Full-Court Miracle

2023-12-08

🕎 It’s 2003, and a team of Hebrew school basketball players think they’ve found the ghost of Judah Maccabee in a random guy living in a van. It’s time once again to think about the Seleucid Empire as we watch a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie very loosely based on the true story of former college basketball star Lamont Carr and a yeshiva’s struggling team looking for a leader. **** 🎙 Guests: April Ryley (@where2nextapril, @thefancygeologist). J.W. Friedman (I Don’t Even Own a Television).

🕎 It’s 2003, and a team of Hebrew school basketball players think they’ve found the ghost of Judah Maccabee in a random guy living in a van.

It’s time once again to think about the Seleucid Empire as we watch a Disney Channel Original Hanukkah Movie very loosely based on the true story of former college basketball star Lamont Carr and a yeshiva’s struggling team looking for a leader.

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🎙 Guests:

April Ryley (@where2nextapril, @thefancygeologist).

J.W. Friedman (I Don’t Even Own a Television).

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💬 Topics & Tangents:

1. “Full-Court Miracle” on Disney+.

2. Lamont Carr’s obituary in Virginia Magazine, 2017.

3. Psychocandy, an experimental pop duo of Cassie Steele (Julie) and Jase Blankfort (Stick).

4. UVA’s Athletics website circa 2003.

5. Alex’s prized Dr. J basketball card isn’t even a rookie card and isn’t that valuable.

6. “Jewball,” a novel featuring the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association basketball team.