Winners and Losers
Ep. 271: Devin Gordon on loving the losing New York Mets, and Julie Lythcott-Haims on how to be an adult
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This week on Unorthodox, Andrew Cuomo’s Jewish “tree houses” and Israel’s wild boars.
Our Jewish guest is Devin Gordon, author of the new book So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets—the Best Worst Team in Sports. He tells us why Mets fandom is a profound spiritual exercise in perpetual disappointment, and Liel offers his take on why the Mets are a fundamentally Jewish team.
Our gentile of the week is writer, speaker, and activist Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult, and most recently, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult. She explains the societal factors making it harder for today’s young adults to grow into their full potential, and offers advice for young people on how best to build meaningful and full adult lives. Her question for the hosts is how non-Jews can be better allies to the Jewish community.
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