{"id":5752,"date":"2025-08-28T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/349-jeffrey-wright-replay-westworld-and-covid19-fighting-the-virus-in-brooklyn-rallying-for-restaurants-ebola-in-sierra-leone-the-slave-behind-jack-daniels-whiskey\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:01:00","slug":"349-jeffrey-wright-replay-westworld-and-covid19-fighting-the-virus-in-brooklyn-rallying-for-restaurants-ebola-in-sierra-leone-the-slave-behind-jack-daniels-whiskey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/349-jeffrey-wright-replay-westworld-and-covid19-fighting-the-virus-in-brooklyn-rallying-for-restaurants-ebola-in-sierra-leone-the-slave-behind-jack-daniels-whiskey\/","title":{"rendered":"349. Jeffrey Wright (Replay). Westworld and COVID19. Fighting the Virus in Brooklyn. Rallying for Restaurants. Ebola in Sierra Leone. The Slave Behind Jack Daniels Whiskey.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ANA6453063345\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Our summer break continues as we knock out our housekeeping and get things ready for a busy fall. And before we get back to all new episodes we\u2019ve got another great look back at a favorite with the great actor Jeffrey Wright. He digs into his role on WestWorld, his time in Hollywood and the roles he loves to take on, and he shares the story of Nearest Green and what has become not only an inspiration but is also a very successful enterprise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/independentamericans.us\/55-jeffrey-wright-westworld-and-covid19-fighting-the-virus-in-brooklyn-rallying-for-restaurants-ebola-in-sierra-leone-the-slave-behind-jack-daniels-whiskey-trump-vs-the-who-stupid-hits-south-d\/\"><u>From Episode 55 &#8211; April 16, 2020:<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>From Angels in America to Basquiat to Syriana to Casino Royale to The Hunger Games to Boardwalk Empire to Classical Baby to Westworld. Jeffrey Wright (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jfreewright\"><em>@JFreeWright<\/em><\/a><em>) has played Martin Luther King Jr. and Colin Powell. He\u2019s played artists and scientists. And he\u2019s everyone\u2019s favorite Host, Bernard Lowe. He\u2019s won a Golden Globe, an Emmy, a Tony. And he\u2019s a driven supporter of causes ranging from veterans with mental health injuries to miners in Sierra Leone.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a look back at one of the greats. At a time when none of us were at our best, he showed us what it means to be the best. And a look at why he\u2019s one of our favorites to ever appear on the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z5a387S13Hw\"><u>WATCH video of Paul and Jeffrey\u2019s conversation.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/\"><u>Independent Veterans of America<\/u><\/a> and all of <a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/candidates\/\"><u>the IVA candidates<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/independentamericans\/posts\"><u>Join the movement. Hook into our exclusive Patreon community<\/u><\/a> of Independent Americans. 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Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/megaphone.fm\/adchoices\">megaphone.fm\/adchoices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our summer break continues as we knock out our housekeeping and get things ready for a busy fall. And before we get back to all new episodes we\u2019ve got another great look back at a favorite with the great actor Jeffrey Wright. He digs into his role on WestWorld, his time in Hollywood and the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/349-jeffrey-wright-replay-westworld-and-covid19-fighting-the-virus-in-brooklyn-rallying-for-restaurants-ebola-in-sierra-leone-the-slave-behind-jack-daniels-whiskey\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">349. Jeffrey Wright (Replay). Westworld and COVID19. Fighting the Virus in Brooklyn. Rallying for Restaurants. Ebola in Sierra Leone. The Slave Behind Jack Daniels Whiskey.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episodes","entry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd71a5d3852e4b2c4e13da0a9993b97e.jpg",800,800,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd71a5d3852e4b2c4e13da0a9993b97e.jpg",800,800,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd71a5d3852e4b2c4e13da0a9993b97e.jpg",800,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd71a5d3852e4b2c4e13da0a9993b97e-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd71a5d3852e4b2c4e13da0a9993b97e-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd71a5d3852e4b2c4e13da0a9993b97e.jpg",750,750,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd71a5d3852e4b2c4e13da0a9993b97e.jpg",800,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd71a5d3852e4b2c4e13da0a9993b97e.jpg",800,800,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bd71a5d3852e4b2c4e13da0a9993b97e.jpg",800,800,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/category\/episodes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Episodes<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Our summer break continues as we knock out our housekeeping and get things ready for a busy fall. 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