2.07: The Portland Trip (with Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, Congressman Brendan Boyle, and Fmr. Congressman Steve

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

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🗓️ 2 November 2016

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

For "The Portland Trip," we try to slip the surly bonds of Earth. We are, in turns, lifted and dragged down by our feelings. In honor of Josh Lyman's conversation with Congressman Matt Skinner, we ask real-life former Wisconsin congressman Steve Gunderson what it was like to be the first openly gay Republican in Congress. And we're joined later by Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan Boyle (@RepBrendanBoyle), as well as the Secretary of the Army, Eric Fanning (@SecArmy) — the first openly gay person to head any service in the U.S. Military.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the West Wing Weekly. My name is Rishi Kesh Hereway.
0:09.0	And my name is Joshua Molina.
0:11.0	Today we're talking about episode seven of season two. It's called The Portland Trip.
0:16.0	It first aired on November 15, 2000. The teleplay is by Aaron Sorkin.
0:22.1	The Story by Paul Redford.
0:24.1	The direction by Paris Barkley.
0:26.8	Paris is a very, very talented guy who also directed the I-CCU episode from Scandal Season 5.
0:34.4	He won a DGA Award for directing for this episode.
0:37.1	Nice.
0:37.8	Here's the synopsis from TV Guide.
0:39.8	The president is taking a red-eye to Portland, Oregon to deliver an education address,
0:44.3	and Sam must go with him because he can't get the speech right.
0:47.3	Toby must also go to help Sam, and CJ has to go too, because she's being punished for making disparaging remarks
0:52.3	about the president's alma mater, Notre Dame.
0:55.3	Back of the White House, Josh spars with a gay Republican congressman over a bill on homosexual marriage,
1:00.1	and Leo monitors a minor crisis in the Persian Gulf involving an oil tanker.
1:03.8	I like the phrase, the president is taking a red eye as if he's flying commercial.
1:09.9	You know what? Just book me on the red eye.
1:11.8	And they make a nice point about the scheduling of the flight.
1:15.3	Yeah.
1:15.8	I really like this part of the episode when the president says,
1:20.3	You know why late flights are good?
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