I have been missing Ari terribly for the last 7 months! I loved the new format with Nate Buzolic, one of the heroes of our time. Both Ari and Nate are brilliant, offering up insights that are so new and fascinating. This interfaith collaboration is exactly what we need right now.

Was looking for Bible Project and came across this podcast’s interview with Jon. The opening music of this pod made me emailed and lean in. Ari’s warm and modern opening added to my delight. The conversation was awesome - informative, engaging and relevant. About The Bible and how to read it and how to make it accessible for everyone today. Looking forward to more listening at GFE! Wow. Good companion to The Bible Project? Hope so!

A year ago I found Good Faith Effort after reading one of Rabbi Lamm’s “Why read the Bible in Hebrew” Twitter threads and quickly became obsessed. Over the next several months I listened to every episode, was introduced to dozens of amazing podcast guests and added to my Amazon cart at an embarrassing speed. Rabbi Lamm’s insight and optimism has brought me back over and over and I’ve recommended him to everyone around me to the extent that he’s jokingly referred to in our house as Rabbi guru Ari Lamm. On October 3, 2023, I had finally listened to every GFE episode. Little did I know what lie ahead. I anxiously look forward to the day when the podcast returns and pray for Rabbi Lamm in the meantime because more than ever I’m convinced that we need the power of the Bible to illuminate the most important conversations in society, politics, pop culture and beyond.

Brilliant to day the least.

excellent interchange illuminates the bible

The latest episode on the black intellectual tradition was absolutely fascinating. Thank you!

I always enjoy every episode I listen to and learn something! Loved the episode with Rick Richman. Thank you for talking about the parallels of Top Gun Maverick and Israel. I kept elbowing my husband in the theater saying, “this is a story of Israeli pilots!” Could never find anyone talking about it until this episode!!

Excellent podcast. Ari does a great job

If only I had a shul with this admixture of erudition and zeal. I’d love to think that I’d defend Masada to the last, but I am more of an armchair tactician than a literal Zealot. Would that they had an outpost of Jewish learning in Los Angeles where I could find a true salon like the ones Ari hosts.

Love the show. The rabbi is so cool, and I wish I could sit down and have lunch with him. I’m not even Jewish!

This is my new favorite podcast! Deeply thoughtful, enlightening and entertaining at the same time. And not just for Jews! Highly recommended for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the Bible, history and American culture.

Tremendous energy, great speakers, both Jewish and non jewish scholars

Thanks for this episode. Truly inspiring and in helping to understand the Bible. Ari Lamb’s monologue at the end had me in tears. I am a Christian and love learning about the Bible from a Jewish perspective.

Truly enlightening.

I look forward to each and every episode, but Jennifer Frey, Robert Alter, David Price ! You have raised the bar to Olympian heights I am in awe of your grandfather (zal)and love how you manage to always reference him in the pod

Rabbi Ari is a deep thinker. Support for G-dly belief in the public square of America is fundamental for a good society. No doubt secularism is corrosive. Yet halakah and mashava require Rabbi Ari to confront essential difference over the invisibility and oneness of HaShem with Pastor Anderson. Creation, revelation, redemption, G-d, Torah and Israel under Judaism do not overlap with Christianity. Inescapable differences should not be glossed over with Christians no matter how well meaning. Stick with common public policy visions under R. Soloveitchik’s caution in his essay, “Confrontation”.

This podcast has become one of my weekly favorites. Dr. Lamb interviews. Very interesting guest and challenges my thinking. Well done Dr. Lamb.

Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm is a great repository of a wide spectrum of knowledge. This makes him a great interviewer and podcast host.

Too much Silicon Valley/Hollywood chat.

Listened to a first GFE episode 2 weeks ago and have been binge listening since. Love it Ari Lamm is an incredible thinker, asks spot on questions and is brilliant. My fav is the jaw dropping mind blown reaction from each guest after he eloquently lays out the episodes theme and proceeds to introduce them; work of art!

I found this podcast because it was recommended by Bari Weiss, host of Honestly, which is another awesome podcast. I am so enjoying these shows and highly recommend this podcast to anybody who wants to hear about current day issues from a different and refreshing perspective.

I, too, just discovered this podcast. I love the Rabbi’s humor first and foremost, and to say he seems brilliant is an understatement. I’m a Christian (Presbyterian PCA) and I love to listen to and learn from my Jewish friends and acquaintances! Thank you, Rabbi!

Just discovered this podcast and loving it. For anyone looking to add faith to their life through meaningful conversations

I’m a committed Christian and I am loving these conversations and insights. Enriching and uplifting - thank you!

I love this podcast! As a Catholic who cares deeply about my religious tradition, I appreciate so much Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm’s passion for his Jewish tradition and it’s perennial wisdom for all of us! Scott Pichard Grand Rapids, MI

It is very well done. One of the very best ever.

Balances tradition/ancient wisdom with the realities of modern life. Fascinating conversations and deep insight that illuminate my Jewish practice.

I enjoy the variety of guests and the serious conversations. The host is genuinely interested in his guests and this comes across as an authentic effort at coming together.

The host knows how to engage an eclectic array of impressive guests to best mine their thinking on important religous topics. The podcast is like a model for the kind of conversations you want to be enjoying at your Shabbat table. It makes for the most enjoyable commute to work (or workout) of the week!

Nothing gets better than listening to this episode with Russ Roberts. My spirit soared. Thank you.

Brilliant and thought provoking. Give it a listen and see for yourself!

Fantastic, captivating, engaging, inspiring

I recently discovered your podcast and have loved listening to your interviews. Looking forward to delving into the archives!

Hey! I found this through zena hitz website while researching for my podcast (Not A Victim), anyway, your recent episode “tradition will set you free” is the best thing I’ve heard in a long time. Thank you.

A fantastic podcast that distills deep ideas in a lively and entertaining format.

Entertaining , informative and thought provoking !

This podcast has such a tremendous variety of guests and I just love hearing them discuss their perspectives on such interesting topics. Please keep the powerful content coming!

This discussion was like making a spectacular lasagna; it took time to shop for the ingredients, prepare the layers and for it to cook in the oven but then it just came out with delicious ideas; better yet, as the flavours melded over the next hours and days, it has Promised to be that much more remarkable to taste, Thank you.

This is the religion and spirituality podcast I was searching for. So accessible and refreshing. A contemporary exploration of ideas that leverage diverse and intriguing guests, eager to share their own religious perspectives. Each episode leaves me thinking... and eager to hear more.

Very uplifting. Rabbi Lamm and his guests are extremely knowledgeable while remaining totally relatable. Great questions and engaging guest. Faith and sacrifice are definitely topics for our current time.

This podcast provides fascinating new insights to passages and stories that I’ve known since grade school. Each guest brings a unique perspective and breathes life into an ancient text.

Rabbi Dr. Lamm presents thoughtful questions and elicits and engaging conversations with his guests.

Kudos to Dr. Rabbi Lamm! Entertaining, insightful and so interesting! Hatzlach Rabbah with this wonderful podcast

Week after week, Ari and his guests capture the original meaning of the text and contemporize the biblical message to provide weekly inspiration to help deal with life challenges.

If you want thought provoking, fun and smart discussions about a wide ranging array of topics in the Jewish world, this is a must listen! Ari Lamm delivers (as always!). I especially loved the Michael Ian Black interview!

Love the podcast! Totally opened my eyes to all the ways the Bible has always had such a huge influence on our society.

So insightful but also really fun and accessible! A podcast that shows how the wisdom of the Bible can inform my every day life and help heal America. Definitely recommend!

Having grown up with the Hebrew Bible, I’ve always viewed it in a very parochial way. But with his fascinating, wide-ranging guests and insightful questions, host Ari Lamm demonstrates each week anew just how universally relevant the Bible truly is. I’m hooked.

Thank you, Rabbi Doctor Lamm.

Thank you Rabbi Dr Ari Lamm. Your podcast is just as enjoyable, relatable and accessible, as it is informed, educational, and thought provoking. This is the Jewish podcast I’d been waiting for!