West Winging It

West Wingin It Season 2 Episode 16 by West Winging It

Logan was away again this week getting ready for PAX West so Trevor and Quinten continue to hold down the fort in an episode centered around President Bartlet's tensions with his middle daughter, the titular Ellie.

Logan decided to move to Austin during this week's show so it's just Trevor and Quin discussing the resolution of the Columbian hostage situation and the broader topic of the futile "war on drugs."

This week is all about Bartlet's titular 3rd State of the Union speech (even though it's technically only his 2nd) and a sudden hostage situation he has to deal with in Columbia.

In this week's episode, Toby wildly overcompensates for his screw up in "The Leadership Breakfast" by butting heads with Sam on a speech for the environmental lobby. And miraculously, Quin manages to enjoy Lord Marbury.

Logan is out this week so Trevor and Quin sit down and discuss all the ways Toby screws up in this episode foreshadowing the death of bipartisan politics.

On this week's episode, things get a bit tense between Quin and Logan when the former still doesn't get on board with how great Josh is in the episode that won Bradley Whitford an Emmy. Then Trevor asks everyone for their favorite holiday music.

On this week's episode, Trevor, Quin, and Logan are reunited after a few weeks of two-man shows to discuss Bartlet's love of science and hatred of green beans.

Monsoons took Trevor's power out so Logan and Quinten are holding down the show again to discuss turkey pardons, school prayer, and Chinese refugees.

Recorded on the 4th of July, Quinten spent the day with his family so Logan and Trevor sat down to discuss the episode as well as some of their favorite 4th of July memories.

On today's episode, the Bartlet Administration weighs their options over whether or not to call a "Lame Duck" session of Congress.

In today's episode, Trevor and Logan do their best to explain Gilbert and Sullivan to Quinten.

Trevor is out this week but Quinten and Logan hold down the fort with a more intimate two-man show and welcome Ainsley Hayes to the White House.

This week's episode covers a lot of ground showing us snippets of the three months leading up to the midterm elections and features one of the all-time great scenes of the show.

We kick off Season Two of the show with this iconic two-part episode as Bartlet Administration deals with the immediate aftermath of the Rosslyn shooting, while also revisiting how the staff came together during the campaign. Additionally, we apologize to our audio listeners for missing the Season One Recap episode last week. We lost the audio for it and didn't realize that until after we had already recorded this episode.

On today's episode, Trevor, Logan, and Quin reach the end of the first season while Bartlet and his team host an eventful Town Hall meeting. And our Employee of the Week rankings reach a fever pitch in the race for first.

In "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics," the staff eagerly awaits poll results to see what the public thinks of their new policies. And as Bartlet shuffles around his Ambassadors, Trevor, Quin, and Logan discuss which countries they would want to be appointed to if given the option.

On this week's episode, the Bartlet Administration is in overdrive after the events of "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" and Quin gets fired up about Mandatory Minimums.

On this week's episode, Quin, Logan, and Trevor watch as the White House staff reach their breaking point and decide it's time for a change.

On this week's episode, Sam and Mallory debate school vouchers while Josh discusses the sensitive subject of reparations. Come listen as your three middle-class white male hosts weigh in on race relations and reparations as well. What could go wrong?!

Tensions are high between The President and First Lady as their personal past threatens to influence their current political landscape.

In this week's episode, the Bartlet Administration heads out to Los Angeles for a quick fundraising trip and schmooze with some of the hottest celebs early 2000 had to offer.

On this week's episode, the guys discuss Josh's bad news cycle and how easily the news cycle flies out of control in the modern era.

Alex O'Neill from Irrational Passions fills in for an absent Logan on this week's episode. Alex, Trevor, and Quin discuss Bartlet's struggle with his faith as he weighs his options of commuting an 11th-hour death row sentence.

On this week's episode, Josh and Sam make a deal to drop the investigation into Leo and CJ meets with the parent's of Lowell Lydell to test whether or not they can be in front of the press.

In this week's episode, President Bartlet prepares for his first State of the Union. But a flu might sideline him and have even greater health implications.

Quinten continues to disappoint Logan by not immediately loving the eccentric Lord John Marbury in this week's episode.

In this week's episode, Toby tries to honor a homeless veteran while Josh and Sam try to enlist backup for the imminent threat at Leo's character.

On this week's episode, the Bartlet Administration choose a Supreme Court Justice nominee and Trevor, Quinten, and Logan discuss how the conversation surrounding appointing Supreme Court Justices has shifted in the modern era.

On this week's episode, President Bartlet shares his love of National Parks and Trevor, Quin, and Logan discuss how political enemies have become more commonplace since this episode originally aired.

In today's episode, President Bartlet faces off against a hostage negotiation, a looming labor strike, and a hurricane. And Logan, Trevor, and Quinten finally get to meet Abbey Bartlet.

In today's episode, Logan, Quin, and Trevor meet an ordinary man thrust into an extraordinary circumstance and relish the opportunity to enjoy some downtime with the West Wing staff.

In this week's episode, Quinten is finally introduced to the idea of Big Block of Cheese Day and we compare Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson.

In this episode of West Winging It, Trevor, Quin, and Logan get a peak behind the political curtain to see how the sausage is made, while Leo faces off against some problems at home.

In this week's episode of West Winging It, Trevor, Logan, and Quinten discover the virtue of a proportional response.

In this episode of West Winging It, Trevor, Logan, and Quinten continue our introduction to the Bartlet Administration; meeting Vice President Hoynes and getting a brief lesson in Latin.

Welcome to West Winging It: a weekly podcast where Trevor Starkey, Quinten Hoffman, and Logan Wilkinson watch/rewatch the classic series The West Wing and discuss how the Era of Bartlet holds up in the Era of Trump. In "Pilot," we're introduced to President Josiah Bartlet and his staff as they maneuver the ins and outs of the Washington Beltway.