Ask a Jew

Dr. Gad Saad is a scholar at the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at the University of Mississippi, and all-around Mensch. As a Lebanese-Canadian-Jewish academic, let’s just say he knows a thing or two about the culture wars, and the war wars.
We talk about his latest book “Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind”, how our minds have been infected by parisites, what happened when he made fun of Quebec French (linguistic genocide), and how exactly the IDF trains magical dogs to r*pe terrorists.
Follow Dr. Saad on X, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram (where he has a combined 2 million+ followers), you’re in for a fun ride!
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Today on Ask a Jew, we’re joined by writer Freya India, author of Girls: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything, to talk about what growing up as a girl looks like in the age of Instagram, how we are all carrying generational trauma from Eve, and why not everything in your life is a problem to be fixed. Turns out we’re all just 13-year-old girls! Now go buy the book.
Do you know you can watch this episode on YouTube? Well, you can!
We also get into why social media can feel like a “rumination machine” for anxious girls, how beauty culture and Facetune turn teenagers into products, and why every normal feeling is suddenly language‑ified into a “disorder,” a “trauma,” or a “healing journey.” We also talk about what boys are seeing online, the rise of “looksmaxxing,” and whether anyone knows how to have a normal relationship anymore. If you’re a parent, a millennial/Gen X woman looking at Gen Z with horror, or a Gen Z girl trying to make sense of your own feed, this one is for you.
Also:
* Will the allure beauty box change your life?
* We are all just 13 year old girls
* Social media escalaes every trend o the extreme
* Not everything needs to be solved
* Is therapy a scam?
* We’re all trying to gain control
* social media is a rumination machine
* Beware of therapy talk
* Feeling anxious? you’re probably normal
* The stories we tell ourselves
* We all have generational trauma from Eve
* You think you need therapy? Go live in Somalia!
* Freya is so pretty
* Is every personality trait is a problem?
* We don’t care about your healing journeys



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Two episodes in one week? You lucky ducks! Maybe there’s even a third one coming…Only Hashem (and maybe producer Gabi) knows.
BUT FIRST - are you following us on YouTube? Listen, I get if you’re an antisemite and don’t want to show your cards. We won’t judge you. But if you care about the Jewish people, really the only thing left to do is subscribe, like and leave a comment!
We had some beginner’s luck with the delightful Sal Mercogliano (34,000 views?? Maybe we do control the media), and also uploaded some older ones, like fan favorite Michael C. Moynihan of The Fifth Column! BTW if you are a YouTube expert email us at [email protected] for all your tips, because our team (aka Yael) does not know what it’s doing. You can also email any questions, comments and concerns there.
Today’s episode is a blast from the past, aka last week. Not to make this a history lesson, but do you remember the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner? How about the King Charles White House visit? Those were the days!
We also cover the terrible attack in London (sadly this could be true of any week), the etiquette of leaving voice notes, and how fun it is to colonize people’s minds. Enjoy.


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Watch this episode on YouTube!! Yes, it's happening!
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Are the Straits of Hormuz open or closed? Is "free shipping" actually real? How do you clear underwater mines? Do ships draw crude drawings on tracking maps? And why are Christmas sweaters designed in April?All that and more in our conversation with maritime historian, professor, and popular podcast host Dr. Sal Mercogliano, host of the hit show ‪“What’s Going on With Shipping”. If you think his channel his niche, he only has 700,000 youtube subscribers.
Also:
* An Italian from Long Island? Practically a Jew.
* Breaking: Sal doesn’t like fish.
* What are merchant mariners?
* Every day is Monday on a ship.
* Getting seasick is a thing.
* What’s up with the Southern Ocean.
* The Titanic (movie) didn’t have to end that way.
* You realize your internet is connected with cables under the ocean, right?
* Beware of blockade crypto scams.
* Why blocking the strait of Hormuz is like blocking an artery
* If Iran can’t export oil, they’re going to lose their wells.
* Yes, Sal get’s recognized on cruise ships.
* You don’t need mines to scare everyone about mines.

And more….



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