6.18: La Palabra (with Eli Attie and Angelica Salas of CHIRLA)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Eli Attie joins us again to talk about his third episode in the trilogy of Santos campaign episodes that he wrote for Season 6. We also hear from Angelica Salas of CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights) on the real story behind California’s fight over driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants.

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0:00.0	You're listening to The West Wing Weekly. I'm Rishi Kei Shereway.
0:09.2	And I'm Joshua Molina.
0:10.8	Today we're talking about La Palabra. It's episode 18 from season 6.
0:14.5	It was written by Lot Eli Addy. It was directed by Chase and Enzler.
0:19.2	And it first aired on March 9th, 2005.
0:22.5	Here's the NBC Synopsis. Santos goes to Sacramento for the last few days before Super Tuesday.
0:27.5	And while he's trying to push his healthcare agenda, the media pressures him to take a stand on
0:31.2	California legislation to provide drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.
0:35.5	Russell decides not to go to California and Hoynes places his own game of dodging the issue.
0:40.0	Donna steps up and takes a more proactive role in the Russell campaign by becoming the new spokesperson.
0:45.0	And joining us today, once again, our buddy, the brilliant Eli Addy.
0:49.6	Thank you very much. You're too kind.
0:51.3	People sure like their Eli Addy. So we may be pushing it, but he's back folks.
0:56.2	There's no accounting for taste as I've always said.
0:58.9	True. Thank you for continuing to say yes whenever we send out the bad signal.
1:03.1	Oh, it's a pleasure.
1:04.4	Oh, so I'm going to have a good suggestion for that.
1:06.4	Somebody tweeted something about the ad signal.
1:09.1	Oh, yeah, the ad signal.
1:10.4	The ad signal.
1:11.3	I shouldn't be enabling that kind of pun.
1:13.8	No, it's good. I like it as a writer and as also the keeper of this name, but it's certainly
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