"Tell me about Barack Obama." That's what Eli Attie said to David Axelrod in 2004, while searching for inspiration to help flesh out the character of Congressman Matthew Santos. In this episode, we talk to both of them to find out what Eli learned and how it shaped the sixth season. And David Axelrod tells us about his own experiences as the guy behind the guy, and what The West Wing means to him.
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0.20: A West Wing Weekly Special to Discuss A West Wing Special To Benefit When We All Vote (with Aaron Sorkin)
Introducing: Home Cooking
7.22: Tomorrow (Live with cast and crew of The West Wing)
7.21: Institutional Memory (with Janet Ashikaga)
7.20: The Last Hurrah (with Mary-Louise Parker and Teri Polo)
7.19: Transition (Live with Bradley Whitford)
0.19: John Wells
7.18: Requiem (with memories of John Spencer from the cast and crew)
0.18: Small Block of Cheese Day (The West Wing Weekly Forever)
7.17: Election Day, Part 2 (with Jimmy Smits)
7.16: Election Day, Part 1 (with Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and Michael Hissrich)
0.17: Casting the Pilot (with John Levey)
7.15: Welcome to Wherever You Are
7.14: Two Weeks Out
7.13: The Cold (with Janel Moloney and Bradley Whitford)
7.12: Duck and Cover (with Eli Attie)
7.11: Internal Displacement (with Bradley Whitford and Annabeth Gish)
0.16: Annabeth Schott (with Kristin Chenoweth)
7.10: Running Mates (with Matthew Del Negro)
7.09: The Wedding (with Nina Siemaszko)
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