim Barnes loves behind the scenes documentaries and featurettes that flourished during Peak DVD. We talk about Lord of the Rings, Star Wars Episode 1, and wonder where the good footage has gone.
We also talked about Tim's newest project: Maurice on Mars - an animated short that is being released weekly by Comedy Central on YouTube. Maurice on Mars follows the struggles of Maurice Robinson, a 20-something artist who snuck onto a utopian Martian colony only to realize it’s repeating the same old Earth problems.
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Show links
Regis Philban and Mike Schur
Maurice on Mars
The Martian Chronicles
The Other Foot
Uche Oma
Dwayne Kennedy
 The Beginning
Newcomers Podcast
Ahmed Best
 From Puppets to Pixels 
Blank Check: Spiderman 2 with Chris Gethard
Wonder Showzen
Dick Gregory

Saying Goodbye to Spidey

No guest this week, just the story of how Spidey was the best cat for host Leah Jones for the last 20.5 years. Let's round up to 21 years, shall we?
We'll be back next week with a full episode.
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