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Watching The American President can feel like diving into an alternate reality for fans of the West Wing. Why is Jed Bartlet the chief of staff? What’s Will Bailly doing working for a lobbyist? Why do Josh & Toby look like Michael J. Fox? Well, Lex and Brian are happy to dive into such matters and many more as they watch and review Aaron Sorkin’s White House romcom somewhat awkwardly named, The American President. Warning: Mild spoilers for “The West Wing” throughout the episode. - Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.

An hour-long episode of “Ted Lasso” generates an hour-long discussion, of course. We break down all the many storylines, including Sam fact-checking a pep talk, Dani Rojas taking all the friendly out of an international friendly, Nate dodging the paparazzi, Rebecca seeing a little girl and many little boys, Keely buying a souvenir, and Roy being a microscopic cog in his niece Phoebe’s catastrophic plan. - Jason Snell with Kelly Guimont and Jean MacDonald.

John Siracusa, podcaster and developer, joins Scott to discuss “The Immunity Syndrome” (TOS S2E19). Topics include the joys of the colonoscopy (seriously, if you’re avoiding getting one…just get it done!), the effectiveness of 50 year old special effects, and space racism. - Scott McNulty with John Siracusa.

While Glupo attempts to singlehandedly save a bunch of orphans, the rest of the crew seriously considers arson as the ultimate problem solver. - Tony Sindelar with Mikah Sargent, Tiff Arment, Annette Wierstra, James Thomson and Steve Lutz.

With Dan on assignment this week John and Guy kick things off with our of first impressions of Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3, and Ant-Man: Quantumania. With the writers strike in full swing we get into some of the details behind it and briefly discuss our support for the WGA. Before long we venture a little afield and discuss if Link, and game characters in general, are superheroes. Once we’ve dipped our toes in that water we venture out to where no one has gone before. - Dan Moren, John Moltz and Guy English.

Jason’s trip to his mother’s house makes him rethink his definition of what a dish is. Also, he gets some upsetting news about the long-term relationship between the fork and the spoon. - John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

Not one of Jesus’s hits. - Joe Rosensteel and Dan Sturm.

They said that “Star Trek: Picard” wasn’t just going to be a “Star Trek: The Next Generation” reunion show, and that turned out to be true, at least about the first two seasons. We review the show’s just-completed third season, which brought us the emotional and nostalgic moments we craved, introduced an assortment of new characters we liked (or didn’t), and introduced some plot elements that we puzzled over. - Jason Snell with Joe Rosensteel, Moisés Chiullán, Cicero Holmes and David J. Loehr.

I don’t care how long this day’s journey has been, so help me I will turn this car around if you kids don’t stop. Kris Markel discusses Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night(written 1941, published 1956). - John McCoy with Kris Markel.

Brian and Lex both watch Sorkin’s second film, Malice, for the first time. The 1993 film stars Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, and a cat that puts in a very convincing performance. It’s part thriller, part noir, part… something? Will Lex and Brian love the movie or question some of their life choices? Find out! - Lex Friedman and Brian Warren.