Menschwarmers

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Greg
 Apr 19, 2019

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The world’s biggest Jewish sports podcast. Join Gabe and Jamie for laid-back interviews with pro athletes, executives and athletes; global commentary on Jewish and Israeli sports; and surprisingly in-depth investigations into whether athletes whose names sound Jewish actually are. Follow us on Twitter @menschwarmers. Brought to you by The Canadian Jewish News Podcast Network.

Episode Date
Need another Passover celebration? Listen to the Menschwarmers' annual Jewish baseball seder
Apr 24, 2024
An ode to Curb Your Enthusiasm, the most Jewish sports show there ever will be
Apr 04, 2024
An interview with two-time World Series champion Alex Bregman
Mar 20, 2024
Mitch Albom on his sportswriting career, new Holocaust book and accidentally writing a hockey anthem
Feb 28, 2024
Jewish and Israeli athletes are being routinely banned from competition. How will it end?
Feb 22, 2024
How can we get more Jewish girls to care about sports?
Feb 07, 2024
Is the 2024 NHL All-Star Game the most Jewish one ever?
Feb 01, 2024
The CJN Daily: Prominent Canadians in Israeli hockey speak out after the IIHF abruptly banned Israel from competition
Jan 15, 2024
S5E1 - With the PWHL, women's hockey is having a moment—and Kaleigh Fratkin is helping make it happen
Jan 11, 2024
S4E18 - 8 crazy Jewish sports stories to recap 2023
Dec 06, 2023
S4E17 - Lior Berman earned a scholarship for NCAA basketball—but his dream is to play in Israel
Nov 15, 2023
S4E16 - Team Israel made Kevin Youkilis understand why representation matters—and the Hamas attack cemented it
Oct 26, 2023
S4E15 - How pro athletes and sports teams have responded to the Israel-Hamas war
Oct 11, 2023
S4E14 - How Michael Landsberg blazed a trail for Jewish broadcasters—and quietly struggled along the way
Sep 13, 2023
S4E13 - Coach David Thorpe on the past, present and future of Israeli basketball
Aug 30, 2023
S4E12 - AJ Edelman revived Israel's forgotten bobsled team. His next goal? The 2026 Olympics
Aug 17, 2023
S4E11 - A Jewish guy from Montreal just won North America's biggest Scrabble tournament
Aug 02, 2023
S4E10 - A deep dive with Andrew Cristall, the only Jew in the 2023 NHL draft
Jul 20, 2023
S4E9 - Israeli Olympic soccer dreams and great Jews in cycling: A midsummer roundup of Jews in sports
Jul 05, 2023
S4E8 - The biggest story in sports is happening squarely at a Jewish golf club in Toronto
Jun 08, 2023
S4E7 - Semitic sex appeal: Stacey Agdern on the unique hotness of Jewish athletes
May 25, 2023
S4E6 - Day in the life of Wrigley Field's most famous TikTok vendor, @JewishJonah
May 09, 2023
S4E5 - Domantas Sabonis is about to become the NBA's biggest Jewish All Star
Apr 20, 2023
The CJN Daily: 'Bittersweet' win as King David Lions become the first Jewish senior boys basketball champions in B.C. history
Apr 03, 2023
S4E4 - Meet the Canadian who brought ice hockey to Israel
Mar 29, 2023
S4E3 - Get to know Spencer Horwitz, Blue Jays prospect and Team Israel sparkplug
Mar 14, 2023
S4E2 - A deep dive into Israel's roster at the World Baseball Classic, feat. Ryan Lavarnway
Mar 03, 2023
S4E1 - Inside the rise of Jewish golfers with Dan Rapaport
Feb 07, 2023
S3E22 - This year in Jewish sports: Recapping the highs and lows of 2022
Dec 15, 2022
S3E21 - Sheldon Plener shares his best advice on becoming an acclaimed sports lawyer
Dec 01, 2022
S3E20 - The secret Jewish history of how Qatar got the World Cup
Nov 17, 2022
S3E19 - Who exactly are the Black Hebrew Israelites? A deep dive into the world behind the Kyrie Irving antisemitism scandal
Nov 03, 2022
S3E18 - Putting the 'bet' in Aleph-Bet: What does the Talmud say about sports gambling?
Oct 19, 2022
S3E17 - Buy me some pinot and Cracker Jack: Meet the MLB's first-ever master sommelier
Oct 03, 2022
S3E16 - "I belong on the ice": The remarkable story of trailblazing hockey player Eliezer Sherbatov
Sep 14, 2022
S3E15 - A Canadian Jewish Olympian recalls witnessing the 1972 Munich Games, 50 years later
Sep 01, 2022
S3E14 - Laurence Applebaum is on a mission to showcase Canadian golf to the world
Aug 11, 2022
S3E13 - Laetitia Beck on growing golf in Israel, where there's only one 18-hole course
Jul 28, 2022
S3E12 - Go for gelt: Canada's hockey teams have high hopes for a groundbreaking Maccabiah Games
Jul 11, 2022
S3E11 - Talking Sue Bird with one Stone
Jun 22, 2022
S3E10 - Reigniting the Koufax vs. Greenberg debate with Howard Megdal
Jun 01, 2022
S3E9 - Barry Levinson's 'The Survivor' shows the traumatic background to Jewish sports heroes
May 12, 2022
S3E8 - Know a teenage Jewish baseball prodigy? Now's their chance to try out for Team Israel
Apr 28, 2022
S3E7 - Celebrating our second annual baseball seder
Apr 14, 2022
S3E6 - Why is there still so much antisemitism in wrestling?
Mar 30, 2022
S3E5 - Now is a wild time to be a Jewish soccer fan
Mar 16, 2022
S3E4 - Inside HBO's 'Winning Time' with writer Jeff Pearlman
Mar 01, 2022
S3E3 - Wait, the Olympics are still going on?
Feb 17, 2022
S3E2 - Chatting with Team USA Hockey's David Warsofsky
Feb 02, 2022
S3E1 - Jewish sports stories we're watching in 2022
Jan 20, 2022
S2E24 - Year in review: The biggest Jewish sports moments of 2021
Dec 16, 2021
S2E23 - Hanukkah miracles: 9 Jewish sports streaks that defied expectations
Nov 25, 2021
Bonus Episode: Sitting Down with Mitch Garber of the Seattle Kraken
Nov 18, 2021
S2E22 - Basketball and the Holocaust: An interview with Dan Grunfeld
Nov 10, 2021
S2E21 - Who is the greatest Jewish athlete of all time?
Oct 27, 2021
S2E20 - Inside the world of competitive cheerleading
Oct 14, 2021
S2E19 - The Jews of Cooperstown: Koufax, Greenberg... Rawitch?
Sep 30, 2021
S2E18 - How Colt Cabana became one of the world's most famous Jewish wrestlers
Sep 13, 2021
S2E17 - Mike Wilner's post-Rogers renaissance
Aug 26, 2021
S2E16 - An interview with hometown hockey hero Zach Hyman
Aug 11, 2021
S2E15 - How did Jews fare at the Olympics?
Aug 06, 2021
Bonus Episode: Talking Olympic History on Bonjour Chai
Jul 29, 2021
S2E13 - Olympics Preview: Who are the Jews to watch in Tokyo?
Jul 20, 2021
S2E12 - Will Israel's baseball team medal at the Olympics?
Jul 07, 2021
S2E11 - Who knew fencing was a Jewish sport?
Jun 23, 2021
S2E10 - Menschwarmers Radio: The best Jewish sports songs
Jun 09, 2021
S2E9 - An Interview with Cody Decker
May 26, 2021
S2E8 - Meet the self-proclaimed "King of Jewish Baseball"
May 11, 2021
S2E7 - The Jews of Esports
Apr 27, 2021
S2E6 - The Retirement of Julian Edelman
Apr 14, 2021
S2E5 - The Jewish Baseball Passover Seder
Mar 30, 2021
S2E4 - The NBA Reckons with anti-Semitism
Mar 14, 2021
S2E3 - Eric Nusbaum and the Dodgers Stadium Exodus
Mar 02, 2021
S2E2 - We Couldn't Get Deni Avdija, So Here's Fred Katz
Feb 15, 2021
S2E1 - A Long-Awaited Return, feat. Jody Avirgan
Jan 31, 2021
An Interview with NFL Veteran Sage Rosenfels
Apr 02, 2020
Ethan Zohn, AKA That Jewish Guy from Survivor, puts the Mensch in Menschwarmers
Mar 12, 2020
Eric Koreen of The Athletic has the Most Jewish Superpower of All: Doubt
Feb 21, 2020
We Need to Talk About that Tim Hortons Ad
Jan 16, 2020
Jewish Sports Movies to Keep You Warm this Holiday Season
Dec 19, 2019
The Birth of the Maccabiah Games
Dec 04, 2019
Cherry Popped, Hyman Unbroken, Babcock Cut: A Hockey Recap
Nov 21, 2019
Alan Goldsher is Not a Scab
Nov 06, 2019
How Do You Say "Championship Ring" in Hebrew?
Oct 23, 2019
New to Judaism, Newer to Montreal: An Interview with Habs Forward Nate Thompson
Oct 08, 2019
A Great Baseball Miracle Happened There
Sep 25, 2019
Max Winkler, Down in Jungleland
Sep 13, 2019
Jew or Not Jew: NFL Owner Edition
Aug 30, 2019
Mardy Fish isn't Jewish, and Other Jewish Tennis Stories
Aug 14, 2019
A Synagogue is Where You Bless Up
Aug 01, 2019
The Golden Age of Jewish Boxing
Jul 18, 2019
Special Announcement: A Short Summer Vacation
Jun 27, 2019
We've Got Andrés Cantor Energy for the Raptors
Jun 19, 2019
The Biggest Sports Fan Alive is a Canadian Jew
Jun 06, 2019
Wither the Kosherdome
May 24, 2019
The Tale of Team Israel
May 10, 2019
Dave Gass and the Anti-Semitism of English Soccer
Apr 23, 2019
Of Bagels and Bob Dylan
Apr 08, 2019
Introducing the Menschwarmers
Mar 29, 2019