A follow up conversation with Chezzi Denebeim, unpacking some of the discussion in the previous episode. Intro/Outro Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swXKCDz0gC8Dovid Leiderhttps://www.youtube.com/watc...

What if what we're looking FOR, we're actually looking WITH?" Chezzi Denebeim shares some of his journey and insights found along the way. Recorded on January 12th, 2020 Intro Music ht...

A recording of ‘A Nakht in Shtetl’ Yiddish music recital from September 22, 2016 at Chevra Ahavas Yisroel in Crown Heights Preformed by Chaim Kohn, Cantor Yanky Lemmer, Cantor Ayeh Leib Hurwitz, Isaac Tiefenbrun, and special guest ...

A conversation with Rabbi Shais Taub recorded on March 3rd. It was just before Corona got real, but we discuss a lot of the issues that seem so very relevant now. Can we find our own stories within the experience of another? 

Gittel Follman shares some of her experiences as a single girl in the big city, her journey and work as a social worker, self care, and family life. Gittel Follman is the wife of Moe Follman and the mother of two wonderful children,...

An alternative perspective to replace the fear of "outside ideas" with a confidence in finding commonality. Postscript from previous episode (And Where's Your Normal Card?) Key facts of AA history

An honest conversation with Rabbi Meir Kessler about addiction, recovery, and the spiritual principles that make one man’s ‘dubious luxury’ another man’s poison. Note: Contains some Yiddish & Hebrew that isn't translated.  ...

To close out this first season of Extra Sauce, here's a nice selection of five Yiddish Chanukah songs as well a short introduction to my own interest in Yiddish music. Wishing you all a Zissen Chanukah and a Happy New Year! I...

An honest, open, and free flowing conversation with Meilech Kohn. Get a glimpse into the riveting journey of Meilech Kohn. From the highs to the lows and everything in between, there's one soul-stirring question that cuts through it...

Yehudah DovBer Zirkind is a spiritual seeker and an academic of the first order. I sat down with him for an impromptu conversation about many issues related to his growing up and journey within the Chabad Chassidic community and the Yeshiva sys...

Yehudah DovBer Zirkind is a spiritual seeker and an academic of the first order. I sat down with him for an impromptu conversation about many issues related to his growing up and journey within the Chabad Chassidic community and the Yeshiva sys...

Shmaya Honickman just got married to the lovely Yocheved Turner. Mazel tov! Here's a conversation I had with Shmaya back in August about two of his first loves; comic books and The Grateful Dead. As well as his own story, which is t...

Meet Malka and Mendel Groden...the most real parents I've ever met. I sat down with my friend Mendel Groden and his wife Malka for an up close and honest conversation about their journey together as a couple and as parents. 

Part 3/3 of a Farbrengen with Rabbi Shmuly Metzger, Chezzi Denebeim, and Baruch Thaler. Recorded in Crown Heights on June 3rd, 2019. In this episode we circle back to the theme of coming home. Coming home to discover a new meaning and e...

Part 2/3 of a Farbrengen with Rabbi Shmuly Metzger, Chezzi Denebeim, and Baruch Thaler. Recorded in Crown Heights on June 3rd, 2019. Did Lubavitch abandon Avodas Atzmo? The danger of living in a state of opposition to the world rather t...

Part 1 of a Farbrengen with Rabbi Shmuly Metzger, Chezzi Denebeim, and Baruch Thaler. Recorded in Crown Heights on June 3rd, 2019. In this episode each guest shares some memories and feelings on the theme of coming home and we explore t...

I sat down with Aryeh Buchsbayew to hear some of his reflections on Shtisel. It quickly escalated into a four hour conversation about Nazi’s, self loathing, self acceptance, The Hero's Journey and a story about his son that left me fighting bac...

Velvel shares fascinating stories from his early years of recording and transcribing Jewish music. This recording is from an event at Chevra Ahavas Yisroel in April of 2016. Check out the links below to learn more about Velvel and his t...

What started as a late night pipe smoking and ‘remember when’ jam in the garage quickly escalated to a discussion about Chabad elitism, Mormons, and the possibility that we’ve been approaching the game of Limbo (aka life) all wrong. 

Chanan Rose is a serious man who doesn't take himself too seriously. We sat down for an open-ended conversation about a range of topics including; our collective redemption as a personal calling, his dad, resistance as a teacher, consc...

A candid conversation about storytelling; its function, power and potential challenges from the perspectives of Chassidic tradition, psychotherapy, and the history of Alcoholics Anonymous. With Chaim Kohn, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, a...