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The Bagel Report

Oct 30, 2020

It's our first Bagelversary! The Bagels have been podcasting for a year now (check out last year's Halloween episode for our humble beginnings and more on Esther's non-Halloweeny youth). Now that we've both seen "Borat 2," we wish a hearty yasher koach to Sacha Baron Cohen for his surprisingly layered film, which...


Oct 23, 2020

Does Sacha Baron Cohen traffic in satire or stumbling blocks? Anticipating Borat 2, Erin and Esther puzzle over the line between deception and shining a light on bad behavior. The Bagels then scratch their heads over the epidemic of TV casts reuniting to save democracy, specifically in Wisconsin (and Texas); say goodbye...


Oct 16, 2020

With ultra-Orthodox protests against mask-wearing in New York, and election anxiety nationwide, Erin "Snuffy" Ben-Moche and Esther "Gal Gadot" Kustanowitz have a lot on their plate. Finally, Erin (and HBOMax subscribers) received the restaged, "Hartsfield's Landing" episode of the "West Wing." The Josiah Bartlet megafan...


Oct 9, 2020

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...