9.09.2020 | Season 1 — Episode 4
Buzzing in My Head
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Sometimes effectuating change takes a very long time. This episode begins with “The Meatball and Chain,” a segment of This American’ Life’s Episode 668, which tells of a slow-brew teshuva. From there we explore the barriers that we often erect between us and our own wrongdoings – with an eye towards deconstructing them. 
Guests: Rabbi Professor David Ellenson (Brandeis), Ariel Kaminer (Buzzfeed)

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Guests
Rabbi Professor David Ellenson

David Ellenson is Chancellor Emeritus and former President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is also past Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. Ellenson and Michael Marmur co-edited the recently published anthology, American Jewish Thought Since 1934, published by Brandeis University Press.

Ariel Kaminer

Ariel Kaminer is the Global Investigations Editor for BuzzFeed News. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters, whom she likes very much.