Xai, how are you?

We're unearthing ancient union law, comparing it to Ordinance of Laborers 1349, connecting the post Black Death period and COVID, and figuring out what the hell Judaism has to do with any of this. 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.

Michael is (non-Covid) sick! So, we decided not to record but instead release this amazing, formerly Patron only episode where Never Angeline North returns to the show to read her short story, "A River Walks on Nineteen Legs"! 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.

On Bava Metzia 83a, we're studying contract law, labor rights and collective bargaining. Then we'll be diving a bit into the Haymarket Massacre and how our Talmud skills can be helpful in understanding our history. 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.

Inspired by a listener suggestion, we delve into the possibility of asexual Talmud ancestors and how it relates to our framework of collective responsibility for the mitzvot. 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.

We're diving headfirst into our mailbag with questions about imposter syndrome, shades of grey, and problematic prayer language. 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.

Michael teaches us the origins of city mouse vs. country mouse and introduces us to a debate on the culinary benefits of accidental mouse infusion. Sign up for A Nightmare on Chelm Street here: https://forms.gle/HLYT66nxFYLPZFhN9 ! 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.

Michael introduces us to an education fish pit and the Talmud's first baby makeover. 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.

We're taking a vacation this week, so we're giving you a formerly Patron-only episode to enjoy! Michael brings us an incredible word of the week: חול. Join us in falling down a rabbit hole of learning about the sexiest, fieriest, buffest, humblest burning bird in the bible that you never knew about. 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.

And not in a fun way! Michael brought us a sugye about bears, lions and a sexy Jewish ex-gladiator we all know and love. 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.

We're going on a wild demon hunt! Starting from a Gemara discussion of tefillin for two headed people, then on to Tosafot, Zohar and finally, obscure Gnostic sects. 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.