The Mormon & The Jew

On this episode I talk to comedian Ian Ira Rousso about his new hour that he will be releasing soon called "Sorry Again". We recorded this back in March, a day after I saw him do the hour live, and I must admit that I had very low expectations and that Ian far exceeded them. I was genuinely impressed with it and we go in depth about his process and my experience seeing it live.

I talk with comedian and personal trainer Bridget Sell (Body By Bridge) about how I completely fell of the healthy eating wagon. I review one of the unhealthiest eating weeks of my life with here and she helps me get back on track. Hilarious, informative episode! Check it out!

On this episode of the podcast I have social media superstar Ahmed Alkadri on to talk about his trip to Turkey to get hair transplant surgery. And as usual we BS about other stuff for half the podcast until we finally get to the heart of the episodes topic.

On this episode I speak with comedian and "Mentally Al" super fan Julian Stern about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. If not for Julian's advice on this pod I might have missed my opportunity to go this August! In classic Jew Rogaine Experience fashion, it takes about half the pod before we get into talking about Edinburgh, but also in classic Jew Rogaine Experience fashion, the first half is great too! 

My friend, fellow comedian, filmmaker, and social media food critic Brad Stoll comes on the show to debate LA's best Bagels, Pizza, Pasta, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Burger and more on another hilarious episode of the show!

A very special episode of The Jew Rogaine Experience featuring my comedy hero, and a man that I spend a 5th of my life, and literally all of my money making a documentary about, Al Lubel joins me on the show. We always have a great chat and you get a window into just how neurotic he is as well as a glimpse of what our deep friendship is like. Check it out!

Comedian Drew Landry and I discuss his amazing and heartfelt new special "All My Friends Are Dead" Watch here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FeOx5njpgZk&feature=shares

 

Then we list our favorite movies of 2022 and I also do a mathematical breakdown of whether Stubs A List is worth it.

Orthodox Jewish comedian Menachem Silverstein and I try to solve anti-semitism, but arguably just make things worse. 

I had Kelly Reilly, a comedian and informed voter/volunteer, on my podcast to explain what the hell everything I'm voting for on the ballot actually means. The first hour is a lot of just general hilarious discussion about things and we touch on the Mayoral Race and key city council race. In the second hour we talk about every measure on the ballot. I you don't want to listen at all but just want to know what we ended up voting for I include all our recommendations below. We agreed on most things but there were occasional splits which are delineated:

 

National Election

US Senator Full Term- Alex Padilla

US Senator Short Term - Alex Padilla

 

City/ Local

Mayor- Karen Bass

City Attorney - Faisal M. Gill*

City Controller - Kenneth Mejia*

CD 13 City Council - Hugo Soto-Martinez*

LAUSD District 2 Board Member - Rocío Rivas

LACC Board of Trustees, Seat 2 - Glenn Trujillo Bailey

LACC Board of Trustees, Seat 4 - Christine T. Lamonica 

LACC Board of Trustees, Seat 6 - Josh Vote: Gabriel Buelna  Kelly Vote: Abstain

LACC Board of Trustees, Seat 7 - Kelsey Iino

State Senator, 26th District - Maria Elena Durazo

State Assembly, 52nd District - Mia Lives Porter

US Representative 30th District - G “Maebe A. Girl” Pudlo 

Measure LH - Yes 

Measure SP - Josh Vote: Abstain  Kelly Vote: No

Measure ULA - Yes*

Measure LA - No

 

County

Supervisor 3rd District: Josh Vote: Lindsey Horvath

Sheriff- Robert Luna

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 60 - Anna Slotky Reitano 

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 67 - Elizabeth Lashley-Haynes 

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 70 - Holly L Hancock 

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 90 - Melissa Lyons

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 118 - Carolyn “Jiyoung” Park 

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 151 - Patrick Hare

Measure A - Yes

Measure C - No

 

State

Governor - Gavin Newsom

Lieutenant Governor - Eleni Kounalakis

Secretary of State - Shirly N. Weber

Controller - Malia M. Cohen 

Treasurer - Josh Vote: Fiona Ma  Kelly Vote: Abstain

Attorney General - Rob Bonta

Insurance Commissioner - Josh Vote: Ricardo Lara  Kelly Vote: Abstain

Member. State Board of Equalization 3rd District - Tony Vazquez

Superintendent of Public Instruction - Tony K. Thurmond

State Measure 1 - Yes

State Measure 26 - Yes

State Measure 27 - No

State Measure 28 - Yes

State Measure 29 - Josh Vote: Abstain  Kelly Vote: Yes 

State Measure 30 - Josh Vote: Yes  Kelly Vote: Undecided

State Measure 31 - Josh Vote: Abstain  Kelly Vote: Yes

State Judicial  - Both leaving blank on all. 

 

Find a Ballot Drop Box Near You: https://www.lavote.gov/home/voting-elections/voting-options/vote-by-mail/vbm-ballot-drop-off

In this episode of the Podcast I make comedian Nikki Bon answer all of my instagram polls she ignored when I posted them, I impress her with how interesting a dream I had was, and Nikki tells me her ultimate Curb story. Nikki is always such an amazing guest and this episode is no exception.