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Episode 97: Rabbi Greg Marcus, PhD, teaches religiously centered self-improvement
A hundred years ago, Judaism’s path of moral self-improvement was stuck mostly in the Orthodox world where the classic books of the field were in their original language. When the wider Jewish world…
Episode 96: Ari Levari made a fantasy-RPG-flavored journal for personal growth
People talk about "main character energy" when it's a bad thing: You're the center of the universe, you're the hero or heroine in your story, and your story is how you see the world. Everyone is…
Episode 95: Christina Neumeyer is a therapist
I stumbled onto Christina’s name in my quest for one of my favorite Jewish folk tales. Turns out, she’d shared a version from a Christian book on her blog, which was also filled with marvelous…
Episode 94: Rabbi Shefa Gold chants Jewishly
There is Jewish music, with melody and harmony and rhythm. There is chanting for Torah reading, with melody and meaning. And then there is Jewish chanting. Rabbi Shefa Gold talks about her entry…
Episode 93: Dr. Kyra Bobinet studies why brains make change difficult
You’ve experienced this before, right? You know you’re supposed to do something. You’ve learned that a good habit is what you need or a bad habit needs to be changed. You know you should spend more…
Episode 92: Walter Stewart co-owns a game shop
No, not game, like deer and pheasant, but game like … board games, tabletop games, card games, miniature games. Basically, all the games of the world that happen solo, in pairs, in groups, around…
Episode 91: Ken Fleisher made productivity tool Cherry Task
I am a big fan of thinking of productivity and task management, but I’ve been through dozens of them and I no longer think that any tool is going to magically spirit away whatever issues I have with…
Episode 90: Rabbi Simcha Raphael studies ideas on the Jewish afterlife
He's a scholar. A therapist. And a rabbi. And all three of those disciplines have touched on his work deeply studying what Judaism has to say about the supernatural and especially the…
Episode 89: Rabbi Richard Agler writes books on tragedy and Jewish views on God
After interviewing Rabbi Rifat Sonsino about a co-edited book he worked on called A God We Can Believe In, the other co-editor reached out and said he had more to say on it. Given that I peppered…
Episode 88: Dr. Samuel Brody wrote about religious Zionism
Israel and Zionism: Could I have picked a hotter topic? Well, cool your jets, man. Sam Brody, PhD, an associate professor of religious studies at University of Kansas, is going to bring a nuanced…
S1E87 Episode 87: Rabbi Rifat Sonsino writes about God
Religions emphasize, in different measure at different times and for different reasons, belief/theology and practice/ritual/tradition. Judaism, in general, is a religion that focuses more on…
86: Ilana podcasts about activism for kids
I know Ilana from a teaching gig. Ilana's mom asked if I wanted to interview the budding podcaster. I said, of course, sure, absolutely. You can find everything they're working on around the project…
85: Larry Stigsell wrote an inspirational book
He's a dad. He's a granddad. He was a decades-long sporting goods salesman in his town. And he worries about the negativity in the world today and wanted to take a stab at sharing the philosophy that…
84: Richard Orodenker uses commonplace books
It’s been a few weeks now that I’ve been keeping a commonplace book. A few hours after discovering the concept and chasing some internet rabbit holes, I found Richard Orodenker, a former Temple…
Bonus! KJ Davis helps creatives get started
KJ Davis is a self-described "working neurodivergent matriach, military vet spouse, small business owner, and descriptive fantasy sci-fi author." All the aspects were interesting to me (we didn't…
Bonus! Noah Gibbs helps organize a charity gaming convention
Noah Gibbs is a fellow tabletop gamer and Kansas City metro local. But he’s got even stronger feelings about the local gaming and convention community than me. He’s been working with a charity…
S1E83 83: Georgios has published a book on Aristotle's Categories
Georgios is a philosophy student and one who brings others along with him. Now, when I say he’s a philosophy student, you think, ahh, he’s taking a class. No. Georgios has a job. He lives in the…
82: Elliot Kanshin Kallen plays the shakuhachi
This episode gets into every angle of a musical instrument you’ve, for sure, heard yet may not know what it’s called. Elliot Kanshin Kallen touches on the history of this Japanese flute, the…
81: James Gomes re-reads the spiritual classic Siddhartha
It’s a new year, 2024, and that means James Gomes re-read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse for the umpteenth time. It’s a short book, it’s in the public domain, and Gomes says he gets something new out of…
S1E80 80: Kevin works on protecting kids from active shooters
I interviewed Kevin Jones about soft skills in security and law enforcement work for another podcast here. I enjoyed the conversation so much, and I was so intensely curious about his work in law…
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What People Do has published 100 episodes since March 2020, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
What People Do is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 50m.
