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Where our lives of Jewish learning collide with our love of Nerd Culture! Stay connected with our hosts on all our new episodes and content.

10/09/2025

It's time for some tough choices... Clobberin' time for some tough choices.

Our newest episode stretches our conversation around the newest Marvel Cinematic Universe addition, Fantastic Four: First Steps, and uses it to study one of the most difficult tests in the Torah. When heroes are asked to give up what they love most, how are they judged? Why are they put through these tests to begin with? And the biggest question of the Fantastic Four movie... why did The Thing go to temple?

Listen to Episode 89 - Fantastic Four: First
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-89-fantastic-four-first-tests

08/09/2025

✨ We’ve officially hit Chai-Thousand downloads (18,000) and counting! ✨

In Jewish tradition, chai means life. We wouldn't have reached this exciting milestone without YOU, our listeners, and we are so grateful. You are what helps to give our podcast life.

Thank you for listening, sharing, laughing, and geeking out with us. Here’s to many more episodes, more nerdiness, and more life together!

27/08/2025

Insert coin to continue...

This week, we’re talking about what happens after you hit that Game Over screen and why losing so much could be great for your career. From mashing “restart” to grinding through tough levels, we explore how the resilience of video game players relates to some well known stories in the Torah. Because in both games and life, the only true loss is when you don’t decide to press start again.

Listen to Episode 88 - The Game Over People
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-88-the-game-over-people

13/08/2025

Let’s talk genetics. Yes, let’s talk genetics. Is there an echo in here? Yes, there is now.

Join us this week as we take a closer look at the Hebrew word "kilayim", the Torah’s prohibition against mixing species. Aside from asian pears and tangelos, what happens when a squad of soldiers from a galaxy far, far away are genetically modified? Are they unwanted or are they gifts. And would they be allowed according to Judaism anyway?

Listen to Episode 87 - Clone Force Kilayim
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-87-clone-force-kilayim

30/07/2025

Corruption stinks, so it's a good thing justice is blind.

Join us this week as we dive into a chapter of Pirkei Avot, discussing the darkness of political scandal and abuse of power. We try to feel out what Jewish text says about getting too close to power. As a certain vigilante teaches us, you don't need sight to sense that something is off. Some heroes wear capes, others read the Talmud.

Listen to Episode 86 - Pirkei Avigilante
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-86-pirkei-avigilante

16/07/2025

We all know which Torah portion would have received the worst Rotten Tomato score.

Join us for what we promise won't be the worst episode we've ever released. We talk leprosy, census taking, and crystal skulls. Should those stories even exist? What purpose do they serve? And why did Endgame decide to redeem Thor 2? We have our fingers crossed that there are more good stories in our future.

Listen to Episode 85 - Worse Than Leprosy
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-85-worse-than-leprosy

02/07/2025

Toys are alive, fish can talk, monsters are real, and magic may be the one thing holding it all together.

Join the expanding universe as we hang all the red string while we unravel The Pixar Theory. Look, we're not saying every Pixar movie is connected. But the clues are everywhere, man! Talking dinosaurs impact an entire economy built out of cars. Magic forest lights are somehow connected to an ant hill. It's not just a theory, you've got to trust us. Just wait until you hear what Judaism has to say about all this!

Listen to Episode 84 - Pixar's Paradigm Shift
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-84-pixars-paradigm-shift

18/06/2025

Flaming snakes? Jewish. Winged beings? Jewish. Unicorns? Jewish!

Explore the mysterious and mythical in this episode with guests John Baltisberger and Jack Zaientz, the co-hosts of Wayward Children: A Podcast about Jewish Magic & Monsters! From ancient texts to tabletop adventures, we dive into the creatures that slither, soar, and spark our imaginations, all right out of the Torah. You’ll never look at angels (or monsters) the same way again.

Listen to Episode 83 - Monsters and Angels
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-83-monsters-and-angels

16/06/2025

Do you hear that? It's m-m-m-m-monsters!

This week, we are beyond excited to be joined by John Baltisberger and Jack Zaientz, the co-hosts of Wayward Children: A Podcast about Jewish Magic & Monsters! Together, we shine a light on the mysterious, magical, and possibly dangrrous creatures lurking in the Torah.

Summon your inner cryptid and subscribe now so you don’t miss this week's monstrously magical episode!

04/06/2025

We have friends listening everywhere.

Join the resistance in this episode as we unpack various themes in the newest show to enter the Star Wars universe: Andor. We discover threads of hope, sacrifice, and perhaps signs of a Jewish mother. It's okay, you can trust us - we're on the good side of the force. (If there even is a good side.)

Listen to Episode 82: This Andor That
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-82-this-andor-that

21/05/2025

It's time for our 3rd Anniversary Special!

We invited a few guests back from this past year to join us in celebrating the best way we know how... by playing a game of Jewish DnD.

This year's one-shot brings us back to a quiet village, one year after it was saved by Hershel of Ostropol. But as the final night of Hanukkah begins this year, strange winds blow, dark clouds swirl, and the light once again needs a hero to defend it!

Meet the potential heroes of this village:
Ethan Lane-Miller - Terry Black, the blacksmith
Rabbi David N. Young aka RDY - Dima Silkthread, the tailor
Joel Swedlove - Lazar Wolf, the butcher
Sparkle Peters - Morah Fenwin Gigglesong, the teacher
Barak Malkin - Dungeon Master...perhaps, Driedel Master

Listen to our 3rd Anniversary Special: Dungeons & Dreidels
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-81-dungeons-and-dreidels

07/05/2025

Riddle me this Samson...

In this episode we talk about the puzzle the Samson presents. Honestly, how was anybody supposed to guess that correctly? Also, what other puzzles and riddles do we find in Judaism? And how many Jewish leadership trainings take place in an escape room? Before you listen, make sure you finish your daily TorahSmashordle!

Listen to Episode 80: Putting the Pieces Together
https://www.torahsmash.com/post/episode-80-putting-the-pieces-together

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