OMGWTFBIBLE
92 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsIn this monthly podcast, David Tuchman is joined by special guests who will read his new translation of the Torah chapter-by-chapter while he makes sarcastic comments.
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26.3: Names - Chapters 37-41
December 19, 2014 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBThis is episode 26.3 of OMGWTFBIBLE, featuring David Tuchman and Michael Schreiber, the last OMGWTFBIBLE in the US for kind of a while. This time around, God responds to the Israelites’ “whining” by throwing food at them. As gods do. Also, in this final piece of episode 26, David finally responds to all those religious guests who refuse to say God's name. And Michael lets David know what he really thinks about the show. Listen to it all here! Get more at www.omgwtfbible.com, www.twitter.co...
26.2: Names - Chapters 34-36
December 12, 2014 10:00 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MBHere it is! The big massive, water-filled set piece! One of the last action scenes in the Bible for a very long time! God murdering so many people! It’s all in episode 26.2 of OMGWTFBIBLE, featuring David Tuchman and Michael Schreiber. This is the big event God’s been prepping for centuries. It all goes down this week. But more importantly, Michael and David explore a problem with the casting of Christian Bale as Moses that hasn’t come up elsewhere. What’s the problem? Who would they ca...
26.1: Names - Chapters 32-33
December 05, 2014 10:00 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBHave you ever set a plan in motion and slowly watched as the pieces move into place? Did that plan involve pretty much murdering a country’s entire army in cold blood? If so, you’re just like Yehovah in episode 26.1 of OMGWTFBIBLE, preparing the Reed Sea for his planned drowning of the Egyptians. This time around in David Tuchman’s new translation of the Hebrew Bible as a comedy, he’s joined by Michael Schreiber as they read “Beshalach,” the fourth portion in the book of Exodus. The Ree...
25.4: Names - Chapters 30-31
November 21, 2014 10:00 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBAnd they’re out! In Episode 25.4 of OMGWTFBIBLE, featuring David Tuchman, Rishe Groner, and a very irreverent translation of the Hebrew Bible, the Hebrews finally leave Egypt. That’s right, the long slog through slavery is done! Now it’s time for a long slog through the desert. Listen to it all right here. Get more at www.omgwtfbible.com, www.twitter.com/omgwtfbible, and www.facebook.com/omgbible
25.3: Names - Chapters 28-29
November 14, 2014 10:00 - 13 minutes - 18.1 MBFinally! Episode 25.3 of OMGWTFBIBLE, featuring David Tuchman, Rishe Groner, and a very irreverent translation of the Hebrew Bible, is here! Your intrepid readers get even further into “Come,” aka “Bo,” this week, reading about all the ultraviolence that went on during the very first Passover. And what is Rishe’s seder secret? Listen to it all and find out! Also, the Septuagint and its mythos come up for some reason and chapter 30 ALMOST happens. Get more at www.omgwtfbible.com, www.tw...
25.2: Names - Chapters 25-27
November 07, 2014 10:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MB#GirdYourLoins! It’s time for Episode 25.2 of OMGWTFBIBLE, featuring David Tuchman, Rishe Groner, and a very irreverent translation of the Hebrew Bible. This week, your dynamic duo reads the third portion of Exodus, which we call "Come,” and get into some of the more grisly details of the very first Passover. And they learn exactly what #GirdYourLoins even means. Listen to it all below! Get more at www.omgwtfbible.com, www.twitter.com/omgwtfbible, and www.facebook.com/omgbible
25.1: Names - Chapters 24
October 31, 2014 09:00 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBWe really shouldn’t be making light of plagues these days, but that’s where OMGWTFBIBLE is up to in the Torah, so we don’t really have a choice. This month, meet Rishe Groner, an Australian with a Chabad background and more knowledge about the Torah than David Tuchman or Rashi or God or your Hebrew school teacher could’ve expected. The third portion of Exodus, which we call “Come,” kicks off with a plague of very annoying insects. But first, Rishe tells us how much of a whirlwind the past m...
24.4: Names - Chapters 22-23
October 24, 2014 09:00 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBAnd here it is, part 4 of OMGWTFBIBLE, episode 24! This time around, Y-Love and David Tuchman finish up Parshat Va’era, the second portion in Exodus, and share their thoughts on the reading. What does Y-Love think of Moshe’s journey? Can he sum up everything into a single word? Listen now! Note: Y-Love sang at the live show. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to record his music well enough to share online, so it’s been editing out of the podcast. All the more reason to come to the live show. ...
24.3: Names - Chapters 18-21
October 19, 2014 09:00 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MBWe know we just restarted Genesis in synagogue, but part 3 of episode 24 of OMGWTFBIBLE is out now! This week (a little late), Y-Love and David Tuchman get deep into Parshat Va’era, the second portion in Exodus, reading all sorts of wonderful, no-good, very bad plagues. That’s right! This week, Moshe, everyone’s favorite desert wizard, unleashes all sorts of biological weirdness on the population of Egypt. And Egypt’s magicians do the same for some reason. Check it all out! Note: Y-Love...
24.2: Names - Chapters 14-17
October 09, 2014 09:00 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBThings actually happen this time around, we promise! As a pre-Sukkot treat, part 2 of episode 24 of OMGWTFBIBLE is available early! This time around, Y-Love and David Tuchman finally get to the parts in Parshat Va’era, the second portion in Exodus, that matter: Moshe’s magic tricks. And with them come all sorts of questions. What exactly does Moshe’s staff turn into? Is Moshe a wizard? How many Harry Potter references can we fit into a single podcast? Don't not listen! Note: Y-Love sang a...
24.1: Names - Chapter 13
October 03, 2014 09:00 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBY-Love is an international rap star who seamlessly blends Judaism, Hebrew, English, and Aramaic into his music. So he was the perfect person to help OMGWTFBIBLE host David Tuchman come up with creative new ways to read Parshat Va’era, the second portion in Exodus. In this first part of the reading, Y-Love dropped some serious knowledge about how Facebook’s been penalizing people not using their legal names on their profiles (which they kinda-sorta fixed today) and about the Hebrew word “Vay...
23.4: Names - Chapters 11-12
September 19, 2014 09:00 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBIn the latest episode of OMGWTFBIBLE, host David Tuchman and guest Mordechai Levovitz of Jewish Queer Youth reach the end of Parshat Shmot and try to draw a lesson from it all. For David, this chapter is the start of the Bible describing something bigger than that one little family God anointed as his favorites. But what does Mordechai learn? Listen below to find out! Get more at www.omgwtfbible.com.
23.3: Names - Chapters 7-10
September 12, 2014 09:00 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBOMGWTFBIBLE dives ever further into Exodus! This week, host David Tuchman reads even more Bible with Mordechai Levovitz of Jewish Queer Youth, and they cover a number of pressing questions, like: What exactly is Moses’s relationship with Yitro? What does God do when nobody’s around? And why is he so long-winded? Find out in this week’s installment, in which Moses is called to SAVE. HIS. PEOPLE. Also, discover how the Bible inspired Groot.
23.2: Names - Chapters 2-6
September 05, 2014 09:00 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MBOMGWTFBIBLE is back and diving into Exodus! This week, David Tuchman reads some Bible with Mordechai Levovitz of Jewish Queer Youth. Just how devious does Paraoh get this week? What centuries-old disagreement did sages have about the elasticity of his daughter’s arm? And why in the world hasn’t this show been making stereotypical French jokes about Rashi for years. Find out this week!
23.1: Names - Intro and Chapter 1
August 29, 2014 09:00 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBDavid Tuchman kicks off his own personal translation of Exodus with Mordechai Levovitz of Jewish Queer Youth. After discussing the Bible and all sortsof Jew stuff, David and Mordechai get to reading all about Jacob and how his family got down to Egypt.
Just the Bible Bits 1: Part 4
August 22, 2014 09:00 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBIn the final Genesis megasode of this Bible comedy podcast, David Tuchman is joined by Leah Vincent, Josh Yuter, Michael Malice, and many many more guests as they read a whole slew of chapters, detailing Joseph's journey to Egypt and reuinification with Jacob and all the other Jews. Oh, and some jokes. If you haven't listened to Just the Bible Bits 1-3, you should probably do that now so you can catch up on the first 18 episodes of Genesis. If you have, listen already! What are you waiting f...
22: In the Beginning - Chapters Fifty-four through Fifty-six
June 27, 2014 08:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBGenesis is over! With a whole slew of guests, David Tuchman brings the first book of his comedy Bible podcast to a close. And recites a weird Jewish song at the end.
21: In the Beginning - Chapters Forty-nine through Fifty-three
May 30, 2014 08:30 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBMichael Malice joins David Tuchman to read David's funny Bible. This month, they talk about being Jewish and Joseph shows his family who he really is and sorta kinda isn't so nice to the Egyptian people. In which Yoseph finally comes clean
20: In the Beginning - Chapters Forty-five through Forty-eight
May 09, 2014 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBThis month, David Tuchman is joined by author Leah Vincent as they slowly read the climax of Yoseph's fraternal deception.
Just the Bible Bits 1: Part 3
April 07, 2014 09:00 - 1 hour - 91 MBCatch up on all the Bible craziness with these jam-packed, king-sized episodes! Part 2 of Just the Bible Bits 1 features chapters 23-41.
19: In the Beginning - Chapters Forty-two through Forty-four
March 28, 2014 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBOMGWTFBIBLE goes back to shul! David Tuchman is joined by Rabbi Josh Yuter as they watch Yoseph go from jailer to sailor! Prison to risen? Behind bars to in charge! In which Yoseph talks to a lot of guys about their dreams
18: In the Beginning - Chapters Thirty-nine through Forty-one
February 27, 2014 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBAri Mandel joins me as we read a soap opera-y interlude and about Yoseph's sexual misadventures in Egypt. In which there are plenty of bodily fluids
17: In the Beginning - Chapters Thirty-five through Thirty-eight
January 29, 2014 05:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBOMGWTFBIBLE goes to shul! The Stanton Street Shul, to be exact! Matthue Roth, author of My First Kafka, joins David to read about a whole bunch of funny names and the beginning of the Yoseph cycle. In which there are still more names and a curious article of clothing
16: In the Beginning - Chapters Twenty-nine through Thirty-four
January 06, 2014 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBFleshbot.com owner Lux Alptraum joins me back at the Magnet to read about the not-quite-rape of Dinah. In which an entire town is massacred and there are a WHOLE bunch of names.
15: In the Beginning - Chapters Twenty-seven and Twenty-eight
December 02, 2013 05:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBChris Hastings, writer of "Dr. McNinja" and "Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe," stops by the show to read about a very strange wrestling match. In which Yaakov wrestles a stranger and reunites with his brother.
14: In the Beginning - Chapters Twentyfive and Twentysix
November 11, 2013 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBPhilip Wells, son of Steve and operations manager of Skeptic's Annotated Bible Books, stop by to talk about growing up atheist and Yaakov's sneakiness. In which Yaakov sneaks away and gets a severe talking-to
13: In the Beginning - Chapters Twentythree and Twentyfour
October 30, 2013 12:36 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBYear 2 begins at the Magnet Theater with improv comedian Adam Bozarth reading about all of Yaakov's babies. This month, Yaakov has a bunch of kids and messes around in the sex lives of goats.
Just the Bible Bits 1: Part 2
October 09, 2013 09:00 - 1 hour - 95 MBCatch up on all the Bible craziness with these jam-packed, king-sized episodes! Part 2 of Just the Bible Bits 1 features chapters 7-22.
Just the Bible Bits 1: Part 1
October 08, 2013 09:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBCatch up on all the Bible craziness with these jam-packed, king-sized episodes! Part 1 of Just the Bible Bits 1 features chapters 1-6.
12: In the Beginning - Chapters Twenty through Twentytwo
October 07, 2013 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBOMG! It's been a whole year of Bible reading! Writer Elissa Goldstein joins David for the 12th episode of bizarre Bible interpretation. In which Yaakov dreams a little dream and lays a little pipe
11: In the Beginning - Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen
August 26, 2013 04:30 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBAri Schwab joins David as they read a couple chapters at the Magnet Theater In which Rivka helps Yaakov swindle his blind father
10: In the Beginning - Chapters Thirteen through Seventeen
August 05, 2013 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBAriel Abrahams joins David at Double Wide Bar and Southern Kitchen as they read chapters 13-17. In which Avraham has some more kids nobody cares about, a stew gets going, and a plotline is recycled for the third time
9: In the Beginning - Chapters Nine through Twelve
June 24, 2013 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBDavid Tuchman and A Mysterious Stranger discuss growing up Orthodox and read through Avraham's adventures in negotiating and an anonymous slave's adventures in finding ladies
8: In the Beginning - Chapter Eight
May 27, 2013 21:17 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBJulie Sugar joins me on May 20, 2013 to read Chapter Eight, in which a plotline is recycled and Avraham gives us a primer in how to be a bad dad.
7: In the Beginning - Chapter Seven
April 22, 2013 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBI'm joined by Lonnie Mann on April 15, 2013 to read a chapter full of sex and violence In which all sorts of sexy things (and one very unsexy one) happen
6: In the Beginning - Chapter Six
March 23, 2013 14:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBDavid Tuchman is joined by Steven DeSiena and they read the craziest chapter yet of this project: Chapter 6. In which Avram has a pretty trippy experience, gets a little something on the side, and is asked by God to something realllly wacky
5: In the Beginning - Chapter Five
February 23, 2013 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBIt's Bible time! David Tuchman and Esther Werdiger read chapter five of this new bible translation! In this chapter, Avram travels a bunch and gets involved in the military! WHAT?
OMGWTFBONUS: Hate Mail
February 20, 2013 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.83 MBDon't worry, the show isn't suddenly super-short. This is a bonus episode! Julia Gazdag of Jewniverse joins me to read a very angry e-mail I recently received.
4: In the Beginning - Chapter Four
January 26, 2013 15:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBYair Oelbaum and David Tuchman join forces for Chapter 4 of this brand-new bible. In which God talks about rainbows and gets mad at some people for building a tower
3: In the Beginning - Chapter Three
December 22, 2012 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBOMG! WTF? The world hasn't ended?! Hear all about the first apocalypse in Chapter 3 with special guest Jessica Polaniecki! (Recorded live In which God goes kinda crazy
2: In the Beginning - Chapter Two
November 24, 2012 19:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBOMGWTFBIBLE hits its stride and figures out its running time in Chapter Two: In which the whole Paradise Lost thing goes down and Cain and Abel take sibling rivalry a little bit too far
1: In the Beginning - Chapter One
October 20, 2012 13:00 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MBOMGWTFBIBLE bursts out of the gates (of heaven) with chapter one: In which God creates the entire universe (but mostly us)