3.09: Bartlet For America (with John Spencer)

To accompany our discussion of "Bartlet for America," we're thrilled to present an interview with John Spencer, who won an Emmy for his performance. We talk to David Daniel (@CNNLADavid), who is a senior producer at CNN Newsource. He interviewed John Spencer in 2002, just before the Emmy awards, about The West Wing pilot, "Bartlet for America," addiction, and more. We're so lucky to have gotten David's original raw tape from that day, which we used to put this segment together.

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Kicking and Screaming
Being John Malkovich
She Spies
Leaf Peeping
The American President
Mitch Hedberg

3.08: The Women of Qumar (with Allison Janney, and Fmr UN Ambassador Sarah Mendelson)

This week's episode gets a bit dark, as does our discussion of it. We're honored to have two amazing guests. We learn more about the realities of trafficking with former UN Ambassador Sarah Mendelson (@SarahMendelson). And the brilliant but elusive Allison Janney (@AllisonBJanney) finally — finally! — makes her West Wing Weekly debut.

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Master of None
Seinfeld
Amazon's Alexa
Borgen
The Jackal 
Cool Sorkin Jams
Rehearsal Pro

3.07: The Indians in the Lobby (with W.G. Snuffy Walden)

Thanksgiving! Native Americans! Turkey! Foodborne illness! Hrishi's dad! All this, plus we present the recording of our live interview with Emmy-winning West Wing composer Snuffy Walden (@snuffywalden). 

footnotes —
If you experienced a weird audio error in the episode, please delete the file and re-download it. The first version that hit the podcast feed had the issue, but we have since fixed it; it's all good now. Sorry for the issue!
Campylobacter jejuni (it's not made up!)
50504 is NOT a Fargo zip code (it IS made up!)

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The next episode of @thewestwingweekly features a very special guest: my dad!

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3.06: Gone Quiet

3.05: War Crimes (with Fmr. UN Ambassador David Pressman)

David Pressman is the former US Ambassador to the United Nations and was the first-ever Director for War Crimes and Atrocities on the National Security Council at the White House, and we're thrilled to have him on the podcast to discuss the "War Crimes" episode with us. Plus, Josh and Hrishi get into it over Toby's "we're a team" speech. 

footnotes —
Josh and hugging at the workplace—specifically, at Scandal (Thursdays on ABC!)
The fountain at the end of this episode, aka the Friends fountain, on Google Maps
"Volare" by Dean Martin
Hrishi in the White House Press Briefing Room (doing his CJ Impression)

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