Ep 13 - The Spider-Man Routine Accomplished Nothing
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12/01/21 • 81 min
This week: Scenes that aged like milk on a radiator, the era when they cared about demon possession victims, mid-00s homophobia that turned into real bisexuality, rescuing a kid from ghost-induced drowning...2!, and Jules’s boyfriend Special Agent Victor Henriksen.
(Supernatural Season 2, Episodes 10, 11, and 12)
References:
- Real Actors on SPN [Archived Version/Picture]
- Dean and Sam’s Paramilitary Upbringing [Archived Version]
- Down to Agincourt
- Borscht Belt
You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more.
Many thanks to Lulavet Arnow for her help with our audio editing. She can be found on Twitter @palmliker or @spacetrucksix.
Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.
This week: Scenes that aged like milk on a radiator, the era when they cared about demon possession victims, mid-00s homophobia that turned into real bisexuality, rescuing a kid from ghost-induced drowning...2!, and Jules’s boyfriend Special Agent Victor Henriksen.
(Supernatural Season 2, Episodes 10, 11, and 12)
References:
- Real Actors on SPN [Archived Version/Picture]
- Dean and Sam’s Paramilitary Upbringing [Archived Version]
- Down to Agincourt
- Borscht Belt
You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more.
Many thanks to Lulavet Arnow for her help with our audio editing. She can be found on Twitter @palmliker or @spacetrucksix.
Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.
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This week: Little sibling crimes of being taller, a sprinkling of daloy politsey, Sam gets snubbed by the FBI, Elijah the Prophet is playing with your dogs, and the covenant is just Eldest Daughter Disorder writ large.
(Supernatural Season 2, Episodes 7, 8, and 9)
References:
- SPN Wiki Transcript Search
- The Usual Suspects [Archived]
- The Story Iscah Vaguely Remembers
- The complexity of reasons people could get into hunting / [Archived Version]
- Black Dogs
- The Black Dog of Meriden, CT
- Perception of Dogs Among Ancient Jews
- The Story of King Solomon and Ashmedai
- Demons with “Cock-like Footprints”
- Robert Johnson and the Devil Legend
- Honorifics for the dead in Judaism
- May Their Memory Be for a Blessing
- Roanoke Colony
- Genesis 32:4 - Parsha Vayishlach
You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more.
Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.
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This week: Exposure therapy for secondhand embarrassment, making dick jokes about angels, Dean doesn’t know how to destroy a hard drive, the return of Buffynatural, and the JJ Bittenbinder school of vampire hunting.
References:
- Rat Park - Wikipedia
- “Prayer is no panacea, no substitute for action.” -- Abraham Joshua Heschel
- B’shem Hashem
- Ishim (angel) - Wikipedia
- Angels as Human Byproducts - Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism
- Last rites - Wikipedia
- "What happened to all the pussy in Supernatural"
- The Winchesters and First Aid Kits [Archived Version]
- Kashrut and bittul (nullification)
- The True Meaning of Smekday
- Jacob as trickster figure
You can also find us on Twitter @menschofletters and on Tumblr at menschofletters.tumblr.com. If you like what we're doing, you can support us on Patreon! For as little as one dollar a month, you can get a special role in our Discord, exclusive access to bonus content, and more.
Our intro music is Fun Tashlikh and our outro music is Szarvaszo Stomp, both by Yid Vicious, who you can find at their website yidvicious.com, where their music is available for purchase.
Mensch of Letters - Ep 13 - The Spider-Man Routine Accomplished Nothing
Transcript
Iscah 00:16
Hello, and welcome to Mensch of Letters—the first, best, and only Jewish Supernatural podcast. I'm Iscah, and I want to see more haunted Barbie dolls.
Jules 00:26
I'm Jules, reminding you once again that it's a mitzvah to teach your children to swim.
Iscah 00:32
And we're here to make a bad TV show slightly better by making it Jewish. This week we are looking at season two, episodes 10, 11, and 12. Episode
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