This week, we’re joined by Dr. Leo Mascarenhas, the Deputy Director of the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases and the Section Head of Oncology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, to discuss the cancer crusade that President Bartlet wanted for the State of the Union. Hey, Toby, how many words are in this description? (56.)
Is Cliff Calley actually a good guy? Hrishi thinks it’s obvious. Josh thinks he’s not so great. Meet us in the Georgetown Law Library so we can discuss.
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Leonard and Felicia Bernstein - I Am Easily Assimilated
Modern Family - Cool Dad
West Side Story “Cool”
Lion in Winter - Does it Matter How a Man Falls?
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
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
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).
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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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