Bobs Your Uncle Podcast
Each week, Bob Mendelsohn will take us on a journey, 18 minutes of time together, learning and laughing and feeling what's going on in the world around us. It's really a podcast about people and for people. Topics might include sports, books, religion, and words themselves-- people though are our #1 concern. Broadcast each TUESDAY from his home in Sydney, Australia. Photos of the guests are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobmendo/albums/72177720296857670. You are invited to share your thoughts via Instagram or FB, even via audio if you'd like.
Often we get into topics about health and wellness, and we find those fascinating.
Episodes
107 episodes
Sukkot Day 4: Solomon prayed for Gentiles? Sacrificial bulls countdown
Looking back at biblical history, we find some interesting information about the prayer Solomon prayed when he dedicated the Temple in Jerusalem around 960 BCE and a countdown of bulls when God told Moses to offer sacrifices on this holiday bac...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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13:37
Sukkot Day 3: Turn, turn, turn, Kanye, and a lulav and etrog
The symbols of the holiday are always instructive and the reading of the Bible's depressing book Ecclesiastes is a great way to ponder what the Almighty wants us to take away.Originally recorded in my sukkah in 5783.
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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18:59
Sukkot Day 2: Futility and impermanence. Trivial Pursuits.
From inside my sukkah, I read chapter 2 of Ecclesiastes and share some thoughts with motorcycles and noisy minas joining the chorus. The YouTube video is here: https://youtu.be/71A08FA47rgWhat do you think about all this? Share yo...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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18:22
Sukkot Day 1: What does it mean to 'ponder?'
From inside my sukkah in Sydney's north shore, a lesson from Ecclesiastes and the notion of re-minding on this Festival of Tabernacles. First of 8 episodes in Season 6, a special daily mini-series. The video version of this episode is on ...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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16:29
Identity... what do you identify as?
In this episode, Bob takes us on a journey of other people's journeys related to how they identify and asks "What is your identity?" Maybe the Bible can help us find our own if that's possible.Historical marker of the week includes the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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18:01
Rob Wilds, Texan, Tennessean, actor, teacher, hopeful man
My long-time friend Rob grew up in Temple, Texas, but has lived in Arkansas, California, and the last 3 decades in Nashville. He's a professor and an actor by profession, and has a lot of good stories to tell. His IMDB info is here: https...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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19:39
Josh Gaddis on Finding Grace, a new book now available!
In the heart of Alabama, Ethan Cooper's life appears idyllic: a devoted family, a thriving career, and a daughter he cherishes. Yet beneath this veneer of perfection, Ethan conceals a secret that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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18:01
What I did on my summer vacation
Every year as school began, it seemed that each of my primary school teachers would have us write a paragraph or an essay about our summer's activities. As August finishes and school in most of the US has reconvened, this seemed a good time to ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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18:01
A Jew from NYC finds eternal peace in an unusual place. MICHELLE BEADLE.
Cornell University student Michelle Lissner finds a way out of her struggles as someone walks with her through all the storms of life. Her story is compelling. Her grandchildren are beautiful. Fill in her story in this 18-minute episode. Follow...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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18:11
Daniah Greenberg, Part 2 (of 2) and how to survive when your husband passes
Meet Daniah Greenberg again. She is the front person for the TLV Bible Society, which actually hired 30 Ph.D. scholars to translate the Bible again in a Jewish perspective. The results are astronomical with over 600,000 downloads in less than a...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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18:01
Meet Daniah Greenberg from New York City... what a story! Season 5's first guest
This little lady who was born in Bellevue Hospital, not known for pregnancy and sensibilities, has emerged along with her husband and three adult children into a limelight in messianic circles. Prison-born, and prison born-again, you will value...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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18:01
Bob Mendelsohn speaking about Pure Evil... or at least 'purity'
What is purity and how shall a person get hold of that anyway?Season 5 begins now, and will go through the end of the calendar year 2024.Historical marker of the week includes invasions and citizenships and voting rights as well as ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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16:29
Dinah Sered on our Brain and Languages, on Israel and hope, and Music
Dinah and her husband met in the 1990s in the New York City area, got married, and after living in Israel for 12 years, returned a few years ago. She has studied TCK (Third Culture Kids) and learns daily about that, about mentoring, about music...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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18:04
Will Ponsonby of Hobart, Tasmania and Off Court Sports
Meet Will Ponsonby who is by trade both an electrical engineer and a former badminton champion in Hobart and the state of Tasmania in Australia. He also runs Off Court Sports (221 Liverpool Street, Hobart) where you can find all the gear for yo...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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18:04
Dr Gerry Smith, how to get along with 'the other'
Gerry is a lecturer in sociology and in the school of religion at University of Sydney and also at University of Tasmania. She has a lot to say and Bob also shares his views about text-based religion. It's Passover week; the Bible verse is a hi...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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18:04
Dr Gerry Smith, lecturer in sociology at University of Sydney on the interfaith movement
Gerry Smith is originally from Sydney and spends half the year lecturing there and in Hobart, Tasmania on religion, on religious movements, and especially with a bent on the sociology of religion. She has a lot to say about young people a...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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18:04
Resurrection... what does that mean? With Bob Mendelsohn
The concept did not originate in the Christian world, it's Jewish! The prophets of Elijah and Elisha raised people from the dead, and it's recorded in our Holy Scriptures. So it's not a surprise that the Jewish believers in Yeshua also sa...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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18:01
Swoon theory, Jewish hoax and a resurrection
Bob speaks in answering two questions, one from a Jewish doctor over coffee and the other from a Christian man about three days and three nights and the apparent contradiction in the Word. How to solve those?Historical marker includes t...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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18:00
Is not remembering a sin? Really? What is the point of recall?
In this episode, Bob speaks about the purpose of remembering AND some useful aids in gaining a good memory. Zooming in on his father's memory, and his yahrtzeit, Bob looks backwards so that he sees God's mercies. The historic...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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17:26
Morgan Lindsay from New Zealand on climate change, Israel and rugby
Morgan Lindsay lives in New Zealand. She is a trained geologist with a love of sport, music and dance, disaster relief, and her nieces and nephews. A great all-rounder, you will enjoy spending 18 minutes with this lady. We met in Turkey and she...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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18:30
War in Israel. 5th episode of 5 includes History. Bob's personal views
A longing for peace is never wrong. As Hanukkah is upon us tomorrow, and Christmas just around the corner, let's hope for real peace in the Holy Land. Here are Bob's personal views. They are not the views of an organization or institution. They...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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22:49
War in Israel v Hamas. #4 of 5. Malik Dixon of Australia
Malik grew up in Carolina in the US and spent time studying history and social science, even living in the Middle East. His perspective on the war today is pro-Palestinian, as he favours the plight of the underdogs. His Instagram is
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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23:34
War in Israel v Hamas. #3 of 5 with Paul Cohen, Messianic Jew
Paul Cohen was born in the Netherlands and lived in Israel before moving to Australia years ago. He and his wife (whom he met in Israel) are very involved in the subject of Jews and Jesus and Israel. His perspectives include a desire for peace ...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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24:40
War in Israel v Hamas. Episode #2 of 5! With Abusaleh, a Lebanese Muslim Sunni. Surprises!
My friend, who goes by Abusaleh, lives in Sydney's west and has some surprising views on Hamas and Palestine, on Israel and colonization. How would he fix the troubles in the Middle East? Stay tuned!The historical marker includes the St...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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24:40
War in Israel v Hamas... 1 of 5. A Jewish perspective
Today begins a week-long, 5-part series on the Israel-Hamas war. Who is right? What is right? How do we handle the "God" talk? Meet Miranda Weiss, originally from the US near Washington DC, now living near Brisbane in Australia with her husband...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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25:33