Interview — Emily St. James (Video)
Added 2025-02-21 21:49:17 +0000 UTCEmily St. James is a TV writer (Yellowjackets) and long time cultural critic.
I called her up to talk about The West Wing, to help me contextualize it in the broader TV ecosystem of the late 90s and early 2000s, and to pick her brain about its lasting impact on real world politics.
Her TV criticism was actually a huge inspiration for me starting out on this career so this conversation was a bit of a life goal for me.
Some of the works we referenced:
The West Wing is 20 years old. Too many Democrats still think it’s a great model for politics.
Why Washington can't escape The West Wing
