What’s Next Weekly – recap of another podcast about The West Wing

Jose and Kenny talk about Justice for Vets, an organization run by Melissa Fitzgerald, who played ‘Carol' on the West Wing. Justice for Vets advocates for the expansion of special drug courts for non-violent veteran offenders.  justiceforvets.org

Jose and Kenny review Richard Schiff's wonderfully tearful appearance on West Wing Weekly, Sorkin's biblical references, and imaginary sex with Allison Janney. For our Big Block of Cheese, we talk about how we handle our emotions. Are you a Schiff or a Malina? Or a Miranda?

Jose and Kenny discuss current White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain's excellent interview. Jose tells the moving story of Sergeant Major (a fish). We spend too much (or too little?) time on Stark Trek and Battle Star Galactica, and for our Big Block of Cheese Kenny Borks Jose into talking about Constitutional Originalism.   Links On Not Being "Not an Originalist" (stthomas.edu) The Supreme Court on Throughline podcast

We discuss ‘Enemies,' and it's a surprisingly light-hearted conversation for Josh Malina and Hrishi Hirway. Kenny is again forced to defend the West Wing against the critical Malina. Jose talks about future musical and theater projects. For our Big Block of Cheese, we explain why camping is bad. whatsnextweekly.com has an archive of past episodes and links to your favorite podcast apps.

Kenny argues against Joshua Malina's bizarre and uncalled for attacks on the episode. Jose compares President Bartlet to Governor Ritchie(?!), and he sings. Somehow we avoid talking about Stockard Channing's cleavage. For our Big Block of Cheese, we share our favorite mishaps with text messages. Links isarose – flower boutique owned by Melissa Merwin  25 Things About Josh Malina Tom Lehrer sings The Elements to the tune of Modern Major General

We talk about Janel Moloney's appearance on WWW, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and Aaron Sorkin's constant factual inaccuracy. For our Big Block of Cheese, we share our favorite moments of Janel Moloney's character, Donna Moss.  Links Unnecessary Commentary  Dungeons & Dragons cartoon Josh Malina on Cameo whatsnextweekly.com has live links and an archive of past episodes

We discuss West Wing Weekly's guest, Eli Attie, who was a Clinton/Gore speechwriter and West Wing writer. Do politicians really want what's best for their constituents? Kenny makes the case for firing Toby for insubordination. Jose couldn't care less about solecisms, but he is comforted in our Big Block of Cheese by sharing family stories. Links Jeremy Renner producing docuseries based off Oddie Blvd in Reno High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir: With the lost photographs of David Attie The (Real) Story of the White House and the Big Block of Cheese whatsnextweekly.com has live links and an archive of past episodes

The music and money episode. Jose discusses Hrishi's chord changes, but Kenny wonders if he's heard of Shakespeare. Jose points out the West Wing's obliviousness to wealth disparity, and corrects Hrishi on a fine point. We are pretty sure Malina has dropped “Molly.” In the Big Block of Cheese, we discuss “practical idealism” in our personal lives. Links Myth Series by Robert Asprin

Did Hrishi forget Mandy again?! We try to decide if we'd rather be pushed into a closet by Dulé Hill or have a script slapped out of our hands by Josh Malina. Big Block of Cheese – We go from inter-racial handshakes and somehow end up talking about own racial identities. For someone who's come to terms with being biracial (Black & Asian), Jose sure does talk about his racial identity a lot. Links The 90s by Chuck Klosterman Gailmarie Pahmeier | English | University of Nevada, Reno (unr.edu) Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Why does proto-feminist Hrishi keep forgetting about Mandy? We discuss Josh's strict adherence to proper English and how Sorkin gets us to care so much about a minor character. Kenny and Jose do their impressions of the jarring credits music from the West Wing. Kenny does an impression of President Bartlet. Big Block of Cheese – Hrishi or Josh: who has the right personality type for being allowed to launch nuclear weapons? Jose tries to justify having an occasional potty mouth and it somehow turns into a discussion about racial/cultural identity. Links These Crackpots and These Women podcast Song Exploder w/ House of Cards

Jose expresses concern that Kenny doesn't know about flentls. Jose and Kenny notice that Hrishi always wins his arguments with Josh. Kenny shares one of his bones he would like to pick with Hrishi and tells us how he really feels about Yale alumni. Kenny name-drops Aristotle.  Big Block of Cheese – Perceptions of the Christian Right and Jose exposes his insecurity being around beauties like Rob Lowe. Links Aristotle's Poetics  Hrishi Hirway's music 

Kenny and I share why we would make a recap podcast about The West Wing Weekly podcast and discuss our qualifications for doing so. Witty banter is promised, but the bar is set low. Links:  The West Wing Weekly podcast archive

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