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Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Jack Zaientz & John Baltisberger

29 episodes

4 weeks ago

Jack and John are back in the water horse saddle again! Riding those Sheydim across the sunset and into the river! That's right this week we discuss WATER DEMONS! Well... not so much water demons as water AND demons. Demons in water? Look, here's the thing... bathrooms are dangerous y'all. Here's a link to the rabbinic essays Jack talks about: https://t.co/CbdARQtbuQ Send us a text ----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitte...

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Jack and John are back in the water horse saddle again! Riding those Sheydim across the sunset and into the river! That's right this week we discuss WATER DEMONS! Well... not so much water demons as water AND demons. Demons in water? Look, here's the thing... bathrooms are dangerous y'all. Here's a link to the rabbinic essays Jack talks about: https://t.co/CbdARQtbuQ Send us a text ----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitte...

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Episodes (20/29)

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Don't Go Chasing Water Demons

Jack and John are back in the water horse saddle again! Riding those Sheydim across the sunset and into the river! That's right this week we discuss WATER DEMONS! Well... not so much water demons as water AND demons. Demons in water? Look, here's the thing... bathrooms are dangerous y'all. Here's a link to the rabbinic essays Jack talks about: https://t.co/CbdARQtbuQ Send us a text ----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitte...

1 month ago

58 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Omens and Portents of Future Past

Send us a text This week we talk about Omens! Hilariously this episode was supposed to go up before Hannukah but John has been through the ringer. ALSO hilariously Jack talks about how its okay that John is not good about hitting posting deadlines. But here's your episode! Do not take this as an Omen that John will miss the next episode deadline! ----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LI...

4 months ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

I Wish the Goblin King Would Come and Take this Menorah!

Send us a textThis week we discuss CHANNUKAH! That's right, the reason for the season is latkes, dreidels, candles, and of course goblins!But what are goblins in the Jewish tradition? Why are they involved in Channukah? Why is Channukah a punk rock and metal holiday? All this and more in this very special CHANNUKAH EPISODE of Wayward Children!----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LI...

5 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Talking about Talking Animals

Send us a textThis week Jack and John try to take it a bit easy and then argue about animals! Listen as we describe a terrible frog, a clever ass, and of course how fables modern and ancient fit into the fabric of sacred mythology.----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! Shop Aggadah Try It Books Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshi...

6 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

We Don't Need No Man, and Neither Does Lillith

Send us a textThis week we talk about the sexiest figure in Jewish mythology. The queen of demons, a woman who looked the archetypal man in the eyes and said. "No, I will not be subservient. I am woman, and I would rather be a queen of demons than serve anyone."John may be really excited to delve into this one...----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! ...

8 months ago

52 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

The Curses We Yell

Send us a textThis week Jack and John throw curses around like it's nobody's business! Listen to Jack read off traditional Yiddish curses. Did you know we tried to curse Hitler? Check out the storied history of curse prevention, and watch as Jack puts John on the spot to make curses up just for you!----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! Shop Aggadah T...

8 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

The Giant Wars and Warring Giants

Send us a textJohn and Jack delve into one of their favorite topics, THE GIANT WARS. This is an insane topic as it's rife throughout both the Tanakh and the Talmud. There is ample liturgical evidence of giants and the Jewish people fighting them. So let's delve into our biggest fans, be the Nephilim, Raphaim, or just Yao Ming. (To our knowledge, Yao Ming is not a being made of fire, nor is he a listener, but we could be wrong!)----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack o...

9 months ago

1 hour 16 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Debonair Dybbukim

Send us a textThis week John and Jack meet up in person in sunny oppressive Austin, Texas to discuss which ghosts have the most in this episode of Dybbuk-Centric episode of Wayward Children.----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! Shop Aggadah Try It Books Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tza...

9 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Chassidic Magic

Send us a textAn amazing special episode, we bring on a descendent of the Rebbe to discuss his storied and near-mythic family history,Story of Rabbi Menachem Tzvi of England (Rabbi with an Earring #2) https://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=1148-11The wedding memento of Pessi and Dovie Levy (Rabbi with an Earring #3 and other family stories) https://collive.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Levy-Fischer-Memento.pdfSefer Shimmush Tehillim https://halakhah.com/rst/tehillim.pdf-----------...

10 months ago

1 hour 20 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

The Gnashing of Our Gnoshers

Send us a textThere are few things that bring a group of Jews together faster than and better than food. This episode Jack and John dive into the culinary traditions of Judaism is more specifically those traditions' place in mysticism.----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! Shop Aggadah Try It Books Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Y...

11 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Sticks and Stones can Break a Sheyd's Bones

Send us a textJohn and Jack talk about speaking quietly and carrying a big stick, while speaking very loudly.This episode is all about canes, staffs, and staves, magic and meaningful throughout Jewish history and mythology!----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! Shop Aggadah Try It Books Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Frucht...

11 months ago

1 hour 12 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Messianic Manics: Cataclysmic and Prolific

Send us a textJack and John discuss messianic myths of Judaism as well as various messianic figures that have existed through our history.ProphetsJoseph Della Reina StoryOvergrowth by John Baltisberger----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! Shop Aggadah Try It Books Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pi...

1 year ago

1 hour 30 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Pesach Myths and Drunken Jewish Santa

Send us a textHappy Passover everyone! This week we cover myths and folklore surrounding the seder plate and legends of the Exodus from kaiju to angels!a few extra links: Roman Prostitute Elijah!Elijah: Private Dick (checker)Miriam's WellMarti's Kaiju Frog Shirt----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! Shop Aggadah Try It Books Intro and outro musi...

1 year ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Five Finger Clay Punch - Golems

Send us a textWe're doing it, okay. You can stop yelling at us. We are finally covering the legend of the Golem on Wayward Children. All this really means is that Jack and John are going to yell and rant at each other for roughly an hour. But it's all in good fun... I promise.A couple of extra links this week:https://www.jmberlin.de/blog-en/2016/12/bread-and-golems/https://ezrarose.itch.io/----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on...

1 year ago

1 hour 5 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

They Put a Spell on You

Send us a textThis week John and Jack discuss witches, but with the added super cool bonus of a full-fledged interview with New York-based cultural critic, playwright, and teacher of Everyday Ashkenazi Magic, Rokhl.Aunt Taiblele Link https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/yiddish-translation/aunt-taibeleYou can also get artist Marti's shirt based on this episode here: https://t.co/60Vw6wC1zj----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or h...

1 year ago

1 hour 24 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Wayward Unicorns

Send us a textDid you know there were Jewish unicorns? Like several different types and styles of Jewish unicorns? And they aren't Jewish just because they like Challah and klezmer music! Join John as he gets educated by Jack on the vast lore of Jewish unicorns including how they are STILL represented today in Jewish culture and decor!----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE W...

1 year ago

1 hour 6 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Let's Talk About the Future That We See

Send us a textIn case you didn't guess from the convoluted title, this week we are talking about divination practices. (You really should have seen that coming.) What is it about knowing the future that gets us all hot and bothered? Why are there so many methods of divination when divination is ruled as an abomination in Dueteronomy? The only way to know for sure is to dive in with John and Jack!----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website F...

1 year ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Biblically Not-So-Accurate Angels

Send us a textAs much as we love when you stick a bunch of googly eyes to a kitten and say it's a biblically accurate cat (and we do love that), biblically accurate angels aren't all that... well biblically accurate. Jack and John discuss angels in folklore, writing, and liturgy. ----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! Shop Aggadah Try It Books I...

1 year ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Jewish (Magical) Protective Services

Send us a textThis week John and Jack teach you how to protect yourself from the evils that infuse the world! From magical charms to keep demons away, burning incense, to actions you can take to put the kaibosh on evil spells from people, we got it all for you!Don't forget to check out:THREE CHARMS FOR KILLING ADOLF HITLER----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDR...

1 year ago

1 hour 14 minutes

Wayward Children: Jewish Monsters, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

Rolling to Jerusalem

Send us a textThis week Jack takes over the show to share his presentation "Rolling to Jerusalem" on Jewish customs and beliefs surrounding death.You can catch the slides here.----------------------------------------------------- Find Jack on Twitter or his Website Find John on Twitter or his Website GET OUR READING LIST! GET THE WAYWARD CHILDREN SHIRT! Shop Aggadah Try It Books Intro and outro music ‘Skin and Bones’ composed by Yoshie Fruchter and performed by Pitom, on Tzadik records

1 year ago

1 hour 36 minutes