The Season Three premiere has a dense script, and an enormous production to match. Josh and Hrishi try to sort their way through it all without making any Freudian slips while talking to each mother.
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The West Wing cast on Charlie Rose in 2001
State and Main
Wag the Dog
The story of Evan Handler in I Hate Hamlet
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This is a controversial episode of The West Wing, and one that falls outside the regular storyline of the show. We hash out our conflicting opinions to find some common ground. We're also joined by Ajay Naidu to discuss his role as Rakim Ali. And we talk to former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry, who is now a Professor of Theology; in the spirit of this episode, it's a Jew, an atheist, and a Methodist having a conversation about religion, politics, and pluralism.
Bonus: we have a lot of fun recording our ads, you can probably tell. We wanted to share the full exchange we had recording this week's Blue Apron ad here; it was too long and ridiculous to put in the episode in its entirety.
Aaron Sorkin joins Josh and Hrishi for our final episode of Season Two, to talk about his experience writing "Two Cathedrals." Plus, Kirsten Nelson (@NelsonKirsten) tells us about playing the role of the young Mrs Landingham.
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Dire Straits - “Brothers in Arms”
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We present the first of two episodes of our podcast discussing the Season Two finale. In this episode, we're joined by West Wing writer / producer Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence), aka Jed's father, Headmaster Bartlet. Plus, Mary Graham, author of Presidents' Secrets: The Use and Abuse of Hidden Power tells us all about how presidents have hidden the truth about their health from the American people.
And, introducing the BARTLET SECRETARY NAME GENERATOR.
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It's the penultimate episode of Season 2. Oliver Platt (@OliverPlatt) joins Josh and Hrishi to discuss his role as Oliver Babish.