Dan here! We made it through another year and are ready to start the new one with a really amazing conversation. I am so excited to share my (first ever) conversation with professorDevin Naar. Devin E. Naar is the Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic S

Our penultimate podcast of 2025 delves into the rarified and mysterious mystical musical form, Khazones. Khazones is Yiddish term for the work of the synagogue cantor, or Khazn. It is music, prayer, s

Its time for Part 2 of our conversation withsinger, songwriter, actor, translator, bandleader and more, Daniel Kahn! We continue right where we left off and dive right in with talking about the very first Painted Bird song Dan Blacksberg recorded, Paras

Its all Dans on Radiant Others this month! This month is part 1 of our conversation with one of our Yiddish Worlds most wide-reaching artists, singer, songwriter, actor, and more, Daniel Kahn. Dan Kahns music, especially through his longtime band The P

Today on the podcast Dan is joined by the Magid Ensemble for a conversation with his largest group of guests yet! The Magid Ensemble klezmer musicians and composers Rachel Leader, Mattias Kaufmann, Raffi Boden, Yiddishist and storyteller Weaver, and vi

Many listeners of this podcast will know our guest this month, Avia Moore from being an internationallyrenowned Yiddish dance leader and teacher, and from being a longtime faculty and current artistic directorof Klezkanada. But did you know that she is

On this months episode of Radiant Others, Dan sits down withactor, playwright, stage director, lyricist, and Yiddishist,Mikhl Yashinsky ( ). Mikhl shares his fantastic passion for all things Yiddish: the language, the poetry, the music, th

Today on the podcast, Seattle-based Brivele, theduo of Maia Brown and Stefanie Brendler! Brivele formed as a trio in 2017 and have recently become a duo. They are releasing their 3rd album, Khaverim Zayt Greyt, (Friends/Comrades, Get Ready) on May Day (M

This monthwe are re-airing one of our favorite episodes, Dans 2018 conversation with Ethel Raim. Among numerous amazing accomplishments, Ethel is the most frequently name-dropped artist on this podcast inrecent years. People keep bringingher up as a c

On todays episode, Dan sits down with two musicians based in Vienna, Austria: Isabel Frey and Benjy Fox-Rosen. Both musicians are accomplished Yiddish singers, and thoughtful Yiddish scholars, among many other roles. The wide ranging conversation begins