1.05: The Crackpots and These Women (with Eli Attie)

For Big Block of Cheese Day, Josh and Hrishi are joined by Eli Attie, who was Vice President Al Gore's chief speechwriter before leaving politics and joining The West Wing as a writer and producer. Plus, the truth about David Rosen.

footnotes —
President Ronald Reagan's Challenger Disaster address 
The poem "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
'Big Block of Cheese Day' under the Obama Administration, 2014
'Big Block of Cheese Day' under the Obama Administration, 2015

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1.04: Five Votes Down

The limits of practical idealism. Plus, Hrishi sets Leo's dialogue to music, and Josh unwittingly reveals a secret.

footnotes —
Melissa Fitzgerald profile in the Washington Post
Mad TV's West Wing parody

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1.03: A Proportional Response (with Dulé Hill)

Dulé Hill joins Josh and Hrishi to talk about shooting his first episode of The West Wing, visiting the real White House, and losing to Martin Sheen in 1-on-1.

footnotes —
The New York Times: 'NAACP Plans to Press for More Diverse TV Shows' (July 13, 1999)
Video: Martin Sheen & Dulé Hill do the Laurence Fishburn handshake.

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1.02: "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc"

In this episode: Latin, the Vice President, Morris Tolliver, and more.

footnotes —
Video: Barack Obama Roasts Rahm Emanuel, 2005

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1.01: Pilot

Josh and Hrishi discuss the West Wing’s pilot episode, in the pilot episode of this podcast.

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