Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
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Host of Uncomfortable Conversations, the safe space for dangerous ideas. Columnist at the Australian Financial Review. Devil's advocate. Ne'er-do-well. Male(ish)
Yael Bar tur, secular sinner, and Chaya Leah Sufrin, pious Haredi, ask each other the hard questions, from Torah to Tinder. Find Chosen People Problems anywhere you get your podcasts.
Writer of the political comedy Substack “I Might Be Wrong" and former writer of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and other stuff.
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