<description>&lt;p&gt;Mitch Albom has sold tens of millions of copies of his popular inspirational books—among them &lt;em&gt;Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Stranger in the Lifeboat&lt;/em&gt;—but never has the Jewish author focused so explicitly on Judaism until his latest book, &lt;em&gt;The Little Liar&lt;/em&gt;. Set in Greece during the Holocaust, the novel tells the story of a young boy who never tells a lie—until he is tricked into doing so by a Nazi officer, changing the trajectory of his life after he war. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Albom will be in Toronto to discuss the book at &lt;a href="https://www.beth-tzedec.org/page/beth-tzedec-calendar/a/display/s/1/item/an-evening-with-mitch-albom" rel="nofollow"&gt;Beth Tzedec Congregation on Feb. 29&lt;/a&gt;, but before heading north, he spoke to The CJN's sports podcasters to discuss his decades-long career as an award-winning sportswriter. On this week's episode of &lt;em&gt;Menschwarmers&lt;/em&gt;, Albom drops by to share stories of dining over subs with Brendan Shanahan and how he came to write &amp;quot;Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)&amp;quot; for Warren Zevon. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Plus, hosts Gabe and James recap the latest news in Jews and sports, including the now-infamous incident involving two Jewish fans being &lt;a href="https://thecjn.ca/podcasts/two-toronto-raptors-fans-think-their-free-our-hostages-hoodie-should-be-exempt-from-the-teams-ban-on-political-messages/" rel="nofollow"&gt;removed from a Toronto Raptors game&lt;/a&gt; and how the new Netflix docuseries about Formula 1 racing focuses its debut episode on Jewish Montrealer Lawrence Stroll. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Menschwarmers&lt;/em&gt; is hosted by James Hirsh and Gabe Pulver, and produced and edited by Michael Fraiman. Our intro music is by Coby Lipovitch, and our outro music is &amp;quot;&lt;a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/chZ_/The_Clones_of_Dr_Funkenstein/cheeZ_p_-_08_-Organ_Grinder_Swing" rel="nofollow"&gt;Organ Grinder Swing&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; by &lt;a href="https://cheez-p.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;chēēZ π&lt;/a&gt;. This show is a member of The CJN Podcast Network. Follow the Menschwarmers on Twitter &lt;a href="https://www.twitter.com/menschwarmers" rel="nofollow"&gt;@menschwarmers&lt;/a&gt; or TikTok @menschwarmers. Support the show by &lt;a href="https://thecjn.ca/arts/podcast-subscription-instructions/" rel="nofollow"&gt;subscribing to this podcast&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://thecjn.ca/donate" rel="nofollow"&gt;donating to The CJN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Menschwarmers

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Mitch Albom on his sportswriting career, new Holocaust book and accidentally writing a hockey anthem

FEB 28, 202448 MIN
Menschwarmers

Mitch Albom on his sportswriting career, new Holocaust book and accidentally writing a hockey anthem

FEB 28, 202448 MIN

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<p>Mitch Albom has sold tens of millions of copies of his popular inspirational books—among them <em>Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven</em> and <em>The Stranger in the Lifeboat</em>—but never has the Jewish author focused so explicitly on Judaism until his latest book, <em>The Little Liar</em>. Set in Greece during the Holocaust, the novel tells the story of a young boy who never tells a lie—until he is tricked into doing so by a Nazi officer, changing the trajectory of his life after he war. </p> <p>Albom will be in Toronto to discuss the book at <a href="https://www.beth-tzedec.org/page/beth-tzedec-calendar/a/display/s/1/item/an-evening-with-mitch-albom" rel="nofollow">Beth Tzedec Congregation on Feb. 29</a>, but before heading north, he spoke to The CJN's sports podcasters to discuss his decades-long career as an award-winning sportswriter. On this week's episode of <em>Menschwarmers</em>, Albom drops by to share stories of dining over subs with Brendan Shanahan and how he came to write &quot;Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)&quot; for Warren Zevon. </p> <p>Plus, hosts Gabe and James recap the latest news in Jews and sports, including the now-infamous incident involving two Jewish fans being <a href="https://thecjn.ca/podcasts/two-toronto-raptors-fans-think-their-free-our-hostages-hoodie-should-be-exempt-from-the-teams-ban-on-political-messages/" rel="nofollow">removed from a Toronto Raptors game</a> and how the new Netflix docuseries about Formula 1 racing focuses its debut episode on Jewish Montrealer Lawrence Stroll. </p> <p><strong>Credits</strong></p> <p><em>Menschwarmers</em> is hosted by James Hirsh and Gabe Pulver, and produced and edited by Michael Fraiman. Our intro music is by Coby Lipovitch, and our outro music is &quot;<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/chZ_/The_Clones_of_Dr_Funkenstein/cheeZ_p_-_08_-Organ_Grinder_Swing" rel="nofollow">Organ Grinder Swing</a>&quot; by <a href="https://cheez-p.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">chēēZ π</a>. This show is a member of The CJN Podcast Network. Follow the Menschwarmers on Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/menschwarmers" rel="nofollow">@menschwarmers</a> or TikTok @menschwarmers. Support the show by <a href="https://thecjn.ca/arts/podcast-subscription-instructions/" rel="nofollow">subscribing to this podcast</a> or <a href="https://thecjn.ca/donate" rel="nofollow">donating to The CJN</a>.</p>