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PopTorah

PopTorah

Welcome to PopTorah with Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky. Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture.

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Episodes

168 episodes

  1. A Reckoning of Biblical Proportions 37:41
  2. Let There Be Lanterns 40:22
  3. Chad Powers and the Trouble with Second Chances 38:44
  4. We Still Believe in ‘Ted Lasso’ 35:41
  5. You Seem Pretty Sad for a “Spider-Man” So in Love 57:49
  6. The Odyssey and the Long Road Home 45:07
  7. A ‘Toy Story’ for the Anxious Generation 55:03
  8. ‘Disclosure Day’ Asks: Can We Handle the Truth? 55:34
  9. Borrowed Time in The Boroughs 37:47
  10. Hacking It: Ambition, Reinvention, and the Friends We Make Along the Way 40:44
  11. Is The Mandalorian and Grogu the Way? 44:41
  12. Man in the Mirror: Fame, Myth, and the Making of Michael (Special Live Episode!) 1:24:55
  13. Faith, Friendship, and First Contact in Project Hail Mary 35:05
  14. Unfortunately, it was ‘Paradise’ 41:48
  15. Sinners, Saints, and One Battle After Another: The 2026 Oscars Episode 46:22
  16. Power, Persona, and Purpose in Marvel’s “Wonder Man” 45:09
  17. If You Got It, Flaunt It: Mel Brooks at 99 35:09
  18. Faith, False Prophets, and Fool’s Gold in Wake Up Dead Man 37:45
  19. Shadows, Light, and Stranger Things 41:52
  20. ‘Wicked’: For Good? 35:42
  21. The Good, The Bad, and The ‘Wicked’ 1:00:04
  22. Undercover on Campus: ‘A Man on the Inside’ Season 2 and the Purpose of Learning 38:12
  23. Pluribus’ and the Paradox of Peoplehood 39:39
  24. Bringing ‘Nobody Wants This’ Before the Beit Din 1:01:41
  25. The Rabbis Are Kvelling for Tay-Tay 44:28
  26. Extra! Extra! The Torah of ’The Paper’ 41:45
  27. Holy Harmony in K-Pop Demon Hunters 41:08
  28. ‘Fantastic Four’ the World… or Just Your Family? 42:01
  29. Superman’ is a Super-Mensch 1:02:19
  30. Sound and Fury, Sisters and ‘Sirens’ 38:15
  31. Mind Over ‘Mountainhead’ 43:23
  32. ‘Seasons’ of Love 40:19
  33. Andor and the Art of Resistance 52:34
  34. ‘The Studio’ and the Shul 40:09
  35. Before the Iron Throne, There Was the ‘House of David’ 45:52
  36. Searching for God at ‘The White Lotus’ 55:10
  37. Pop-pourri — Comfort Watches for Tumultuous Times 39:49
  38. ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ … But Should You Go? 32:37
  39. The Poppys: PopTorah 2025 Oscars Special! 36:50
  40. No ‘Pain’, No Gain 42:20
  41. Knowing the ‘Complete Unknown’ 1:02:55
  42. Over the Hill and Undercover: Being ‘A Man on the Inside’ and Out 36:51
  43. Charting New Waters with ‘Moana 2’ 43:46
  44. The Good, The Bad, and The ‘Wicked’ 1:00:06
  45. Trying ‘Shrinking’ On for Size…Again 39:49
  46. “Yellowstone” and the Battle for the Soul of America 42:36
  47. Right, Wrong, and ‘Agatha All Along’ 41:18
  48. Who Wants ‘Nobody Wants This’? 55:15
  49. Grieving and Loving ‘Between the Temples’ 39:55
  50. How We Spent Our PopTorah Summer Vacation 36:20