Unorthodox; plus McMillions, Dickenson, Mrs. America, Ozark, Akram Khan's Giselle, and Pandemic Podcasts

Wild Pretty Things

English - April 24, 2020 00:18 - 2 hours - 131 MB - ★★★★ - 35 ratings
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This episode, we’re discussing Unorthodox on Netflix, as well as some other things we’re watching during the pandemic. We’ll have a short spoiler-free discussion, then spoil the entire season.

WPT is a podcast for adults, and we use adult language and discuss topics that some listeners may find objectionable.

This is a very special episode because for the first time ever we have a guest, my friend and bandmate in Tape History, Chris Naes from Watchers On The Couch: Castle Rock.

https://www.watchersonthecouch.com/

https://www.watchersonthecouch.com/television/castle-rock/

https://twitter.com/chrisnaesdrums

You can email us at [email protected]. On Twitter we’re @WildPrettyPod, Instagram is wildprettythingspod.

https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/

McMillions (HBO)

Dickenson (Apple TV)

Tiger King podcasts: https://www.saucepodcast.com/episode-104-tiger-king/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/podcasts/still-processing-tiger-king.html

https://wondery.com/shows/joe-exotic/

https://play.acast.com/s/poppsych101/35c9d3cd-5f7b-4a8f-a024-8f01ae54172e

http://www.popcultureleftovers.com/tag/tiger-king/

Mrs. America (FX on Hulu)

Ozark (Netflix)

Black Monday & House Of Lies (Showtime)

Doctor Sleep & IT (VOD)

0:31:00

Marquee TV and Akram Khan’s Giselle

https://www.marquee.tv/

*It seems like the promo may have changed since recording.

https://www.ballet.org.uk/production/akram-khan-giselle/

0:35:26 Misc shows:

#blackAF (Netflix), Kenya Barris (Blackish)’s new show

What We Do In The Shadows (FX/Hulu)

Killing Eve (AMC)

The Mist (2007 film - VOD)

The Mist (2017 Spike series - Netflix)

0:43:00

Main topic: Unorthodox

The series is loosely based on Deborah Feldman's 2012 autobiography Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots.

Written by Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski (Jewish German), and Daniel Hendler; Directed by Maria Schrader (previous work as actress, mainly on German TV).

Ramy (Hulu)

The novel Jarret couldn’t remember is The Fixer: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-fixer

Cast

Shira Haas as Esther "Esty" Shapiro

Jeff Wilbusch as Moishe Lefkovitch (Esty’s brother-in-law)

Amit Rahav as Yanky Shapiro (Esty’s husband)

Alex Reid as Leah Mandelbaum (Esty’s mother)

Ronit Asheri as Malka Schwartz

Gera Sandler as Mordechai Schwartz

Dina Doron as Esty's grandmother ("Bubbe")

Aaron Altaras as Robert

Tamar Amit-Joseph as Yael Roubeni