Xai, how are you?

Our tale of the demon lord and the "wisest" ruler continues with glass domes, crimes against roosters and super strength king tosses. Sign up for Frootcamp here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/frootcamp-a-summer-shiur-series-to-up-your-practical-gay-talmud-skills-tickets-657309780247 Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Ashmodai, king of the demons is coming to the pod! We've got Solomonic war crimes, earthworks projects, demon tzadakim and random acts of kindness. Sign up for Frootcamp: A Summer Shiur Series to Up Your Practical Gay Talmud Skills here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/frootcamp-a-summer-shiur-series-to-up-your-practical-gay-talmud-skills-tickets-657309780247 Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Michael brings us a case of civil law that devolves/evolves into a story about the magical power of oaths, swearing, divorce and deriving benefit from bread (or the absence thereof). Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

This episode is the bee's knees...and that is only one of the many horrible bee puns you'll be subjected to! Xava brought a talmudic cornucopia about bees and their place in the world, both metaphysically and culinarily. Sign up for The Flavor of Text here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-flavor-of-text-a-deep-dive-into-melody-in-the-beit-midrash-tickets-657305076177 Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Michael brings us some delicious drash on the Torah's most cringe stories where the bad guys are good and the good guys are not what they seem. Sign up for The Flavor of Text here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-flavor-of-text-a-deep-dive-into-melody-in-the-beit-midrash-tickets-657305076177 Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Listener questions return! This week, we explain some Rabbinic apocalypse ramblings, little white lies, moral absolutism and the Messianic age. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Jonah Mac Gelfand of Gashmius Magazine joins us to talk about neo-xasidut, the transcendent nature of taste, sacrifices and a wonderful text from the Me'or Einayim! Check out the source sheet from this episode here: https://rb.gy/hza6e and check out Gashmius at https://www.gashmiusmagazine.com/ Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Professor of philosophy and law Martha Nussbaum joins us to talk about her life, her journey with Judaism, emotional politics, agnosticism and a bunch of other cool stuff! Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

Sam Biagetti of “Historiansplaining” comes on the show to discuss Solomon’s Temple – both the real historical building as it can be reconstructed from ancient texts and archaeology, and the symbol that has been endlessly appropriated to represent humankind’s relationship to the cosmos, from Jewish mysticism, to Christian theology, to early Islam, to medieval magic, to Renaissance humanism, to the rituals of Freemasonry, to modern Jewish and evangelical fundamentalism. Check out Sam's lectures on Freemasonry: soundcloud.com/historiansplaining/the-freemasonry-its-origins-its-myths-and-its-rituals soundcloud.com/historiansplaining/freemasonry-its-growth-and-spread-before-1789 Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

What did the Rabbis know about the stars? Was the moon a bossy bottom? Can we remember facts from previous episodes? Find out all the answers in this epi! Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.