Feh: A Memoir Cover
Podcast Mentions

Feh A Memoir

Shalom Auslander

From the acclaimed author of Shalom Auslander was raised like a veal in a dysfunctional family in the Orthodox community of Monsey, New York: the son of an alcoholic father; a guilt-wielding mother; and a violent, overbearing God. Now, as he reaches middle age, Auslander begins to suspect that what...

Podcasts 2
Quotes 6
Get on Amazon Listen on Audible
This American Life

Podcast

This American Life

Ira Glass introduced the memoir during the episode, identifying Shalom Auslander as its author. The book was mentioned briefly as part of the story's context, without further discussion or recommendation. This casual mention highlighted the author's recent publication but did not elaborate on its content.

Episode: 873: Got You Pegged

Shalom Auslander was identified as the author of this memoir during the introduction to his story.

"

Shalom is the author of Feh: a Memoir.

Shalom houselander. He's the author, most recently, of the memoir, Fet.

Fresh Air

Podcast

Fresh Air

The host introduced Fe as Auslander's new memoir, explaining that the title is the Yiddish word for "yuck" and that the book explores his lifelong selfcontempt. Later the program reiterated the title when mentioning his latest release.

"

in a new memoir titled Fe. Fe is the Yiddish word for yuck, a pervasive feeling of selfcontempt Shalom has battled with his entire life.

— Episode: Waking Up And Feeling 'Yuck'

Episode: Waking Up And Feeling 'Yuck'

The host introduced Fe as Auslander's new memoir, explaining that the title is the Yiddish word for "yuck" and that the book explores his lifelong selfcontempt. Later the program reiterated the title when mentioning his latest release.

"

in a new memoir titled Fe. Fe is the Yiddish word for yuck, a pervasive feeling of selfcontempt Shalom has battled with his entire life.

Writer Shalom Oslander, his new memoir is called Fe. Coming up, film critic Justin Chang reviews the new thriller, Long Legs.

Episode: The Impossible American Dream

The host noted that Auslander's new memoir,Fe, explores the weight of trying to shed the feelings from his upbringing in a dysfunctional ultraOrthodox Jewish household.

"

for decades, Shalom Auslander has written with humor about what it's like to grow up in a dysfunctional household within an ultraOrthodox Jewish community in the Catskills.

now in middle age, Auslander explores the weight of trying to shed those feelings in a new memoir titled Fe.

Note: The book recommendations on this page are discovered automatically from podcast transcripts, and may be incorrect or incomplete.