Hello, I’m Jessie Kahnweiler. Like literally everyone else in the world, I’m stuck in my apartment binging the news and eating a third lunch while terrified that I’m slowly going insane. Desperate to escape my own neurosis, I called my favorite person in the world: My 99-year-old Grandma, Lucille. She’s currently quarantined inside her room at an assisted living facility on the Upper West-Side. I asked her how she was coping with the chaos and without skipping a beat she cackled ‘by thinking of my next meal.’ I immediately felt the ease wash over me like rain — I was home.
My phone sesh with Grandma Lu left me feeling inspired, grateful, and craving more of these conversations with the true spiritual leaders of our tribe: Bubbe and Zayde. Closening strives to bring us closer in these times of isolation. How can our past inform how we show up for this?
From a blind English ex-con to a feisty southern belle nursing a heartache these aren’t your typical grandparents. These conversations have profoundly affected me, like Xanax for my soul. It’s showing me there’s really nothing better in life than a cup of coffee and good conversation. We cover everything from the meaning of life to masturbation. And, of course, the Corona of it all. It’s a wild ride you can take from the comfort of your couch.
Communal suffering, epic uncertainty, and fighting to see the light in total darkness: sounds like a Jewish podcast to me.
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