West Wing Wednesday: Pilot w/ Alan Sepinwall & Emily VanDerWerff
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min
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Episode description
In the inaugural episode of West Wing Wednesdays, writers Alan Sepinwall (Rolling Stone) and Emily VanDerWerff (Vox) join Phil in discussing the pilot episode of Aaron Sorkin's television classic.
How do the political views of this show hold up today, and do the views even matter if its entire viewpoint on politics is ludacris? We discuss the major pitfalls this critically acclaimed political drama faces through a 2021 lens.
Find Emily at: vox.com/authors/emily-vanderwerff
Find Alan at: rollingstone.com/author/alan-sepinwall
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