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This year’s four-dayer will focus primarily on works from the late Romantic period, taking in charts from the likes of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Dvorak and Grieg.
The Times of Israel Podcast presents the Best of 2020. (Images courtesy/ iStock photo)
A year ago when we decided to reboot the weekly Times of Israel podcast, I jumped at the chance to pick up the mic and create an audio magazine to supplement my colleagues’ fine writing.
Most of our 2020 Times of Israel podcast playlist is a mix of nerdy Jewish and archaeology stuff, in-house staff chats, conversations with experts in a wide swath of fields, and fun, tuneful talks with musicians.
But some interviewees are closer to my heart: I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with friends about fun flicks with our New York-based film critic Jordan Hoffman, and about deep, nation-building concepts with Israeli philosopher Micah Goodman. Innumerable times I’ve spoken with my longtime colleague Haviv Rettig Gur, who has never failed to be an informative pinch-hitter on almost any subject (did anyone say budget?).