Chutzpod!

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 journalist 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 ancient wisdom.

Publisher

Chutzpod!

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Dec 2021

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

28 of 193 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Rabbi Freud

   Host Rabbi Shira Stutman and Host Hanna Rosin explore when to seek guidance from a rabbi versus a therapist, interviewing experts on Jewish counseling practices.

2. 

   23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Hebrew School Dropout

   Rabbi Shira and Hanna interview Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal about the effectiveness and purpose of Hebrew school education.

3. 

   16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Rabbi Shira’s Yom Kippur Sermon: “See It”

   Rabbi Shira Stutman explores rejecting willful blindness and embracing responsibility through her Yom Kippur sermon, urging listeners to "shrink the frame" to a human-sized perspective.

Inside a recent episode

Rabbi Freud

Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And actually, I could see a world where that would not serve her. That's where the millennial line comes from. Like, Is it possible that some people don't want that or need that and what they do want and need is spiritual counseling and authority and not a therapist? Well, I mean, sure. And in fact, putting on my therapy student hat, there are some trauma therapists who nowadays say that actually it is not helpful to go back and rip open the bandaid of trauma. But that's something that a therapist can help you figure out. A rabbi who's not trauma informed. This is so interesting to me because, you know, there is a sort of global big debate about whether therapy and our reliance on therapy has robbed our souls. from the sacred and spirituality. […]

Who has been a guest on Chutzpod!

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rebecca Rosenthal
• Sharon Brous
• Eric Cohen
• Jeffrey Goldberg
• Rav Jericho Vincent

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

526 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

182 ratings

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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