Best Yiddish Learning Podcasts (2025)

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Learning and using Yiddish - an interview with Jake (Yankl) Krakovsky 15:50

13d ago15:50

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Episode 7 // Season 6 לערנען זיך ייִדיש׃ אַן אינטערװיו מיט יאַנקל קראַקאָװסקין We’re back!!! I had a great time chatting with Jake (Yankl) Krakovsky for this interview. We discuss how Jake learned Yiddish and got into translation. This is an excerpt from a longer interview - I hope to release a little more in a few weeks as a bonus episode. Transcr…

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James 3, Jerusalem News, Joyful Conservatives, Jaw-Dropping Disney Prices and Lashon (Episode #202) 1:05:16

3d ago1:05:16

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🎙️ James 3, Jerusalem News, Joyful Conservatives, Jaw-Dropping Disney Prices and Lashon (Episode #202) Hosts: Chris Katulka & Steve Herzig 🎧 Sponsored by: FOI Equip – Free resources to study the Bible from a Jewish perspective 🕵️‍♂️ Upcoming Classes: 📚 FOI Equip Highlight: Chris and Steve spotlight recent and upcoming free FOI Equip classes: ✅ “Jud…

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History Matters, Tehran Traffic, the Timetable of Prophecy, and Abgezockt (Episode #201) 57:36

10d ago57:36

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🎙️ Jew & Gentile Podcast – Episode Title: "History Matters, Tehran Traffic, the Timetable of Prophecy, and Abgezockt" Hosts: Chris Katulka & Steve Herzig 🎧 Sponsored by: FOI Equip – Free resources to study the Bible from a Jewish perspective. 🕵️‍♂️ Upcoming Classes:📚 FOI Equip Highlight: Chris and Steve spotlight recent and upcoming free FOI Equip …

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The Art of Listening 27:45

16d ago27:45

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Michael Rosen talks to sociolinguist Dr Haru Yamada about how we listen in different ways across different cultures and social groups. It's the side of conversation that is not about talking, but which is equally - if not more - important to how we communicate. Haru is the author of 'Kiku: The Japonese Art of Good Listening', and she believes that …

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What Is a Blessing? Plus: Anti-Israel Chants, Abbas Takes Sides, and Bentching (#200) 1:00:16

17d ago1:00:16

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🎙️ Episode Title: "What Is a Blessing? And Why It Matters Now More Than Ever" In This Episode of The Jew and Gentile Podcast… Chris and Steve dive into the rich biblical concept of blessing—what it is, who gets it, where it comes from, and how long it lasts. But first, they cover two critical topics that shouldn’t be missed: 🔥 This Week’s Highlight…

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Lists 27:40

23d ago27:40

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Most of us make lists in some form or other - from essential groceries to reasons to feel positive about life. In this programme Linguistics Researcher Jo Nolan talks to Michael about her interest in the language we use in their making and their uses in literature and society.Jo says the language we use in our lists is idiolectal - it reflects our …

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Steve’s Birthday, Is Two-State Solution Still Viable, and Geburtsdag (Episode #199) 55:42

24d ago55:42

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The Welsh Language with Huw Stephens at the Hay Festival 27:50

1M ago27:50

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In a special recording at the Hay Festival, Michael Rosen talks to bilingual Welsh radio and television presenter Huw Stephens about the Welsh language. And then Huw gets Michael to try reading 'Dyn Ni yn Mynd i Hela Arth, also known as We're Going on a Bear Hunt.Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Beth O'Dea, in partnership with the Open University.…

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Heads, Hands, and the Holy City: Yarmulkes, Hamsas, 1 Million in Jerusalem, and di tsen gi-bot (Episode #198) 1:04:23

1M ago1:04:23

1:04:23

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The language that changed the world 27:27

1M ago27:27

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Michael Rosen hears the fascinating story of the origin of all Indo-European languages from Laura Spinney, the author of Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global. Today, nearly half of humanity speaks an Indo-European language and Laura has been investigating how that came to be.Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Beth O'Dea, in partnership with t…

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Spy, Scrolls & Shem Tov: Secrets from Damascus to the Drash (Episode #197) 53:16

1M ago53:16

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The End of the Full Stop? 27:53

1M ago27:53

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The use of punctuation is rapidly changing within the quickfire back-and-forth of instant messaging. Are these changes causing misunderstandings? Presenter Michael Rosen and his guest Dr Christian Ilbury discuss. Is the full stop on the way out? What about capital letters? Exclamation marks and question marks seem to be holding their ground, but wh…

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Acts 1:6 Controversy, New Pope talks to Jewish community, and Di Kolts Kasle (Episode #196) 59:25

2M ago59:25

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Street Names 27:10

2M ago27:10

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Michael Rosen talks to sociolinguist Philip Seargeant from the Open University about where our street names come from, including Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York, and Michael's old address, Love Lane. Also, have you ever thought about the difference between a street and a road? Are there regional differences in the names given to streets? And why are s…

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Mother’s Day is a gentile holiday. For Jews, every day is Mother’s Day, Iran Crumbling, and Der Muterstog (Episode #195) 57:05

2M ago57:05

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The formula to destroy the Jewish people, The divorce of Israel, Harvard find evidence of antisemitism, and the Golden Medina (Episode #194) 59:00

2M ago59:00

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An Informal List of Jewish Inventions, Innovations, and Radical Ideas, Microsoft fires anti-Israel protestors, and Efes (Episode #193) 43:17

2M ago43:17

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Israeli Arab Christian buys Israel’s Unleavened Bread, 3 year old Israeli finds ancient amulet, and Chiddush (Episode #192) 42:03

2M ago42:03

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Here I Raise My Ebenezer, IDF allows soldiers to grow beards, and Gornisht helfn (Episode #191) 58:54

3M ago58:54

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Code and Cosmos, Ark of Covenant Found, Live 30% longer, and Yazamim (Episode #190) 47:13

3M ago47:13

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Trouble in the skies, Don't forget the parapet, Touch grass moment, and Ikh hob dikh lib, Adon (Episode #189) 59:28

3M ago59:28

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Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk, Houthis will be annilated, and Dos Ge-Zets (Episode #188) 1:04:35

3M ago1:04:35

1:04:35

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Columbia University loses, Esther wins, Wikipedia co-founder finds Jesus, and Di gantze megillah (Episode #187) 57:13

4M ago57:13

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All Israel Will Be Preserved or Saved, Nate the Great, Israeli in NBA, and Oyfzegn (Episode #186) 1:00:18

4M ago1:00:18

1:00:18

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Robert Zimmerman, Not all those from Israel are Israel, Trump Gaza, and Gei Gazinta Hait (Episode #185) 52:45

4M ago52:45

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Who is a Jew, Abraham Trade Route, Hamas Blames Israel and America, and Yid (Episode #184) 53:50

4M ago53:50

53:50

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Old English, New English 27:38

4M ago27:38

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Michael Rosen explores the evocative Old English words used in daily life a thousand years ago, many of which are still in use now. He's joined by the linguist author of The Wordhord, Hana Videen. Hana has been hoarding words from Old English (450 AD to 1150 AD) for a decade, when she began tweeting one a day. Now she has lots of people following h…

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New songwriting in minority languages: Yosl Landau & Kneecap 8:13

4M ago8:13

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after a long unexpected break we're back! thanks for sticking with us! Episode 6 // Season 6 שרײַבן נײַע לידער׃ יאָסל לאַנדאַ & קנידעקל New songwriting in minority languages. In this episode we hear from Yosl Landau about the process he used to write new songs in Yiddish for his band Yosl and the Yingels. And I discuss the film Kneecap, about a hip…

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Talking Cockney 27:35

5M ago27:35

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Michael Rosen's parents both grew up in the East End, and now he talks cockney with Andy Green and Saif Osmani from the Modern Cockney Festival. Including some mythbusting about rhyming slang, a discussion about how cockney has evolved, and of course a mention of Dick van Dyke. The Modern Cockney Festival takes place from March 1st to 31st with a m…

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Whip cream from the King David, For we are the circumcision, Trump Owns Gaza, and Bris (Episode #183) 1:00:44

5M ago1:00:44

1:00:44

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Gaza’s Shadow: Rabbi Shmuel Bowman Speaks from the Nova Festival Grounds (Episode #182) 15:04

5M ago15:04

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Creating Languages for Film and Television with Professor David Adger 27:52

5M ago27:52

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David Adger is Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London. He's created new languages for TV series and films and he explains to Michael Rosen how he goes about it. For his latest language he used existing Creole languages for his 'conlang', or constructed (artificial) natural language. He talks Michael through the grammar and lang…

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Chris and Steve walk Syria, Lebanon, Israel border, Displaced Israelis, Kibbutz Ein Gev, and Zaftig (Episode 181) 57:25

5M ago57:25

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Politeness with Louise Mullany 27:40

5M ago27:40

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Professor Louise Mullany talks to Michael Rosen about politeness, and how it governs our lives, from the behaviour of football managers to the different ways children can embarrass us. Why, in this country at least, is it so mortifying to mistakenly assume someone is pregnant, when in other cultures it's simply thoughtful to book two seats on a pla…

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Jackie Kay on the Scots language 27:29

5M ago27:29

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Poet Jackie Kay has written a book in Scots: Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story. She joins presenter Michael Rosen to talk about her love of the language and what it meant to her growing up. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Beth O'Dea.Subscribe to the Word of Mouth podcast and never miss an episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qtnz…

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Pastor Cedrick Brown talks God, Eagles pro football, and FOI stickers, the Israel of God, & Rakhmones (Episode #180) 1:06:28

5M ago1:06:28

1:06:28

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The Hostage Deal - Good or bad, Israel of the Flesh and Israel of the Spirit, and A Nekhtiker Tog (Episode #179) 59:00

5M ago59:00

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The Language of Genetics 27:56

5M ago27:56

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Adam Rutherford joins Michael Rosen to make sense of the heavily-loaded and often unscientific language that we use to talk about genetics, inheritance, ancestry and race. Adam is a geneticist, science writer, and lecturer in Biology and Society at University College London. His work tries to make sense of what our genes do (or don't) tell us about…

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Jimmy Carter, Carnel Israel, Israel's population, God and Hollywood, and Yids and the Goys (Episode #178) 1:10:16

6M ago1:10:16

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Susie Dent's World of Words 27:55

6M ago27:55

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Susie Dent joins Michael Rosen to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and their origins. It's a programme bringing some apricity, which is one of Susie's favourite words. Her love of language began when she was a child, then found expression in her passion for French and German and now in her work as a lexicographer, writer and language …

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New Years Resolutions, Fewer Americans attend church, Archaeologists find Gelt, and A Gut Gebensht Yor (Episode #177) 1:01:57

6M ago1:01:57

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Steve is falling apart, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, See you next year! (Episode #176) 21:58

6M ago21:58

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Steve breaks his hip and has the best time of his life, NFL on Christmas, Syria, and Klutz (Episode #175) 53:07

7M ago53:07

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25 Jewish Insights for Success, IDF reservists top 10 takeaways after returning from Gaza, and Farshtay (Episode #174) 57:11

7M ago57:11

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Annie Kaufman on translating Avreml Broide 19:02

7M ago19:02

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Episode 5 // Season 6 אַן אינטערװיו מיט אַניע קױפֿמענטשען I had a great time talking to Annie Kaufman all about her new translation of Ben Gold’s book Avreml Broide. Annie speaks clearly and slowly so although this is an interview episode it’s not as hard as some of them - give it a go and remember you can slow it down if needed. Buy the English tr…

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Thanksgiving, Samson's Unrealized Potential, Israeli actress plays Mary condemned, and Hitsiger (Episode #173) 1:13:36

7M ago1:13:36

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Gideon - Fear, Pride, or Humility, Huckabee first gentile ambassador to Israel in a decade, and Nebbish (Episode #172) 1:06:49

7M ago1:06:49

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Bonus: Full interview with Hy Wolfe 27:54

8M ago27:54

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Bonus Episode // Season 6 דער גאַנצער אינטערװיו מיט אַקטיאָר און קולטור טוער חײם װאָלפֿען. This bonus episode is a full version of the interview from episode 4 with Hy Wolfe, Yiddish actor and hard working cultural activist. In this extended version Hy talks more about his career as an actor, the history of the Yiddish theatre and a collection of Y…

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Othniel and his moment, Pastor Neil, US Ambassador to Israel Huckabee, and Mole-kas (Episode #171) 1:03:32

8M ago1:03:32

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Adi and Gal from Israel, Christmas is Jewish, Netanyahu fires Gallant, and Fartik (Episode #170) 54:23

8M ago54:23

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