The Diary of Glikl: Discovering the Exceptional within the Everyday

JL;DR SUMMARY In the podcast episode "The Diary of Glikl: Discovering the Exceptional within the Everyday" hosted by Jonathan Schwab and Yael Steiner, the focus is on Glikl, an 18th-century Jewish woman from Germany whose diary offers insight into personal struggles and triumphs. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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