Episode 180: Fresh Convert vs Tired Agnostic

Recorded during the High Holy Days, after catching up on sensitivity, innocence, hard surfaces, insect bites, and fasting, Cori attempts to school Nina in who is and is not “really Jewish,” obnoxious as only a fresh convert can be. So we get into a long-winded discussion about faith, culture, foundational literature, the Torah, contradictions, G*d’s face vs backside, the Ramayana, and more. Finally we circle back to Genspect’s 2025 conference and how tired Nina is of manipulating people through empathy. Was Nina’s father a Jew? Are atheists really shallow? Why is Cori suddenly trying to be “Good”? And to whom is he referring when he mentions animal control and getting arrested? That’s at least one mystery that won’t be revealed in this vaguecast.

Links:

Greta Thunburg forced to sit on hard surfaces: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/04/greta-thunberg-israel-gaza-sweden

Book of Job: https://www.amazon.com/Job-Translation-Edward-L-Greenstein/dp/0300162340

Many Ramayanas: https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.5973087

Dennis Praeger debate clip: https://x.com/WyattCatarina/status/1974632909777838560

Cori’s pinned tweet: https://x.com/heterodorx/status/1947895012253175984

On the subject of the Ramayana, here’s Nina’s feature film based on it: https://sitasingstheblues.com/watch.html

…and her second film about Exodus and the Torah: https://sedermasochism.com/download/

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