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Either the episodes are becoming less interesting or we have run out of things to say, because this weeks podcast is under 1.5 hours! I think I'll put my money on West Wing getting less interesting. Oh well, still had a good time, and Listener Si graced us with another email. In this podcast we discuss episodes 1-4 of The West Wing, Season 5.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
    Principles of an American Life: The 27th Amendment
    Listener Si PHD
    Joey finally admits to being a sociopath
    Peter wants a war dog
    TW5 needs an omelet bar
    Joey hates fireworks
    Joey knows the price of milk
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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Live* from the secret bunker, alternate recording location in Utah, TrekWest 5 brings you the West Wing season 4 wrap up special. We also cover episodes 21-23 of The West Wing, Season 4.

*recorded from a previously live event

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: The movie: TiMER
    Principles of an American Life: The 26th Amendment
    Appropriate graduation gifts
    Peter is not in love with John Goodman
    Joey's daughter is embarrassed by him
    Listener Si email
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Ugh, I can't believe we actually did this, but we finally covered Star Trek V, The Final Frontier. And what makes it worse is that we did this as a movie commentary, which meant we had to watch it twice. I hate this movie so much. I will admit that we did have a good time recording this commentary though. My Friend Jon Madsen and the Trekwest 5 intern, Aaron, joined us. Without them this would have been way worse. We have 2 options for you to listen to this commentary: us and the movie playing in the background, or just us (meaning you will need to use your own copy of the movie while you listen to it). Anyway, enjoy us making fun of this horrible atrocity to Trek. If you like this then you should totally check out My Friend Jon Madsen's Star Trek V podcast.

Music Intro: Here Me by Imagine Dragons

us and sound track
just us

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And I thought 75 was the diamond anniversary. My Friend Jon Madsen stops in to join us as another guest host as we help to dispel the myth of balancing an egg on the equinox. Oh yeah and we still hate Will. But Jon comes through with a very plausible reason why people could like Will. In this podcast we discuss episodes 17-20 of The West Wing, Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Rob Lowe West Wing issues clarified
    Joey's Culture Corner: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
    Orson Scott Card's review of toilet paper
    Principles of an American Life: The 25th Amendment
    Jon likes the character of Will Bailey
    Jon still has weird ratings
    Matthew Perry is on the West Wing!
    The Monty Hall Problem
    I Fight Dragons

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Jim has a little bit of fun with Joey and I but that does not deter us in our hatred of the character Will Bailey. This podcast begins a very long rant of hatred against that character. We aren't sure yet if we hate him more than Mandy but we'll probably discuss that at some point. Listener Question: do you want to hear a blooper reel of Joey and I screwing up? In this podcast we discuss episodes 13-16 of The West Wing, Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    JR watches Star Trek for the first time TNG finale coming soon
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
    Principles of an American Life: The 24th Amendment
    We don't care for high school reunions
    What should we have the President swear in on?
    Should we protect freedom for everyone throughout the world?
    What is the difference between genocide and civil war?
    Consumption based tax
    It's not private when you are an elected official
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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Some of you may have seen this site before, but I recently came across it and thought you would enjoy it: Awkward Family Photos. Don't worry it is SFW. Make sure to read the captions with each photo as it adds a little something special.

Here are just a few offerings that cracked me up:
Bearing Fruit
On The Road Again
Deeply Denim
Punks in Space
Elbow Room
Old Smokey

And my personal favorite:
Roadside Assistance

We suckered another person to listen to us! Welcome in to the podcast Listener Jaybird (or whatever name you decide you want). Thanks to he and Listener Jim for some great insight on racial profiling. We also discussed episodes 9-12 of The West Wing, Season 4.

*"Often, especially when learning some large new system, programmers get stuck on something that looks like a bug and ask someone for help. Halfway through explaining their problem they realize where they had gone wrong. Never mind, never mind, it's not a bug, I'm an idiot. At a company I used to work for we had a stuffed bear called the bugbear. Before you could bug anyone else about your bug, you had explain it to the bugbear. Just thinking to yourself doesn't always work; there is something about vocalizing your mini-mental crisis to another being that engages the brain." -- http://carlos.bueno.org/

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Weird Fortune Cookie fortune: Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy
    New listener Jay and his Podcast: Geek Squared Podcast
    More discussion on Racial Profiling
    Online Book Website: Daily Lit
    Joey's Culture Corner: Flatland by Edwin Abbott
    Principles of an American Life: The 23rd Amendment
    Peter is Jared's bug bear
    Joey and Peter do not have a Star Trek fetish
    Music and Memory
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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We hereby lay down an open invitation/challenge to Senator Orrin Hatch to come on this podcast. If he is a real man then he'll show up. My Friend Jon Madsen dropped by long enough to call him a tyrant. Bold words. But we are very glad that Jon could stop by. We also discussed episodes 5-8 of The West Wing, Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    My Friend Jon Madsen comes by to chat
    Joey's Culture Corner: Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald
    Principles of an American Life: The 22nd Amendment
    Podcast series test: The Simpson's
    Joey is too good to move his own stuff
    Is racial profiling ok to use?
    Shaky cameras are dumb
    How do you make big decisions?
    Electronic voting machines can be hacked!
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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Welcome back from our Independence Day holiday! It turns out that we can get government funding for this little podcast of ours. So many thanks to all of you tax payers out there subsidizing our work. Well... actually there is no funding for us, but it's nice to dream once and a while. We did however discuss episodes 1-4 of The West Wing, Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Stars Like Dust by Issac Asimov
    Jules Verne gives birth to Science Fiction
    Principles of an American Life: The 21st Amendment
    Are farm subsidies good?
    Being the smartest kid in the class
    Justice served in secret
    Needle Exchange
    3rd Party Candidates
    I Fight Dragons

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All of us who write on this blog are familiar with the Harry Potter series. While not all love it, I do want to briefly paraphrase something from it. Dumbledore said at one time that aid will always be given to Hogwarts when it is most needed or called for (or something along those lines). I would like to reiterate to all of you that I, like Dumbledore, will always give whatever aid I can to those of my friends who need it. All you have to do is ask.

The ending of season 3 has brought another grouping of great television, as well as the introduction of a new music intro from the group Imagine Dragons. This podcast covers episodes 21-22 of The West Wing, Season 3.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: Six Bad Things by Charlie Huston
    Principles of an American Life: The 20th Amendment
    Assassinations
    Are there moral absolutes?
    Could you shake the hand of the man you were about to kill?
    Joey pretends to be Batman
    Here Me by Imagine Dragons

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Woot, under 2 hours! We are really getting good at this podcast thing (assuming the object is to keep it under 2 hours). Lots of fun this week discussing the latest installment of WW. Special thanks to DeDe for loaning Joey to me on their 11th wedding anniversary. Well done on a fine accomplishment. Here's hoping the next eleven we be less eventful. We discuss episodes 17-20 of The West Wing, Season 3.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Happy Anniversary Joey and DeDe!
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov
    Principles of an American Life: The 19th Amendment
    New poetry podcast coming soon
    Are college transcripts an indicator of ones ability?
    message boards and forums; good blog post here
    Stupid ideas to do with nuclear waste
    How do you get out of going to a meeting?
    NCIS rocks and CSI sucks
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Well, who knew that two Mormon guys would be against prohibition? This ended up being a rushed podcast (due to a Saturday recording and my soccer game) that worked out really well because this weeks episodes really didn't have that much conversational meat in them. We also got a special visit from the TW5 intern. We discuss episodes 9-12 of The West Wing, Season 3.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Helen Thomas is an idiot
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
    Principles of an American Life: The 18th Amendment
    Affirmative Action revisited
    Should the President be required to see a therapist?
    Sexual Harassment
    Don't mess with other people's stuff
    Chess is a tough game
    I Fight Dragons

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You don't want to miss this week as Joey declares Tang to be one of the best things that came from NASA. One of the really big discussions we had is about prostitution and pornography. I would love to get some female feedback on the subject. We discuss episodes 9-12 of The West Wing, Season 3.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
    Principles of an American Life: The 17th Amendment
    Mad Cow Disease
    Legalize Prostitution? Why not? Pornography is legal.
    Alcoholism/Addiction: Isn't it just a willpower issue?
    Tell all books are stupid
    Music by Shayna Zaid

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Whether it is The Journey Home or The Voyage Home, I think we can all agree that The One About the Whales is an enjoyable movie all around. Come on, who wouldn't love listening to Chekov saying Nuclear Wessiles, or Klingon Birds of Prey landing in Golden Gate Park unnoticed, or Spock awkwardly swearing in an attempt to blend in to 80's culture because he did a little "too much LDS" in the 60's. This is a great movie. Fun for the entire family.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Profanity
    We were mean to whales
    My Friend Jon Madsen's Star Trek IV podcast
    I Fight Dragons

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