0.06: Hamilton Special (with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail)

The West Wing Weekly · Apr 4, 2018 · 1h 10m

AARON BURR: How does a podcast, web thing,

Recap and chat on The West Wing,

Dropped on the internet by nostalgic pals

On a fake President—it makes no sense!

How do Josh and Hrish, on balance,

Manage to land two major Broadway talents?

The two gallants, Lin-Manuel and Tommy Kail,

Got a lot farther by working a lot harder

By being a lot smarter, by being self-starters

By watching Bartlet, who's based a bit on Jimmy Carter

Well, the word got around that they’re like, "Sorkin is insane, man"

So we sent a lot of emails till we got into their brainpan:

"Do a special episode, lend us some acclaim…