

Xai, how are you?
Michael Sokolovsky and Xava De Cordova
Queer Jews Michael Sokolovsky and Rabbi Xava De Cordova play with the multi-millennial dialectic that is the Talmud. Join them as they throw drash, seek prophetic insight and uncover the rabbinic smuttiness inherent in the system.
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Mar 20, 2023 • 42min
162. Sex, Risk and Rabbinic Fantasy
Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi joins us to discuss her new book, "When We Collide", an exploration of Jewish sexual ethics. We talk drash, poop, BDSM, practical impurity and a bunch more. Check our her work (including this book!) at https://www.rjelevi.com/
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.

Mar 13, 2023 • 24min
161. Midrash Cinematic Universe
A listener question about the multiverse is here! Just because HaShem knows everything, does that mean everything exists? And more importantly, does it matter?
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.

Mar 5, 2023 • 26min
160. Totally Kafkaesque
Michael brings us a selection from famous (big trans energy) Jew Franz Kafka's Parables and Paradoxes. Featured are sexy sad sirens, a very suggestive dragon and Moses.
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.

Feb 28, 2023 • 23min
159. Rock the Hagba
A listener asks, why do we see so few women do hagba? The answer probably won't surprise you but it's very fun anyway! This episode, lift Torah, get swole.
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.

Feb 20, 2023 • 24min
158. Thunderbolt and Lighting
Following up on our WiFi episode, Michael has brought some tidbits about what the Rabbi's thought about lightning, duality, lungs and clapping.
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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.

Feb 14, 2023 • 18min
157. Do Not Covet Your Neighbor's WiFi
Xava brings a survey of halakhic rulings that help us make sense of the ethics of "stealing" WiFi.
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.

Feb 6, 2023 • 19min
156. Pipe Dream
The first episode of our whole new deal! Ingenious waterworks, forbidden blessings, mouth to mouth and adorable puppies are all featured.
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.

Jan 30, 2023 • 24min
155. Temple OS Reveal
This episode, we're announcing our next big project as a pod! Plus reflecting on everything we've done so far. We're gonna be putting together a deep and juicy researched series on Temple OS! If you don't know what that is, tune in 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.

Jan 23, 2023 • 50min
154. Niddah For Trans Women
Ritual purity law? In my trans gender? It's more likely than you think! Xava is finally unveiling the general vibe and arguments of her paper on niddah for trans women, it's a bloody good time.
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.

Jan 16, 2023 • 49min
153. Russian Doll Finale
The peanut in the matryoshka is finally revealed! It's the finale of our Russian Doll series and we're finally giving birth, going to the underworld, partying in a fish, finding the cosmic mikveh and healing our trauma.
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.