Pod Yourself The Wire - A The Wire Podcast

“Before Omar, being gay was for nerds.” –Mike RecineThis week on Pod Yourself The Wire, D'angelo and the boys are playing chess, but Matt, Vince and their guest are playing 3D checkers (3D=3 dads). Comedian and host of the Out For Smokes Podcast, Mike Recine stops by to talk about The Wire season 1 episode 3, “The Buys.”“The Buys” marks the first appearance of late great Michael K. William's iconic stick-up man character, Omar Little. Omar's whistling, robbing, smoking, and generally looking cool as hell while McNulty continues to be everyone's favorite irish f*ckboy who would literally rather get wrapped up in a months-long wiretap investigation than go to therapy. He also has sex. The scene is long, breathy, and hotter than a fresh order of Baltimore's favorite lunch, lake trout. Mismatched socks make Matt horny, but nothing makes him as horny as a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“I'm old enough for all of this.” -@DanfromtheinternetOn the latest episode of the pod, Matt & Vince welcome a frustratingly young guest, Dan from the internet, to talk about The Wire season 1 episode 7, “One Arrest.” Dan is a gen z content creator and news commentator. He's a host on Good Morning Bad News on TikTok, as well as his news & culture show Power Report and Audioface where he and his co-host reviews new music almost every week. To keep up with everything Dan does everywhere, follow him on Twitter.It's appropriate that Dan introduces the podcast to the concept of ugly bastard hentai, because there is a lot of ugly bastard behavior from the various characters in David Simon's Baltimore in this episode. Landsman prank's a desperate Santangelo into enlisting a low-rent psychic to help him clear cases, drunk Bunk implores a woman to “rub ‘em together like that,” and even Judge Phelan is vocalizing his desire to “throw a f*ck” into a peer. ACAUB.Should we pod ourselves a King of the HIll when we're done with this series? Let us know in a five-star review on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like today's newest members: Alphabet, Quattro, The Mick, The Battery, & The Green Man.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Get the full episode by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/Frotcast!Matt is on baby duty, or “sabrattical” as I like to call it, but not to fear: we've got Joey Avery, The San Diego Hammer, and Torio Van Grol from the Hesby Street podcast to mix it up. First of all, Torio, as a San Diego native, objects to Joey being known as the San Diego Hammer. But once that's out of the way, the three of us come together like a majestic Voltron to do some very fine podding on subjects such as Kanye West praising Hitler and going “death con 3 on the jews,” and whether our tweets are doing enough to raise awareness to the problem of global antisemitism. I also pick their brains about what it's like living in the shadow of the Scientology Center in East Hollywood, and whether they can help find Shelly Miscavige. We touch on whether Torio is worried about getting beat up at the Dodgers game and whether $28 is too much or just the right amount to spend on a lunch at Taco Bell. Either way, a fine time is going to be had by all.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey, what's up, gang. It's Vince here, and boy have we got a treat for you guys on the free feed today! Not that you deserve it. In fact, you should definitely stop listening right and go sign up for the Patreon at Patreon dot com slash frotcast. Are you still listening? God dammit. Oh well. Anyway, this week, I'm talking to Steve-O. You know, from Jackass. You know Steve-O! Steve-O has a book coming out. The Book is called A Hard Kick In THe Nuts, What I've Learned From A Lifetime of Terrible Decisions, and it's available everywhere books are sold. It's about Steve-O's sex addiction, his recovery from sex addiction, his relationships, what he's learned in recovery... All that stuff! Anyway, that's the context of the interview today, and I hope you enjoy it, even if you think you're too damn good to sign up for our Patreon. Do it! Matt's baby just got born! Congrats, matt! Sign up for the Patreon so she doesn't go hungry. Okay, love you all, enjoy.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“D'angelo would for sure be an Andrew Tate fan.” -Adrian McnairIf you're within five miles of the Koreatown neighborhood in Los Angeles, you may have seen today's guest on any of the dating apps, but today you can hear comedian and television writer Adrian McNair talk to Matt & Vince to talk about The Wire season 1 episode 6, “The Wire.”Discussing the titular episode of the series, we learn that Vince sometimes fantasizes about being a cop. Not because of the power, status, or license to drive drunk, but because they seem like they're bros who look out for each other. Imagine showing up to work as bombed as Auggie Polk does. Are your coworkers going to cover your ass like McNulty and Kima do? And you get a gun? At this point no one expects police to do any actual good in the world, so if you do even the bare minimum you would get worshiped like a hero and huh okay maybe this show is copaganda in that it makes joining the force look more and more appealing every episode.Settle a bet: Is Michael B. Jordan doing good acting in this episode or is he just talking fast? Put your response in a five-star review on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like today's newest members: The Onion Volcano, B Squared, Lebowski, Hogan's Heroes, Math Class, The Kizzer, The Wheeze, & Ghostbuster.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Do you know how many people you have to kill for a whistle to catch on?” -Katrina DavisIt's a great day for grown men named Stinkum, and an even better day for you, because on the latest Pod Yourself The Wire, Matt and Vince welcome the return of comedian and Pod Yourself A Favorite Katrina Davis to discuss The Wire season 1 episode 5, “The Pager.”It's important to McNulty that Kima knows that he did not literally call the mother of his children the c-word, but if you read between the lines, he definitely thinks his ex-wife is a c-word. Katrina points out that the way he dances around it makes him sound like if Amy Sherman-Palladino wrote a philandering men's rights activist cop character. McNulty might be a bad man, but he's a good cop, unlinke Herc and Carver who are bad men, bad cops, and even worse good cop/ bad cop players. The “good cop” can't swing on a mope, everybody knows that. Fellas, is it gay to take the landline out of your girl's house if you get paranoid like Avon? Let us know in a five-star review on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like today's newest members: Big Daddy Kane, The Toucan, Krack Baby, Edward Scissorhands, The Real Viking, Snoopy, & Midol.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“A show about the Eastside would be boring because Prop Joe is running it well.” -Cullen Crawford.On the latest edition of the pod, Matt and Vince invite writer, podcaster, and host of the Football Friends Who Are Gambling podcast, Cullen Crawford to be a basketball friend who is not gambling, but rather, discussing The Wire season 1 episode 9, “Game Day.”Every day is game day for Avon, Stringer, and Prop Joe, but especially today, because the boys have hoop dreams. The annual East vs. West basketball game has everyone coming together. Prop Joe is there with a fake clipboard and Avon in a very aughts visor. Herc & Carv are in the stands chopping it up with Poot & Bodie, watching a 37-year-old JuCo baller cross up a collection of normal guys from the Eastside. Even Lt. Daniels stops by to try to get his peepers on the head of the Barksdale syndicate. Daniels gets the peek he wants, but is met with a Mutumbo-esque finger wag from Avon. That reference was for the real sport heads.Herc asks a very important question while watching a payphone from a roof, how do the pebbles get up there? Let us know your theories in a five-star review on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Become a Patron at Patreon.com/Frotcast to hear the full episode!Matt is still out on sa-brat-ical taking care of his newborn, but never fear, Joe Sinclitico and Laremy Legal are here, and we've got all kinds of #content. Joe has just discovered the concept of the mucus plug, so we all have a pretty good time with that one. After that, we get into the latest Olivia Wilde revelations, like giving away her dog and the fact that she apparently has a special salad dressing. From there we get into the celebrity nannying industry and how lucrative it apparently is (very!). That leads us into Danny Masterson's trial, which made us realize that there are still some things about Scientology we didn't know. Who knew! From there, Joe regales us with his review of 'Thirteen Lives' about the Thai cave boys, and Laremy has seen The Redeem Team which makes me rant about Kobe Bryant again. Oh, and of course we couldn't leave without discuss James Corden, his restaurant ban, all-yolk omelets, and his poor attempts at damage control. Enjoy!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Can someone please make a Stringer Bell profile on LinkedIn?” -Leah CarrollWith each pod we get closer to landing David Simon. Today's guest is not only a casual acquaintance of Baltimore's preeminent erudite curse word factory, she's also the author of Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder. Leah Carroll returns to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season 1 episode 8, “Lessons.”Appropriate that the name of the name of the episode is “Lessons” because everyone learned something. McNulty learns that his children are too good at the front & follow “game” he taught them after he loses them while they tail Stringer Bell shopping at a farmer's market. The market's security guard learns what everyone else knows about Jimmy – he's not a good dad. We all learn that Stringer Bell drives a sensible maroon Toyota Camry, and from Stringer, the corner boys turn copy boys learn the difference between elastic and inelastic products. It's not just fictional characters learning lessons, Matt learns that he's using an outdated and and disrespectful term for sex workers. Crazy because he's basically a sex worker himself, what with this podcast making all our listeners so damn horny.How would you convince David Simon to come on the pod? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like today's newest members: Mucho Gusto, The Dork, The Pollack, & Mainal Sex.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Hey all,Here is an unlocked episode of the Frotcast, that other show Matt and Vince do where they talk about things other than the Sopranos and The Wire. You can get it every week at patreon.com/frotcast so subscribe NOW!-----DESCRIPTION:08/25/22We're back with your weekly helping of slop. Matt and Vince and guest Jessica Sele talk about an app that makes you sound white, Leonard Nimoy's love of big women, Sylvester Stallone's divorce, and the new HBO Max series House of the Dragon. Enjoy!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Here's this week's Frotcast and a reminder that this Saturday, Jan 28 at 10pm we'll be at SF Sketchfest with Pod Yourself A Gun! Please buy your tickets and tell your friends. PLEASE COME!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Does anyone else think, Ziggy: the original Roman Roy?” -Anna HossniehWriter, co-host of the Ethnically Ambiguous podcast, and season two skeptic, Anna Hosnnieh joins Matt and Vince to dissect The Wire season two episode two, “Collateral Damage.”Often, The Wire is about the lengths to which normal people will go to avoid doing work, or getting yelled at. Some episodes, like this one, are about just how much work those same people will do just to be petty to someone who yelled at them. Valchek and Frank get locked into a portside petty Polish pissing contest, and the only winner is a Catholic church looking at two new stained glass windows. Even Jimmy would rather do hours of research on tide patterns to stick Rawls with fourteen murders to solve, drink fourteen shots of Jameson to celebrate, then disappoint Rhonda Perlman sexually and emotionally, than learn how to tie a knot (or go to therapy).Would you rather eat the crab guts or an egg beer? Let us know in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.See Pod Yourself A Gun live at SF Sketchfest January 27th at PianoFight theater. Get tickets now!Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts.Email us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast like this week's newest members: Li'l Pog, Todos, Bieber, Sleepy, Li'l Bluey, & Quattro.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“I'm literally gonna kill you if you don't sub to Pod Yourself A Gun and stop listening to the pod on this feed." -Matt LiebBlah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Subscribe to Pod Yourself A Gun on Apple Podcasts.Email us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast like this week's newest members: The Yoat, Die Hard, Quadruple U, Too Huang Fu Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“You feel cold just watching it.” -Billy Wayne DavisAvast, ye piggies! Pod Yourself The Wire returns for season two. Matt and Vince welcome writer and comedian (see his new special Testify now), Billy Wayne Davis aboard to talk about The Wire season two, episode one, “Ebb Tide.”Season two starts with a portside turn, leaving the terraces, towers, and low-rises behind to explore the ports of Balmer. A lot is different: Jimmy Mcnulty is a little man in a boat, there's a family of Polish longshoremen instead of the Barskdale crew, and Holly from The Office is floating around, but as Billy points out, not even thirty seconds pass before we see McNulty accept a bribe, so not too much has changed. Do us a favor and make sure you're subscribed to the Pod Yourself A Gun feed (we know, we know, it was a bad idea to make a new feed), and while you're there, make sure to leave us a five-star review on apple podcasts. See Pod Yourself A Gun live at SF Sketchfest January 27th at PianoFight theater. Get tickets now!Email us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast like this week's newest members: Handout, King Dick, Easy Mark, Kerfuffle, & Cracker.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Here's a clip from this week's Frotcast, which you can listen to now by subscribing to our Patreon. Vince got dragged for hating on M Night and both Matt and Jessica are very sorry about that.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Here is a taste of next week's season 2 premiere of Pod Yourself The Wire, which you can listen to right now on Patreon if you subscribe. We welcome comedian Billy Wayne Davis to the pod to talk about polish dudes on the docks.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Hey everyone, first of all please subscribe to our Patreon while you wait for season 2 of Pod Yourself The Wire.ANNOUNCEMENT 1: We have decided that the Pod Yourself A Gun feed is where you will find all future episodes of the Wire podcast. We were dumb to split the feeds and now we have decided to fix our mistake by urging all of you to subscribe to the Pod Yourself A Gun feed if you haven't already.ANNOUNCEMENT 2: Vince, Brent, and Matt will be doing a live Pod Yourself A Gun at SF Sketchfest 2023. It's gonna be Jan 28, 10pm @ Piano Fight theater in San Francisco. BUY TICKETS NOW!Finally, enjoy the bonus episode of PYTW with all the Bawlmer B Stories from season 1.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“By the time you're on your fourth or fifth show it will be a full zoo crew situation.” -David J. RothTaint and the Beav, aka Matt and Vince, welcome writer, podcaster, Defector co-founder, & unofficial Pod Yourself a Fourth Member, David J. Roth, for a morning-zoo-crew-influenced edition of the pod. Matt fires up the soundboard as the three break down The Wire's first season finale, “Sentencing.”There are many reasons David keeps getting invited to do the podcast, not the least of which is his ability to remember weird old guys that may have slipped from the cultural consciousness. Today, he reminds us of The Greaseman, a former radio personality who, according to his Wikipedia page, lost his position as a volunteer deputy sheriff in Falls Church, Virginia after saying a really racist thing on the radio, and is possibly the person responsible for popularizing the phrase, “who's your daddy?” Because even The Greaseman contains multitudes. David also has funny, insightful things to say about this episode of The Wire, but you knew that already. You didn't know who the daddy of “who's your daddy?” was until right now, so thank David by subscribing to Defector.Tell us your zoo crew shock jock DJ name in a five-star review on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast like this week's newest members: Elmer Fudd, Teddy Rooshavelt aka Baba Hanoush, &  Lil' Josh.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“I once dated a woman who compared me, not entirely unfavorably, to McNulty, and you know what? It was kind of a wake up call.” -Ben FowlkesMaking his debut on the podcast is writer and podcaster from Co-Main Event, Ben Fowlkes joins Vince and Brent (still filling in for Matt even though his kid is like four-weeks-old which is old enough to get a job damn cut the cord already, Matt) to talk about The Wire season 1 episode 12, “Cleaning Up.”Featuring one of The Wire's most memorable scenes, what you might not remember about this episode, if you've already watched the series, is that Lester really walks a fine line between smooth older man and total creep taking advantage of a terrified young confidential informant. If learning how a beautiful woman likes her coffee and then reminding her of your military service were a crime, Lester would still not be in jail because cops look out for each other.What you probably remember is the end of young Michael B. Jordan's character Wallace. He wasn't cut out for the game. His heart did pump Kool-aid after all. RIP Wallace and RIP the uneaten hot dogs Poot Bodie and Wallace leave on the table just before the murder. Neither Wallace nor the dogs got to reach their full potential, but the game is the game.Tell us what you think is the best hot dog in world history in a five-star review on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast like this week's newest members: Queef, The Gigolo, Trout, Baby Horse, Screwdriver, Staples, Jailbird, Lil Drummer Boy.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Over the last 20 years, the goalposts for what is copaganda have moved.” –Ben FloresAs many of you know, our beloved piggy wrangling, bum lumming host is a father now, and the recording of this episode of the pod took place in the days immediately following the birth of Matt's first child. Filling in as co-host is Pod Yourself The Wire producer, comedian, and writer of these descriptions, Brent Flyberg. Joining Matt & Brent is writer and humorist from the Please Save Me podcast, Ben Flores to talk about The Wire season 1 episode 11, “The Hunt.”In the aftermath of the buy-bust gone wrong that left Kima leaking from some bullet holes, The Barksdales look to clean up their mess while the Baltimore Police Department looks sort of competent for once. Considering the episode revolves around the uncertain future of one of the series's more likable characters, it's a surprisingly funny episode. Even Wee Bey is so charming you have to remind yourself that he's a bad man even by the standards of The Wire. He makes the meme face we all love!Leave instructions for how to take care of your fish in a five-star review on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast like this week's newest members: Special K, Squirts, Draymond, & Horse.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey everyone,The queen is dead! Listen to Matt and Vince and guest Jessica Sele talk about that, Harry Styles being real dumb and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE ON PATREON!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Everybody wants to not get yelled at.” –PFT CommenterLike every episode of The Wire begins with a quote from the episode, every episode description for Pod Yourself The Wire: A The Wire Podcast, now begins with a quote from the podcast. Today's quote comes from writer, podcaster, cohost of Pardon My Take and the Macrodosing podcast, PFT Commenter. Matt and Vince welcomed PFT to talk about season 1 episode 2, “The Buys.”PFT breaks down the subtext of the episode right from the start. What we all really want from our job is to not get yelled at. The Wire does a great job of reminding you that cops are guys who will absolutely shirk their duties at work if it means they won't get yelled at, but also they have guns, and if they think shooting or pistol whipping some poor mope's eyeball out of his socket will lead to less yelling in their direction, they'll do it. It's easy to judge because, you know, they are abusing their power to avoid accountability, but can you imagine if they let you have a gun at work? Like, how quickly would you make some entitled customer shut up and leave your Quizno's if you could wave a glock around? Would you wield that power responsibly? I'd be a terrible cop, and I bet you would too. It's almost like the whole system is broken. It's a cliche, but if you talk about The Wire long enough you will eventually say “the whole system is broken.” It's unavoidable. A friendly reminder that cops are allowed to lie to you during interrogations, and you are allowed to lie in podcast reviews, so even if you don't like the show, give us five stars on Apple Podcasts.Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

From the makers of Pod Yourself A Gun, the only The Sopranos podcast, now comes Pod Yourself The Wire, the only podcast about HBO's Baltimore crime drama The Wire.  Hosts Matt Lieb & Vince Mancini welcome the pod's first guest, comedian, producer of the pod, handsome stud, and writer of these episode descriptions, Brent Flyberg, to talk about the premiere episode “The Target.”Welcome to Baltimore, bitch. Or as the locals call it, Balmur. In this first episode, we meet so many characters (Poot, Bubs, Herc, Bunk, etc, Snot Boogie, etc.), see many different municipal buildings, and are introduced to a lot of Balmer cop lingo. If this is your first time, don't worry about learning everything just yet. “Drinking out of the fire hose” was a phrase they threw around at my last job when describing their new hire training process. They threw a bunch of names, stats, email addresses, divisions, and processes at every new person and were like, retain what you can - some of this will make sense later. That's you watching this episode. Relax and open up for The Wire hose.Matt, Vince, & I are here to help you answer questions like: Who are any of these people? What are they doing? Why do they say their Os weird? What is a grape Nehi? And most importantly, which actor has the truest-to-life outdated civil servant hairdo?The deputy loves dots,  we love stars, so give us 5 of them in a review on Apple Podcasts.Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Worlds Only The Wire podcast is coming 09/01/2022. Hold on to your butts.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Tap tap tap is the sound of Poot's boner on the window” -Dave SchilingOn this episode of The Wire, the police try to get a desk through a door, but no one knows which direction they're going (it's a metaphor), and on this episode of the pod, Matt and Vince invite the host of the Free Validation podcast and writer for the LA Times, Dave Schilling to talk about season 1 episode 4, “Old Cases.”This is the episode featuring the famous f-word scene. McNulty and Bunk show that they may be alcoholic philanderers with limited vocabularies, but they're natural po-lice who understand basic bullet physics. Omar wouldn't like hearing all those dirty words coming out of their pretty mouths, but the rest of us piggies are eating it up yum yum yum.We're getting sent back to pawn shop duty if we don't get more five-star reviews on Apple Podcasts.Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“We have to turn our taste into politics to delude ourselves into thinking our consumption can change the direction of the ship of state.” -Matt ChristmanThis week on the pod, Matt and Vince invite the return of writer, podcaster, and self-proclaimed Bunk head, Matt Christman from The Chapo Trap House podcast (on tour now!) to talk about The Wire season 1 episode 10, “The Cost.”This is a mid-aughts HBO prestige crime drama, so the crime guys have to have a strip club to use as a clubhouse. Fitting that The Sopranos' dumbest character, Georgie, was running the Bada Bing, because The Wire's dumbest character, Orlando, is running this show's Balta Bing. As Vince points out, everyone in the aughts was trying to ball a little, and Orlando, tired of being the steady, nondescript hand behind the front, gets flipped by the detail after trying to buy heroin from a cop.Things don't end well for Orlando, or anyone else related to the Barksdale crew who tries to cooperate with the detail (poor Wallace). Don't talk to the cops! Especially not the lovable, scampy, irish f*ckboy TV cops.Tell us your favorite thing about Bunk Moreland in a five-star review on Apple PodcastsEmail us at frotcast@gmail.com; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like today's newest member: The Dane.-Description by Brent FlybergAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy