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The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

From The West Wing to The Diplomat to All the President's Men, we discuss works of political television and film. Co-hosted by Joshua Malina (The West Wing, Scandal) and Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder).

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The Diplomat 1.04: He Bought a Hat 2026-10-22 · 47m
The Diplomat 1.03: Lambs in the Dark (with Andrew Bernstein) 2026-10-15 · 53m
The Diplomat 1.02: Don't Call It a Kidnapping 2026-10-08 · 46m
The Diplomat 1.01: The Cinderella Thing (with Debora Cahn) 2026-10-01 · 62m
Introducing: The Diplomat 2026-09-11 · 4m
All The President's Men 2026-08-07 · 56m
A Few Good Men 2026-07-28 · 69m
Bob Roberts (with Adam Scott) 2025-01-16 · 57m
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 2024-12-03 · 51m
Dave 2024-11-26 · 50m
The Candidate 2024-11-19 · 53m
A Face In The Crowd 2024-11-12 · 52m
Network 2024-11-05 · 60m
Bulworth 2024-10-29 · 61m
Judas and the Black Messiah 2024-10-22 · 51m
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 2024-10-15 · 49m
In the Loop 2024-10-08 · 47m
The American President 2024-10-01 · 63m
Introducing: The West Wing Weekly Political Film Fest! 2024-08-28 · 4m
0.21: Celebrating the new West Wing book "What's Next?" (live with Mary McCormack, Melissa Fitzgerald, Aaron Sorkin, and 2024-08-21 · 67m
0.20: A West Wing Weekly Special to Discuss A West Wing Special To Benefit When We All Vote (with Aaron Sorkin) 2020-10-28 · 76m
Introducing: Home Cooking 2020-03-30 · 18m
7.22: Tomorrow (Live with cast and crew of The West Wing) 2020-01-29 · 132m
7.21: Institutional Memory (with Janet Ashikaga) 2020-01-22 · 73m
7.20: The Last Hurrah (with Mary-Louise Parker and Teri Polo) 2020-01-15 · 79m
7.19: Transition (Live with Bradley Whitford) 2020-01-08 · 77m
0.19: John Wells 2019-12-17 · 61m
7.18: Requiem (with memories of John Spencer from the cast and crew) 2019-12-11 · 73m
0.18: Small Block of Cheese Day (The West Wing Weekly Forever) 2019-12-06 · 15m
7.17: Election Day, Part 2 (with Jimmy Smits) 2019-11-27 · 78m
7.16: Election Day, Part 1 (with Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and Michael Hissrich) 2019-11-19 · 74m
0.17: Casting the Pilot (with John Levey) 2019-11-13 · 41m
7.15: Welcome to Wherever You Are 2019-11-06 · 51m
7.14: Two Weeks Out 2019-10-30 · 45m
7.13: The Cold (with Janel Moloney and Bradley Whitford) 2019-10-23 · 69m
7.12: Duck and Cover (with Eli Attie) 2019-10-16 · 56m
7.11: Internal Displacement (with Bradley Whitford and Annabeth Gish) 2019-10-09 · 58m
0.16: Annabeth Schott (with Kristin Chenoweth) 2019-10-02 · 41m
7.10: Running Mates (with Matthew Del Negro) 2019-09-25 · 69m
7.09: The Wedding (with Nina Siemaszko) 2019-09-18 · 58m
7.08: Undecideds 2019-09-11 · 44m
7.07: The Debate (Part II, with Ronald Klain and Beth Myers) 2019-09-04 · 58m
7.07: The Debate (Part I, with Lawrence O’Donnell) 2019-08-28 · 61m
7.06: The Al Smith Dinner 2019-08-21 · 51m
7.05: Here Today (with Richard Schiff) 2019-08-14 · 74m
7.04: Mr. Frost 2019-08-07 · 54m
0.15: Alex Graves 2019-07-31 · 52m
7.03: Message of the Week 2019-07-24 · 39m
7.02: The Mommy Problem 2019-07-17 · 54m
7.01: The Ticket 2019-07-10 · 56m
0.14: Veep (with Gary Cole and David Mandel) 2019-06-26 · 47m
6.22: 2162 Votes (Live with Mary McCormack and Lawrence O'Donnell) 2019-06-19 · 71m
6.21: Things Fall Apart (with Jennifer Palmieri) 2019-06-12 · 66m
6.20: In God We Trust (with Alan Alda and Rev. Katey Zeh) 2019-06-05 · 81m
6.19: Ninety Miles Away 2019-05-29 · 43m
0.13: Graphic Design for President! (with Michael Bierut and Leslie Wah) 2019-05-22 · 60m
6.18: La Palabra (with Eli Attie and Angelica Salas of CHIRLA) 2019-05-15 · 62m
6.17: A Good Day (with Richard Schiff) 2019-05-08 · 59m
6.16: Drought Conditions (with Debora Cahn and Richard Schiff) 2019-05-01 · 74m
0.12: How Barack Obama Shaped Matthew Santos (with David Axelrod and Eli Attie) 2019-04-24 · 35m
6.15: Freedonia (with Eli Attie) 2019-04-17 · 72m
6.14: The Wake Up Call (with Lawrence Lessig) 2019-04-10 · 58m
6.13: King Corn (with Karis Campbell, Evan Arnold, Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, and Michael Grunwald) 2019-04-03 · 80m
0.11: Big Block of Cheese Special 2019-03-26 · 38m
6.12: 365 Days (with Fmr. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken) 2019-03-20 · 56m
6.11: Opposition Research (with Mayor Pete Buttigieg) 2019-03-13 · 65m
6.10: Faith Based Initiative (with Bradley Whitford) 2019-03-06 · 55m
0.10: In the Writers' Room (with Paul Redford) 2019-02-27 · 45m
6.09: Impact Winter (with Ben Murray) 2019-02-19 · 49m
6.08: In the Room (with Penn & Teller) 2019-02-13 · 51m
6.07: A Change Is Gonna Come (Live with Mary McCormack and Roman Mars) 2019-02-06 · 67m
0.09: Casting Special (with Tony Sepulveda) 2019-01-30 · 17m
6.06: The Dover Test 2019-01-23 · 56m
6.05: The Hubbert Peak 2019-01-16 · 56m
6.04: Liftoff (with Allison Janney) 2019-01-09 · 61m
6.03: Third-Day Story 2018-12-19 · 43m
6.02: The Birnam Wood (with Fmr. Ambassador Jacob Walles) 2018-12-12 · 56m
6.01: NSF Thurmont 2018-12-04 · 51m
0.08: Meet the Twwweam (Bonus Mini-Episode) 2018-11-28 · 8m
0.07: Parks and Recreation (with Rob Lowe, Adam Scott and Michael Schur) 2018-11-21 · 106m
5.22: Memorial Day (with Josh Singer) 2018-11-14 · 76m
5.21: Gaza (with Jason Isaacs and Janel Moloney) 2018-11-07 · 74m
5.20: No Exit (with Fmr. Senator Tom Daschle, Wilson Cruz, and Eli Attie) 2018-10-31 · 67m
5.19: Talking Points (with Richard Schiff) 2018-10-24 · 81m
5.18: Access 2018-10-10 · 47m
5.17: The Supremes (with Debora Cahn) 2018-10-03 · 68m
5.16: Eppur Si Muove (with Dr Muller Fabbri and Jason Zengerle) 2018-09-26 · 83m
5.15: Full Disclosure (with Lawrence O'Donnell) 2018-09-19 · 81m
5.14: An Khe 2018-09-12 · 51m
5.13: The Warfare of Genghis Khan (with Fmr. Congressman John Tierney and Jacob Keaton) 2018-09-05 · 67m
5.12: Slow News Day (with Eli Attie and Nancy Altman) 2018-08-22 · 79m
5.11: The Benign Prerogative (with Janel Moloney) 2018-08-15 · 72m
5.10: The Stormy Present (with Bellamy Young) 2018-08-08 · 61m
5.09: Abu el Banat (with Joe Fab) 2018-07-31 · 67m
5.08: Shutdown (with Gene Sperling) 2018-07-25 · 62m
5.07: Separation of Powers (with Michael Hyatt) 2018-07-18 · 67m
5.06: Disaster Relief (with Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich) 2018-07-11 · 49m
5.05: Constituency of One (with Jennifer Palmieri) 2018-06-27 · 65m
5.04: Han (with Paula Yoo) 2018-06-20 · 66m
5.03: Jefferson Lives 2018-06-13 · 48m
5.02: The Dogs of War 2018-06-06 · 49m
5.01: 7A WF 83429 (Live with Bradley Whitford and Ronald Klain) 2018-05-30 · 68m
4.24: Season 4 Retrospective (Live with Aaron Sorkin and Emily Procter) 2018-05-16 · 84m
4.23: Twenty Five (Live with Thomas Schlamme) 2018-05-09 · 81m
4.22: Commencement (Live with Bradley Whitford, Ronald Klain, and Melissa Fitzgerald) 2018-05-03 · 68m
4.21: Life on Mars (Live with Richard Schiff, Eli Attie, and The Swingles) 2018-04-25 · 86m
4.20: Evidence of Things Not Seen (Live with Richard Schiff and Marlee Matlin) 2018-04-19 · 71m
0.06: Hamilton Special (with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail) 2018-04-04 · 71m
4.19: Angel Maintenance (with Fmr. Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning) 2018-03-28 · 62m
4.18: Privateers (with Allison Janney, Jeff Perry, Helen Slayton-Hughes, and the DAR) 2018-03-21 · 81m
4.17: Red Haven’s on Fire (with Senator Tammy Duckworth and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich) 2018-03-07 · 76m
4.16: The California 47th 2018-02-28 · 54m
0.05: Big Block of Cheese Live (with Dulé Hill, The Memory Palace, The Allusionist, and more) 2018-02-21 · 70m
4.15: Inauguration: Over There (with Gene Sperling) 2018-02-14 · 64m
4.14: Inauguration: Part 1 (with Danica McKellar) 2018-02-07 · 70m
4.13: The Long Goodbye (with Jon Robin Baitz and The Alzheimer’s Association) 2018-01-31 · 48m
4.12: Guns Not Butter (with MAZON and The ONE Campaign) 2018-01-24 · 69m
4.11: Holy Night (with The Whiffenpoofs and Robert Malina) 2018-01-17 · 73m
4.10: Arctic Radar (with Richard Schiff, John David Coles, and Fmr. Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu) 2017-12-20 · 91m
4.09: Swiss Diplomacy (with Kevin Falls and Eli Attie) 2017-12-13 · 74m
4.08: Process Stories (with Joanna Gleason) 2017-12-05 · 58m
4.07: Election Night (with Clark Gregg) 2017-11-21 · 67m
4.06: Game On (with Rob Lowe, Bradley Whitford, and Joshua Malina) 2017-11-15 · 86m
4.05: Debate Camp (with Ronald Klain) 2017-11-07 · 59m
4.04: The Red Mass 2017-11-01 · 54m
4.03: College Kids (with Aimee Mann and Fmr. Secretary of Education John King, Jr.) 2017-10-25 · 74m
4.02: 20 Hours in America, Part Two (with Christopher Misiano) 2017-10-18 · 84m
4.01: 20 Hours in America, Part One (with John Gallagher, Jr.) 2017-10-11 · 60m
4.00: President Bartlet Special (with Martin Sheen) 2017-10-04 · 65m
0.04: Big Block of Cheese III (with 99% Invisible) 2017-09-27 · 59m
3.22: Posse Comitatus (Live with Aaron Sorkin, Allison Janney, and Melissa Fitzgerald) 2017-09-20 · 64m
3.21: We Killed Yamamoto 2017-09-13 · 48m
3.20: The Black Vera Wang (with Mark Harmon) 2017-09-06 · 63m
3.19: Enemies Foreign and Domestic 2017-08-23 · 60m
3.18: Documentary Special (with William Couturié) 2017-08-16 · 35m
3.17: Stirred (with Eli Attie and Fmr Deputy Labor Secretary Chris Lu) 2017-08-09 · 66m
3.16: The U.S. Poet Laureate (with Television Without Pity and David Wade) 2017-08-02 · 67m
3.15: Dead Irish Writers (with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) 2017-07-26 · 62m
3.14: Hartsfield's Landing 2017-07-19 · 60m
3.13: Night Five 2017-07-12 · 74m
3.12: The Two Bartlets (with Blanche Sindelar) 2017-06-28 · 66m
3.11: 100,000 Airplanes (with Dr. Leo Mascarenhas) 2017-06-21 · 62m
3.10: H. Con-172 2017-06-14 · 50m
3.09: Bartlet for America (with John Spencer) 2017-06-07 · 85m
3.08: The Women of Qumar (with Allison Janney and Fmr UN Ambassador Sarah Mendelson) 2017-05-31 · 77m
3.07: The Indians in the Lobby (with W.G. Snuffy Walden) 2017-05-24 · 72m
3.06: Gone Quiet 2017-05-17 · 52m
3.05: War Crimes (with Fmr. UN Ambassador David Pressman) 2017-05-09 · 84m
3.04: On The Day Before (with Janel Moloney) 2017-05-03 · 66m
3.03: Ways and Means (with Eli Attie) 2017-04-26 · 55m
3.02: Manchester, Part II (with Connie Britton) 2017-04-19 · 67m
3.01: Manchester, Part I 2017-04-11 · 45m
3.00: Isaac and Ishmael (with Ajay Naidu and Fmr Press Secretary Mike McCurry) 2017-04-05 · 85m
2.22: Two Cathedrals (Part II, with Aaron Sorkin and Kirsten Nelson) 2017-03-22 · 73m
2.22: Two Cathedrals (Part I, with Lawrence O'Donnell and Mary Graham) 2017-03-15 · 47m
2.21: 18th and Potomac (with Oliver Platt) 2017-03-08 · 58m
2.20: The Fall's Gonna Kill You (with Marlee Matlin) 2017-03-01 · 79m
2.19: Bad Moon Rising 2017-02-22 · 51m
2.18: 17 People (with Richard Schiff, Emily Procter, Rebecca Walker) 2017-02-15 · 69m
2.17: The Stackhouse Filibuster (Live with Bradley Whitford) 2017-02-08 · 59m
2.16: Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail (with Rob Lowe) 2017-02-01 · 84m
2.15: Ellie (with Nina Siemaszko) 2017-01-25 · 52m
2.14: The War At Home 2017-01-18 · 44m
What's Next? featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda [clean] 2017-01-16 · 4m
What's Next? featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda [explicit] 2017-01-16 · 4m
2.13: Bartlet's Third State of the Union (with Don Baer, Fmr. White House Communications Director) 2017-01-11 · 69m
0.03: Big Block of Cheese II 2016-12-21 · 49m
2.12: The Drop In (with Kim Webster) 2016-12-14 · 53m
2.11: The Leadership Breakfast 2016-12-06 · 45m
2.10: Noël (with Bradley Whitford and Ellen Totleben) 2016-11-30 · 73m
2.09: Galileo 2016-11-16 · 58m
2.08: Shibboleth 2016-11-08 · 53m
2.07: The Portland Trip (with Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, Congressman Brendan Boyle, and Fmr. Congressman Steve 2016-11-02 · 67m
2.06: The Lame Duck Congress (with Dave Chameides) 2016-10-26 · 52m
2.05: And It's Surely to Their Credit 2016-10-19 · 50m
2.04: In This White House (with Emily Procter and Ambassador Deborah Birx) 2016-10-12 · 76m
2.03: The Midterms 2016-10-05 · 43m
2.02: In The Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part II (with Bradley Whitford and Michael O'Neill) 2016-09-28 · 78m
2.01: In The Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part I (with Thomas Schlamme) 2016-09-28 · 73m
2.00: Special Interim Session (with Aaron Sorkin) 2016-09-20 · 50m
1.22: What Kind of Day Has It Been (with Tim Matheson) 2016-09-07 · 53m
1.21: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (with Bill O'Brien) 2016-08-31 · 65m
1.20: Mandatory Minimums (with Kathleen York and Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson) 2016-08-24 · 69m
1.19: Let Bartlet Be Bartlet (with Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy) 2016-08-17 · 57m
1.18: Six Meetings Before Lunch 2016-08-10 · 42m
1.17: The White House Pro-Am 2016-08-03 · 51m
1.16: 20 Hours in L.A. 2016-07-27 · 42m
1.15: Celestial Navigation (with Jay Carney) 2016-07-20 · 77m
0.02: Live with FiveThirtyEight 2016-07-13 · 68m
1.14: Take This Sabbath Day 2016-07-06 · 63m
1.13: Take Out the Trash Day (with Senator Bob Casey and Liza Weil) 2016-06-29 · 76m
1.12: He Shall, from Time to Time… 2016-06-22 · 46m
0.01: West Wing Reunion (Live from ATX) 2016-06-15 · 103m
1.11: Lord John Marbury (With William Duffy and Peter James Smith) 2016-06-07 · 63m
1.10, continued: Memorial Day Special (with Melissa Fitzgerald) 2016-05-30 · 23m
1.10: In Excelsis Deo (with Richard Schiff) 2016-05-25 · 67m
1.09: The Short List (with Ronald Klain) 2016-05-18 · 51m
1.08: Enemies 2016-05-11 · 49m
1.07: The State Dinner (with Lyn Paolo) 2016-05-04 · 50m
1.06: Mr. Willis of Ohio (with Janel Moloney) 2016-04-27 · 61m
1.05: The Crackpots and These Women (with Eli Attie) 2016-04-20 · 49m
1.04: Five Votes Down 2016-04-13 · 31m
1.03: A Proportional Response (with Dulé Hill) 2016-04-06 · 52m
1.02: "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" 2016-03-30 · 33m
1.01: Pilot 2016-03-23 · 49m
0.00: Cold Open 2016-03-15 · 4m
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