Yenta!

Melissa Weisz and Leah Forster are back on the couch in Raye's sublet in Brooklyn (that's why it's such bad video quality - sorry)! We have *amazing* yenta about:

- Raye's engagement party (that Melissa and Leah were both at!)

- Jojo Siwa Kath Drama (yay lesbian tiktok!)

- Our Red flags

- Modi's post-comedy show pesach program drama!!

- Are we just looking for external validation when we create?

- Raye keeping charedi shabbat

- Coming out as crypto bros

- Is letting Hashem in your marriage freaky?

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Leah Forster: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster

Melissa Weisz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

[00:00:00] Open relationships and personal growth.

[00:04:06] JoJo Siwa's relationship dynamics.

[00:09:06] JoJo Siwa's public scrutiny.

[00:14:48] Red flags in relationships.

[00:15:24] Importance of having hobbies.

[00:20:07] Capitalism and personal finance.

[00:23:35] Equal opportunity in crypto.

[00:30:00] Modi's acceptance in comedy.

[00:32:12] Balancing social media and self.

[00:34:33] Coddle culture's impact on youth.

[00:39:00] Family support in queer identities.

[00:44:03] Secrecy vs. privacy in relationships.

[00:46:55] Religion and intimacy boundaries.

[00:51:19] Balancing faith and culture.

[00:54:40] LGBTQ Jewish gala experience.

[00:56:28] Gay couples and halachic laws.

[01:02:42] Injustices in religious matchmaking.

[01:03:34] Body image in matchmaking.

[01:08:40] Cohabitation before marriage perspectives.

[01:10:29] Marriage and personal choices.

You know Elana Arian's music from every Jewish summer camp and Reform synagogue, but did you also know she's the most charming hilarious Jewish power lesbian????? We're obsessed with Elana, and go check out her new album that comes out May 9, 2025!

We Yenta about:

- Jewish music hot takes

- Gay NYC Jewish gossip

- How Elana fell in love with a cantor (!!!)

- Debbie Friedman lore

- Even more Debbie Friedman lore

Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog

Elana Arian: https://elanaarian.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

7:43 - Modern Jewish music gossip

12:56 - Debbie Friedman lore

17:55 - Growing up at a Jewish summer camp

23:04 - How Debbie Friedman turned Elana into a Jewish musician

33:40 - Incredible Jewish lesbian power couple gossip

54:25 - Matzah minute

105 - Report from the Debbie Friedman school of sacred music

When we told folks that Bri Giger (Netflix Is A Joke, UCB, professional DJ) was coming on the pod, everyone had the exact same reaction: I LOVE HER!! We’re so honored that Bri agreed to come on the pod and ruin her reputation. Total mensch. 

We Yenta about: 

• Nonmonagamy in LA: Your GF making out with your ex-GF

• Bri’s SNL audition! What a legend!

• Bri is the hottest DJ in LA. Like seriously. She’s a big deal.

• Surviving a queer LA breakup 

• Bri wants to f*ck Moms Mabley 

• Lesbians who secretly f*ck men

Bri Giger: https://www.instagram.com/brigiger/ 

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

(00:01:16) - Non-Monogamy in LA

(00:04:06) - Introduction of Guest Bri Giger

(00:08:51) - Auditioning for SNL and Character Work

(00:12:17) - DJing as a Full-Time Job and Audience Interactions

(00:13:35) - Balancing DJing and Comedy

(00:16:02) - Flirting and Interactions Post-Performances

(00:18:07) - Being Perceived as a Queer Icon

(00:20:38) - Healing From A Queer Breakup

(00:30:05) - Matzah Minute

(00:36:47) - Being A Nerd For Butts

(00:46:04) - Dating Dynamics Across Different Genders

(00:50:46) - Adjusting Behavior Based on Partner's Gender

We are talking to the actual founder of the Free Britney movement, Babs Gray!!! She also happens to be the only non-Jew at the JCC, and a genius comedian and podcaster and "woman in body." (Her words.)

We Yenta about:

- Incredibly niche Jewish internet feuds

- Where is Britney now???

- How did we free Britney??

- Empathizing with mysogynist comedy

- Very controversial takes about Jewish scandals (ie Carlebach)

Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog

Babs Gray: https://www.instagram.com/babs_gray/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

7:30 - Incredibly niche jewish gossip

9:25 - Origins of Free Britney

13:05 - How is britney doing now?

16:55 - Who's the next Britney?

18:21 - Getting canceled on the internet

23:56 - Being the only non jew at the jcc

34:56 - Comedy that changes people's minds?

40:50 - Good goss

43:53 - Carlebach

IT'S THE BIG DAY!!!!!!! RAYE IS ENGAYGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This episode is literally nothing but weddings: Jewish qeddings, gay weddings, nonbinary weddings, Jewish/gay/nonbinary weddings!!!

BTW, Antonia's video feed cuts out towards the end, but that means you have more time to look at Raye's gorgeous face. :)

We Yenta about:

- weddings

- weddings

- nothing but weddings

Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:26 - ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

9:56 - Queer wedding recap

20:33 - Mcah and Marnina: the dream queer wedding

29:34 - Queer wedding shtick

31:39 - Raye's future wedding

36:41 - Ashkenazi v Persian wedding

It's everyone's favorite queer yeshiva! Leah Forster and Melissa Weisz (The World Famous Orthodykes) are back, and this week we're asking... is there comedy in the Torah??? We have source sheets, chevrutas, and pedantic arguments about the meaning of words: it's a real yeshiva!!

We Yenta about:

- Are we completely disrespecting our ancestors?

- We're definitely disrespecting our ancestors.

- How to best disrespect our ancestors.

- Who would be funnier in the holocaust

- How the Gemara literally teaches us to open all Torah learning with a JOKE!

Jokes of the Talmud source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/625384?lang=bi

Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog

Leah Forster: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/?hl=en

Melissa Wesiz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:16 - Is Torah funny?

5:02 - Jokes from the Torah

10:01 - Can we call it comedy?

13:00 - This too is Torah

18:17 - Start with a joke

24:48 - Talmud jokes

38:00 - Holocaust jokes

48:45 - More Torah jokes

53:22 - Chassidic opinion on humor

55:38 - Conclusion

Rachel Olshin (Hamantaschen Monologues) is here to make your frum gay fantasies come true. This feels like a classic Yenta: we get deep into yiddishkeit, queer politics, and Raye threatens to have a threesome.

We Yenta about:

- Queer kids in modern orthodox schools

- The queer frum cultures hiding in major cities

- If you're bi, are you shomer negiah for everyone?

- Going flat with a mastectomy

- Choosing Judiasm for yourself, not your family

- Why Raye needs bungee cords

Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog

Rachel Olshin: https://www.hamantaschenmonologues.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

3:41 - Meet Rachel Olshin

5:52 - Growing up modern Orthodox

10:45 - Being queer and still observant

15:00 - Jewish matchmaking

20:30 - Frum summer programs

24:42 - If you weren't queer

29:30 - The queer frum utopia

40:42 - Mastectomy secrets

David Zucker is the brain behind the most popular comedy marketing blog on Substack. We talk about being legally blind, touring with clowns, and every single thing we are doing wrong with our podcast.

We Yenta about:

- Jewish frats

- Austin comedy v Brooklyn comedy

- Following your clown brother around the world

- Everything that comedians need to know about marketing themselves

- The steamy goss of linktrees...

Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! Starting in March 2025, we'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking", where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog

David Zucker: https://davidzucker.substack.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

0:00 - Intro

4:50 - David's Substack

6:15 - Jewish frats

6:30 - Always being an outsider

8:35 - Growing up Jewish

11:00 - Dropping out of school to manage clowns

13:54 - Talking shop: How to improve your social media

33:31 - Looking for collective effervescence

39:30 - Can influencers be good stage performers?

48:58 - Secrets/How to hack your disability

Mari Taren (lesbian TikTok legend/casting producer on Queer Ultimatum) is back!!! This is a fan favorite Yenta, and she's back with big updates to her dating life, comedy career, and opinions about Jewish necklaces.

We Yenta about:

- Looking for a viable womb

- The gay shul was too gay

- Strap on anxiety

- Mari's huge new show

Mari Taren: https://www.instagram.com/mariel_taren/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps

- 4:45 - Intro

- 5:38 - Being late bloomers

- 7:51 - Strap on anxiety

- 18:08 - Obligatory jewish check-in

- 25:35 - The Joy of Being Single

- 33:18 - Freezing your eggs

- 38:30 - Politics suck & Rachel Maddow rocks

- 41:12 - Mari's amazing new show

Introducing our new four part miniseries!!! The Orthodykes are back, and now we're a sexy yeshiva!

Each episode will feature these four luminaries of the queer Jewish world (Antonia Lassar, Raye Schiller, Leah Forster, Melissa Weisz) and will cover a new Torah question. This week we've decided to stop being so cis, and we're talking nothing but nonbinary! (BTW, apologies for the wonky audio, we're optimizing that for next episode. Thanks bbs.)

And we're giving a huge Yenta thank you to The Queerkeit Initiative for funding this series.

We Yenta about:

- Finding the perfect study partner

- Our younger selves would be dying over this queer torah study

- How does the mishnah talk about nonbinary people?

- The Torah definitions of sex and gender

- Is it important to ask queer Torah questions?

- Vibrators too. Duh.

Announcing the Yenta Matchmaking initiative! If you want to be matched with another incredibly hot Yenta listener, submit your application today! Anyone can submit to be matched, but only Patreon listeners will be able to listen in on the matchmaking process in our new Patreon series: Yenta Matchmaking!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform?usp=dialog

Resources:

Understanding the Androgynos Sefaria source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/385624?lang=bi

Terms for gender diversity in classical jewish texts: https://transtorah.org/PDFs/Classical_Jewish_Terms_for_Gender_Diversity.pdf

Androgynos and Tumtum Sefaria source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/113417?lang=bi

Calling non-binary people to the Torah:

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/calling-non-binary-people-to-torah-honors-cjls-oh-139_3-2022-final.pdf

The Holiness of Twilight by Reuben Zellman: https://www.transtorah.org/PDFs/Holiness_of_Twilight.pdf

Halakha Beyond The Binary by Laynie Soloman: https://svara.org/halakha-beyond-the-binary/

Leah Forster: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/?hl=en

Melissa Wesiz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

12:55 - How the mishnah defines nonbinary

31:20 - Where do nonbinary people fit into halacha?

42:33 - Kabbalah of nonbinary

46:37 - Queerness of Purim

51:55 - The Holiness of Twilight

58:26 - Final takeaways

It's just us Yentas today, and we're giving out our sage wisdom! It's the ADVICE EPISODE! Thank you to all the amazing listeners who wrote in with juuuuuuuicy questions. And we even answer a vintage question from 1906 that literally could have been written by a Gen Z.

We Yenta about:

- Coming out to your religious family

- Ethical Non-Monog

- The famous dick measuring contest in the Talmud

- Should you study Gemara?

- Our upcoming series with the Orthodykes!!

Time stamps:

- 0:00 - intro

- 8:35 - Question one: Coming out to religious family

- 18:49 - Question two: Ethical Non-Monogamy

- 25:28 - Question three: Feeling guilty about poly

- 28:25 - Question four: Making up fake Halacha

- 35:30 - Question five: Should I learan Gemara?

- 42:23 - Question six: Vintage Jewish problems

Wow Yentas this episode is one of the most fun, kinky, and just plain wild Yenta episodes we've ever had! Our guest is Eli Olsberg (TBS, Chelsea Lately) and he gets hilarious and vulnerable with us as he tells us his goss about the variety of sex clubs he's been to. Honestly we might get demonetized for this but it's worth it. (Also Antonia is still out of town, so we have the iconic co-host, returning Yenta Martin Morrow!)

We yenta about:

- Dave Chappelle on SNL

- The difference between MMF vs MFM (there is one!)

- How to go from being scared of sex parties to being a regular go-er

- Fetlife vs Feeld vs Thrinder

- Do you go to hell if you masterbate

- Jewish vs Baptist ideas about masterbation

Eli Olsberg: https://www.instagram.com/eliolsberg/

Raye Schiller https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Guest co-host: Martin Morrow

https://www.instagram.com/martinmmorrow/

Bonus episodes and yenta:

https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps:

- 0:00 - Intro

- 6:23 - Performing for swingers

- 7:34 - Eli's kinky journey

- 12:46 - Babygirl debreif

- 19:06 - Sex Party GOSSIP

- 37:11 - Dating in comedy and the sex party world

- 41:33 - Eli's comedy career

- 47:50 - Martin's journey to sex parties

Ryan Goodcase is a comedian who went suuuuper viral with a joke that's actually funny-- not just controversial-- which is the Olympic gold medal of comedy. We love him!! Also, Raye has an exciting guest cohost, Genesis Sol, and we love her too! (Antonia is still out of town, but she's coming back!)

We Yenta about:

- Penises (classic us)

- Disecting Ryan's super viral joke

- Good old religious trauma (classic us)

- Neuroscience day jobs

- Do your parents love you? (classic us)

Ryan Goodcase: https://www.instagram.com/ryangoodcase/?hl=en

Genesis Sol: https://www.instagram.com/thegenesissol/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

3:38 - Disecting the viral joke

12:52 - Do your parents support standup?

16:08 - Nerdy day jobs

18:00 - Netflix is a joke

24:47 - Religious trauma

32:29 - Secrets

Did you know the Jewish Memes Only account was run by the coolest lesbian in Australia??? This week we hung out with Shoshana Gottlieb (Jewish Memes Only) and her amazing girlfriend Skye Tal (famous Australian actor). Honestly this conversation is 10/10, Jewish Gossip Only.

We Yenta about:

- Having a fan club at Limmud

- More Limmud gossip

- British Jews are... unique

- Talmud takes on lesbians

- Gay heroes of the Talmud

Shoshana Gottlieb: https://www.instagram.com/jewishmemesonly/?hl=en

Skye Tal: https://www.instagram.com/skyetal/?__d=1%2F

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Eliana Light (Orah Hi, Light Lab) is on the pod, and we are so pumped to have this literal tzaddik here to talk about her world-famous Jewish music and her job teaching rabbis how to not suck.

(Also, we're sorry for the mediocre video quality! This is Antonia's first solo episode on the road, and she fucked up the video.🙂 But she didn't fuck up the interview!)

We Yenta about:

- Limmud gossip

- Why do prayer services suck so much?

- Eliana is a literal musical hero

- How to have GOOD MUSIC at shul

- Jewish songleader culture is insane

Eliana Light: https://www.elianalight.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps

- 0:00 - Intro

- 6:27 - What is Limmud?

- 9:37 - Prayer services suck

- 15:38 - How to improve bad services

- 21:16 - Listen to Eliana's album!!!!

- 23:20 - How to do good singing

- 25:53 - Permission to suck

- 29:06 - Songleader culture

- 37:24 - Ingredients of a transcendent singing experience

- 41:18 - Take initiative as a layperson

- 50:45 - The secret!!

Catherine Mcafferty (Hulu, Amazon, Freevee) is a fan-favorite Yenta, so for the holidays, we're re-releasing this classic episode!

We Yenta about:

- Fans who want to bone you.

- Catherine's new series Pretty Gay, that's pretty perfect, pretty hilarious, pretty gay

- The creators of Dropout are producing Catherine's new show because they literally believe in her so hard.

- Catherine doesn't want to treat men like human beings. Cool cool cool.

- Catherine's mom is a super queer ally... and also probably bi.

- The strategy of doing a show at Edinburgh. Get a publicist. Write something brilliant. Live your dreams.

- Catherine hasn't been to a WNBA game. BAD GAY.

- RAYE DID DRUGS. SCANDAL??????

- ANTONIA IS A FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN CELEBRITY???

- CATHERINE FUCKED A CELEBRITY AND IT'S LITERALLY SO JUICY I CANNOT. BEST EVER POD SECRET!!! THE YENTAS ARE STILL KVELLING.

https://www.patreon.com/PrettyGay

https://www.patreon.com/yenta

https://www.instagram.com/catherine_mccaff/

https://www.instagram.com/rayeontheway/

https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar/

(00:00:10) Midwestern Moms and Homophobia

(00:00:32) An Unexpected Fan Encounter

(00:02:11) Dressing for a Podcast

(00:02:36) Sorority Rush and TikTok Fashion

(00:03:50) Introducing Comic Catherine

(00:04:11) Launching a Patreon Series

(00:05:41) Queer Comedians and First Dates

(00:07:09) Dropout TV and Yenta Connections

(00:08:01) The Queer Ultimatum Concept

(00:09:09) Creating the "Pretty Gay" Series

(00:15:10) Moms and Bisexuality

(00:17:18) Edinburgh Show and Personal Stories

(00:22:11) Dream Comedian Careers and Queer Influencers

(00:24:47) Queer Relationship Dynamics

(00:27:45) Best Queer Parties in LA

(00:29:43) Queer Red Flags

(00:31:38) Astrology Beliefs and Practices

(00:32:54) Secrets Segment Begins

(00:47:52) Being Flown Out for Dates

(00:57:18) Celebrity Encounters and Power Dynamics

(01:03:41) Show Plugs and Wrap Up

It's just us today!!! You know it's a Yentas Only episode when Raye is fully horizontal on the couch. This is another cozy gossip sesh with your two favorite queer jews (and their very strong opinions).

We Yenta about:

- We're the best queer jewish podcast

- Kabbalah. Real? Fake? Scam?

- Bisexuals are more oppressed than literally anyone

- Actual bisexuals with boyfriends are the most oppressed

- Is nonbinary made up???

- Antonia is chopping off her tits. LOOOOOOVE.

- People who say "Daddy God"

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps

0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:20 - Bisexuality and God

0:12:16 - Bi's with Boyfriends

0:21:04 - Hannah Einbeinder Fan Account

0:24.08 - Top surgeryyyyy

0:32:10 - Is nonbinary real?

0:40:19 - The she/they experience

0:48:16 - We're losing our minds

This week we are talking to the most powerful lesbian in LA, Anna Goodman! Anna runs Damn Good Dykes Nights, where she throws the biggest sapphic parties in the city. She used to work for JQI (Jewish Queer International) and also she went on one date with Raye. ICONIC YENTA.

BTW, there's an additional Patreon episode with Anna all about Israel and Palestine, and a very difficult situation that came up in the local queer community. It's juicy!!

We Yenta about:

- Working with Jews vs Queers

- Anna is literally so famous

- Raye was in love with Anna (classic)

- Antonia gives unsolicited relationship advice (classic)

- Coming out as monogamous

- Lesbian drama

- Cosplay

- Poop story (also classic)

Anna Goodman: https://www.instagram.com/annargoods/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

TIMESTAMPS

0:00:00 - Intro

0:00:40 - Working for JQ

0:06:00 - Damn Good Dyke Nights

0:14:50 - Raye and Anna's love story

0:24:50 - Anna's girlfriend!!

0:30:17 - Monogamy

0:32:30 - Living with a partner

0:47:50 - Couples cosplay

0:50:10 - Matzah minute

0:58:54 - Secrets

Big deal playwright Agnes Borinsky (Playwrights Horizons, Bushwick Starr) is here to give her hottest takes on bimbo-hood, trans Jewishness, and Milton Steinberg (iconic Yenta).

We Yenta about:

- Writing historical trans fiction

- Talking shit about synagogues

- The theatre of Judaism

- Every Jew feels like an outsider

- Biiiiig juicy Israel chat

- The most incredible academic bullshit that has ever been bullshitted

Agnes Borinsky: https://www.rustchukfarm.org/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

00:07:34 - Historical trans fiction

00:12:08 - Failure. Ugh.

00:18:36 - Judaism as theatre

00:23:19 - Queerness as theatre

00:29:17 - Being an outsider

00:31:33 - Growing up Jewish

00:36:17 - Jewish transness

00:41:35 - Matzah minute

00:42:28 - Israel

00:58:28 - Secrets

We have an unbelievable Jewish story on the pod today. Amy Lord (CEO Eris Talent Agency) is here to talk about her journey through fundamentalist religions, and her return to Judaism. With guest host Melissa Weisz, this discussion is so beautiful, and we can't wait to share!!

We Yenta about:

- Which cults are fun cults

- Chabad v Evangelical Christianity

- Do fundamentalists make the best friends?

- How queer community can learn from fundamentalists

- Judaism in the entertainment industry

Amy Lord: https://www.instagram.com/theamylord/?hl=en

Melissa Weisz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

0:00:00 - intro

00:02:49 - Amy's upbringing

00:07:05 - Getting into Chabad

00:12:38 - Leaving Chabad

00:16:30 - Vineyard Church

00:21:00 - Life after religion

00:31:40 - Discipline and religion

00:36:36 - How do we create community outside religion?

00:54:14 - Secrets

01:09:48 - Advice

The Yentas do sex-ed! It's just us on the pod today, and we're wading deep into the world of consent education. I know, HOT. And Jewish!

We Yenta about:

- Bystander intervention

- Yes means yes is kind of dumb

- High schoolers are kind of dumb

- The ways we've been dumb

- Antonia is writing the world's best screenplay

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

0:00 - Intro

2:08 - Welcome to Yenta

3:52 - Bystander intervention

9:42 - Trauma is tricky

16:06 - Yes means yes

20:02 - How to make art about consent

25:01 - Pleasure

32:54 - When you make a mistake

43:47 - How to be a good lover

It's a second installment of everyone's favorite ex-Orthodox queers: The Orthodykes!! Leah Forster and Melissa Weisz are back, and they brought their juicy secrets! (Extra secrets on the Patreon.)

We Yenta about:

- Are we healthy enough for a relationship?

- Writing a book about Oct 7

- Leaving a cult

- Getting into another cult

- Tallits are just fidget spinners

- And SECRETS

Leah Forster: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/?hl=en

Melissa Weisz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:34 - Healing Era

5:27 - Social Media Shame

13:48 - Leah's second book

19:57 - Tallits are fidget toys

21:05 - Is everything is holy?

24:15 - Secrets

WE CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. THIS IS THE BEST GOSSIP WE'VE EVER HAD ON THE PODCAST. Tatyana Guchi is an icon of the LA standup scene, a featured comic on Sirius XM, and the provider of the BEST STORY WE'VE EVER HEARD. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

We Yenta about:

- Lots of cool stuff

- And then a secret from her love life that is soooo juicy we literally lose our minds

- Also religion, queerness, comedy philosophy, fashion, yada yada

- AND MORE GOSSIP

Tatyana Guchi: https://www.instagram.com/tatyanaguchi/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00:00 - Intro

00:04:46 - Comedy career

00:13.40 - Comedy philosophy

00:23:00 - Performing out of LA

00:26:09 - Growing up Pentecostal

00:28:31 - Choosing your own religious practice

00:36:51 - Social media philosophy

00:38:18 - Fashion philosophy

00:43:20 - Queer philosophy

00:48:53: THE SECRET OMG OMG OMG OMG

He's queer, he's Jewish, and he's the internet's favorite ventriloquist! It's Zack Binder and his friend Ticklemuff!!! Ticklemuff is a Jewish icon, and the very first puppet Yenta. You cannot miss this episode.

What We Yenta About:

- Getting more Jewy with age

- Queer Shabbat

- Comedy advice, but like actually good, we promise

- The philosophy of puppets

- So how do you feel about God?

- Bombing with Ticklemuff

- Raye has the world's dumbest secret

- Ticklmeuff makes an appearance

Zack Binder: https://www.instagram.com/zack_binder/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:45 - Becoming More Observant

00:09:14 - Meeting Through Queer Shabbat

00:20:00 - Comedy Philosophy

00:23:15 - How do you feel about God?

00:30:20 - The origin of Ticklemuff

00:39:20 - Secrets

00:54:00 - Debut of Tickle Muff

This episode starts with singing- NEED WE SAY MORE?? We talked to the it-couple of the LA Jewish/comedy/music/queer world: Marnina Schon (Chanshi, Droupout, UCB) and Micah O'Konis (Dropout, UCB)!!!! They really prove that you can be hot, funny, and talented. We're not jealous.

We Yenta about:

- Being famous B'Mitzvah tutotrs

- Jewish Joy (sooooo important)

- Marnina only dates people who work in Jewish education

- Our future Jewish commune

- Their star turn as high holiday music leaders at the JCC!!

- Nonbinary fashion problems

- Looking straight, being queer

- Fave Jewish songs

Marnina Schon: https://www.instagram.com/marninaschon/?hl=en

Micah O'Konis: https://www.instagram.com/mmmokonis/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

Timestamps00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:46 - Stars of the Jewish World

00:09:55 - Meeting Through JCC

00:14:03 - Dream Jewish Community

00:21:17 - SONGS!!

00:24:36 - Celebrity B-Mitzvahs

00:32:46 - Relationship Goss

00:35:19 - Looking Queer

00:40:02 - Non-Binary Presentation

00:46:25 - Secrets

Raye's sister is here!! Becca Schiller is genetically great at gossip. This is an episode for everyone who's ever watched an older sibling come out and thought... I could do better. (All the really explicit stuff is on Patreon this week, and it's JUICY.)

We Yenta about

- Watching Raye come out

- Becca/Raye are basically twins

- How Becca came out

- Judgement in the Orthodox Community (Shocking, we know)

- When Raye was really religious

- And the juicy stuff is on Patreon: Throuples, toxic relationship, dirty videos

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Becca Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/beccaschills/

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:36 - Sibling Reveal

00:07:59 - Raye's Religious Transformation

00:10:53 - Having A Queer Family

00:18:05 - Raye's Coming Out

00:22:14 - Orthodox Community Judgment

00:23:47 - Becca's Coming Out

00:34:06 - Romantic Gossip

00:35:05 - Patreon Teaser

It's Just Us today, and we are wrestling with the future!!

We Yenta about:

- The gender politics of bellydancing

- Future of the pod

- High Holidays trauma

- LA shuls

- Nobody Wants This

- The Ick

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:01 - High Holidays

00:16:18 - Podcast Future

00:28:40 - The Hot Rabbi

00:38:12 - The Ick

Raye had a threesome at their Torah teacher's wedding. With their Torah teacher's sister. Liana is that Torah teacher.

Liana Wertman is the literal genius behind The Torah Studio (the premier online Jewish school for cool people), and she happens to be an expert at everything the Yentas love: comedy, Judaism, and being hot. This is a TOP TIER episode.

We Yenta about:

- Liana runs the queer jewish community of LA

- How to teach Torah, but not like a loser

- Shabbos envangelism

- SciFi/Fantasy rant (Raye dies inside)

- High Holidays rant

- Jewish weddings rant

- Brat Summer, BRAT diet

- Raye had a crush on Liana

- Big wedding gossip

Liana Wertman: https://www.thetorahstudio.org/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

A fan favorite Yenta is back! If you don't know Avital Ash's unbelievably popular TikTok/Edinburgh Fringe show/Netflix writing gig, then you should know that Avital is on the short list of the most famous ex-Orthodox comedians! (What a list.)

Stuff we yenta about:

- Chronic fatigue. Hot.

- Houdini was Jewish??

- Giving up your life for a Netflix show

- Edinburgh gossip

- What changed since getting married

- RUMINATION. ANXIETY.

- Body goss

- Raye and Antonia have their first fight

- Doing shabbat again

Avital Ash: https://www.instagram.com/avitalash/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

00:00 - Intro 06:22 - Career Updates and Edinburgh 07:31 - MARRIAGE 11:09 - Career v Personal Life 14:55 - Edinburgh Fringe 22:24 - Relationship Insights 26:25 - Jewish Anxiety 35:48 - More Marriage Goss 36:37 - Body Goss

It's just us again!! BARUCH HASHEM!!! Once again, when left to our own devices we get embarrassingly Jewy.

We Yenta about:

- Nose jobs. Hot Jewish Topic.

- No one teaches Jewish music well

- Raye went viral. AFFIRMING.

- Feeling not queer enough

- The topics Antonia is not allowed to make jokes about

- Antonia is famous. So is Moishe.

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:25 - NOSE JOBS

00:14:54 - Jewish Music

00:33:05 - Going Viral

00:42:49 - Antonia is famous

00:46:46 - Patreon

He's got a Comedy Central special, a ton of TV credits, and two Jewish friends! It's Papp Johnson! And it turns out the world's most deadpan comedian is also a huge mush. (Shoutout to all the listeners who heard this special early when we accidentally released it!)

We Yenta about:

- Papp's OF persona: LeBone James

- Papp learns about matzah

- Really timely opinions about the Olympics

- How long term marriages change

- Being a Lego nerd

- Ask Jeeves and Clippy, two queer icons

- Niche comedy gossip

- Papp's K-Town secret

- Raye's comedy show secret

- Antonia's death secret

Papp Johnson: https://www.instagram.com/pappmfjohnson/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:26 - Comedy and OnlyFans

00:06:47 - Judaism. Thoughts?

00:09:07 - Olympics recap

00:12:19 - Do straight men cry?

00:13:41 - RELATIONSHIP GOSS

00:20:12 - House of The Dragon

00:23:04 - Being a Nerd

00:27:58 - Comedy Insider Goss

00:33:05 - Matzah Minute

00:41:02 - Secrets

Marriage is super cool, and this is episode is SUPER EXPLICIT. So we had to put all the horny details on the Patreon!! Subscribe now to learn more about Antonia and Artem's real estate turn-ons??

https://www.patreon.com/yenta

On the Patreon, we Yenta about:

- The first time we had sex

- Handjobs in the car

- How our sex life has grown

- Men who are obsessed with squirting

- Role play in foreign languages

- When we almost broke up

- How we decided to get married

- And literally so much graphic detail about our sex life

Artem Yatsunov: https://www.instagram.com/artemdirectly/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

That's right, it's just Core Yenta this week! Raye and Antonia are recapping the HIGHLY DRAMATIC queer Jewish retreat they went on. And there's a groundbreaking cameo from Moishe the Dog.

We Yenta about:

- Moishe the dog/rabbi

- How great we are

- EQ in the queer orthodox dating scene

- Alleged Orthodox cruising rings

- The different flavors of Jewish nerd

- Can you have a queer mechitzah?

- Weddingssssss

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Intro

00:06:07 - Queer Jewish Retreat

00:11:11 - Summer Camps

00:11:57 - Orthodoxy Is Gay

00:14:08 - Takeaways From Retreat

00:19:23 - Orthodox Dating Culture

00:24:10 - Queer Mechitza's?

00:29:07 - Degendering Jewish Weddings

00:39:42 - Supportive Parents

00:44:39 - Recapping Our Performances

00:51:01 - Shabbos Melodies

Nerds, this is big for us!!! It's Laser Webber, aka half of the Doubleclicks, cohost of Gentlemen's Club (the premier trans masc comedy show), Edinburgh Fringe superstar, and icon of the trans nerd internet.

We Yenta about:

1. Divorce is so great

2. Charlie James is great

3. Trans boys actually aren't shattering the glass ceiling

4. Geeks are the best/the most sexist

5. Lasers and feelings

6. Jewish names are very trans

7. Lotta religion talk

8. All the classics: Olympics, Jojo Siwa, dating fans

Laser Webber: https://www.lasertheboy.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

0:00 - Intro

05:00 - Gentleman's Club

09:11 - Nerd Culture

17:02 - Trans names

19:52 - Religion nerds

26:06 - Spirituality and Art

35:30 - Matzah Minute

45:55 - Secrets

It's the queen of the feel-good lesbian internet... Rachel Samples!! She's the star of our TikTok fyp's, and she's even better in person???

We Yenta about:

- How Rachel met her gf

- Creative director to Content creator

- How to: genius tiktok videos

- Charlie XCX our QUEEN

- How did you know you were queer?

- Ms. Honey was a catch

- Rachel's particularly harrowing work secret

- Raye's strip club secret

- Antonia's near-death secret

Rachel Samples: https://www.instagram.com/heyfreesamples/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

07:46 Becoming a content creator

12:25 Having a funny squad

18:00 Charlie XCX

28:00 Lesbian Domination

30:09 Coming out

32:00 Spiritually queer

36:00 Jojo Siwa

38:11 Matzah Minute

44:00 Secrets

Your favorite trio of ex-orthodox queers are back, and they're deeper than ever! Leah Forster, Melissa Weisz, and Raye are even more heimish, even more queer, and even more YENTA.

We yenta about:

1. Group think in queer and Jewish spaces

2. Wanting to show joy and nuance in the chassidic community

3. Alex Edelman name drop

4. Sharon Brous name drop

5. Chuchie-muchie. Leah's favorite phrase.

6. Mo sold a show to netflix!!

7. Attachment styles. Classic.

8. Learning to have sex as an orthodox Jew. V juicy.

Melissa Weisz: https://www.instagram.com/melissaweisz/?hl=en

Leah Forster: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

[00:10:30] - How being a queer Jew expands your Judaism

[00:14:30] - Sharon Brous

[00:18:17] - Zealots in any community

[00:35:00] - Doing ayahuasca with Chassidish men

[00:39:00] - Mo sold a show to Netflix!

[00:42:00] - The kind of jokes to do for Jewish audiences

[00:49:00] - Feeling celebrated in Jewish community

[01:00:00] - Raye and Melissa's show

[01:11:00] - Being poly in an orthodox marriage

Dr. Sara Glass is back!! If you thought last week's episode was juicy, wait till you hear this sesh!!! Dr. Sara is WISE. HILARIOUS. AND SO HOT. Top tier Yenta.

We Yenta about:

- Fave Jewish song

- Sara loves Cameron Esposito but she loves us more

- Coparenting with your lesbian ex

- Running into your exes at Dyke Day

- Gossiping with your kids

- The most insane mikvah story

- Faking orgasms

- Sara was the maven of Cubbyhole

Dr. Sara Glass: https://www.drsaraglass.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

TIMESTAMPS

[00:00:50] - Matzah Minute

[00:03:05] - Coming Out and Co-Parenting

[00:06:11] - Dyke Day Encounters

[00:13:20] - Mikvah Story

[00:26:24] - Picking Up Women at Cubbyhole

[00:28:04] - Learning to Be with Women

[00:32:44] - Pride Hookup Stories

Yenta Superfan, the eminent Dr Sara Glass, is making her Yenta debut! You know Sara from her blockbuster memoir Kissing Girls on Shabbat, writing for the NY Times, and her work as a leading therapist and speaker for LGTBQ+ Jews.

We Yenta about:

- Sara's life growing up chassidic

- Marrying a man when you're a lesbian

- Heaven and Hell. Light stuff.

- Becoming a queer mom

- Are people swinging in the 5 Towns?

- Why are people queer? Easy question.

- The messy middle. What happens after you come out?

- Yenta is saving the world. You're welcome.

- Polycules

Dr. Sara Glass: https://www.drsaraglass.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

TIMESTAMPS

[00:02:36] - Who's a Real Jew?

[00:06:07] - Kissing Girls on Shabbat Book

[00:07:06] - Hasidic Upbringing

[00:09:07] - Concepts of Heaven and Hell in Judaism

[00:12:42] - Raising Children

[00:17:31] - Swinging in Orthodox Communities

[00:22:28] - Polyamory

[00:30:21] - Kids' Reactions to the Book

[00:36:04] - Why Yenta is the best podcast

[00:43:01] - Current Polycule

This week we talk to Emmy nominated comedian, writer, and worm farmer: Ellory Smith!! Buckle up for the HOTTEST worm gossip.

We Yenta about:

1. How hard it is to be a hot femme

2. What does it actually mean to do well in comedy?

3. Astrology. Classic.

4. When your boyfriend is a comedy manager

5. How to demand positive feedback

6. LA standup gossip

7. Jealousy. Ugh.

8. Therapy. Yay!

9. Secrets: Debt, Worm Farming, Jury Duty

Ellory Smith: https://www.instagram.com/ellory_smith/?hl=en

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

It's just Raye and Antonia this week! We needed a break from all these illustrious guests taking the glory! This is honestly one of the deepest episodes we've had in a while. RELIGION. GENDER. WEEPING. GOSSIP.

We Yenta about:

1. Reviewing Hannah Gabsy's gender agenda

2. Standup comedians who film clips on a GREEN SCREEN??! ICONIC.

3. Raye was a hometown hero at JQ pride shabbat

4. Antonia performed at the gayest shul in Atlanta

5. Believing v Doing Jewish Observance

6. What do we think about God?

7. Are religious people happier?

8. How to trust Rabbi Akiva?

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

(00:02:26) - Gender Agenda

(00:11:04) - Green screen comedians

(00:18:25) - Raye at JQ

(00:26:09) - Antonia's Atlanta show

(00:33:23) - Believing vs. doing

(00:39:59) - What do you think about God?

(00:46:24) - Are religious people happier?

(00:49:10) - Rabbi Akiva

Mateen Stewart (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) is a hilarious standup-comedian and actor in the LA comedy scene and we yenta hardcore this week!

• The struggle of making money in comedy: day jobs and side hustles

• Officiating weddings: the craziest ceremonies and predicting doomed marriages

• The trauma of losing a parent: how it shapes comedy and life

• The journey from theater to stand-up: failed theater companies and supportive moms

• Period tracker apps and male birth control 

• The highs and lows of comedy: bombing, car alarms, and the relentless climb

• Always back to butt stuff

(00:03:27) Relationships and putting up with things

(00:06:35) The challenges of comedy

(00:10:44) Comedy and race in America

(00:13:47) Dealing with sudden loss

(00:17:30) Comedy shows on a yacht

(00:22:05) Reverse menstrual show concept

(00:26:15) Period tracker app for men

(00:30:00) The mysteries of pregnancy

(00:34:18) The art of bombing in comedy

(00:39:28) Comedy as a unique art form

(00:43:00) Simple yet effective comedy bit

(00:46:08) Comedy route struggles

(00:51:20) Comedy world drama and theft

(00:55:07) Comedians and jealousy dynamics

(00:59:21) Secrets and threesomes

(01:03:41) Genius dating line

(01:08:23) College experience as a sober student

(01:14:13) Sobriety and self-discovery

(01:15:11) Butt stuff and colonic experiences

Jay Jurden is back!! He had so much gossip, we had to give him two episodes. If you thought his Emmy nominated turn on The Problem with Jon Stewart was juicy, that's nothing compared to the juice on this episode!

We Yenta about:

- Flowcharting your audience interactions

- Jay's jokes for the Tom Brady roast

- Dramatic reading of extremely graphic screenplay

- Everyone wants Jay's nudes

- Nude beach story. Classic.

- Jay hooked up in a park. Classic.

- Antonia's family drama. Classic.

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Jay Jurden: https://www.instagram.com/jayjurden/?hl=en

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

(00:04:01) - Writing Comedy for Different Audiences

(00:09:04) - Flowcharts for Riffing on Stage

(00:11:09) - Tom Brady Roast Jokes and White House Correspondents Dinner

(00:15:34) - Drag Race Comedy Challenges Suck

(00:16:26) - Secrets

(00:17:06) - Raye's Ex Wrote A Script About Their Relationship

(00:23:16) - Jay's Nude Scene on High Maintenance

(00:26:02) - Nude Beach Experience

(00:30:11) - Antonia's Family Secrets

You've seen him on the Tonight Show 1000x times, he wrote for X-Men, and he's been nominated for an EMMY. Jay Jurden is on the pod!!! This certified celebrity comedian is also a certified gossip. This is part one of two, because there's just too much goss for one episode. We Yenta about: - Being hot for LA - Behing the scenes goss from After Midnight - Knowing Jerrod Carmichael was gay - How we suckered Jay into doing the pod - John Mulaney is hot - Bisexuality. We're all so bi. - Being comedically bisexual: performing for comedy clubs and indie venues - Having a third: the MMF threesome series continues Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Jay Jurden: https://www.instagram.com/jayjurden/?hl=en Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta (00:01:32) - Polyamory: all the tea (00:06:18) - LA vs. New York (00:07:48) - Appearance on After Midnight (00:10:12) - Doing a late night set (00:13:52) - Gossip about certain anonymous TV hosts (00:20:03) - How we met Jay (00:22:02) - John Mulaney is Hot (00:26:04) - Hooking Up with a Married Woman (00:28:34) - High School Prom Experience (00:34:46) - MMF Threesomes (00:36:39) - Comedic Bisexuality: How to be versatile onstage (00:41:19) - Comedians' Onstage vs. Offstage Personas (00:43:06) - All of our anxieties

This week we're talking to Charlie James aka Nonbinary Cowboy (Funny or Die, Field Museum tweet writer), who is the most charming biology nerd/comedy writer on the planet!

We Yenta about:

- Looking for a third who has dated trans people

- Writing a book about being a little frog

- Their solo show about their cute little biologist Dad

- Huge revelation: Antonia's biologist parents know Charlie's biologist parents

- Christian youtube influencers

- Dating in Chicago is worse than LA

- Antonia met a pastor who was trying to fake miracles

- Charlie had a questionable mentor

- Raye is in relationship turmoil

Charlie James: https://www.instagram.com/nonbinarycowboy/ Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

(00:03:47) - Looking for a Third on Dating Apps
(00:07:39) - Writing a Book About Frogs
(00:11:23) - Writing Process and Career Aspirations
(00:12:38) - Solo Show About Dad, the Molecular Biologist
(00:23:53) - Medical Gossip and Transitioning
(00:29:23) - Matzah Minute
(00:29:49) - John Mulaney Impression
(00:35:20) - Christian Internet Drama
(00:44:44) - Secrets

This week we schmooze with the most grounded guy in LA comedy, Eric Schwartz (Tonight Show, opens for Jo Koy, Helluva Boss). Obviously we're all obsessed with The Artist's Way. We Yenta about: 1. Fave Jewish songs 2. How to talk about trauma onstage 3. Being in a relationship for 17 years 4. Tips on posting content 5. Working with Jason Mraz 6. Touring with Jo Koy & the Golden Globes 7. Eric only mansplains a little 8. Antonia's brush with death 9. Raye’s terrible bomb story 10. Eric gives Raye a pep talk aka evangelizes The Artist's Way Eric Schwartz: https://www.instagram.com/eeericschwartz/ Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yenta

(00:01:43) - Favorite Jewish music
(00:08:26) - Finding confidence to be vulnerable onstage
(00:11:21) - Relationship status
(00:21:07) - What's your content posting strategy
(00:26:20) - Being friends with Jason Mraz
(00:39:08) - Working with Jo Koy
(00:44:35) - Secrets
(00:59:09) - The Four Agreements