Best Jonathan Rosenfeld Podcasts (2025)

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George IV with Madeleine Pelling 1:03:42

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Claire and Maddy Pelling remind us that the life of the party is often also the worst person you know. Guest Our guest Dr. Madeleine Pelling is a cultural historian, author, and broadcaster. Her newest book Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment is available for pre-order here, and her podcast After Dark is available here. Follow her on I…

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The Anti-Suffragists with Sophia Rosenfeld (Subscriber Preview) 19:31

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Claire and Sophia Rosenfeld discuss what women want. And what they don’t want. And what they don’t want other women to want. Guest Our guest Sophia Rosenfeld is a Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her book The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life is available here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Misogyny Credits - Hos…

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Why Did God Make My Life So Much Harder Than Everyone Else’s? Rabbi Manis Friedman #253 2:21:47

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Rabbi Manis Friedman On Let's get Real with Coach Menachem, Sunday December 14, 2025#253 Why Did God Make My Life So Much Harder Than Everyone Else’s? The Real Reason Behind Your Pain, Anxiety &Unique Struggles

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Building the Future of Cloud and Networking with Gal Malach, Co-Founder & CTO of Xsight Labs 25:51

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In this episode, we sit down with Gal Malach, co-founder and CTO of Xsight Labs, to explore how his team is redefining chip architecture and cloud infrastructure for the AI era. From his early career at Motorola to leading one of Israel’s most innovative semiconductor startups, Gal shares lessons on persistence, adaptability, and building technolog…

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Napoleon Bonaparte (redux) with Marlene Daut 1:02:37

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Claire and Prof. Marlene Daut cover life in the French Caribbean, and fill in all the bits that weren’t covered in high school or our previous Napoleon episode. For example, the murdering. Guest Our guest Marlene Daut is a Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale. Her newest book, The First and Last King of Haiti is available here. …

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The Orientalists with Rhiannon Garth Jones (Subscriber Preview) 16:58

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Claire and Rhiannon Garth Jones take a trip to the Middle East. Or possibly the Near East. Or maybe somewhere else but it’s DEFINITELY not the West and how dare you imply otherwise. Guest Our guest Rhiannon Garth Jones is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds. Her book All Roads Lead to Rome: Why We Think of the Roman Empire Daily, is availa…

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A Show We Love: Past Lives 21:07

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Introducing Past Lives, a brand-new history podcast from Patrick Wyman, creator of Tides of History and Fall of Rome. Discover the real, lived experiences of everyday people in the human past, not Great Men and their Doings. Subscribe for free on your podcast app of choice, and be sure to check out the Past Lives Patreon with tons of bonus content …

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How Much Danger Are the Jewish People In? A Candid Political & Spiritual Discussion With Jake Turx 1:48:51

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Jake Turx on Lets Get Real with Coach Menachem, Sunday November 30, 2025 How Much Danger Are the Jewish People In?A Candid Political & Spiritual Discussion With Mishpacha’s White House Correspondent

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Teaching About the Dynamic Mind: Then and Now with Jonathan Shedler, PhD (San Francisco) 1:07:48

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"We bring our patterns with us wherever we go, into every relationship, and we necessarily and inevitably bring them into the therapy relationship or the psychoanalytic relationship, because that's a relationship too. It's not a matter of choice. It simply happens. It happens everywhere. The therapist doesn't do anything to make it happen. This is …

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Petrarch with David M. Perry 1:02:51

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Claire et David M. Perry de poeta mediaevali maledicunt. Guest Our guest David M. Perry is a journalist and historian. Pre-order his new book The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook here, or buy copies of The Bright Ages or Oathbreakers here. Follow him on Bluesky @lollardfish or visit his website here. Sponsors - Uncommon Goods is a small-batch a…

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How to Turn Anxiety into Your Greatest Advantage — in 4 Steps, Dr. David Rosmarin # 251 1:44:16

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Dr. David Rosmarin on Let’s Get Real with Coach Menachem Sunday November 23,2025 # 251If I Had More Money, Would My Anxiety Go Away?How to Turn Anxiety into Your Greatest Advantage — in 4 Steps

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Bernard Mandeville with John Callanan (Subscriber Preview) 17:58

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Claire and John Callanan explain why Bernard Mandeville is the bee’s knees. That joke might not make sense yet, but it will once you’re done with the episode. Guest Our guest Dr. John Callanan is a Reader in Philosophy at King’s College London. His book Man-Devil: The Mind and Times of Bernard Mandeville, the Wickedest Man in Europe, is available h…

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Change Your Life by Knowing Your Purpose, Discover the clarity, direction, Rabbi Aryeh Nivin #250 2:06:40

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Rabbi Aryeh Nivin on Let's get Real with Coach Menachem, Sunday November 16 # 250Change Your Life by Knowing Your PurposeDiscover the clarity, direction, and energy that come from living aligned with who you truly are

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On Transience and the Cycle of Time: Freud and Ecclesiastes with Paul Marcus, PhD (Great Neck, New York) 41:03

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"The similarity between Freud and Kohelet [Ecclesiastes] is that both of them believe that there's no overarching totalistic system that integrates all the disparate experiences that one has. You have that, Freud says, in psychotics, and you have that in philosophers, and you have that in devout people - they look for systematicity. They try to cra…

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Martin Witherspoon Gary with Vanessa Williamson 1:12:52

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Claire and Vanessa Williamson talk about death, taxes, and a man who literally believed they should go hand-in-hand. Guest Our guest Dr. Vanessa Williamson is a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. Her book The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Ta…

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Identifying Anxiety — and Kissing It Goodbye:Living a Calm and Mindful Life, Even When Triggered, Because Emotions Aren’t the Enemy, Avrohom Leffler, LCSW 2:23:19

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Avrohom Leffler, LCSW on Let’s get Real with Coach Menachem, Sunday, November 9, 2025 – Episode #249 Identifying Anxiety — and Kissing It Goodbye:Living a Calm and Mindful Life, Even When Triggered, Because Emotions Aren’t the Enemy

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The Worst Wing with Nicole Hemmer and Kevin Schultz (Preview) 16:07

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Claire, Nicole Hemmer, and Kevin Schultz play some games and answer the easiest question in the world: are all of the American presidents bad? **THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED LIVE AT THE CHEERFUL EARFUL PODCAST FESTIVAL. A FULL VERSION IS AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS, OR FOR PURCHASE BY NON-SUBSCRIBERS AT PATREON.COM/THISGUYSUCKED** Guest Nicole Hemmer is …

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A Memoir of Transformation: a patient examines two analyses at two stages of life with Joan Peters, PhD (Ojai, California) 1:08:11

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"With Kristi [second analyst], it was much, much deeper. This whole dependent and infantile part of me was coming out. This is psychoanalytic language - I was moving into a regression that was terrifying, because I had been trained by my mother, and it was my nature, and it was what had worked for me to really approach things as an 'independent per…

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Healing the Divide Between Parents and Children: Rebuilding Trust After Pain, Distance, and Silence 2:37:26

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Tuvia Blau & Hindy Herman on Let’s Get real with Coach Menachem Sunday November 2, 2025 #248Healing the Divide Between Parents and Children:Rebuilding Trust After Pain, Distance, and Silence: Opening a Heartfelt Conversation for Parents and Adult Children to Understand, Heal, and Reconnect Together

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Carl Schmitt with Jonathan Fine Unlocked 1:02:34

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Claire and Dr. Jonathan Fine build a case against the vice president’s favorite philosopher in the court of public opinion. **THIS REMASTERED EPISODE WAS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY ON PATREON** Guest Our guest Dr. Jonathan Fine is a Germanist specializing in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History. Follow him on Twitter @jonathanbfine …

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Shidduch to Shalom Bayis: Finding the Right One, Rabbi Yonasan Schwartz #247 1:41:13

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Rabbi Yonasan Schwartz on let’s Get Real with Coach menachem Sunday October 26, 2025 # 247 Shidduch to Shalom Bayis: Finding the Right One, Understanding Hashem’s Plan, and Trusting Yourself Through Life’s Challenges

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Edward Kelley with Cynthia Paces (Subscriber Preview) 22:55

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Claire and Cynthia Paces try to separate a man from a whole lot of mysteries. Guest Our guest Cynthia Paces is a Professor of History at the College of New Jersey. Her new book Prague: the Heart of Europe, is available here. Visit her website here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Dismemberment/disfigurement, sexual coercion Credits - Host & Executive Pro…

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Why Prayer Is So Hard? Rav Avshi Weingot #246 1:33:03

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Rav Avshi Weingot on Let's Get Real with Coach Menachem Sunday, October 19, 2025 #246 Why Prayer Is So Hard? And How to Turn It Into a Deep Connection and Relationship With Our Father, Hashem

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Psychotherapeutic Aphorisms: Reflections from a Lifetime of Listening with David Joseph, MD (Washington DC) 1:05:37

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"Some time ago, I realized that there was such a thing for me as experiencing my patients as being friends, but they were psychoanalytic friends. It was a psychoanalytic friendship that was quite unique and unlike any other friendship. I think that's what people are talking about when they write about psychoanalytic love. It's not love like any oth…

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Gary Gygax with Eric Silver 1:20:52

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Claire and Eric Silver remind us that sometimes games we love are created by not-so-good people who openly wanted to do an immense amount of psychic damage to some of their players. Guest Our guest Eric Silver is a podcaster, writer, and the Game Master for TTRPG actual play podcast Join The Party. Follow him on Bluesky and Instagram, or visit his …

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The Internet with Wow If True (Subscriber Preview) 17:34

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Claire is joined by Amanda Silberling and Isabel Kim from Wow If True to discuss the collapse of the internet and why we can’t have nice things anymore. **The full episode is available on the TGS Patreon now and will become available in full on the public Wow If True feed from 10/15.** Collaborators Amanda Silberling and Isabel Kim are the hosts an…

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An Analyst's Reflections on Her Treatments and Her Life with Beverly Kolsky, MSW (Tupper Lake, New York) 55:47

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"This really is the full motivation for my having written the memoir. I want people to know what the process is like; not only what the process is like but what the feelings are that don't really make you think of psychoanalysis as a way of changing your life. We're just living and hoping that things will change without really taking account of the…

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George Pitt-Rivers with Dan Hicks 1:08:42

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Claire and Prof. Dan Hicks bring (more) shame on the name Pitt-Rivers, and make an argument for unburying all of the archival bodies. Guest Our guest Dan Hicks is a Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at Oxford, as well as a curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum. His newest book, Every Monument Will Fall is available here. Follow him on Bluesky, Inst…

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Yom Kippur – The Day of Forgiveness: Forgiving Those Who Hurt Us Deeply Rabbi Yoni Fischer # 245 2:11:00

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Rabbi Yoni Fischer on Let’s Get Real with Coach Menachem Sunday September 28,2025Yom Kippur – The Day of Forgiveness: From Pain to Peace: Forgiving Those Who Hurt Us Deeply & Opening Our Hearts to Hashem’s Forgiveness

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John L. Sullivan with Louis Moore (Subscriber Preview) 16:25

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Claire and Professor Louis Moore go a few rounds with America’s first heavyweight champion. Guest Our guest Professor Louis Moore is a Professor of History at Michigan State University and the co-host of the Black Athlete Podcast. His newest book, The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback is available…

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Standing at the Gates of Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Uri Deutsch Shlita"h 1:53:29

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Rabbi Uri Deutsch On Let's Get Real with Coach Menachem September 21, 2025, Standing at the Gates of Rosh Hashanah, an open conversation reflecting on the past year and preparing for the year ahead with teshuvah, tefillah, and renewal.

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When We Feel Provoked by the Politics of Our Patients with Heribert Blass, Dr. Med. (MD) (Dusseldorf, Germany) 46:02

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"I think that the comparison [between political and erotic passions] is related to the danger of transgressing boundaries from the side of the analyst. It's not totally the same, but it's because of the emotions and the danger of being too much involved as an analyst, if you don't pay attention to what is happening in ourselves with our own emotion…

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Godwin Sturt & Thomas of Monmouth with Elise Wang 1:18:50

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Claire and Elise Wang dig into the men (and motivations) behind one of the world’s most damaging and long-standing conspiracy theories. Guest Our guest Dr. Elise Wang is a professor of medieval literature at CSU Fullerton, and a current Carnegie Fellow. Her book The Making of Felony Procedure in Middle English Literature is available here. Follow h…

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Paul (the Apostle) with Shaily Patel (Subscriber Preview) 18:31

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Claire and Dr. Shaily Patel unpack the many misdeeds of one of early Christianity’s most important men. Guest Our guest Dr. Shaily Patel is an Assistant Professor of early Christianity at Virginia Tech. Her book Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature is available here, and Smoke and Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions…

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Come See This Guy Sucked LIVE! 1:05

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Our first ever live show is coming! Where: Caveat, 21A Clinton St, New York City When: Thursday, October 9, 2025 @ 7pm Who: Claire + a couple of special guests! How: Get your tickets here! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Break Free & Build Wealth: Shift From Financial Stress to Abundance, Jacob Rupp #243 2:06:12

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Jacob Rupp on let’s get Real with coach Menachem September 7 # 243 Break Free & Build Wealth: Shift From Financial Stress to Abundance by Monetizing What You Do Best

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Analysts' Reflections on Their Parenting with Andy Cohen (Johannesburg) 51:53

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"I was quite protective of the parent reader while I was editing this. I feel that so many of the books out there on the shelf have a real kind of finger wagging quality to parents. They kind of tell parents what to do, what not to do, mostly what they're doing wrong. I felt like I wanted to create a resource that empathized with the parents' posit…

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Pioneering Innovations in Software and IoT with Joel Sotomayor of agDirigo 27:21

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In this episode of Innovators of Things, host Jillian Kaplan interviews Joel Sotomayor, CTO and Founder of agDirigo with over 20 years of experience in software development. Joel recounts his journey from a part-time job at St. Joe's Hospital, where he automated an operating room scheduling system, to his current work in IoT with AgDirigo. He share…

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Edmund Kean with Greg Jenner 1:41:15

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Claire and Greg Jenner take center stage to prove Edmund Kean was less leading man, more dramatic cautionary tale. Guest Our guest Greg Jenner is a historian, author, podcaster, and ‘weaselly looking guy.’ You can follow him on Instagram and on Bluesky. His website is gregjenner.com and his book Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from …

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Innovating Across Borders with Lawrence Eta 23:46

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Innovating Across Borders: Lawrence Etta's Global Technology Leadership Journey In this episode of Innovators of Things, host Jillian Kaplan sits down with Lawrence Eta, an experienced technology leader with an extensive background in driving innovation across multiple countries. Lawrence shares his journey from Nigeria to the UK, Canada, the US, a…

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Christopher Columbus with Surekha Davies (Subscriber Preview) 16:10

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Claire and Dr. Surekha Davies badmouth a man who made the world a lot bigger for some people and a lot worse for others. Guest Our guest Dr. Surekha Davies is an author, historian of science, speaker, and monster consultant. Her newest book, Humans: A Monstrous History is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @drsurekhadavies and Instagram @surekha…

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Transformational Torah, Breath Work, Trauma Modalities, Meditation, Prophecy. Rabbi Doniel Katz #242 2:25:51

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Rabbi Doniel Katz on Let’s Get Real with coach Menachem, Sunday, August 24, #242How Transformational Torah Is Changing the Jewish World: Breath Work, Trauma Modalities, Meditation & The Return of Prophecy

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D W Griffith with Kellie Carter Jackson 1:11:12

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Claire and Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson send the man behind Birth Of A Nation (and the re-birth of the KKK) to the cutting room floor. Guest Our guest Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College and host of This Day from Radiotopia. Her book We Refuse is available here. Follow her on Twitter, Bluesky, a…