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The West Wing Weekly
''The West Wing Weekly'' is an American podcast hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway and Joshua Malina. In each episode, the hosts discuss one episode of the television program ''The West Wing,'' which originally aired on NBC from 1999 to 2006. The podcast, which ran from 2016–2020, features various cast and crew members including series creator Aaron Sorkin, director Tommy Schlamme, series actors Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Marlee Matlin, and Dulé Hill, longtime series writer-producers Eli Attie and Lawrence O'Donnell, and many former government officials, academics, and pundits, among others. The ''New York Times'' described the podcast as "taking a fine-tooth comb to each episode of hepolitical drama". History Joshua Malina, who played Will Bailey in ''The West Wing'', said, "I've been a frequent guest on other people's podcasts, and I have always wanted to find something that I could call my own," collaborating with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrishikesh Hirway
Hrishikesh Hirway (born February 1, 1979) is an American musician, producer, and podcast and television host. He has made four albums under the name The One AM Radio, and has a side project with Lakeith Stanfield called Moors. He is the creator and host of the podcasts ''Song Exploder, The West Wing Weekly'' (co-hosted with Joshua Malina), ''Home Cooking'' (co-hosted with Samin Nosrat), and ''Partners''. He is the host and executive producer of the Netflix television adaptation ''Song Exploder''. As a composer, Hirway scored the Netflix television show ''Everything Sucks!'' and the films '' Our Nixon'' and ''Save the Date''. Early life Hirway was born in Peabody, Massachusetts. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy for high school and then Yale University, where he majored in art. Career Music Hirway began making music under the name The One AM Radio in 1999. His first release was a split 7” with Ted Leo, recorded by Ted Leo after the two met at a show. There are four One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Carney
James Ferguson 'Jay' Carney (born May 22, 1965) is an American public relations officer, political advisor and journalist who has served as Amazon's Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs from 2015 to 2022, and the United States White House Press Secretary from 2011 to 2014. As President Barack Obama's chief spokesman for over three years, he remains the longest serving White House Press Secretary of the 21st century. During the first two years of the Obama administration, Carney was director of communications for then-Vice President Joe Biden. Prior to his government service, Carney worked for 20 years at Time Magazine, and was the magazine's Washington bureau chief from 2005 to 2008. As a Washington-based reporter, Carney appeared frequently on various political talk shows, including '' This Week with George Stephanopoulos'' for ABC News. Early life Jay Carney was born James Ferguson Carney. Raised in Northern Virginia, Carney attended high school at The Lawrenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Casey Jr
Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to: Places *Mount Bob, New York, United States *Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica People, fictional characters, and named animals *Bob (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *Bob (surname) *Bob (dog), a dog that received the Dickin Medal for bravery in World War II *Bob the Railway Dog, a part of South Australian Railways folklore Television, games, and radio * ''Bob'' (TV series), an American comedy series starring Bob Newhart * ''B.O.B.'' (video game), a side-scrolling shooter *Bob FM, on-air brand of a number of FM radio stations in North America Music Musicians and groups *B.o.B (born 1988), American rapper and record producer *Bob (band), a British indie pop band *The Bobs, an American a cappella group *Boyz on Block, a British pop supergroup Songs * "B.O.B" (song), by OutKast * "Bob" ("Weird Al" Yankovic song), from the 2003 album ''Poodle Hat'' by "Weird Al" Yankovic *"Bob", a song from the album ''Brighter Than Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Klain
Ronald Alan Klain ( ; born August 8, 1961) is an American attorney, political consultant, and former lobbyist serving as White House chief of staff under President Joe Biden. A Democrat, he was previously chief of staff to two vice presidents, Al Gore from 1995 to 1999 and Biden from 2009 to 2011. He was also appointed by President Barack Obama as White House Ebola Response Coordinator after the appearance of Ebola virus cases in the United States, serving from 2014 to 2015. Throughout 2020 he worked as a senior advisor to Biden's presidential campaign. Following his victory, Biden announced on November 12 that Klain would serve as White House chief of staff. Early life and education Klain was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Stanley Klain, a building contractor, and Sarann Warner (''née'' Horwitz), a travel agent. Klain is Jewish. He graduated from North Central High School in 1979 and was on the school's '' Brain Game'' team which finished as season runner-up. He receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Matheson
Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor and director. Some of his best-known acting roles include the title character of the 1960s animated ''Jonny Quest'' TV series, Eric "Otter" Stratton in the 1978 comedy film ''National Lampoon's Animal House'', and the recurring role of Vice President John Hoynes in the 2000s NBC drama ''The West Wing'', which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Early life Matheson was born in Glendale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, Matheson was the son of Sally and Clifford Matthieson, a training pilot. He served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Career At age 13, Matheson appeared as Roddy Miller in Robert Young's CBS nostalgia comedy series ''Window on Main Street'' during the 1961–1962 television season. In the 1962–1963 season he appeared in two episodes of '' Leave It to Beaver'', cast as Mike Harmon, a friend o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill O'Brien (actor)
Bill O'Brien is a television series actor, and the Senior Advisor for Program Innovation for the National Endowment of the Arts. Bill O'Brien was appointed to serve as Deputy Chairman of Grants and Awards for the National Endowment for the Arts shortly after the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, where he supervised the design and implementation of grants and awards programs, designed and led national leadership initiatives, developed partnerships to advance discipline fields, and managed the panel review process across multiple arts disciplines. In 2009 he was appointed Senior Advisor for Program Innovation for the Endowment. This appointment serves as the senior executive at the NEA responsible for exploring, examining and identifying innovative and emerging practices, programs and endeavors in the arts that are transformative and potentially worthy of federal government support or acknowledgement. In this capacity, he has served as the agency's lead on the Walter Reed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen York
Kathleen York is an American actress, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter recording artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for " In the Deep" from the 2004 film ''Crash.'' Life and career Actress Acting since her teens, York is most known for her work recurring as Andrea Wyatt in NBC's ''The West Wing'', the Dominick Dunne miniseries ''A Season in Purgatory'', and received critical acclaim for her starring role as Naomi Judd in the NBC miniseries, ''Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge''. Her film credits include '' Nightcrawler'', ''Crash'', ''Cries of Silence'', ''The Big Day'', ''I Love You to Death'', '' Flashback'', and ''Cold Feet''. Series regular roles include '' In the Dark'', ''Vengeance Unlimited'', '' Aaron's Way'' and ''The Client List'' and recurring roles in ''How To Get Away With Murder'', ''Jane The Virgin'', '' Outcast'', '' Murder One'', ''The O.C'' and ''Desperate Housewives''. Guest star appearances include ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza Weil
Liza Rebecca Weil (born June 5, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Paris Geller in the WB/ CW comedy-drama series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007) and its Netflix revival series '' Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life'' (2016). She is also known for her roles as White House aide Amanda Tanner in the ABC political drama series ''Scandal'' (2012) and as attorney Bonnie Winterbottom in the ABC legal drama series ''How to Get Away with Murder'' (2014–2020). Early life and training Weil was born in Passaic, New Jersey, into an acting family. She was raised in, and continues to practice, Reform Judaism. Her parents, Lisa and Marc Weil, toured Europe with their comedy troupe, The Madhouse Company of London, with her in tow. Weil had aspirations of becoming an archaeologist in her younger years, because of the ''Indiana Jones'' film trilogy and a childhood crush on Harrison Ford. In 1984, at the age of seven, her family settled down in suburban Lansd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Duffy (actor)
William Duffy, Bill Duffy or Billy Duffy may refer to: * Bill Duffy (basketball), American basketball player and player agent * Bill Duffy (sportsman) (1866–1959), Australian sportsman * Billy Duffy (born 1961), English musician * Billy Duffy (hurler) (1931–2005), Irish hurler * William Duffy, a pseudonym of William Dufris (1958–2020), an American voice actor * William Duffy (bishop), English Roman Catholic bishop * William Duffy (politician) (1865–1945), Irish nationalist politician * William James Duffy William James Duffy (November 21, 1888 – January 18, 1946) was a Canadian provincial politician. Born in South Durham, Quebec, Duffy was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec The Legislative Assembly of Quebec (French: ''As ... (1888–1946), Canadian politician * William J. Duffy (1916–2013), American jurist and legislator {{hndis, Duffy, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Fitzgerald
Melissa Fitzgerald is an American actress and the Senior Director of the nonprofit organization Justice For Vets. As an actress, she may be best known for portraying Carol Fitzpatrick on ''The West Wing''. Early life and education Fitzgerald's father is Pennsylvania judge James Fitzgerald; her mother, Carole, is involved in politics and volunteer work in Philadelphia. Fitzgerald graduated from Springside School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1983, and earned a B.A. in Drama and Literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. Fitzgerald studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. Career Fitzgerald is the founder of Voices in Harmony, a non-profit community theater in Los Angeles. From 1999 to 2006, she played Carol Fitzpatrick, assistant to press secretary C.J. Cregg, on ''The West Wing''. On January 19, 2007, Nicholas D. Kristof of ''The New York Times'' announced that Fitzgerald had won a writing contest he had sponsored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Young
Charles Young is a fictional character played by Dulé Hill on the television serial drama ''The West Wing''. For the majority of the series, he is the Personal Aide to President Josiah Bartlet. Creation and development The character of Charlie Young was originally to appear in the pilot, with a draft dated February 6, 1998, describing him as a "fresh-faced" 19-year-old who is taking a year off from Georgetown University to work as the President's personal aide. The character was written out of later drafts, and was not introduced in the show until ''The West Wing''s third episode after the all-Caucasian main cast came under criticism from the NAACP.Topping, Keith (2002). ''An Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to The West Wing: Inside the Bartlet White House''. London: Virgin Books Ltd. Aged 21 when he enters the White House, the character that made it into the show is slightly older than the early pilot draft called for, and has a somewhat modified history. Actor Dulé H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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