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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2025): STEPHEN FISCH

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with old friend STEPHEN FISCH

Topics include: life and death, concerts

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2025 as part of episode #1014, our annual New Year’s Eve special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2025): CHARLES GROSS

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with theater critic CHARLES GROSS

Topics include: Broadway, New Year’s, New York

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2025 as part of episode #1014, our annual New Year’s Eve special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/20/2025): JEREMY KAREKEN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright JEREMY KAREKEN

Topics include: The Value of Names, Lifespan of a Fact, playwriting

Segment airs Dec. 20, 2025 as part of episode #1012 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com 

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #1011 (12/13/2025): SCHATZ CREEK

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Here is episode 1011 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Dec. 13, 2025.


Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews writer Matt Schatz, reads “Mendel’s Hanukkah Mess Up,” and offers a Rabbinical Reflection about Eurovision; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cherry Creek); The Dreidel Game.

Guests: playwright Matt Schatz; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN: Chanukah, yard animals, ear wax
00:35:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Matt Schatz
01:22:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:46:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce: Maryland life
02:02:00 THE DREIDEL GAME
02:24:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #199: Eurovision
02:31:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: Hanukkah Mess Up (Stiefels)
02:51:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:00:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Cherry Creek, CO
03:03:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Matt Schatz
your host
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Cherry Creek, CO

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/8/2025): MATT SCHATZ & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with writer MATT SCHATZ

Topics include: Dramaturgatory, The Burdens, Rabbis

Segment airs Dec. 13, 2025 as part of episode #1011 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2025 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com 

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/6/2025): BILL BOGGS & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with writer and TV host BILL BOGGS

Topics include: Spike the Wonder Dog, interviewing, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., television

Segment airs Dec. 6, 2025 as part of episode #1010 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com 

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #1010 (12/6/2025): BOGGED DOWN

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Here is episode 1010 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Dec. 6, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews writer and TV personality Bill Boggs; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned; Dave’s Big Dictionary.

Guests: broadcaster Bill Boggs; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN: play submission, Tom Stoppard, Wawa, Supermoon, clarity
00:51:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:13:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Bill Boggs
02:03:30 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Way Too Many Latkes” (Glaser)
02:26:00 BUNION WATCH
02:30:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: sensibility
02:38:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:48:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Chattanooga, CO
02:51:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Bill Boggs
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Chattanooga, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1009 (11/29/2025): HOME FOR THE HALLIDAY

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Here is episode 1009 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Nov. 29, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews writer-actress Ayun Halliday and reads StoryTime (Chapulin Colorado); Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Channning); Bunion Watch.

Guests: actress Ayun Halliday; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:10:00 BUNION WATCH
00:20:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: TMLMTBGB, Two Days in Pikesville, yuzu
01:09:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:35:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ayun Halliday
02:25:00 STORYTIME: Chapulin Colorado (Rodriguez & Stein)
02:34:30 Yuzu Time!
02:51:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Channing, CO
02:59:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:05:00 DAVE GOES OUT: cardiology

Ayun Halliday
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Channing, CO
yuzu
Pikesville, MD

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/29/2025): AYUN HALLIDAY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress and writer AYUN HALLIDAY

Topics include: East Village Inky, Greg Kotis, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, Panther City, Wayfaring Strangers, Zamboni Godot

Segment airs Nov. 29, 2025 as part of episode #1009 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Please Note: Segments extracted from “Dave’s Gone By” may have music and other elements removed for timing and media re-posting considerations. For the full interview with all elements, please visit the audio of the complete original broadcast.

All content (c)2025 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com 

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By Skit: STORYTIME – Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads “The Pout-Pout Fish”

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For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Rabbi Sol Solomon reads excerpts from the children’s book, “The Pout-Pout Fish” by Deborah Diesen.

This segment aired Nov. 1, 2025 as part of episode #1006 of the “Dave’s Gone By” video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes also available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), and on DavesGoneBy.com. 

All content (c)2025 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More information on Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com.