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 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.
0.17: Casting the Pilot (with John Levey)
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Before we get to the end, we're going back to the beginning. For this bonus episode, we talk to John Levey, Emmy-winning casting director for the first two seasons of The West Wing, about putting together our renowned ensemble.
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!
footnotes —
Hrishi reads “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop
“For Once In My Life” by Stevie Wonder
“Blow hard” appeared as a clue for STORM in the New York Times crossword on November 9, 2005
Transcript of Jon Bon Jovi’s address at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in August 4, 2005
Justice Robert H. Jackson’s “The Federal Prosecutor” by (as quoted by Toby)
“Did you see that ludicrous display last night?” from The IT Crowd
Thanks to our crossword experts, Robyn Weintraub (@robynw414) and Ben Tausig (@datageneral)!
American Values Crossword
The Inkubator (crossword puzzles by women)
7.14: Two Weeks Out
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We take this episode in our bone-crushing grip and shake it with everything we've got.
footnotes —
Read the Grip and Grin brochure! (from the American Occupational Therapy Association.)