Zooming from different parts of Los Angeles, Erin and Esther look to pop culture for strength. After remembering songwriter Adam Schlesinger (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”, “That Thing You Do”, Fountains of Wayne) who had it going on with his music and jokes that we loved for so long, and who died April 1 from COVID-19 complications, the bagels talk Some Good News; create a show tunes playlist appropriate for our socially distant present; tackle the beautiful but challenging “Unorthodox” and the nerve wracking “Plot Against America”; and identify with John Mulaney. Plus, trying to find the roses amid the thorns.
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