It's Who You Know! The Podcast · Michelle W. Malkin: Nonprofit Jewish Professional

Last Episode of It's Who You Know! with Michelle W. Malkin and Barak Malkin

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This will be the last episode that I'll be publishing for It's Who You Know.

The project is ending. Michelle W. Malkin opens the final published episode of It's Who You Know by turning the story back on herself. Barack Malkin joins her, and the conversation has the easy shorthand of two people who know each other's rhythms, from parenting to the everyday logistics of family life. Michelle remembers the last time Barack came on the show, before their oldest son was born, when they recorded together around the same laptop. Their oldest son is now seven, which lands as a small but telling measure of how much life has happened alongside the podcast. The reason for stopping is practical. Michelle has taken a new role as executive director for Aleph, the Jewish Renewal Movement. The fit still makes sense. She describes Aleph as an international organization focused on renewing Jewish traditions and experiences, and she sounds both excited and humbled as she moves from synagogue leadership into wider nonprofit leadership. The conversations are not going away, either. She expects to keep having them through Aleph, especially around Jewish Renewal, what it means, and how people practice it. Barack asks the simple outside question, since he had not heard of Aleph when Michelle applied. That gives the episode a useful way in for listeners who are new to it too. Michelle also talks about career transitions in the language of relationships: build a personal board of directors, stay close to mentors and colleagues, and return to those people when the next move comes. Barack notes that mentoring conversations are usually easier to ask for than people think. The title of the show ends up feeling earned. Michelle closes by thanking Barack for supporting the podcast, their parenting, and their daily family life, then points listeners toward Torah Smash. If someone wants to take It's Who You Know and make it their own, she would welcome that. For now, this chapter closes.

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A practical farewell that folds family, mentorship, and a new role into the show's closing chapter.

Michelle W. Malkin frames this as a practical farewell. She says this is the last episode of It's Who You Know, explains that the project is shutting down, and leaves open the chance that someone else could take it over.

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A last-episode farewell that turns into a quiet conversation about career transitions, mentoring, and Jewish Renewal.

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