Podcast 54: Let's talk about Sex

Direct MP3 DownloadWith the help of Listener Jim, Joey and I stumbled through this weeks podcast. And since I have to be up at 5am Monday morning (an hour after our podcast gets published), this is all the intro I am going to write. This podcast covers the episodes 13-16 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 4th Amendment
    PBS is great - Ethics in America
    Sex Education issues
    Hate Crimes
    Death Penalty
    Marlee Matlin is totally hot!
    Should the President of the US seek advice from religious leaders?
    Breathalyzer tests
    Joey retracts some of his erroneous comments
    Flag Burning
    I Fight Dragons

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Take out the Trash day: 1hr 17min 24sec
Peter: Television - 7
Joey: Television - 7
Jim: Television - 7

Take this Sabbath Day: 58min 2sec
Peter: Television - 7
Joey: Television - 9
Jim: Television - 8

Celestial Navigation: 24min 37sec
Peter: Television - 8
Joey: Television - 5
Jim: Television - 6

20 Hours in LA: 18min 53sec
Peter: Television - 5
Joey: Television - 4
Jim: Television - 6

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Podcast 53: Sick Conversation

Direct MP3 DownloadIt was a bit of a miracle that we even had a podcast this week because Joey was sick. But we pumped him full of medication and just plowed right through everything. He sounded much worse than he actually was. The discussions this week were fairly tame since not a ton of controversial political topics came up in this weeks episodes. Many thanks to all the people who sent in comments. This podcast covers the episodes 10-12 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 3rd Amendment
    "Your supposed to be the good guys."
    Joey continues to defend ambassadors
    Can you work for competing companies?
    Hiding a disease or addiction from your employer
    Get to the point
    Brief discussions about the NEA
    I Fight Dragons

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
In Excelsius Deo: 47min 59sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 6

Lord John Marbury: 37min 19sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 4

He Shall From Time to Time: 54min 50sec
Peter: Television - 8
Joey: Television - 8

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Podcast 52: A Shrine to Sandra Day O'Connor

Direct MP3 DownloadWe had high hopes for being able to record all 4 episodes this week, but the first one took us nearly 2 hours. So our verboseness is your gain because we have another podcast that is under 2 hours!! The reason it went so long is because we had a great time discussing the 2nd Amendment and the Right to Privacy. My Friend Jon Madsen joined us to help round out the discussion. This podcast covers the episode 9 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 2nd Amendment
    Joey is ok with citizens owning rocket launchers
    Joey worships Sandra Day Oconner
    MFJM is True Neutral
    The Circle 8 blog
    Is there a Right to Privacy?
    Joey and I are too afraid to look up information on child pornography
    Jephthah
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Here are the ratings that we gave for this episode:
The Short List: 1hr 44min 32sec
Peter: Television - 4
Joey: Television - 6
Jon: Television - 7

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Podcast Movie Special: Star Trek II The Wrath of Kahn

Direct MP3 DownloadWhat can you say about the Wrath of Kahn that hasn't been said so many times by other people? Probably nothing, but I think we found a few new things anyway. This is a much better ST movie than The Motion Picture, and Joey was not pissed at me this time. My Friend Jon Madsen came along to lend a proper TOS point of view, so our special thanks to him, and Aaron, who also joined us to share his demented view of life. As with any movie there are inconsistencies, but by and large this really is a good movie.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Kobayashi Maru - The No Win Situation
    My Friend Jon Madsen's Wrath of Kahn podcast
    Watch out for alien creatures in your ear!
    Kahn = Captain Ahab
    Aaron's unhealthy obsession with Ridley Scott
    The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.
    Scotty has no idea where sickbay is.
    I Fight Dragons concert tour

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Podcast 51: Big Block of Cheese Podcast

Direct MP3 DownloadWe're excited to welcome, what we are pretty sure is, our 10th guest to the podcast: Laura. She was a delight and put up with an astonishing amount of crazy packed into a period of about three hours. As a public service to our invited guests, perhaps we should commit to never again invite someone on the podcast without exposing them to some of Joey's "highlights" first. This podcast covers the episodes 5-8 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Principles of an American Life: The 1st Amendment
    Pete's Friend Jon Madsen talks back about Podcast 50
    Is there too much violence in tv and movies?
    Give back the tax surplus or pay down the debt?
    Census: sampling vs. headcounts
    Arthur Benjamin at the Ted Talks discussing math education
    Should a fashion magazine get a press pass?
    Lunatics & freaks are the unavoidable byproduct of humanity
    Joey hates Stockard Channing
    National Parks are great
    Jonathon Coulton
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
The Crackpots and These Women: 1hr 2min 20sec
Peter: Television - 3
Joey: Television - 7
Laura: Television - 7

Mr Willis of Ohio: 43min 20sec
Peter: Television - 5
Joey: Television - 5
Laura: Television - 5

The State Dinner: 37min 47sec
Peter: Television - 5
Joey: Television - 7
Laura: Television - 6

Enemies: 26min 16sec
Peter: Television - 5
Joey: Television - 4
Laura: Television - 5

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Podcast 50: Gigglefest

Direct MP3 Download1 year in and 50 podcasts done. While we did nothing to celebrate this momentous occasion, it is worth noting that we did accomplish it. Aaron came back on this weeks podcast to help us get through the episodes we didn't get around to discussing last week. The conversations got heated a couple of times, but all in all things went quite well. And so that there is no confusion whatsoever, TW5 is extremely grateful to all the men and women who serve in law enforcement. This podcast covers the episodes 2-4 of The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Happy 50th podcast TW5!
    Do you gloat?
    What does the Vice President of the United States do?
    Is gambling ok?
    proportional response
    Does peace only come through war?
    writing speeches for others
    Policy for receiving gifts as a member of the government
    Don't forget your anniversary
    Can something be more important than your marriage?
    Jonathon Coulton
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc: 1hr 3min 43sec
Peter: Television - 4
Joey: Television - 4
Aaron: Television - 7

Proportional Response: 54min 28sec
Peter: Television - 4
Joey: Television - 4
Aaron: Television - 6

5 Votes Down: 48min 4sec
Peter: Television - 5
Joey: Television - 7
Aaron: Television - 6.5

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Podcast 49: Innaugural West Wing podcast

Direct MP3 DownloadWe begin our new podcast season with The West Wing. It is a good first start and introduction of the series as well as the start to what is sure to be our most political filled season of Trek West 5. Joining us for this inaugural podcast is Aaron. Sadly Joey and I discuss Snuff films and manage to get it wrong when one reads this article from Wikipedia. I really hope we never talk about it again. This podcast covers the Pilot episode from The West Wing, Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    New Intro and Sponsors: Designzbydede.blogspot.com and Lisa Devashrayee, Real Estate Agent
    Will a cell phone crash an airplane? Mythbusters and Wikipedia
    List of West Wing characters
    Peter & Joey are ok with Medicinal Marijuana
    Freedom of Speech and Pornography
    I hope we never talk about Snuff films ever again
    Jonathon Coulton
    Josh Woodward's track Morning Blue

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Here are the ratings that we gave for each show:
Firstborn: 1 hr 42min 03sec
Peter: Television - 3
Joey: Television - 5
Aaron: Television - 10

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