6.10: Faith Based Initiative (with Bradley Whitford)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Bradley Whitford joins us this week to discuss "Faith Based Initiative," which he wrote! Incredibly, his first time writing for television was this episode of The West Wing. He tells us how it all came together, as we pick it apart.

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0:00.0	You're listening to The West Wing Weekly. I'm Rishikesh Hereway.
0:09.4	And I'm Joshua Molina.
0:10.8	Today we're talking about Faith-based Initiative. It's from season 6, it's episode 10.
0:15.7	It was written by Bradley Whitford. It was directed by Christopher Missiano and at first
0:21.7	aired on January 5th, 2005.
0:24.5	And we have a special guest joining us today in the writer of this episode, Mr. Bradley
0:28.2	Whitford.
0:29.2	I'm hoping it was Christopher Missiano.
0:31.2	Thank you.
0:32.2	Me too.
0:34.2	Here's the synopsis of the episode from Warner Brothers. Brad, let me know what you think
0:38.2	of this official synopsis.
0:39.2	I will.
0:40.2	The press circulates an untrue rumor about CJ, a controversial amendment banning gay
0:45.2	marriage is added to the budget. Josh convinces Santos to vie for the office of president.
0:50.8	Bartlett tries to handle his latest recurrence of multiple sclerosis. And Donna works for
0:55.0	vice president Robert Russell in his New Hampshire presidential campaign headquarters.
0:58.6	Right.
0:59.6	It's about right. No mention of will.
1:01.6	No.
1:02.6	So that's really just the important stuff that happens.
1:05.1	Right.
	...

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