Jed Bartlet is My President

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with Sarah D. Bunting of Previously.tv and Tomato Nation to discuss authoritative mustaches, the flute of doom, and anaphora in The Shadow of Two Gunmen (2.01-02). Download the mp3 here. Subscribe to the show! iTunes • Stitcher • RSS Show notes: Discuss Jed Bartlet is My President on the […]

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with Matthew Vose, co-host of Pop-Culturally Deprived, to discuss sacred spaces, cranky Sam, ghost Mrs. Landingham, and sarcastic Latin when we talk about Two Cathedrals (2.22).

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with Kevin Flynn, co-host of Crime Writers On... and These Are Their Stories: A Law and Order Podcast, to discuss government shutdowns, the incredible power of hot girls dispensing garbage, and Josh's private computer folder on Shutdown (5.08).

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with Dr. Charisse L'Pree, associate professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, to discuss media, race and gender as we dig into the themes in The Women of Qumar (3.09)!

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with Robbie Hurlocker, co-host of Hamilton: The Podcast, to discuss morality, poetry, tragedy, and Lin Manuel-Miranda as we talk about Posse Comitatus (3.23)!

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with high school English and film study teacher, and occasional podcast host at FThisMovie.Net, Rob DiCristino to discuss Gilbert and Sullivan, fantastic writing for female characters, and workplaces with an uncanny command of Gilbert and Sullivan as we examine And It's Surely to Their Credit (2.05)!

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with story nerd in training, future co-host of the Outlander podcast Sassenachs, and my daughter, Sarah Schwalbe, to discuss well-written women, reverse TellaDonnas, and CJ's incredible awesome in The U.S. Poet Laureate (3.17)!

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with high school English teacher and my best friend from high school Liz Lutz to discuss the state of our educational system, the history of turkeys in the White House, and Aaron Sorkin's recent diversity dust-up in Shibboleth (2.08)!

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with acclaimed author and comic book editor Alisa Kwitney to discuss Sam as walking sexual subtext, Josh as a superhero, and our plans to Weekend at Bernie's the Bartlet Administration as we talk about Mr. Willis of Ohio (1.06)!

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with Dr. Kelly Jones from Southern Fried Scholar to talk about educational policy woes, ill-advised lip syncing, and bad, bad flirting when we discuss Six Meetings Before Lunch, S1.18!

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sit down with Mandi Kaye from Pop Culturally Deprived to talk about Bartlet for America (S3.10). I get cranky about feminist issues, she talks me down, and in the end, we bask in our love of emotionally connected masculine relationships. Leo + Bartlet 4ever!

In this episode of Jed Bartlet is My President, I sat down with the hilarious and insightful Rebecca Lavoie of Crime Writers On... and These Are Their Stories: A Law and Order Podcast to talk about great teachers, underappreciated female characters, and the one real-life politician who reminds her most of Jed Bartlet... and I promise, it's not who you think it is.

The introductory episode of JBIMP!

Sometimes denial is a good thing. Join NYT bestselling author and award-winning podcaster Lani Diane Rich with a new guest every week as they watch an episode of The West Wing and pretend that Jed Bartlet is president of the United States. Launching in March, 2017.