183 - The War Room (1993)
Added 2025-04-02 06:00:08 +0000 UTCWhen Bill Clinton won the US presidential election in 1992, two people were key to his success: James Carville and George Stephanopolous. This week, Brian and Josh step into The War Room, D.A. Pennebaker’s 1993 documentary about how these two men and their team of future top Democratic all-stars cajoled and bullshitted America’s electorate into sending Slick Willie to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Media Referenced in This Episode:
The War Room, dir. D.A. Pennebaker (Pennebaker Associates/October Films, 1993)
Feed, dir. Kevin Rafferty and James Ridgeway (Video Democracy, 1992)
Primary, dir. Robert Drew (Time Life, 1960)
Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, dir. D.A. Pennebaker (Leacock-Pennebaker, 1968)
Original Cast Album: Company, dir. D.A. Pennebaker (Castle Drive/Talent Associates-Norton Simon, 1970)
“Jeffrey Epstein Was a Sex Offender. The Powerful Welcomed Him Anyway.” Jodi Kantor, Mike McIntire, and Vanessa Friedman, The New York Times, July 13, 2019.
“Foreign Purchases by Bush Camp Alleged.” Paul Valentine, The Washington Post, September 29, 1992.
“Second” campaign ad by Bill Clinton (1992)
“Celeb” campaign ad by John McCain (2008)
Yes We Can Obama Song by will.i.am (2008)
Sensual Pantsuit Anthem (Official Rapped Music Video) by Lena Dunham (2016)
“Carville: Trump collapse happened quicker than I imagined” on Smerconish (CNN, 2025)
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Comments
re: HW being scary: you must remember this guy was the head of the CIA for years. he was shot down over the pacific in WW2. man was absolutely terrifying and did terrifying things
Syd
2025-08-24 04:05:22 +0000 UTCThis was my favourite episode yet, it's fascinating getting a glimpse into such a formative moment in our current world, but one that just barely happened before I was around
Lew
2025-05-26 20:10:27 +0000 UTCJames Carville didn't just date HE'S campaign manager, they're still married to this day
John Her
2025-04-16 02:50:56 +0000 UTCFunnily enough, I watched enough Mr. Show to get secondhand understanding of James Carville from Bob Odenkirk
Sam Reader
2025-04-11 14:35:05 +0000 UTC
