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'''''The West Wing Weekly''''' is an American podcast hosted by [[Hrishikesh Hirway]] and [[Joshua Malina]]. In each episode, the hosts discuss one episode of the popular television program ''[[The West Wing]],'' which originally aired on [[NBC]] from 1999 to 2006. The podcast has featured various cast and crew members including series creator [[Aaron Sorkin]], director [[Thomas Schlamme|Tommy Schlamme]], series actors [[Martin Sheen]], [[Rob Lowe]], [[Bradley Whitford]], [[Richard Schiff]], [[Janel Moloney]], [[Marlee Matlin]], and [[Dulé Hill]], aslongtime wellseries aswriter-producers [[Eli Attie]] and [[Lawrence O'Donnell]], and many former government officials, academics, and pundits, among others.
[[The New York Times|The ''New York Times'']] described the podcast as "taking a fine-tooth comb to each episode of [the] political drama.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/style/podcasts-advertisements-katie-couric-alex-baldwin.html|title=Welcome to the Podcast. First, a Word From Our Celebrity.|last=Smith|first=Erin Geiger|date=2017-03-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-07-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==History==
[[Joshua Malina]], who played [[Will Bailey]] in the ''[[The West Wing]]'', said, "I've been a frequent guest on other people's podcasts, and I have always wanted to find something that I could call my own," collaborating with his friend and the host of the podcast ''[[Song Exploder]]'', [[Hrishikesh Hirway]], to start the podcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2016/03/20/471034192/the-west-wing-weekly-podcast-promises-to-break-down-every-episode|title='The West Wing Weekly' Podcast Promises To Break Down Every Episode|date=20 March 2016}}</ref> The first episode was released on 22 March 2016 and new episodes are released weekly on Wednesdays, the night on which The West Wing originally aired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/joshua-malinas-west-wing-podcast-is-here.html|title=Joshua Malina’s West Wing Podcast Is Here|date=16 March 2016}}</ref> In September 2016, the podcast was added to the [[Radiotopia]] network.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.prx.org/2016/09/west-wing-weekly-joins-radiotopia/|title=Radiotopia Welcomes The West Wing Weekly|date=21 September 2016|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
==Episodes==
===Season 1===
The podcast debuted on March 22, 2016 with an episode discussing [[Pilot (The West Wing)|the pilot episode]] of ''[[The West Wing]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/101|title=1.01: Pilot — The West Wing Weekly|date=22 March 2016}}</ref> The first guest of the podcast was [[Dulé Hill]], who played the role of [[Charlie Young]] on the series. Other guests during the season included cast members [[Janel Moloney]], Lyn Paolo, [[Richard Schiff]], [[Melissa Fitzgerald]], [[William Duffy (actor)|William Duffy]], Peter James Smith, [[Liza Weil]], [[Kathleen York]], [[Bill O'Brien (actor)|Bill O'Brien]], and [[Tim Matheson]], and other guests such asseries writer-producer [[Eli Attie]], series costumer Lyn Paolo, and other guests such as [[Ronald Klain]], Senator [[Bob Casey Jr.]], former White House spokesperson [[Jay Carney]], [[Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania politician)|Patrick Murphy]], and Mayor [[Karen Freeman-Wilson]].<ref name="index">{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/index/|title=Index — The West Wing Weekly|accessdate=21 December 2016}}</ref> The season also included a 10 year reunion episode with ''The West Wing'' cast at the [[ATX Television Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/the-west-wing-reunion-aaron-sorkin-2016-ten-years-atx-1201687887/|title=‘The West Wing’ Reunion: Aaron Sorkin and Cast Remember How the Internet Saved the Series|date=11 June 2016|work=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> and a discussion panel with the [[FiveThirtyEight]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/fivethirtyeights-elections-podcast-is-coming-to-california/|title=FiveThirtyEight’s Elections Podcast Is Coming To California!|author=Jody Avirgan|date=31 May 2016}}</ref>
===Season 2===
The second season episodes began on September 20, 2016 with a discussion with series creator [[Aaron Sorkin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2016/09/19/aaron-sorkin-west-wing-podcast-writing-tv/|title=Aaron Sorkin talks writing for TV on West Wing podcast|date=19 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/200|title=2.00: Special Interim Session|date=23 September 2016}}</ref> The second season included cast members [[Tommy Schlamme]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://decider.com/2016/06/14/west-wing-weekly-malina-hirway-atx-festival/|title="The West Wing Weekly" Podcast Controversy! Director Tommy Schlamme Has A "Bone To Pick" With Joshua Malina & Hrishi Hirway|date=14 June 2016}}</ref> set decorator Ellen Totleben, cast members [[Bradley Whitford]], [[Emily Procter]], [[Michael O'Neill (actor)|Michael O'Neill]], [[Dave Chameides]], Ellen Totleben, [[Kim Webster]], [[Nina Siemaszko]], [[Rob Lowe]], [[Marlee Matlin]], [[Oliver Platt]] as well as other guests including [[Eric Fanning]], Congressman [[Brendan Boyle]], Congressman [[Steve Gunderson]], former [[White House Communications Director]], [[Donald A. Baer]].<ref name="index"/> The season also featured a Q&A episode with the hosts, called "Big Block of Cheese", named after the eponymous day from the episode "[[The Crackpots and These Women]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/003|title=0.03: Big Block of Cheese — The West Wing Weekly|date=21 December 2016}}</ref> and a live episode at [[SF Sketchfest]] with [[Bradley Whitford]].
===Season 3===
The third season began on April 5, 2017 with the discussion of [[9/11]] special episode ''Isaac and Ishmael'', with [[Ajay Naidu]] and former [[White House Press Secretary]], [[Mike McCurry (press secretary)|Mike McCurry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/300|title=3.00: Isaac and Ishamel — The West Wing Weekly|date=4 April 2017}}</ref> It included interviews with guest star [[Mark Harmon]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/320|title=3.20: The Black Vera Wang — The West Wing Weekly|date=6 September 2017}}</ref> composer [[W. G. Snuffy Walden]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/307|title=3.07: The Indians in the Lobby — The West Wing Weekly|date=24 May 2017}}</ref> writer [[Eli Attie]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/303|title=3.20: Ways and Means — The West Wing Weekly|date=25 April 2017}}</ref>, Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/315|title=3.15: Dead Irish Writers — The West Wing Weekly|date=25 July 2017}}</ref> a previously unaired interview with [[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/309|title=3.09: Bartlet for America — The West Wing Weekly|date=6 June 2017}}</ref> and a live taping for the season finale episode with [[Aaron Sorkin]] and [[Allison Janney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/322|title=3.22: Posse Comitatus — The West Wing Weekly|date=19 September 2017}}</ref>
The third season began on April 5, 2017 with the discussion of [[9/11]] special episode ''Isaac and Ishmael'', with [[Ajay Naidu]] and former [[White House Press Secretary]], [[Mike McCurry (press secretary)|Mike McCurry]].
===Season 4===
The fourth season began on October 4, 2017 with a special episode featuring [[Martin Sheen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/400|title=4.00: President Bartlet Special — The West Wing Weekly|date=3 October 2017}}</ref>. It has featured interviews with castguest membersstars [[John Gallagher Jr.]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/401|title=4.01: 20 Hours in America, Part One — The West Wing Weekly|date=10 October 2017}}</ref> [[Clark Gregg]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/407|title=4.07: Election Night — The West Wing Weekly|date=21 November 2017}}</ref> and [[Aimee Mann]],<ref name=e403>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/403|title=1.01: College Kids — The West Wing Weekly|date=25 October 2017}}</ref>, Directordirector [[Christopher Misiano]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/402|title=4.02: 20 Hours in America, Part Two — The West Wing Weekly|date=17 October 2017}}</ref>, and former Education Secretary [[John King Jr.]].<ref>http: name=e403//thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/403</ref>.
==Reception==
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[[Category:2016 podcast debuts]]
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