5.13: The Warfare of Genghis Khan (with Fmr. Congressman John Tierney and Jacob Keaton)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

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🗓️ 5 September 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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A potential nuclear threat looms on the horizon, so let’s head down to the Situation Room to discuss The Warfare of Genghis Khan. We’re joined by former congressman and nonproliferation advocate John Tierney, who catches us up on nuclear politics then and now. And Josh and Hrishi manage to listen to the arguments of NASA analyst Jacob Keaton without him even having to take them stargazing or anything.

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0:00.0	You're listening once again to the West Wing Weekly.
0:09.2	I'm Joshua Molina.
0:10.7	And I'm Rishi Kei Shereway.
0:12.2	Today we're talking about the warfare of Genghis Khan, its episode 13 from season 5.
0:17.6	It was written by Peter Noah, directed by Bill DeLia, and it first aired on February
0:23.2	11, 2004.
0:25.8	Here's the NBC synopsis of the episode.
0:27.7	And the flash of a secret nuclear detonation is detected over the Indian Ocean.
0:32.1	The President's grambles is in a circle to investigate which nation now has the atomic
0:35.8	bomb.
0:36.8	And since conventional thinking favors Iran, Bartlett orders bombers into the air to destroy
0:41.2	that nation's most likely uranium enriched targets.
0:44.2	Elsewhere, Josh tongue lashes NASA eggheads on the future of space exploration until
0:48.9	he's introduced to the wonders of heavenly bodies.
0:52.8	Wow.
0:53.8	Wow, shameless.
0:54.8	Oh, by an attractive female administrator.
0:57.5	In addition, CJ fumes when a combative TV talk show host, Denny Grates, are on the air.
1:03.1	And Will suggests to the vice president that he is considered a buffoon by the White House
1:07.2	staff.
1:08.2	And Will, while no longer integral to the show, does at least show up ensuring that the
1:14.0	man who plays him gets paid for another episode.
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