Finding Favorites with Leah Jones

Rob Schulte loves making comedy recap podcasts

Rob Schulte, a senior podcast producer, loves the art and comedy of making recap podcasts. We talk about his journey from Star Trek and war movie recaps on Max Fun to his current work on Parks & Recollection with Rob Lowe and Alan Yang. Rob shares his dream podcast co-host (calling David Hasselhoff, calling David Hasselhoff), what it's like to ask Ron Howard to fix his microphone, and we share our journeys to the Doughboys fandom.
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Rob's current podcasts and projects
Parks & Recollection and Literally with Rob Lowe
Vanderpump Robs
Passing on the Right audiobook
Other podcasts we talked about
The Greatest Discovery
Friendly Fire
West Wing Weekly
Gilmore Guys
The TV Show Show
Vanderpump Robs
Dead Eyes
Bill and Robs: an excellent adventure (coming soon)
XOXO, Gossip Kings
Doughboys
Your Kickstarter Sucks
How Did This Get Made
 
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Mike Sacks loves the movie Over the Edge

Humorist Mike Sacks loves the movie Over the Edge and had the unique privilege of writing an oral history that led to a DVD re-release with commentary tracks. We discussed the 1979 movie that featured first-time actor Matt Dillon, the DC culture that created Kavanaugh and teen culture in the 70s and 80s.
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Welcome to Woodmont College
Passing on the Right audiobook
Passing on the Right print
I am Super Pumped!!! Let's Do This Shit e-book
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Show Links
Over the Edge IMDB
Over the Edge Oral History, Vice
Over the Edge DVD DVD
All Summer in a Day movie
Heavy Metal Parking Lot Heavy Metal Parking Lot
A description of Cruising the 'Bash and being goth in Terre Haute 
Cruising Rockville Pike
Breaking Away
Steve Martin and Terre Haute
 
Mike Sacks  0:00  Hi, my name is Mike Sacks. I'm a writer, and my favorite thing is being a cool guy. Wait, no, that's my second favorite. My first favorite thing is the movie, 1979, "Over the Edge," starring Matt Dillon.
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Christine Marie Eberle asks, ”what prompts you to prayer?”

Author Christine Marie Eberle joined Leah to discuss her new book Finding God Abiding and how she has built her personal practice of prayer. We dive into the Ignatian traditions, volunteer fire departments, and the Leah shares some ideas from Jewish prayer.
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Goodreads
Instagram
Facebook
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Show Notes
The Jewish prayer that never lets me down
Three ways to pray Ignatian
Ignatian Year
Cause of SIDS discovered

Victor Wishna loves ”Weird Al” Yankovic

Playwright and journalist Victor Wishna loves a lot of things, but agreed to sit down and talk about "Weird Al" Yankovic this week. We also talk about how Leah's Facebook post about getting a Torah from Iowa to Paraguay inspired him to write a two act play - Tree of Life -  which is now competing in the Jewish Plays Project. 
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Show Links
Missouri and Kansas history
Torah scroll makes its way from Iowa to Paraguay
Tree of Life play
Weird Al.com
Weird Al setlist from 1996 at the Filmore Theater
Weird Al in Glen Ellyn
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Has Weird Al been to Israel?
Weird Al and Lin Manuel 
Behind the Music - Weird Al
The Compleat Al

James Ziegenfus loves tracking his hobbies

James Ziegenfus loves riding his bike, baseball, music, travel and ice cream and he's kept a meticulous spreadsheet of data on many of his favorites things. On this episode, Leah and James dive into the decades of data that James has kept about baseball games, live concerts, plane travel and his physical music collection. He shares tips on how to keep quantitative data, using apps to supplement his notes and his new notebook on international ice cream recommendations.
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Bands we talked about
Wren
I Fight Dragon
Wilco
The Fold
Beach House
My Morning Jacket
Orville Peck
The National
Links
Primavera Sound festival 
Menards Candy Aisle
Everything Steven Soderbergh watched and read in 2021
Setlist.fm
FlightRadar24
SeatGuru
Six Flags over Texas
Tableau
 
 

Angelique Pesce loves reading

Author, attorney and costume designer - Angelique Pesce love of reading is at the center of everything we talk about on this episode. Her first novel, American Pastime, is available for pre-order and ships on June 7, 2022.
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Show Notes
Cost of standing vs sitting in Rome
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 
Perfume Story by Patrick Suskind
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann
Edward Scissorhands
Finnegans Wake (the book with creative language)
About American Pastime
Adam is a writer having a conversation with God at a baseball stadium in the Bronx. God chooses Adam because his stream of consciousness since childhood has been heavy on commentary about American life connected to love. God narrates on Adam’s baseball field of life.
Rounding first, second, third, and then heading for home, we watch Adam’s life: past, present, and future unfold. God is always in on things as he sees and hears everything, but now they sit side-by-side at a baseball game ear-to-ear, no longer separated by space. Their conversation is heavy on capitalism, culture, violence, religion, art, science, and hope. The art of conversation is in danger of being lost, but now more than ever we need to use our American pastimes to bring it back, ear-to-ear, device-to-device, and ask “What is love?” And, even further reaching, “If you knew how your life affected humankind, what would you do differently?”
Slow down and think about the world and love yourself enough to change it. Will Adam find love as life stands in the way?
 
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Author Anita K Newman loves teaching little kids music

This week author and retired teacher Anita K. Newman sat down with Leah to talk about her new children's book Clark the Colorblind Chameleon, illustrated by Asha Hossein. We also talk about her love of teaching kids through music, taking voice lessons as a lifelong learner, and finding time to get two additional degrees while teaching!
Clark the Colorblind Chameleon will be published on May 24, 2022.
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Preparing for Pesach with Caroline Musin Berkowitz

Where are you leaving? EgyptWhere are you going? JerusalemWhat are you carrying? The bread of freedom
Pesach (Passover) starts on Friday night and Caroline Musin Berkowitz joined Leah to talk about how she gets organized for the holiday. We talk about recipes, family traditions, finding the right haggadah, additions to the seder plate, and how to give gift to your future self with a good spreadsheet.
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Bread Machine Challah II
Chicken Marbella
Matzah Toffee
CRC Pesach Guide 2022
A Slob Comes Clean
Fly Lady
Graphic Novel Haggadah
Matza Pajamas
Caroline's Legendary Passover Spreadsheet
Haggadot.com Sunflower addition
 
 
 

Author Deborah Greenhut loves challah, Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro.

Deborah Greenhut, author of The Hoarder's Wife, joined Leah on Finding Favorites to discuss her debut novel, baking challah, and the music of Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro. 
Deborah's debut novel is available on April 5, 2022, in print and digital.
DeborahGreenhut.com
The Hoarder's Wife
Woodhall Press
Children's travel books by Deborah
Gentle Art Swedish Death Cleaning
The Settlement Cookbook
Joni Mitchell's mysterious illness
Laura Nyro
Gershwin Plays Gershwin
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Katie Jones loves Reality TV (Guest Host Shai Korman)

Shai Korman, host of Friday Night Movie Podcast, joins the Finding Favorites team this week as guest host. He's talking to Katie Jones about her love of Reality TV.
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