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Back at the alternate secret location (AKA - my house) for this weeks recording. West Wing season 3 comes out strong with some very well written episodes. Though some of our listeners didn't care for the 9/11 episode Isaac & Ishmael. Either way Joey and I had a good conversation about a lot of interesting topics. We discuss episodes 1-4 of The West Wing, Season 3.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Getascent.com Scentsy product review
    Joey's Culture Corner: Lamentation, by Ken Scholes, plus the short story "prequel" A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon
    Principles of an American Life: The 15th Amendment
    Civil Liberties vs. Security
    Don't applaud/cheer for Peter & Joey
    A woman's right to choose
    Mom Jeans SNL commercial
    Estate Tax
    Amnesty for illegal immigrants
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show: Continue reading "Podcast 65: Don't you dare lecture me"

With the completion of what may arguably be one of the best seasons of television, Joey and I discuss our "favorites" list. Also new to our podcast is Joey's Culture Corner, where he showcases a new book each week for your potential enjoyment. Thanks to all who sent in comments. This podcast covers episodes 21-22 of The West Wing, Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: Kiln People by David Brin
    Free Scentsy samples provided by GetaScent.com.
    Principles of an American Life: The 14th Amendment
    Do you choose the good of the party or go with your own wishes?
    Don't medically treat your own family members
    Why wear hats to a funeral?
    You should question your religious beliefs
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show as well as Season 2 lists/recaps: Continue reading "Podcast 64: West Wing Season 2 wrap-up"

We had a lot of stuff to talk about this week that wasn't even related to the West Wing episodes. Many thanks to Listener Si for sending in some great stuff about British Politics. As an example, take a look at some of the great photos of the current Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, below. The TW5 intern also joined us for the second week in a row. We need a new guest so he will stop coming on (only kidding Aaron). We discuss episodes 17-20 of The West Wing, Season 2.















Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Listener Si with more of a British perspective on healthcare and the political system
    Jon Stewart on British scandals
    Puerto Rico to vote on self determination
    National healthcare is a possible 10th Amendment violation
    Ronnie Lee Gardner to use death by firing squad
    Principles of an American Life: The 13th Amendment
    Filibustering - would you pee your pants to maintain the filibuster control?
    Autism
    The first 2000 Prime Numbers
    I Fight Dragons

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We had a lot of fun this week as we were joined by the TrekWest5 Intern to discuss a wide range of topics - from the "War on Drugs" and the legalization of marijuana, to marital arguments and Presidential Pardons. Joey runs counter to form and argues that we should just pardon everyone to make people "feel better" - perhaps he had been doing too much research on the legalization of marijuana before the podcast? We discuss episodes 13-16 of The West Wing, Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Listener Si explanation of The British House of Commons & House of Lords
    Flamingo's explanation of Global Warming
    Principles of an American Life: The 12th Amendment
    School Uniforms
    Why aren't we talking more about Social Security?
    How do you diffuse a spousal argument?
    Should we decriminalize Marijuana?
    Joey hates time zones
    Liberal Joey invades the podcast and wants to pardon guilty people, like the pinko bleeding heart that he is.
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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While we cut the part where Joey gets all girly emotional during our discussion of Noel, it still should be said that it is an incredibly moving piece of television; few parts of television or movie can move someone like that. Few parts of television and movie can move someone like that. Even though I give Joey a hard time for crying, you have to be a robot not to feel the pain that Josh does. Bravo Mr Sorkin. Bravo Mr Whitford. Incidentally Bradly Whitford's newest venture is sure to bring us just as great moving scenes. We discuss episodes 9-12 of The West Wing, Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Why Peter is the face of TW5
    New nickname for Christa: Flamingo
    Principles of an American Life: The 11th Amendment
    Nobody likes a know-it-all
    Why not make Puerto Rico a state?
    Noel is a phenomenal episode of television
    Should we tap in to the Strategic Petroleum Reserves?
    Toby is an idiot
    Minimum Wage
    Missile Defense Shield is a dumb idea
    Peter thinks that Peanuts is a dumb comic
    Official TW5 Position: Jury is still out on Global Warming

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It seems like every President is soft on turkeys. They all seem to pardon one every year. What I want to know is what crimes are these turkeys committing that they are even getting in to our penal system in the first place. Alas it will go on and on. I wonder if any criminals have accidentally been pardoned by dressing up as turkeys? Emboldened by our 2 newest listeners we discuss episodes 5-8 of The West Wing, Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Our Diamond Anniversary!
    Calendar of scheduled podcast
    Joey was WRONG about the census
    2 new listeners: The Professor & Christa (nickname to be determined later)
    Principles of an American Life: The 10th Amendment
    Does the President have a health care plan?
    Is it ok for a Lame Duck Congressman to vote?
    Would you participate in a strike?
    Technical writing is tough work
    How a bill becomes a law
    Would a "GI Bill" for educators work to get more teachers?
    Can you tell if someone has faith or is a true believer?
    School Prayer
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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For a movie that is supposed to be all about Spock, there is shockingly very little of him in it. While I suppose one could argue that the title, The Search for Spock, itself indicates that he is going to be involved in some interstellar game of hide and seek, I still wanted to see more of Spock/Nimoy. The good news is that our lack of Spock is made up for with a phenomenal performance of a Klingon Captain by none other than Doc Brown himself: Christopher Lloyd. Man that guy is versatile. While no one would ever mistake Star Trek 3 as a cinematic giant, it is, for all Trek fans, a great continuation of a wonderful story/dynasty. We really enjoyed it and if you are a true geek/Trek-fan then you will too.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Doc brown is a Klingon
    Leonard Nimoy can't get away from Spock
    Dumbest security personnel costumes ever
    Vulcan mysticism/religion
    Why have a Self-Destruct system on a starship?
    My Friend Jon Madsen's Star Trek III podcast
    I Fight Dragons

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She's finally here! The political girl of my dreams: Ainsley Hayes. And what a triumphal entrance she makes, by wiping the floor with Sam and then being offered a job in the Bartlett White House. Anybody who doesn't love Ainsley Hayes is a communist and a coward. In an effort to get us back on track we only covered episodes 3-4 of The West Wing, Season 2. That means that our string of short podcasts will be ending very soon. On behalf of Trek West 5, we wish all Jews, as well as certain Noahides named Jim, a happy Passover.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 9th Amendment
    Should society throw out the people/groups we don't like (ie: KKK)?
    Double comments from MFJM
    Ainsley Hayes is awesome!
    Joey is a jerk to his friends
    Would you work for the opposition party?
    What will it take to cure AIDS in Africa?
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show: Continue reading "Podcast 59: White republican girls named Ainsley rock!"

We were so excited to have New York Maria join us for the discussion of the first episode of season 2 that, when we realized she had slipped out the back door between recording sessions, we just didn't have the heart to go on. As a result, this podcast only covers episodes 1-2 of The West Wing, Season 2.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 8th Amendment
    NY Maria joins the podcast
    We call out DeDe to join the podcast
    More discussion on the perfect job
    Who's in charge?
    Liability Shields
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show: Continue reading "Podcast 58: In the Shadow of New York Maria"

What an ending to what may arguably be the best season 1 of any television show. We had a great time discussing the finality of West Wing season 1 in our wrap up. Let's hope our fans in Riyadh and Kuala Lumpur love it as much as we did. Plus an extra bonus: we are under 2 hours!!! This podcast covers the episodes 21-22 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 7th Amendment
    Polling
    Town Hall meeting prep
    I Fight Dragons

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show as well as Season 1 lists/recaps: Continue reading "Podcast 57: Politically Ambidextrous"

Alright, someone has been fiddling with our hardware because this weeks audio is really choppy. Sorry for all of you hardcore TW5 listeners out there who will have to endure this. The good news is that we did have some fun talking about some rather weighty issues. And we had My Friend Jon Madsen join us. So I don't even know why I bothered to mention this because you are all going to be so excited to hear MFJM and us goof around that you won't even notice the annoying clicks. Either way we aren't re-recording. This podcast covers the episodes 19-20 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 6th Amendment
    Jon calls Joey and Peter sophisticated - What the heck was he smoking?
    Campaign finance reform
    Gays in the military
    Drugs: punishment vs prevention
    Planning out your clothing for each day of the week is weird
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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But come on, have we ever remained silent? There was way too much for us to be able to talk about this week and still cover a full 4 episodes. This podcast covers the episodes 17-18 of The West Wing, Season 1. It is chock full of good conversation from listener emails, and wonderful political ideas. We would really like to know what you guys have to say about some of the issues discussed.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Music by Shayna Zaid
    Joey book recommendation: The 28th Amendment
    Differences between The Senate & The House of Representatives
    Porn vs Art listener email
    Principles of an American Life: The 5th Amendment
    "The Jackal" is stupid
    What do you think about reparations?
    Are School Vouchers a good idea?

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With the help of Listener Jim, Joey and I stumbled through this weeks podcast. And since I have to be up at 5am Monday morning (an hour after our podcast gets published), this is all the intro I am going to write. This podcast covers the episodes 13-16 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 4th Amendment
    PBS is great - Ethics in America
    Sex Education issues
    Hate Crimes
    Death Penalty
    Marlee Matlin is totally hot!
    Should the President of the US seek advice from religious leaders?
    Breathalyzer tests
    Joey retracts some of his erroneous comments
    Flag Burning
    I Fight Dragons

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It was a bit of a miracle that we even had a podcast this week because Joey was sick. But we pumped him full of medication and just plowed right through everything. He sounded much worse than he actually was. The discussions this week were fairly tame since not a ton of controversial political topics came up in this weeks episodes. Many thanks to all the people who sent in comments. This podcast covers the episodes 10-12 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 3rd Amendment
    "Your supposed to be the good guys."
    Joey continues to defend ambassadors
    Can you work for competing companies?
    Hiding a disease or addiction from your employer
    Get to the point
    Brief discussions about the NEA
    I Fight Dragons

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We had high hopes for being able to record all 4 episodes this week, but the first one took us nearly 2 hours. So our verboseness is your gain because we have another podcast that is under 2 hours!! The reason it went so long is because we had a great time discussing the 2nd Amendment and the Right to Privacy. My Friend Jon Madsen joined us to help round out the discussion. This podcast covers the episode 9 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 2nd Amendment
    Joey is ok with citizens owning rocket launchers
    Joey worships Sandra Day Oconner
    MFJM is True Neutral
    The Circle 8 blog
    Is there a Right to Privacy?
    Joey and I are too afraid to look up information on child pornography
    Jephthah
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Here are the ratings that we gave for this episode:
The Short List: 1hr 44min 32sec
Peter: Television - 4
Joey: Television - 6
Jon: Television - 7

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