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We watch <a href="http://westwing.wikia.com/wiki/The_Drop-In">season 2, episode 12 of The West Wing ("The Drop In")</a>.
We talk comic strips, pie vs. cake, and Elise gives a few extremely accurate and true history lessons.
Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenipotentiary">Plenipotentiary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Michener">James Michener</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/x_89139WKho">Iron Dome</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/LKENOfqx4xA?t=2m42s">More Iron Dome</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Valiant">Prince Valiant</a></li>
<li><a href="http://garfieldminusgarfield.net">Garfield Minus Garfield</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AQkHXNVA-w9FA1m9VqO7A">Lasagne Cat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/03/01/is-garfield-a-boy-how-a-cartoon-cats-gender-identity-sparked-a-war-on-wikipedia/">Garfield's a boy… right?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers">Will Rogers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kd3P1W5K6o">Roger Rees on Cheers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butter_Battle_Book">The Butter Battle Book</a></li>
</ul>

We watch season 2, episode 12 of The West Wing ("The Drop In"). We talk comic strips, pie vs. cake, and Elise gives a few extremely accurate and true history lessons. Links: Plenipotentiary James Michener Iron Dome More Iron Dome Prince Valiant Garfield Minus Garfield Lasagne Cat Garfield's a boy… right? Will Rogers Roger Rees on Cheers The Butter Battle Book

We watch <a href="http://westwing.wikia.com/wiki/The_Drop-In" rel="noopener noreferrer">season 2, episode 12 of The West Wing ("The Drop In")</a>.
We talk comic strips, pie vs. cake, and Elise gives a few extremely accurate and true history lessons.
Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenipotentiary" rel="noopener noreferrer">Plenipotentiary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Michener" rel="noopener noreferrer">James Michener</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/x_89139WKho" rel="noopener noreferrer">Iron Dome</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/LKENOfqx4xA?t=2m42s" rel="noopener noreferrer">More Iron Dome</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Valiant" rel="noopener noreferrer">Prince Valiant</a></li>
<li><a href="http://garfieldminusgarfield.net" rel="noopener noreferrer">Garfield Minus Garfield</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AQkHXNVA-w9FA1m9VqO7A" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lasagne Cat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/03/01/is-garfield-a-boy-how-a-cartoon-cats-gender-identity-sparked-a-war-on-wikipedia/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Garfield's a boy… right?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers" rel="noopener noreferrer">Will Rogers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kd3P1W5K6o" rel="noopener noreferrer">Roger Rees on Cheers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butter_Battle_Book" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Butter Battle Book</a></li>
</ul>

S02E12 – Born to Be a Regular

We watch an episode of The West Wing and discuss it, at length. We analyze the show as drama, historical time capsule, and use it as a lens to view our current world. Sometimes it's funny too.

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