Episodes
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Published 10/18/22
Published 10/18/22
Enough people asked us for the whole story, so here it is - Josh & Dave's full history with Vladimir Putin's most fearsome foe. 
Published 09/22/22
Published 08/29/22
Published 08/22/22
Pete & Dave team up to join Josh & Dave as they marvel at one of the most West Wingy moments in the history of The West Wing. Plus - Is there life after Wang? All is revealed!
Published 08/17/22
They did it. Those crazy bastards. They went and did it.  One time and one time only... The Newsroom    
Published 08/15/22
Wil Anderson comes back to wish us well, only to discover America has rendered all of his jokes moot.
Published 08/08/22
It's the beginning of the new Santos administration, and being a good Democrat, he's lining his administration with Republicans.  Our friends T&V make swing by to tell Josh & Dave how much they'll miss them, and we force them to stay and watch an episode of The West Wing.  We are bad people.   
Published 08/01/22
Katie Halper returns to say adios to Josh and Dave and endure not just one but TWO godawful seventh season episodes.  Josh & Donna finally do the deed, Leo croaks, and Santos wins the presidential election, and it's STILL awful.     
Published 07/25/22
We continue to wind down with one more visit from our old friend Luke Savage to discuss the dumbest scene ever on The West Wing and to say goodbye to us forever. Also, our NEW friend Blaire Erskine stops by to tell us about her experience discovering the most wonderful people on social media, the K-Hive!
Published 07/18/22
Not sure if you heard, but the Supreme Court shot down Roe last week, so we asked our friend Jared to drop by and talk about whether or not that will have any meaningful impact. And since we're awful, we made him watch another episode of The West Wing. Who's got the briefcase?
Published 06/29/22
Our old pal Tom Sexton stops by to say a find farewell, and we force him to watch another episode of the f*****g West Wing. This is the one where Donna finallty acts on all those years of abuse and misogyny and.... for f**k's sake, are you kidding?  Hey, did you hear about Roe? That happened after we recorded this. Sorry.   
Published 06/27/22
Will the California nuclear power plant blow up, taking most of Southern California with it? Or will the problem just go away? Who could possibly guess? Also, Josh challenges Dan Pfeiffer to a steel cage wrestling match. 
Published 06/20/22
Someone or other is having an affair or something, and there's a nuclear war brewing between China and Russia or somesuch shit... Also, even after all those farewell tears AND a new Diesel Boots song... we have a brand new Psaki Bomb. How is this even possible!   
Published 05/30/22
Lisa Curry joins Josh and Dave to bag on Bill Maher, say goodbye to Jen Psaki, and watch an episode of The West Wing with Josh.    BECAUSE DAVE F*****G FORGOT TO DO HIS HOMEWORK!    
Published 05/23/22
The West Wing finally steps up and challenges Seinfeld - this week's episode is a show about nothing. But don't worry - Will Menaker is here to help us fill the void. 
Published 05/16/22
After six and a half seasons, the entirely white writers of the West Wing FINALLY do an episode that touches on racial issues, and it ROCKS even harder than you'd expect it to.     
Published 05/09/22
It's the most incredible hour of television you've ever seen! This week.... the legendary LIVE DEBATE.    We hate to break it to you... it's not good.   
Published 05/02/22
It's our special Trial of the Chicago 7 episode, in whichthe great film critic Bilge Ebiri joins us to battle for the streets of Chicago and the hearts and minds of liberals. Plus, Danny Bessner stops by to talk about being an eyewitness to history. 
Published 04/25/22
It's All Abortion All The Time! as the West Wing gang takes on America's ickiest issue. The suspense is killing us! Who will win the election? The vaguely pro-choice Democrat, or the vaguely pro-choice Republican? 
Published 04/18/22
At long last! Tobey stands revealed! Heads must roll! We're joined by our pal Pete D'Allessandro to discuss the most notorious episode in West Wing history. 
Published 04/11/22
In an effort to shine a light on stories the mainstream media avoids, Josh and Dave discuss the recent Academy Awards, and a thing that happened at them. Plus - did not see this coming - The West Wing comes down on the wrong side of Intelligent Design.    Also - Is this the final Psaki Bomb?????  
Published 04/04/22