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