Teshuva (Repentance) for Ranking Hot Women with Julian Stern

Netflix comedian Julian Stern (!!) joins the pod to talk about audition psychosis, gaslighting Jewish identities, doing teshuva (repentance) for ranking women, emotionally manipulating audiences correctly, and the huge significance cultural shift from “fapping” to “gooning.”We discuss solo shows, bombing on purpose, OCD, improv guys with crushes, relationship fights about cold feet, and whether sharing a king bed with another comic is too intimate. Plus: CIA heart attack guns, dead grandparents, Hollywood Comedy discourse, and the Jewishness spectrum. A deeply intellectual episode of Yenta.00:00 Julian Stern enters the chat02:15 “100 Julian Sterns Ranked By Hotness Alone”05:30 Raye’s existential crisis about doing their first hour08:20 Emotional moments in comedy: heartfelt vs manipulative13:10 Why adding a new joke before JFL is kind of genius16:30 JFL audition rooms are psychological warfare19:15 Why bombing can actually be the funniest possible outcome22:00 Winning audiences back by acknowledging the tension25:10 How to structure a comedy hour without losing your mind28:20 OCD, Animorphs, and accidental emotional throughlines33:10 Does a comedy hour actually need to be chronological?35:30 Is Julian Jewish enough for Yenta?39:00 Relationship discourse: split covers, cold feet, and sleep politics43:15 Stephen Cha refusing to share a king bed with Julian46:00 A scholarly distinction between fapping and gooning50:15 Hollywood Comedy influencer drama52:00 CIA heart attack guns and conspiracy grandfather lore55:45 Making up fake family history for future generations56:50 Plugs + outrohttps://www.instagram.com/julianmstern/https://www.instagram.com/rayeschillerhttps://www.instagram.com/antonialastarhttps://www.instagram.com/yentapodhttps://www.instagram.com/heebmediahttps://patreon.com/yentahttps://bit.ly/yentamatchmaking