“Chutzpod!” Podcast from Rabbi Shira Stutman and PRX to Launch New Episodes Beginning October 18 with New Co-Host Hanna Rosin
The acclaimed podcast for spiritual seekers of all walks of life brings a Jewish lens to our toughest questions while exploring how to live meaningfully
Chutzpod! — the acclaimed podcast using a Jewish lens to answer our toughest questions while exploring how spiritual seekers of all types might build a good life — today announced that the show will return on October 18. New episodes will be released weekly on Wednesdays. Also announced today, Chutzpod! co-founder and co-host Rabbi Shira Stutman will be joined by accomplished writer and podcaster Hanna Rosin as co-host.
Chutzpod! is brought to listeners in partnership with public media organization PRX, one of the world’s top podcast publishers and public radio distributors. The show is available for free across all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, Overcast, and Pocket Casts.
Hanna Rosin is a journalist and podcast host, currently of Radio Atlantic — The Atlantic’s flagship show. Previously, she was the editorial director of audio at New York Magazine. She started her audio career at NPR, serving as co-host of Invisibilia. Prior, she was a newspaper and magazine writer for outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and New York Magazine. She’salso the author of two books.
“We’re ecstatic that Hanna is joining us on Chutzpod!. Aside from bringing her intellect and expertise, we greatly look forward to learning from her worldview and understanding of the human condition,” said Rabbi Shira Stutman.
A nationally-renowned faith-based leader, Stutman was the founding rabbi of Sixth & I in Washington, D.C. — a beloved center for arts, entertainment, ideas, and Jewish life with a mission to reimagine how culture and community can enhance people’s everyday lives — Stutman has also been named one of America’s most inspiring rabbis by The Forward.
Chutzpod! launched in January 2022 from Stutman and actor Joshua Malina and has been praised by Good Morning America, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, The Times of Israel, Washington City Paper, Jewish Insider, and Kveller. The podcast aims to inspire people of all walks of life to live meaningfully and to embrace compassion while also offering advice by applying Jewish values, texts, and traditions — as well as the hosts’ real-life experiences — to help listeners make sense of their own dilemmas and the world we’re all living in.
Listeners are encouraged to submit their big questions and dilemmas to be discussed on the podcast by visiting chutzpod.com or by emailing chutzpod@gmail.com.
About Chutzpod!
Chutzpod! is a frank and wide-ranging conversation on how to build a good life, using real-life quandaries and millennia-old Jewish wisdom. Each week, Rabbi Shira Stutman and podcaster Hanna Rosin bring a Jewish lens to life’s toughest questions, asked by our listeners: Do I offer forgiveness to a friend who refuses to apologize? Am I right to be annoyed at all the service dogs on the plane with me? How do we work to heal this broken world? It’s a podcast for people of all or no faiths; Hebrew school truants and proud yeshiva graduates; those who want to be inspired but don’t want to schlep to synagogue; basically, anyone trying to live a meaningful life during these trying times. One part advice column, one part reflection on what Judaism teaches on how to build a good life, using real-life stories and millennia-old wisdom.
About PRX
Celebrating its 20th year as a nonprofit public media company, PRX works in partnership with leading independent creators, organizations, and stations to bring meaningful audio storytelling into millions of listeners’ lives. PRX is one of the world’s top podcast publishers, public radio distributors, and audio producers, serving as an engine of innovation for public media and podcasting to help shape a vibrant future for creative and journalistic audio. Shows across PRX’s portfolio of broadcast productions, podcast partners, and its Radiotopia podcast network have received recognition from the Peabody Awards, the Tribeca Festival, the International Documentary Association, and more, including in 2022 when Futuro Media and PRX won a Pulitzer Prize. Visit PRX.org for more.
