Episode 55: West Wing with Claire Handscombe

That's right, this week we had special guest Claire Handscombe, from the Brit Lit podcast and 'West Wing' SUPERFAN to talk about the show, her book 'Walk With Us: How the West Wing Changed Our Lives', and the upcoming convention 'West Wing Weekend' this September that she's organizing.

twitter.com/purpleclaire twitter.com/wwchangedme (fandom stuff)   Walk With Us: How the West Wing Changed Our Lives, ed. Claire Handscombe (amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Us-West-Changed-Lives/dp/099755231X, but otherwise the link links to all the links!)   My novel, inspired by the experience of loving a show and one of its actors in particular, currently crowdfunding: UnscriptedNovel.com West Wing Weekend stuff:  westwingweekend.com  twitter.com/westwingweekend instagram.com/westwingweekend https://www.facebook.com/WestWingWeekend/ Kickstarter, goes till 5th March: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smartpenguin78/358612697?ref=420548&token=0b67de2a   The Brit Lit Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brit-lit-podcast/id1288165980;  twitter.com/britlitpodcast)   Nerdy News:

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