7.17: Election Day, Part 2 (with Jimmy Smits)

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As we finish the long arc of the Presidential campaign with this momentous West Wing episode, Jimmy Smits joins us to tell us about his experience playing Matt Santos.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: US Senator Barack Obama, (D-IL), speaks with actor Jimmy Smits at the National Hispanic Foundation For The Arts Annual 'Noche de Gala' at the Mayflower Hotel, September 13, 2005 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chris Green…

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: US Senator Barack Obama, (D-IL), speaks with actor Jimmy Smits at the National Hispanic Foundation For The Arts Annual 'Noche de Gala' at the Mayflower Hotel, September 13, 2005 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chris Greenberg/Getty Images)

7.16: Election Day, Part 1 (with Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and Michael Hissrich)

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This week’s episode is one of love and loss, but with our guests this week, we’re celebrating the joyful side. Lauren Schmidt Hissrich wrote this episode, and she and her husband, West Wing line producer Michael Hissrich, join us to tell us how their path together mirrored and influenced Josh and Donna’s.

7.15: Welcome to Wherever You Are

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ACROSS
1. Grammy-winning singer and creator of questionable slogans, Bon ____
5. Nights before, like Erevs Yom Kippur
6. What Josh wants when he yells, "I want the numbers!"
7. _____ chunks, like when you eat way too much candy

DOWN
1. POTUS’s rap name, maybe
2. The room where it happens
3. To do this, actually, you stamp it, then sign it
4. The second thing Caesar said he did, in a saying

Toby says, "You should do the crossword," so Hrishi made a mini puzzle to go with this week’s episode: download a PDF here!

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