It's time for our annual Best of Call In show where past guests and listeners send in voice memos of some of their favorite things from 2025. This year's episode includes a 30 minute interlude with Rabbi Michael Zedek to talk about his newest book!

Korman Siblings

Hosts of Friday Night Movie Podcast

Producers of The Floaters

• Koln 75
• F1 in the theater
• Stranger Things
• Avatar Fire & Ash
• Adult Children

Pam Rose

• Severance
• Traitors
• Stranger Things on Broadway
• Damiano David (music)
• Weapons
• Sinners
• The Naked Gun
• Dinosaur improv
• Ben Schwartz & Friends
• Taskmaster
• Celebrity Boyfriend - James Acaster
• Would I Lie to You
• Off Menu Podcast

Abbas Jaffary

• Mini ITX gaming computer
• Geometry Wars
• Ball Pit
• Switch 2
• Metroid Prime Beyond
• Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Itality - indigenous vegan food
• Work team
• Students
• Tilted Access Press
• Canned Podcast
• HDTGM
• Hello from the Magic Tavern
• Arcane - Netflix
• Resisting ICE

Steve Higgins

• 20th anniversary of teaching at Lewis & Clark
• 15 years of Ink & Drink comics
• Katharos - Steve’s own comic
• Assorted Crisis Events (comic short stories)
• Severance
• Pluribus
• KPop Demon Hunter
• Maybe Happy Ending

Andy

• Minecraft in person
• Birdwatching
• Going to the beach
• Anime conventions
• Cosplay photo shoots
• Making and wearing cosplay
• BINGO Resolutions
• Punch Card Resolutions

Jasmine Davila

• Heated Rivalry
• Fandom & community

Ezra Butler - independent researcher

Jute Backerei in Berlin

Jesse Dukes - host of Upper Middle Brow

• Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
• Sweet Thursday - Steinbeck
• Exhalation: Stories Ted Chang
• Robot Stories - Isaac Asimov
• Salt-water fishing
• Wet Legs - Moisturizer

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Max Klau, an author, musician and social change agent, joined Leah in October to talk about his new book, a new album and making art in dangerous times. Max and Leah met through New Politics Academy and his book Developing Servant Leaders at Scale dives into his tried and true methods for self-discovery.

Follow Max online

Developing Servant Leaders at Scale by Max Klau: https://bookshop.org/p/books/developing-servant-leaders-at-scale-how-to-do-it-and-why-it-matters-max-klau/a9fe513c6a63c3ca?ean=9781837081653

Max's website: https://www.maxklau.com/

Max's LinkedIn for workshop info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-klau-0319a11/

The Max Klau Band: https://www.maxklau.com/music

New Politics Academy: https://www.newpoliticsacademy.org/

James Talarico: https://jamestalarico.com/

Kansas Leadership Center: https://kansasleadershipcenter.org/

Inner Development Goals: https://innerdevelopmentgoals.org/

Stutz: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21819228/

Jessi Bender on Finding Favorites: https://findingfavorites.podbean.com/e/jesi-bender-victorian-utica/

I Fight Dragons: https://ifightdragons.com/

Tour:Smart by Martin Atkins: https://martinatkins.bigcartel.com/product/tour-smart-digital-book

Moshav: https://www.moshavband.com/

Bob Schneider: https://www.bobschneider.com/

Michael Shelley: https://michaelshelley.net/

WFMU: https://wfmu.org/

Finding Favorites is (once again) edited and mixed by Rob Abrazado. Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com

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Ry Jones, an open source community architect and Leah's older brother, loves sending postcards when he travels. We dig into his postcard habits and he also shares the different ways that he supports the war effort in Ukraine through Car for Ukraine and Help99.

Follow Ry online

• Github
• LinkedIn

Support Ukraine

• https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/50forua-washington-battalion
• Help99
• EnGin (English ESL volunteering)

Postcrossing

Follow Finding Favorites on Instagram at @FindingFavsPod and leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, GoodPods or Spotify. Got a question or want to suggest a guest? email Leah at FindingFavoritesPodcast@gmail.com

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