The West Wing History Class
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A fun, historical journey through Aaron Sorkin's landmark TV drama, The West Wing. Part love-fest / part historical podcast, The West Wing History Class will look at both the events of each episode and the real-world events that inspired them. Join us on a historical march through Aaron Sorkin’s landmark TV drama, The West Wing. Hosted by Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante.
- Website
- http://westwinghistoryclass.libsyn.com/podcast
- Description
- A fun, historical journey through Aaron Sorkin's landmark TV drama, The West Wing. Part love-fest / part historical podcast, The West Wing History Class will look at both the events of each episode and the real-world events that inspired them. Join us on a historical march through Aaron Sorkin’s landmark TV drama, The West Wing. Hosted by Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2017-11-23 11:26
- last episode published
- 2016-05-18 15:08
- publication frequency
- 6.49 days
- Contributors
- Russ Frushtick
- Owner
- Russ Frushtick& Chris Plante
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 23
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Education TV & Film Arts
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-18 | In this, the last episode of the first season of The West Wing, absolutely nothing happens whatsoever. Nothing at all. Totally uneventful. Thank you so much for sticking with us through the first season! We love you as much as CJ loves goldfish cracker... | |
| 2016-05-11 | Chris Plante has his triumphant return as we watch the penultimate episode of the first season of The West Wing. Sparks fly between Joey and Josh and we learn all about the Federated States of Micronesia, as well as the Island of Yap! Theme: Americana... | |
| 2016-05-04 | Chris remains AWOL but we're lucky to have Polygon's Senior Opinion Editor and West Wing fan, Ben Kuchera, filling in this week. The president and his team are on a roll, kicking ass and closing cell phones in super cool fashion. Will it last? Time wil... | |
| 2016-04-28 | Chris is out this week. In his place we have our first returning guest, Dr. Briana Morgan, who joins us for one of the best episodes in all of the show's run. Exciting showdowns in the Oval are sure to yield a goose pimple or two!Theme: Americana Kevin... | |
| 2016-04-20 | In this, uh, varied episode, we have an intense discussion about slavery reparations, a panda situation and CJ does "The Jackal." We're joined by Mikey Neumann, host of "Movies with Mikey" and the "TV Crimes Podcast."Theme:Americana Kevin MacLeod (inco... | |
| 2016-04-13 | Abbey Bartlet is back and causing some trouble for the White House staff! We also have a very special guest: Erin McCann, staff editor at the New York Times. Join us and learn about the horrors of 19th century medicine!Theme:Americana Kevin MacLeod (in... | |
| 2016-04-06 | The West Wing gang take a trip to LA and who better to meet with them than the one and only Bob Baliban? We also see the return of Joey Lucas and learn about why ethanol is the true enemy of the tortilla-lover.Theme:Americana Kevin MacLeod (incompetech... | |
| 2016-03-30 | Drama strikes The West Wing crew as their nominee for the US Supreme Court is arrested. Also Josh is a bad press secretary and we learn about the one and only Supreme Court Justice who was arrested...for MURDER!Theme:Americana Kevin MacLeod (incompetec... | |
| 2016-03-22 | In this upbeat episode, we delve into the death penalty. Whoopee! On the bright side, we also have the introduction of Joey Lucas, who offers some much-needed levity. Also Josh gets drunk.Theme:Americana Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Cr... | |
| 2016-03-16 | On this exciting new episode, we learn about hate crimes, muppets, sex ed, golf and what someone sounds like when they have a cold! Apologies in advance for the latter.Theme:Americana Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By A... |