The Simpsons to The Synagogue | Emmy Award Winner David Sacks on Judaism's Deepest Teachings

The Wildescast

Rabbi Wildes is joined by Emmy award winning TV writer David Sacks to discuss his path from Hollywood (The Simpsons, Third Rock From The Sun) to spiritual leader in the Los Angeles community. In the first half of the podcast David discusses the challenges he faced as an Orthodox Jew in the secular world of Hollywood which leads into the second half where David and Rabbi Wildes discuss the deepest teachings in Judaism which touch on the nature of the soul, why the world we live in seems so broken, the difference between Judaism and Buddhism's definition of transcendence and so much more. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Introducing David Sacks 00:02:35 - Becoming A TV Writer 00:03:20 - David's Spiritual Journey 00:05:23 - Writing for The Simpsons 00:13:35 - Challenges as an Orthodox Jew 00:19:39 - The Immortality of the Soul 00:22:10 - The True Definition of Success 00:33:43 - Judaism vs. Buddhism 00:36:35 - Believing in Something Deeper 00:41:55 - The Illusion of Time 00:47:18 - God Plays Hide & Seek 00:52:05 - Why the World is Messed Up 00:59:37 - Fix Yourself, Fix the World