About this episode
Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Moed Katan 18 and 19 , kick things off with a stunning cautionary tale about gossip. Karen Swallow Prior , host of the new podcast Jane and Jesus , joins us to talk about what Jane Austen understood about the importance of guarding your tongue, and how her work can be read as a subtle religious commentary on the perils of reckless speech. What would Austen have made of a world riddled with vicious posts on social media? Listen and find out. Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com . Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group . Take One is hosted by Liel Leibovitz and produced by Josh Kross, Sara Fredman Aeder, and Robert Scaramuccia. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts .