Meaningful People

Nessia: I Walked Away From a Record Deal to Become an Orthodox Jew

Nessia was a Mexican music artist who walked away from a promising music career to pursue a deeper connection to Judaism and Torah. Feeling a strong spiritual pull toward Israel, she moved there on Oc...

2026-10-24

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Ben Brafman: When Making Money Costs You Your Family

Nachi Gordon sits down with Ben Brafman, one of the most well known criminal defense attorneys in the country and a proud frum Jew. Ben opens up about sitting with clients at the worst moments of thei...

2026-10-17

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I Was on the Hijacked Flydubai Flight. This Is What I Saw.

On September 30, Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was hijacked mid-air. A terrorist stabbed the pilot, the plane dropped 15,000 feet in under a minute, and for a few seconds nobody was fl...

2026-10-14

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Arnold Roth: My Daughter's Killer Is Free-A Father's Fight for Justice

This is not a typical episode. Nachi Gordon sits down in Yerushalayim with Arnold Roth, whose 15 year old daughter Malki was murdered in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing on August 9, 2001. Arnold shares wh...

2026-10-10

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Singles Have Never Had More Options. So Why Can't Anyone Choose? | Matchmaker Rivkah Fox

The shidduch system says stay in your lane: same hashkafa, same schools, and wait for the shadchan to call. Rivkah Fox thinks that's exactly what's keeping so many people single. With Blind Fate, the ...

2026-10-04

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THROWBACK: The Unbelievable Story Of Rivka Shotkin

In this special throwback episode,Nachi Gordon sits down with Rivka Shotkin, a 16 year old from Passaic and the youngest guest in Meaningful People history. On January 31, 2021, a family ski trip in T...

2026-09-28

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LIVE PANEL: The Conversation About Abuse We Can't Avoid

Nachi Gordon hosts a live panel on sexual abuse in the frum community, recorded at an event presented by Ray of Hope and Amudim right before Rosh Hashanah. He's joined by Amudim founder Zvi Gluck, Amu...

2026-09-19

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Charlie Harary on Toxic Parents, Estrangement & Teshuva

This week, Nachi Gordon sits down with Charlie Harari for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually means to love someone, honor your parents, and do teshuva. Charlie unpacks how modern t...

2026-09-13

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He Escaped From the 78th Floor on 9/11

As we mark 25 years since September 11, we're revisiting Ari Schonbrun's extraordinary story of survival. Ari worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 101st floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower. A...

2026-09-09

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Yudi & Chumi Herzberg: The Story of Charlotte

This week, Nachi Gordon sits down with Yudi and Chumi Herzberg to talk about the life, story, and legacy of their daughter Charlotte, who passed away in a car accident on June 2. Yudi and Chumi walk t...

2026-09-05

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Inside the Billion-Dollar World of Jewish Charity | Yossi Hoch & Simcha Shain

This week, Nachi Gordon sits down with philanthropists Yossi Hoch and Simcha Shain to talk about the world of tzedakah, from the pressure donors carry to the changing psychology of giving. They open u...

2026-08-29

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R' Benjamin Goldschmidt: The Crazy Story Behind a $35 Million Shul

Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt grew up in Moscow as the son of the city's chief rabbi, trained in Bnei Brak and Ponovezh, and spent a decade as assistant rabbi at Manhattan's Park East Synagogue — until h...

2026-08-22

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The Husband Coach: Why Your Wife May Resent You

Josh Livingstone is a husband coach who works almost exclusively with men, and in this episode he explains why so many well-intentioned husbands still leave their wives feeling unheard. He and Nachi u...

2026-08-15

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Food Addiction, Obesity & the Lies We Tell Ourselves | Mendel Krashunsky

Mendel Krashunsky is the founder of the Frum Health Club, a worldwide movement pushing Yidden to finally take their health seriously. He opens up about losing his father, an oligarch who lived a life ...

2026-08-08

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Claire Zeitler: The Orthodox Jewish Woman Who Discovered Her Father Was a Arab Prince

Claire Blumenthal Zeitler was adopted into an Orthodox Jewish family as a baby — until, a year after her wedding, her biological mother tracked her down and revealed something nobody could have prepar...

2026-08-01

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The Truth About the Jewish Music Industry | Moshe Tischler & Shloimy Zaltzman

Moshe Tischler and Shloimy Zaltzman, two of the biggest names in Jewish wedding music, sit down with Nachi Gordon to trace how they broke into the industry, from meeting as yeshiva teenagers to Shlomi...

2026-07-25

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What If We've Been Wrong About Achdus?

A Tisha B'Av documentary that will challenge the way you think about achdus. Watch Full Film

2026-07-22

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Maya Namdar | Hashem Took My Daughter. Why Do I Still Believe?

Five years ago, Maya Namdar's world changed forever when a drunk driver took the life of her daughter Liel, just moments after a Shabbaton reunion in Woodmere. In her second appearance on Meaningful P...

2026-07-18

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Moshiach Is Alive Right Now - And Doesn't Know It | R' Lawrence Hajioff

Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff takes us on a journey through the entire Jewish timeline, from Adam and Chava in Gan Eden to the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, the long exile, and the prophecies surroundin...

2026-07-11

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Zahava Farbman | The Mistake Everyone Makes After Tragedy

In this powerful conversation, Nachi sits down with Zahava Farbman, a crisis, trauma, and bereavement expert, to talk about what families really need after tragedy. Zahava shares why grief is not so...

2026-07-04

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