Julie Subrin, Tablet's executive audio producer, has produced the site’s weekly podcast since 2005. She was previously an associate producer of Public Radio International’s The Next Big Thing, and she holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and a master’s from Stanford. Her favorite podcasts from the archive include Gregory Warner’s dispatch from a makeshift memorial in Rwanda, Sara Ivry’s conversation with novelist Howard Jacobson, and a story about a batch of love letters discovered by a German stamp collector.
Listen to one of Carroll’s classic bits
| 1:00 PM Jan 5, 2010
Jean Carroll, one of the first women to make it as a solo stand-up comedian, died last Friday. Born Celine Zeigman in 1911, Carroll began her career in vaudeville, performing as a duo with her husband, Buddy Howe. But it was as a solo performer in the 1940s that she came into her own, flouting ...
Apologies to the barrista, and to fellow commuters
| 12:00 PM Sep 25, 2009
It’s the last workday before Yom Kippur, and therefore the last installment in our countdown-to-the-holiday Daily Sorry series. Today, our final two sorries, one from a cheap café-goer and the other from an inconsiderate straphanger. Listen to them here and here.
And, with that, our work is done. We hope you feel like you got ...
That whole economic collapse? My bad.
| 2:00 PM Sep 24, 2009
Yom Kippur is nearly here—just a few called-in atonements left. Today’s sorry is from someone with a sneaking suspicion that he may be a least a little bit responsible for the economic collapse. Listen to his apology here.
Tomorrow will be your last chance to atone on Tablet Magazine’s Sorry Hotline. Call the hotline at 718-360-4836, ...
He knows he shouldn’t make jokes about shul
| 1:00 PM Sep 23, 2009
Just a few days left till Yom Kippur, and the parade of apologies continues. Today’s sorry comes from a wise guy who doesn’t like going to synagogue, and who feels bad about the whiny jokes that upset his more-observant wife. You can listen to it here.
Is there something you’re truly sorry for? There’s still time ...
Pets and procrastination
| 2:00 PM Sep 22, 2009
It’s less than a week till Yom Kippur, and we’re still publishing our Daily Sorry, a series of phoned-in atonements for ways you’ve strayed this year. Today’s installment comes from a woman who lost a beloved pet and has put off performing the final rites for far too long. You can listen to it here ...
Porn star deserves better
| 1:00 PM Sep 21, 2009
There’s a week left until Yom Kippur, which makes it high time to reflect on your actions over the past year, what you liked about what you did and what you didn’t like. That makes it also a good time to apologize to those you treated poorly. Today’s sorry is from a woman who feels ...
She wishes she weren’t so grumpy
| 12:00 PM Sep 18, 2009
Each day until Yom Kippur, Tablet Magazine is bringing you a Daily Sorry, an expression of atonement called into our Sorry Hotline. Today, we hear from a grumpster who’d like to change her ways.
It’s not too late to add your own apology. Call our Sorry Hotline at 718-360-4836, and tell us what you’re sorry for.
An apology to mom
| 12:00 PM Sep 17, 2009
The March of Atonement continues. Each day until Yom Kippur, Tablet Magazine is offering a Daily Sorry, a series of apologies called into our Sorry Hotline. Today, it’s a somber sorry, from a daughter to her mother.
Want to join the ranks of the atoners? It’s not too late. Call our Sorry Hotline at 718-360-4836, and ...
Swayze, we hardly knew ye
| 1:00 PM Sep 16, 2009
Been ungrateful to your parents? Feeling guilty about all those plastic Poland Spring bottles? Well, change your ways—but first say you’re sorry. Each day until Yom Kippur, Tablet Magazine is offering a Daily Sorry. Today, we hear from a man who realized he didn’t fully appreciate a certain dirtily dancing actor until it was ...
Good for bike racers, bad for medieval souls
| 4:00 PM Jul 2, 2009
Every year, epic bicycle race Le Tour de France changes its route and incorporates a bordering region; this year, riders will traverse northwest Spain. Should you want to stand on the sidelines, we recommend Stage 6. It begins in Girona, which boasts one of the largest Jewish Quarters in medieval Catalonia and is overlooked by ...