Eitan Levine
This week we are joined by Eitan Levine! Eitan Levine is a New York-based writer and comedian. He’s also written for the New York Times, New York Magazine (The Cut), Amazon, Sony, and Reader’s Digest and has worked on creative projects with companies like Nike, Red Bull, JEEP, Audible, and Tru TV. His work has been featured on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE, Late Night With Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, and Extra. In 2022, Eitan went viral with his Jewish Man On The Street videos— especially a series called “Jewish Or Antisemitic”. To date, the video series has over 21 Million views and 3.5 Million likes.
In this episode, we discuss growing up Orthodox Jewish in New Jersey, keeping kosher, missing out on television due to the Sabbath, starting comedy at 15 y/o, having cancer as a child, dealing with anti-semetic comments on the Internet, and so much more. You don’t want to miss out on Eitan giving us a peek into the lyrics of his Hamilton porn parody, Hamiltoe! Give this episode a listen!
Recommendations from this episode:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Follow Eitan Levine: @eitanthegoalie
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