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Jan 24, 2021 • 20min

50. Spit Happens feat. Azariah Liron

We welcome an incredible guest, Azariah, to talk about phlegm, death fetishes, masking, disability in the Beit Midrash and edge cases. You can find KC Tenants Union at https://kctenants.org/ . 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. Find Azariah @onservantswings and at http://onservantswings.com/ Music by Ben Schreiber.
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Jan 17, 2021 • 20min

49. How do I start studying Talmud?

We answer a listener question about the overwhelming nature of starting Talmud, share our personal experiences and a TON of resources for starting your study journey. 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.
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Jan 10, 2021 • 17min

48. How do we survive depression?

We made this episode during an attempted coup! Podcast news part deux, personal depression experiences and advice, plus a mystical gate of feelz. 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.
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Jan 3, 2021 • 22min

47. Apocrypha? In my Talmud?

It's more likely than you think! We talk banned books, foolishness, Heidegger vs. Neo-Kantianism, and movie stars as sources of scriptural authority. 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.
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Dec 27, 2020 • 23min

46. This is not the Way

In-Laws and outlaws, gender roles and gender trolls, Michael and I argue about exegesis plus a fun side bit about doulas. 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.
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Dec 20, 2020 • 28min

45. Conversion and Shabbat

The Hot Debate of 1848, Michael's etymology corner, Xava breaks her absolute self-determinist streak. Anecdote from Contemporary Halakhic Problems Volume 4, Chapter 7. 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/xavadecordova. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.
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Dec 13, 2020 • 21min

44. Rabbi Meir: The Next Generation

The thrilling conclusion of the Rabbi Meir trilogy, where we meet his prize pupil, Michael challenges my epistemological frame, and I mistakenly say a snake is a sheretz don't come for me. 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.
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Dec 6, 2020 • 24min

43. Rabbi Meir: Baby Got Back

The most powerful booty in the Talmud, the virtue of truthiness, temporal-spatial orientations and genius that goes unrecognized. 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.
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Nov 29, 2020 • 23min

42. Rabbi Meir: Wit's End

The start of a trilogy on one of Xava's faves, Rabbi Meir. We wonder whether ontological truth matters in Talmud, who is a good teacher, what it means to be too cool for school and whether it pays to be a smarty pants. Visit our new 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.
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Nov 22, 2020 • 21min

41. Eye, eye Captain!

Another wonderful listener voicemail, more talk about fascism and our response to it as conditioned by Talmud, and some banter about our personal dramas. Visit our new 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.

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