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Ashamed to Admit - Episode #21 Paranoid and Petty with John Safran

Episode #21 Paranoid and Petty with John Safran

10/21/24 • 54 min

Ashamed to Admit

John Safran graces the ATA studio this week to talk about the time he squatted in Kanye (Ye) West’s mansion in Hollywood, Jewish paranoia and petty family dynamics.

John’s new book is called “SQUAT - A week squatting at Kanye’s mansion”

Squat by John Safran - Penguin Books Australia

Articles adjacent to this episode:

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/a-cigarette-or-heatstick-how-phillip-morris-deceives-us-with-euphemisms

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/what-i-tell-my-black-jewish-children-about-kanye-west-antisemitism-and-race

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/christopher-columbus-was-genetically-jewish-new-dna-study-says

Special thanks to Diana Perla and Associates for their support: dianaperla.com.au

Email your feedback, questions, show ideas etc: [email protected]

(You can also email voice memos here).

Subscribe to The Jewish Independent's bi-weekly newsletter: jewishindependent.com.au

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John Safran graces the ATA studio this week to talk about the time he squatted in Kanye (Ye) West’s mansion in Hollywood, Jewish paranoia and petty family dynamics.

John’s new book is called “SQUAT - A week squatting at Kanye’s mansion”

Squat by John Safran - Penguin Books Australia

Articles adjacent to this episode:

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/a-cigarette-or-heatstick-how-phillip-morris-deceives-us-with-euphemisms

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/what-i-tell-my-black-jewish-children-about-kanye-west-antisemitism-and-race

https://thejewishindependent.com.au/christopher-columbus-was-genetically-jewish-new-dna-study-says

Special thanks to Diana Perla and Associates for their support: dianaperla.com.au

Email your feedback, questions, show ideas etc: [email protected]

(You can also email voice memos here).

Subscribe to The Jewish Independent's bi-weekly newsletter: jewishindependent.com.au

Tami and Dash on Instagram: tami_sussman_writer_celebrant and dashiel_and_pascoe

X: TJI_au

YouTube: thejewishindependentAU

Facebook: TheJewishIndependentAU

Instagram: thejewishindependent

LinkedIn: the-jewish-independent

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Email your feedback, questions, show ideas etc: [email protected]

(You can also email voice memos here).

Subscribe to The Jewish Independent's bi-weekly newsletter: jewishindependent.com.au

Tami and Dash on Instagram: tami_sussman_writer_celebrant and dashiel_and_pascoe

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YouTube: thejewishindependentAU

Facebook: TheJewishIndependentAU

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(You can also email voice memos here).

Subscribe to The Jewish Independent's bi-weekly newsletter: jewishindependent.com.au

Tami and Dash on Instagram: tami_sussman_writer_celebrant and dashiel_and_pascoe

X: TJI_au

YouTube: thejewishindependentAU

Facebook: TheJewishIndependentAU

Instagram: thejewishindependent

LinkedIn: the-jewish-independent

Ashamed to Admit - Episode #21 Paranoid and Petty with John Safran

Transcript

Speaker 1

Are you interested in issues affecting Jews in Australia and the world at large ? But a little bit ashamed that you're barely keeping up to date .

Speaker 2

Well , you've come to the right place . I'm Tammy Sussman and , in this podcast series , author , historian and TJI's executive director , dashiell Lawrence , and I call on experts and each ot

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