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October 9, 2020
The Bagel Report

We took a break from post-Rosh Hashanah doom-scrolling to talk Emmys: Schitt’s Creek overflowed with statues, Succession succeeded and Watchmen, um, won. Erin and Esther talk about some of the big issues – are creative people prophets? –  get stoked for the month of Sacha Baron Cohen-tober, and marvel at how compelling storytelling can elevate cultural conversation into activism. Plus, reimagining Netflix’s Calm meditations show, which features  celebrity voices, from a Jewish perspective. Because that’s what we do.

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