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Jonathan Goldstein

Author profile

born

August 22, 1969 in Brooklyn, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.cbc.ca/wiretap/

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Humor, Literature & Fiction

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Radio Work

Many of Goldstein's pieces have been featured on the PRI radio show This American Life where he is a contributing editor. From 2000 to 2002 he was also a producer of the show.

Currently, Goldstein hosts a show on CBC Radio One called WireTap, a program featuring stories told over the phone. He was also the host of the CBC summer radio program Road Dot Trip in 2000 and has contributed to shows like Dispatches and Outfront.

Written work

In 2001, Goldstein's debut novel, Lenny Bruce Is Dead, was published by Coach House Books. Goldstein also co-authored Schmelvis: In Search of Elvis Presley's Jewish Roots with Max Wallace, an account of a Hasidic Elvis impersonator and Rabbi's quest to trace the Jewish roots of Elvis Presley. His latest...more

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Books by Jonathan Goldstein

Average rating: 3.26 · 837 ratings · 183 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible! 3.31 avg rating — 554 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Lenny Bruce is Dead 3.19 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Schmelvis: In Search of Elvis Presley's Jewish Roots by Jonathan Goldstein, Max Wallace 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Peoples of an Almighty God: Competing Religions in the Ancient World 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Peoples of an Almighty God: Competing Religions in the Ancient World 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	II Maccabees 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Jews of China 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Strategies of Expertise in Technical Controversies: A Study of Wood Energy Development by Frederick Frankena, Jonathan Goldstein 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	The Ways of the VC by David J. Cowan, Graham Anderson, Jonathan Goldstein 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	My rating:

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Quotes by Jonathan Goldstein

“Certain voices hold this odd pull on our heartstrings. They are like sad oboes or something, something that makes you want to throw all your money at the radio while yelling, "I love you." I don't know what it is.”
― Jonathan Goldstein

tags: heartstrings , voices , yelling

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“Everyone runs around trying to find a place where they still serve breakfast because eating breakfast, even if it's 5 o'clock in the afternoon, is a sign that the day has just begun and good things can still happen. Having lunch is like throwing in the towel.”
― Jonathan Goldstein, Lenny Bruce is Dead

tags: breakfast , hope , lunch

4 people liked it

“In his day, liking someone like David Bowie would have been the domain of degenerate officers in black and white movies about nazis.”
― Jonathan Goldstein

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