We watch season 3, episode 4 of The West Wing ("Ways and Means").

We talk ballets, Ms. Landingham's up close magic skills, and give Doug a new nickname.

Links:

• Kevin Brady
• 99% Invisible - Built to Burn
• California Wildfires
• Young Trumpies Hit D.C.
• Palestinian Who Claimed to Be a Jew Jailed For Rape By Deception

We watch season 2, episode 3 of The West Wing ("Manchester (Part II)").

We talk snakes, the validity of unnamed sources, and ship Sam and Connie.

Links:

• Melania Trump stock photo royalties
• The Clintons and Dick Morris
• The Price is Right songs

We watch season 3, episode 2 of The West Wing ("Manchester (Part I)")

We talk political apologies, presidential marriages, and mall culture.

Links:

• Paul Revere Silverwear Auctions
• Evan Handler
• Pocket Run Pool
• Melania and Donald Trump Have Separate Bedrooms in The White House
• Alice Cooper – Elected

We watch season 2, episode 22 of The West Wing ("Two Cathedrals").

We talk presidential event staging, question the President's decision making apparatus, and debate the use of that Dire Straits song.

This is our season 2 finale. As always, thank you for listening. We'll be taking a short break before starting with season 3. In the meantime, if you don't mind, please leave a review on iTunes or tell a friend. Y'all the best.

Links:

• Rubio water gaffe
• Trump water gaffe
• Washington National Cathedral
• Latin monologue translation
• what if the pope blasted cigs

We watch season 2, episode 21 of The West Wing (“18th and Potomac”).

We talk presidential scandals, Eric gets a lesson in negotiating, and we deal with this episode’s shocking ending.

Links:

New Zodiac Sign – Ophiuchus

Kenny Thurman

Trump Dentures?

Melania’s Christmas Wish

Rob Lowe Sex Tape

Big Old Doinks

Good Guy discount

Flynn Inaguration Texts

Mammy Yokum

Confusing Mammy Yokum Cartoon

Young Lady Old Lady Illusion

We watch season 2, episode 20 of The West Wing ("The Fall's Gonna Kill You").

We talk fictional and real tax plans, have major issues with Sam, and Eric confesses to a crippling addiction.

Links

• Bring it On is back
• Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
• Private Jet Deduction
• Tiffany Everyday Object Collection
• Manual Coffeemaker Nº3
• Manual Cocktail Collection
• Blake Shelton Is 2017's Sexiest Man Alive

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We watch season 2, episode 19 of The West Wing ("Bad Moon Rising").

We talk litigation strategy, plan a vacation in international waters, and eat some expired space food.

Links
• Cornel West Reader
• ERA Ratification
• 280
• Oil Tanker Sizes
• Astronaut Ice Cream

We watch season 2, episode 18 of The West Wing ("17 People").

We talk the ERA, presidential clapbacks, and how much of Eric's life is informed by throwaway lines in this episode.

Links:

• Eric's desk whale
• "He's running"
• Phyllis Schlafly
• Equal Rights Amendment
• "teeth, teeth-"
• The origin of snark

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We watch season 2, episode 17 of The West Wing ("The Stackhouse Filibuster").

We talk the filibuster, standing desks, and shirt tucks.

Links:

• Standing desks
• Strom Thurmond Filibuster
• Tomate du Saltambique

We watch season 2, episode 16 of The West Wing ("Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail").

We talk about anarchy, map projections, and Don Henley.

Links:

• Virgin Air Safety Video
• Don Henley – New York Minute
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
• Ring Lardner Jr.
• Studio 60 Hollywood blacklist scene
• Gall-Peters Projection
• Cylindrical Equal-Area Projection
• Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection with oblique orientation
• Brigadoon
• New York Minute (2004) Official Trailer - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Movie HD