Xai, how are you?

It's time for our Rabbi Akiva omnibus episode! Where did he come from, where did he go? Was he cool, or not so much? Also, is he sort of also an allegory for the process of history? We will try to find out! Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

The penultimate episode of season one of Russian Doll takes us on a journey through our own guilt, survivor's guilt, blessing really special trees, Elisha Ben Abuya and making Xava cry. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

It's double feature time! A listener wanted to know what the Talmud has to say about dancing, and also I randomly wanted to talk about all the wild stuff the Talmud says about dogs. Featuring: prophecy, Babylonian strippers, the angel of death and a Passover mystery. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Our series exploring the book God Is Here continues by exploring one of our favorite metaphors for God, HaMakom! Join us in a soup of transcendence, absence, concentric circles and confusion. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Mirror, mirror on the wall: do we even exist at all? Maybe! This episode of our show and of Russian Doll explores subjectivity, existence, mirrors and weird sex. Register for How to Be a Xevruta here: https://www.judaismunbound.com/classes/p/xevruta ! Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Part one of our exploration of "God Is Here" by Toba Spitzer, we're talking about the concept of God metaphors and specifically God as water. Featuring: magical wells, our own cynicism, divine bathtubs and how Xava learned to believe in stuff again. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

It's our first experimental long episode, and our fifth Russian Doll episode! We spent a long time talking about soul soup, mortality, Maimonides being a sneaky boy, and the oneness of all joy. This one is a doozy y'all! Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

What happened to the Nazarite that was too pretty for his own good? Why did the Rabbis not like Nazirites to begin with? Did the Jews have our own Narcissus? Today, we find out! Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Finally, a listener question episode! This time: what is the Jewish history of chicken and chicken soup? Turns out it's terrifying toddler toys, disgusting concoctions, forbidden magic and lovable scamps. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Finally, the second main character of Russian doll is introduced! Also, the danger of compassion, humble brags, Xava's type and a pair of Rabbinic lovers. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.