3.12: The Two Bartlets (with Blanche Sindelar)

President Bartlet and his father; CJ and her father; Bob Engler and his father…this episode is the Dada of Dada issues. And Josh and Hrishi talk to Blanche Sindelar, the property master for all seven seasons of The West Wing — the keeper of Gail’s fishbowl.

Exciting news. On August 26th, we’ll be recording our discussion of the Season 3 finale live, with special guest AARON SORKIN. Posse Comitatus. San Francisco. Get your tickets now: bit.ly/twww-aaron

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Amy Gardner’s WLC banner: bad design, bad typography
Smart Quotes for Smart People
Peggy Noonan on The West Wing and Aaron's politics [WSJ: paywall]
Trouble in Tahiti
Dungeons & Dragons
An Ideal Husband
Evil Dead 2 

3.11: 100,000 Airplanes (With Dr. Leo Mascarenhas)

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.)

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