3.15: Dead Irish Writers (with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau)
The West Wing Weekly
Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway
4.9 • 12.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2017
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In light of Donna's brief time as a Canadian in “Dead Irish Writers,” we’re honored to be joined this week by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau). (We know. We can't believe it either.) The PM discusses political idealism – both on- and off-screen – and gives us his thoughts on what The West Wing got right, his father's tenure as Prime Minister, how he feels about President Bartlet, and more. Plus, Josh and Hrishi talk about the parallels between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and The Troubles, and the value of overcoming your fear of public failure.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The West Wing Weekly. I'm Rishi Keishirui. |
| 0:09.0 | And I am Joshua Molina. |
| 0:11.0 | Today we're talking about season 3 episode 15. It's called Dead Irish Writers. |
| 0:15.0 | That's right. It first aired on March 6th, 2002. |
| 0:19.0 | The teleplays by Aaron Sork in the story by Paul Redford. |
| 0:22.0 | This episode was directed by Alex Graves. |
| 0:25.0 | Let me give you a little synopsis of the episode. |
| 0:27.0 | Oh, please do. |
| 0:28.0 | It's the first ladies' birthday, but the mood of the party is dampened by the impending hearing to decide the fate of her medical license. |
| 0:35.0 | Sam helps a former Princeton physics professor who's looking for government funding. |
| 0:39.0 | John Lord Marbury visits to announce the British government's objection to a visit from the head of Sinn Fein. |
| 0:45.0 | And Donna discovers she's no longer an American. |
| 0:47.0 | So at the time of this recording, we do not yet know whether or not Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, |
| 0:54.0 | may be joining us for this episode, but right now we don't know. |
| 0:57.0 | And if we don't get him, rather than cut this out, maybe we could, in the spirit of Sam Seaborne, |
| 1:02.0 | leave this in like the time when they almost cured cancer in the state of the union. |
| 1:06.0 | Let me ask you this. |
| 1:07.0 | How are you even, what is your pipeline to Justin Trudeau? |
| 1:11.0 | And is he, he must be a big West Wing fan? Is that the hook in here or something? |
| 1:14.0 | This is a big fish that you are either going to hook or not, but I have nothing to do with it. |
| 1:18.0 | Wonderful. This is something that actually, if it does happen, it will have happened kind of organically |
| 1:23.0 | because of our own podcast. |
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