The Rest is Commentary

29/07/2025

“I’m No Pillar of Salt” (with Liz Hanellin) which is out now! Listen wherever you stream. This is the song that I offered to , my guest on episode 23 of “The Rest is Commentary”. Psalm 96 inspired me to write this song.

🎙️https://therestiscommentary.podbean.com/

🍎 https://music.apple.com/us/artist/shep-rosenman/1716614348

✳️ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GlYueo0xiLoDS8PIk3GYw?si=RHxwag9qQbqmDVKrr0uvSw

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29/07/2025

Episode 23 out now! Let me know in the comments what you think. From the complexities of sexuality and family to the pull of diaspora and the persistence of memory, this episode invites you into the intimate territory where art, spirit, and truth collide. Whether you’re a longtime listener or just tuning in, this is a journey you won’t want to miss.

What happens when the inner voice of prayer collides with the outer world of storytelling? In this soul-stirring episode of “The Rest is Commentary”, I sit down with Brazilian writer-director Anne Pinheiro Guimarães for a raw and reflective conversation that spans continents, cultures, and questions of the self.

We explore the thin line between self-awareness and self-judgment, and how prayer—not just as ritual but as a posture of the heart—can guide us through it. Anne opens up about her creative process, the quiet power of diary-keeping, and the ongoing negotiation between identity, heritage, and personal transformation.

🎙️ https://therestiscommentary.podbean.com/

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28/07/2025

“The Rest is Commentary” is my podcast that explores connections through music, ancient wisdom, and conversations. There are 23 episodes available to listen to now wherever you stream. I am writing a song cycle inspired by the Psalms/ Tehillim.

In each episode, I offers one of my songs to a friend and we discuss whatever comes up, from the mundane to the sublime, the philosophical to the sophomoric, from dark and narrow places to wide open spaces of joy. Listen on ITunes, Spotify, SoundCloud or wherever you stream your podcasts.

In the next episode of “The Rest is Commentary”, I will be talking with Rabbi Mel Gottlieb. We will be discussing the significance of the letters aleph and bet in the Torah, gratitude, integrating opposites to achieve wholeness in Kabbalistic and Jungian thought, looking for God within, the role of memory in spiritual growth, the spiritual significance of listening, balancing compassion and discipline, and so much more. Please join us.

28/07/2025

In episode 23 of my podcast, “The Rest is Commentary”, I sit down with Anne Pinheiro Guimarães. In anticipation for our conversation, as I do with each of my guests, I shared with her one of my Psalm inspired songs and asked what it inspired in her. Thus it was my song, “I’m No Pillar of Salt” that created the framework for the conversation that followed and led us to so much more.I hope you will listen to both this and podcast episode in full on ITunes, Spotify, SoundCloud or wherever you stream your podcasts and music.🍎 https://music.apple.com/us/artist/shep-rosenman/1716614348✳️ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GlYueo0xiLoDS8PIk3GYw?si=RHxwag9qQbqmDVKrr0uvSw🎙️https://therestiscommentary.podbean.com/

23/07/2025

Brazilian writer-director Anne Pinheiro Guimarães was born to an American sociologist mother and Brazilian diplomat father. She spent her formative years traveling extensively before pursuing her education in France, where she completed classe préparatoire at the prestigious Lycée Henri Quatre, and earned a master’s degree in history from the Sorbonne before transitioning to film studies and screenwriting.

Her multicultural upbringing shaped her artistic perspective. Her work explores themes of sexuality, identity, and personal transformation. Anne’s films have been finalists at some of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

Most important to me, Anne and her husband Vicente Amorim are friends as well as clients. In this episode, we discuss the difference between being reflective and being judgmental, dealing with judgmental people, strategies for not being judgmental, being kind to yourself, where creativity comes from, strategies to add juice to your creativity, and so much more.”

Episode 23 and my newest available now wherever you stream.

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/shep-rosenman/1716614348

✳️ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GlYueo0xiLoDS8PIk3GYw?si=RHxwag9qQbqmDVKrr0uvSw

🎙️https://therestiscommentary.podbean.com/

23/07/2025

That was Brazilian writer-director Anne Pinheiro Guimarães. We were discussing the song “I’m No Pillar of Salt”, which was inspired by Psalm 96.”

Episode 23 and my newest available now wherever you stream.

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/shep-rosenman/1716614348

✳️ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GlYueo0xiLoDS8PIk3GYw?si=RHxwag9qQbqmDVKrr0uvSw

🎙️https://therestiscommentary.podbean.com/

22/07/2025

Brand new episode of my podcast is out this morning! Please let me know what my music and conversations inspire in you.

What happens when the inner voice of prayer collides with the outer world of storytelling? In this soul-stirring episode of The Rest is Commentary, host Shep Rosenman sits down with Brazilian writer-director Anne Pinheiro Guimarães for a raw and reflective conversation that spans continents, cultur...

22/07/2025

“The Rest is Commentary” is a podcast that explores connections through music, ancient wisdom, and conversations. I am writing a song cycle inspired by the Psalms/Tehillim. In each episode, I offer one of my songs to a friend and we discuss whatever comes up, from the mundane to the sublime, the philosophical to the sophomoric, from dark and narrow places to wide open spaces of joy.

🍎 https://music.apple.com/us/artist/shep-rosenman/1716614348

✳️ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GlYueo0xiLoDS8PIk3GYw?si=RHxwag9qQbqmDVKrr0uvSw

🎙️https://therestiscommentary.podbean.com/

Listen on ITunes, Spotify, SoundCloud or wherever you stream your podcasts and music.

22/07/2025

Debra Messing puts into words PERFECTLY what so many Jews who identify as progressive are experiencing - an eerie and disturbing silence when we discuss violence, hatred, and abuses of our people. She discusses how no other minority group has to be so careful about our need for safety as a community. Well done, Debra!!!

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-inconvenient-jewish-fear/

21/07/2025

From the complexities of sexuality and family to the pull of diaspora and the persistence of memory, this episode invites you into the intimate territory where art, spirit, and truth collide. Whether you’re a longtime listener or just tuning in, this is a journey you won’t want to miss.

What happens when the inner voice of prayer collides with the outer world of storytelling? In this soul-stirring episode of “The Rest is Commentary”, I sit down with Brazilian writer-director Anne Pinheiro Guimarães for a raw and reflective conversation that spans continents, cultures, and questions of the self.

We explore the thin line between self-awareness and self-judgment, and how prayer—not just as ritual but as a posture of the heart—can guide us through it. Anne opens up about her creative process, the quiet power of diary-keeping, and the ongoing negotiation between identity, heritage, and personal transformation.

🎙️ https://therestiscommentary.podbean.com/

21/07/2025

“I’m No Pillar of Salt” (with Liz Hanellin) which is out now! Listen wherever you stream. This is the song that I offered to Anne Pinheiro Guimarães, my upcoming guest on episode 23 of “The Rest is Commentary”. Psalm 96 inspired me to write this song. New episode drops on Tuesday 7/22!!!!!

🎙️https://therestiscommentary.podbean.com/

🍎 https://music.apple.com/us/artist/shep-rosenman/1716614348

✳️ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GlYueo0xiLoDS8PIk3GYw?si=RHxwag9qQbqmDVKrr0uvSw

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20/07/2025

Brand new out TODAY! I hope it inspires something in you that you are willing to share, either in the comments or message me privately. I am writing a song cycle inspired by the Psalms. In each episode of my podcast, “The Rest is Commentary”, I offer a song to my guest to guide our conversation. “The Golden Rule” was the song I shared with Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn in episode 21.

https://therestiscommentary.podbean.com/