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The West Wing Weekly

0.04: Big Block of Cheese III (with 99% Invisible)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.912.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Before we dive into Season 4, we're answering some pressing listener questions like: why hasn't Martin Sheen been on the podcast yet? Plus questions about music, musicals, and underwear. (Don't be scared.) And to go along with our new Bartlet's Army challenge coin, we present an episode of 99% Invisible that explains what challenge coins are, where they come from, and what to do with them.

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0:00.0

You're listening to The West Wing Weekly. I'm Rashique Sheerwey.

0:09.2

And I'm Joshua Molina.

0:10.8

And today we're doing a special big block of cheese edition of our podcast.

0:15.0

Are you excited? Is this number three?

0:16.8

I think that's right.

0:17.6

And should I jump right to your favorite part where we pair our listener questions with the specific

0:23.6

cheese? Do you have one in mind?

0:25.8

I do have one in mind.

0:27.1

Here's one cheese that I considered but passed on because I myself have never eaten it.

0:31.7

But I want to thank Katrina Kirkland for pitching Red Lester, which I guess is a British cheese.

0:38.8

Yeah. I've had Red Lester.

0:40.1

Oh, you had it.

0:40.8

On a sandwich that I bought at a Marx and Spencer's.

0:44.0

The first time I ever experienced buying a pre-made sandwich inside a department store where

0:48.9

you can also buy like pants and things like that.

0:50.8

Okay, well, why don't we co-sponsor?

0:52.4

Let's pair today's questions with both Red Lester and Oso-Irati.

0:58.4

From me, it's a French sheep's milk cheese.

1:01.7

I may be mispronouncing it, but say a la vie.

1:04.4

That comes from the Basque region, from Bay-Arn, the Basque region of France on the border there

1:10.9

with Spain.

1:11.7

It's a delicious nutty cheese that I think changes flavors a bit if you leave it on your palate for a while.

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