0.06: Hamilton Special (with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

AARON BURR: How does a podcast, web thing,
Recap and chat on The West Wing,
Dropped on the internet by nostalgic pals
On a fake President—it makes no sense!
How do Josh and Hrish, on balance,
Manage to land two major Broadway talents?
The two gallants, Lin-Manuel and Tommy Kail,
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter, by being self-starters
By watching Bartlet, who's based a bit on Jimmy Carter
Well, the word got around that they’re like, "Sorkin is insane, man"
So we sent a lot of emails till we got into their brainpan:
"Do a special episode, lend us some acclaim and
Let's talk about the napkin in the frame."
Roll the name, son:
West Wing Weekly Hamilton
This thing is West Wing Weekly Hamilton
There's a million things these guys have won
So just hit play, just hit play…

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0:00.0	You're listening to The West Wing weekly, I'm Joshua Molina.
0:09.9	And I'm Rishi Keish hereway.
0:11.2	Today, we're not discussing an episode of The West Wing, we're discussing Hamilton
0:14.6	the Musical and how it crosses over with The West Wing.
0:17.8	Hamilton, as you probably know, is a record-breaking phenomenon.
0:20.2	It got 16 Tony nominations in 2016 and it won 11 including Best Musical.
0:26.2	And Hamilton, like The West Wing, is a story about American politics.
0:29.3	And we've heard for a long time now that The West Wing was a big influence on Hamilton.
0:33.5	So we wanted to find out more directly from the creators.
0:36.0	Well, this is very exciting.
0:37.6	Our guests are Lynn Miranda and Tommy Kale.
0:40.6	Our host is Rishi Herway.
0:42.5	I'm not involved.
0:44.6	Like the best episodes of The West Wing, this episode doesn't have me in it.
0:51.3	Hence it will be, I think, remembered as one of the best episodes of The West Wing weekly.
0:55.9	The story behind it is we've wanted to get them from the get-go.
0:59.2	And they've been enthusiastic about doing the show.
1:01.8	Then this opportunity came up.
1:03.0	They were in town for the Oscars.
1:06.0	They told us they had some time the next morning.
1:09.0	I was a guest when I discovered that I would be in Sacramento.
1:12.4	I'd be out of town at a baby shower from my knees.
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