Equal Footing with Dov Tuzman

By Equal Footing with Dov Tuzman

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Finding common ground even on the most polarizing issues - from religion and spirituality, sexuality, relationships and mental health.

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#221 - The Secret War: Battle Over Technological “Decentralization”.
Mar 06, 2025
#220 - Playing with Rage: Violent Video Games and Children’s Development
Feb 27, 2025
#219 - 40+ Years On Air: Confessions of a Jewish Broadcaster
Feb 20, 2025
#218 - United States of Gaza? Making Sense of Trump’s Recent Pronouncement
Feb 13, 2025
#217 - All God’s Children: Documentaries about Jewish Life (part I)
Feb 06, 2025
#216 - Defiling the Holy: Toxins in our Food and Environment
Jan 30, 2025
#215 - Not Enough? Guilty Parent Syndrome
Jan 23, 2025
#214 - 2024 in the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing (part II).
Jan 16, 2025
#213 - 2024 in the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing (Part I)
Jan 09, 2025
#212 - Envy: Getting Rid of What You Haven’t Got
Dec 26, 2024
#211 - Breakable Bonds: Healing Broken Parent-Child Relationships (Part II)
Dec 12, 2024
#210 - Robo-Therapist? The Intersection of Mental Health Counseling and Artificial Intelligence
Dec 05, 2024
#209 - Todo Cambia: The State of the Latino Vote in the US
Nov 21, 2024
#208 - A Zero Sum World? What Does Judaism Have to Say About Celebrating While Others Are in Pain?
Nov 14, 2024
#207 - The Aftermath: Post-Election Analysis Through the Prism of the Jewish-American Polity
Nov 07, 2024
#206 - This is Not a Test: Presidential Election Predictions
Oct 31, 2024
#205 - The Deepest Wound: Healing Broken Parent-Child Relationships
Oct 10, 2024
#204 - Hard Reset: Is it Possible to Completely Change Your Life?
Sep 26, 2024
#203- K is for Ketamine: An Insider’s View into a Burgeoning Alternative Therapy
Sep 19, 2024
#202 - Rage Against the (Age) Machine: Challenging Platitudes About Getting Old
Sep 12, 2024
#201 - The Death Portal: The Last Stage of our Soul’s Journey through the Prism of Jewish Wisdom
Sep 05, 2024
#200 - Leaving the Rabbinate: Sex, Guilt and Self-Discovery
Aug 29, 2024
#199 - G-d of Money: Spiritual and Material Alignment
Aug 22, 2024
#198 - Pain is Certain; Is Suffering Optional? A Buddhist and Christian Perspective (Part II)
Aug 15, 2024
#197 - A Benediction on the Bad: Jewish Tools to Navigate Pain and Suffering (Part I)
Aug 08, 2024
#196 - The Great Powderkeg: Israel/Lebanon/Gaza
Aug 01, 2024
#195 - The Writing on the Wall: When Do We Call It Quits?
Jul 25, 2024
#194 - Seduction of the Absurd: The Psychological Allure of Conspiracy Theories
Jul 18, 2024
#193 - Eyes Wide Open: The Art and Science of Conquering Insomnia
Jul 11, 2024
#192 - Keeping It in the Family: Jewish Adoption
Jun 27, 2024
#191 - Burnout: Jewish Wisdom on Exhauston
Jun 20, 2024
#190 - Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Personal Reputation through the Prism of Jewish Wisdom
Jun 06, 2024
#189 - Fall From Grace? Israel's Standing on the Global Stage
May 30, 2024
#188 - In the Fog of Battle: Conflict, Recrimination and Reconciliation
May 23, 2024
#187 - Gettng (B)older: The Psychology of Aging
May 16, 2024
#186 - Two Tribes: Campus Protests on Israel and Gaza
May 09, 2024
#185 - Getting Unstuck: Finding Your Home on the Jewish Spectrum (Part II)
May 02, 2024
#184 - The Heart of It All: The Real Meaning of Spiritual "Liberation"
Apr 25, 2024
#183 - Freedom! Transcendence in Judaism and Buddhism
Apr 18, 2024
#182 - Stuck: My Intractable Jewish Doubts (Part I)
Apr 11, 2024
#181 - Donald and the Jews (Redux)
Apr 04, 2024
#180 - Frenemies? U.S.-Israeli Relationships in the Context of the Gazan Conflict
Mar 28, 2024
#179 - Hating Haman: Our Relationship with the "Enemy"
Mar 21, 2024
#178 - Get Funny or Die Trying: Humor and Pain
Mar 14, 2024
#177 - The Twelve Tribes of the Zodiac? Judaism and Astrology
Mar 07, 2024
#176 - Sacrifice: Virtue or Trap?
Feb 29, 2024
#175 - Foxhole Conversion: Our Relationship with G-d Under Duress
Feb 22, 2024
#174 - The Tzedakah Conundrum: Charity in Judaism
Feb 15, 2024
#173 - Girl Interrupted: The Under/Mis-Diagnosing of Girls and Women with ADHD
Feb 08, 2024
#172 - Silent Tears: Miscarriage
Feb 01, 2024
#171 - The Pain of Recovery: "Jewish Rehab" for Young Adults
Jan 25, 2024
#169 - The Line of Ismael: Islam Through the Prism of Jewish Theology
Jan 11, 2024
#168 - The Feeling's Gone...: Ebbs and Flows of Sexual Desire in Relationships (Part II)
Jan 04, 2024
#167 - 2023 In the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing
Dec 28, 2023
#166 - Lost the Passion, Got the Pain: Ebbs and Flows of Sexual Desire in Marriage
Dec 28, 2023
#165 - Deep Into The Darkness Peering: Dream Analysis from a Jewish and Psychoanalytic Perspective
Dec 21, 2023
#164 - The Second Time Around: Hanukkah Lessons on Marriage
Dec 08, 2023
#163 - Getting Unstuck: Admitting When We're Wrong
Nov 30, 2023
#162 - Thanksgiving Message 2023
Nov 23, 2023
#161 - Not My Tragedy? Doomscrolling vs. Head-in-the-Sand
Nov 16, 2023
#160 - River of Hate: Stories of Antisemitism
Nov 09, 2023
#159 - Sodom, Gomorrah and...Gaza? Biblical Lessons on the Destruction of Cities
Nov 02, 2023
#158 - Do We Have an End Game? Israeli Tactics and Competing Propaganda in the Israel-Hamas War
Oct 26, 2023
#157 - Digging Two Graves: Retribution and Revenge in the Context of Current Gazan War
Oct 19, 2023
#156 - In the Face of Tragedy: Transcendent Reactions to Great Pain
Oct 12, 2023
#155 - It's Been a Strange Trip: The Jewish Role in American Politics
Oct 05, 2023
#154 - Eject! Finding Your Way Out of Orthodoxy
Sep 28, 2023
#153 - Enough Already! Breaking the Back of Bad Behavior
Sep 21, 2023
#152 - The Wrath of G-d: The Concept of an Angry Hashem in Judaism
Sep 14, 2023
#151 - The Sunlight Cure? Radical Transparency in Relationships
Sep 07, 2023
#150 - Put On Your Oxygen Mask First! Tackling Mom Guilt
Aug 31, 2023
#149 - Love is Abundant: Relationship Anarchy!
Aug 24, 2023
#148 - Rejection! Freeing Our Self-Worth from Others' Judgement
Aug 17, 2023
#147 - Shepping Nachas: The Opposite of Schadenfreude?
Aug 10, 2023
#146 - Break Down to Break Through? Pain as a Spiritual Teacher
Aug 03, 2023
#145 - My Heart Burns: Personal Reflections on Tisha B’Av
Jul 27, 2023
#144 - The Chakra-Sefirot Connection
Jul 20, 2023
#143 - Living in Limbo: The Complex Stories of Agunot
Jul 13, 2023
#142 - I’m a Rabbi Not a Therapist! Should Your Rabbi Accept You as You Are?
Jul 06, 2023
#141 - Hypocritical Ministry: When Rabbis Transgress
Jun 29, 2023
#139 - With Friends Like These… :Befriending Your Spouse’s/Partner’s Ex
Jun 15, 2023
#138 - The Biggest Breakdown: Communication in Love and Marriage
Jun 08, 2023
#137 - Blowing Things Out Of Proportion: From Sodom to TikTok
Jun 01, 2023
#136 - A Guide to Grief: Jewish and Buddhist perspectives
May 18, 2023
#135 - Stop, Dave…The Jewish Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
May 11, 2023
#134 - Shabbat on Mars? The Halacha of Interplanetary Colonization
May 04, 2023
#133 - It's Alien To Me: The Halacha of Extraterrestrial Life
Apr 27, 2023
#132 - Ritual Immersion: From the Jewish Mikveh to Christian Baptism
Apr 20, 2023
#131 - A Third Way? Religious Education for Kids That Don't "Fit In"
Mar 30, 2023
#130 - Unfettered Birth: Unmedicated Labor and Home Delivery
Mar 23, 2023
#129 - The Worst Enemy: Battling Self Doubt and Imposter Syndrome
Mar 16, 2023
#128 - Finding My Way Back To You: Getting Back with an Ex
Mar 09, 2023
#127 - Skokie 2.0: The Rise of and Reaction to Antisemitic Speech in America
Mar 02, 2023
#126 - Ometz Lev: Courage vs. Foolhardiness in Presidential Leadership
Feb 23, 2023
#124 - Jewish Numerology 101: Mystical Science of Gematria
Feb 09, 2023
"G-d, I'll Make You a Deal": Ethics of Bargaining with the Almighty
Feb 09, 2023
#123 - The Trouble With Miracles: Moral Complexity of the Miraculous in the Abrahamic Faiths
Jan 18, 2023
#122 - Spare: Torah Version (Sibling Tension and Rivalry)
Jan 11, 2023
#121 - 2022 in the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing (Part 2)
Jan 05, 2023
#120 - 2022 in the Rear View: Best of Equal Footing (Part 1)
Jan 03, 2023
#119 - The Price Of Love: Journeying Through the Loss of a Loved One
Dec 29, 2022
#118 - Christmas Reimagined: Alternative Birth Narratives Surrounding Jesus of Nazareth
Dec 22, 2022
#117 - The Origin of Satan: Early Christianity's Demonization of Jews and Others
Dec 15, 2022
#116 - The Past That Binds: How Relationship With Parents Affects Our Ability to Love and Attach as Adults
Dec 08, 2022
#115 - Did We Kill G-d?: Atheism and Judaism
Dec 01, 2022
#114 - Gratitude: The Equal Footing Edition
Nov 24, 2022
#113 - Black and Jew: Shared Struggles and Current Tensions
Nov 17, 2022
#112 - The World Is Ending: What Now?
Nov 10, 2022
#111 - Eschatology 101: End of Times Theology and Doomsday Prophecies in the Abrahamic Faiths
Nov 03, 2022
#110 - A Silent Epidemic: The Pervasiveness of Anxiety Disorders
Oct 27, 2022
#109 - Having Your Babka, and Eating It Too: Emotional Eating in Traditional Jewish Communities
Oct 20, 2022
#108 - Repression and Sex: Traversing Extremes
Oct 13, 2022
#107 - Is Repentance a Scam?: Our Relationship With Guilt
Sep 29, 2022
#106 - The Id and the Yid: Judaism’s Unique Take on Sin
Sep 22, 2022
#105 - I Hate You, I Love You: The Complex Backstory of Jewish-Muslim Relations in France
Sep 15, 2022
#104 - Why Kosher: Do Jewish Dietary Laws Have Roots in Anthropology and Nutrition?
Sep 07, 2022
#103 - Heresy: The Opposite of Faith?
Sep 01, 2022
#102 - Heavenly Bank Account: The Murky World of Religious Tax Exemption
Aug 25, 2022
#101 - Friend Zone: The Mormon Obsession with the Jews
Aug 18, 2022
#100 - Moses: Altruist or Egotist?
Aug 11, 2022
#99 - The Grudge: Jewish Ethics of Resentment
Aug 04, 2022
#98 - Living In the Shadow of Greatness: When Absent Parents Are Revered by the Outside World
Jul 28, 2022
#97 - Sacrificial Blood: Isaac, Jesus and Friends
Jul 21, 2022
#96 - Teen Idol: Celebrity Worship Syndrome in Teen Communities
Jul 14, 2022
#95 - The Korach Conundrum: Treason and Betrayal in Jewish Theology
Jul 07, 2022
#94 - Light and Truth: Jewish Influence on the Birth of American Democracy
Jun 30, 2022
#93 - Call Me By Your Name: The Gay Male Experience in Orthodox Communities
Jun 23, 2022
#92 - Halacha of Homosexuality: Jewish Law and Same Sex Relationships
Jun 16, 2022
#91 - I Am Woman: The Lesbian and Queer Experience in Orthodox Jewish Communities
Jun 09, 2022
#90 - Does G-d Deliver By Sword?: Gun Control Through the Prism of Jewish Ethics
Jun 02, 2022
#89 - Welcome To Holland: Raising Special Needs Children in Traditional Jewish Communities
May 26, 2022
#88 - When Does Life Begin? An Interfaith Discussion on the Inception Point of Life
May 19, 2022
#87 - A Limb or a Life? Abortion Through The Prism Of Jewish Ethics
May 12, 2022
#86 - Is It Possible to Bury the Hatchet? Overcoming Familial Estrangement
May 05, 2022
#84 - The Jewish Diaspora: Colombia Edition
Apr 28, 2022
#83 - Que Bellos? A Controversial Community of Jewish Converts In Latin America
Apr 14, 2022
#82 - OGs of the Diaspora: Arab Jews?
Apr 07, 2022
#81 - Righteous Kill? The Ethics of Assassinating Totalitarians and War Criminals
Mar 31, 2022
#80 - Life 2.0: In the Wake of Extreme Trauma
Mar 30, 2022
#79 - Emirati Jew? The Jewish Community of the United Arab Emirates
Mar 17, 2022
#78 - WTF Just Happened? A COVID Post-Mortem
Mar 10, 2022
#77 - The Halacha of War
Feb 24, 2022
#76 - Judaism United? Reconstituting the Sanhedrin
Feb 17, 2022
#75 - Relationships Revised: Is Long-Term Monogamy a Sham?
Feb 10, 2022
#74 - G-d and Pain: Is Suffering a Spiritual Requisite?
Feb 03, 2022
#73 - Much More Than Britney: Complexities in Guardianship and Conservatorship
Jan 27, 2022
#72 - Surviving Survivorship: Children of Holocaust Survivors
Jan 20, 2022
#71 - The Big O: The Evolutionary and Religious Importance of the Female Orgasm
Jan 13, 2022
#70 - Feeling vs Believing: Does a Personal Experience of G-d Matter?
Jan 06, 2022
#69 - SuperJew! The Jewish Influence on Comic Book Heroes
Dec 30, 2021
#68 - The Entitlement Paradox (Part II): Is Religious Life Inherently Selfish?
Dec 23, 2021
#67 - The Entitlement Paradox(Part I): Are Religious People Obnoxious?
Dec 16, 2021
#66 - Love Scent: Pheromones and Mating
Dec 09, 2021
#65 - Mind In Blue: The Psychometrics of Police Officers
Nov 25, 2021
#64 - Avra K'Davra: The Paranormal in Judaism
Nov 18, 2021
#63 - A Trip Worth Taking? Magic Mushroom Therapy
Nov 11, 2021
#62 - You: Obsession And Cyberstalking
Nov 04, 2021
#61 - Shhh. The Adults Are Speaking: When Courts Appoint Lawyers for Children (Part II)
Oct 28, 2021
#60 - End of the Innocence: When Courts Appoint Lawyers for Children
Oct 21, 2021
#59 - Separate but Unequal: Gender Disparities in Criminal Punishment
Oct 15, 2021
#58 - A Good Trip? The Burgeoning Field of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
Oct 07, 2021
#57 - The Challenge Of Interfaith Marriage
Sep 30, 2021
#56 - Do Prison Cells Cure? Alternatives to Incarceration
Sep 23, 2021
#55 - Making Space for Miracles: The Yom Kippur Show
Sep 16, 2021
#54 - G-d and Earth: Tensions Between Religious Communities and Environment Protection
Sep 09, 2021
#53 - Rosh Hashanah for Atheists and Outsiders
Aug 25, 2021
#52 - Feminism and Orthodox Judaism: Oil and Water?
Aug 18, 2021
#51 - Female Rabbis? A Religious and Sociological Discussion
Aug 11, 2021
#50 - Male Circumcision: An Uncut Discussion
Aug 04, 2021
#49 - Jewish Humor: A Coping Mechanism?
Jul 29, 2021
#48 - Forgiveness and Healing: Personal Reflections
Jul 22, 2021
#47 - Death: The Final Adventure?
Jul 15, 2021
#46 - Shekhinah: The Feminine Divine In Judaism
Jul 08, 2021
#45 - Celibacy: Freedom Or Bondage?
Jul 01, 2021
#44 - The Buddhist Show Of Why: Core Values and Common Misconceptions
Jun 24, 2021
#43 - The Jewish Show Of Why (Part I): Quirks and Idiosyncrasies of Jewish Life and Thought
Jun 17, 2021
#42 - Rescuing the Rescuer (Part 3): When Lawyers Fail Their Clients
Jun 11, 2021
#41 - Wrist Capital: The Peculiar Inner-Workings of the Ultra-Luxury Watch Industry
Jun 10, 2021
#40 - The Borscht Belt and Its Impact on American Social History
Jun 03, 2021
#39 - Rescuing the Rescuer (Part II): Doctors Losing Patients
May 27, 2021
#38 - The Psychology and Legality of Stalking
May 20, 2021
#37 - Rescuing the Rescuer: The Psychological Toll of Care-Giving
May 13, 2021
#36 - Donald and the Jews (Part II): The Relationship Between Trump and the Observant Jewish Community
Apr 30, 2021
#35 - The Pressure Of The Plea: The Plea Bargain System and Its Effect on Criminal Justice
Apr 23, 2021
#34 - You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself: Critique of the Last Year of Equal Footing
Apr 15, 2021
#33 - Open Wounds - Can Broken Parent/Child Relationships Be Healed As Adults?
Apr 08, 2021
#32 - Fix Me Culture: From Plastic Surgery to Instagram Filters
Apr 01, 2021
#31 - Out Of Egypt? Assessing Life At 50
Mar 25, 2021
#30 - Trial by Zoom: The Effects of a Pandemic on Judicial Process
Mar 18, 2021
#29 - The Soul and the Afterlife In Western Religions
Mar 11, 2021
#28 - Monotheism v. Monolatry (Glitches in the Matrix PART 1)
Mar 04, 2021
#27 - The New Drug: (Mis-)Understanding Porn Addiction
Feb 25, 2021
#26 - I Need a New Guide: Breaking Up with your Spiritual Mentor
Feb 18, 2021
#25 - Finding Fidelity: Navigating Traditional and Open Relationships
Feb 11, 2021
#24 - Order Out of Chaos: Conflict and In-Fighting in the White House Since WWII
Feb 04, 2021
#23 - The Observer Effect: The History of C-SPAN and its Impact on American Democracy
Jan 28, 2021
#22 - Coming "Home": Immigration in America, Circa 2021
Jan 21, 2021
#21 - The Alchemy of Heartbreak and Disappointment
Jan 14, 2021
#20 - Does It Suck To Be A Teenager In 2021?
Jan 01, 2021
#19 - The Essence of Compassion - How Does Clemency Work in Our Criminal Justice System?
Dec 24, 2020
#18 - Life After Suicide: Stories of Those Left Behind
Dec 17, 2020
#17 - The Empathic Fallacy: What Separates Hate Speech from Free Speech
Dec 10, 2020
#16 - Broken Open: Finding Meaning In A Shattered Life
Dec 03, 2020
#15 - When The River Ends The Ocean Begins: Leaving (or Returning to) Religious Life
Nov 26, 2020
#14 - G-d and Sex: A Reconciliation Story
Nov 19, 2020
#13 - Invisible Agony: Preventing Teen Suicide
Nov 12, 2020
#12 - The Problem of David: Do Our Political Leaders Need to Be Moral Leaders? (PART 2)
Nov 05, 2020
#11 - The Problem of David: Do Our Political Leaders Need to Be Moral Leaders? (PART 1)
Oct 29, 2020
#10 - Donald and the Jews: The Perils of Partisanship
Oct 22, 2020
#9 - Ripple Effect: The Rest of Healthcare in a COVID-Obsessed World
Oct 15, 2020
#8 - One-In-Three: Living and Working With a Criminal Record in the United States
Oct 08, 2020
#7 - The Immigrant Experience in Contemporary America: Whose Land Is This Anyway?
Oct 01, 2020
#6 - G-d and the Core Curriculum: The Challenge of Secular Education in Traditional Communities
Sep 24, 2020
#5 - Sacred Gatherings and Groups: What Are "Cults" And Are They Harmful?
Sep 17, 2020
#4 - Luxury and G-d: Is Material Pursuit Consistent with Spiritual Life?
Sep 10, 2020
#3 - Entrepreneurship in the Pandemic: Temporary Disruption or Permanent Change?
Sep 03, 2020
#2 - The Prosecutor's Moral Burden: Pursuing the Interests of Justice
Aug 27, 2020
#1 - Equal Footing Introductory Episode: Teshuvah
Aug 20, 2020