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All aboard Poda Bing's examination of Blue Comet, the penultimate episode of The Sopranos. Selected topics discussed/References made: Macrumors.com, Highlander, Marlo Stanfield, McKann, Jay Z, John Creese, Mariah Carey, Jamiroquai, Kobe Bryant, Collateral, Albie's gestures, Ethereum, blockchain, DHL, Con Air, Nicholas Cage, Tim Grover, The Hart Foundation, Burt Reynolds in Deliverance, Biff Tannen, Bunk Moreland, William Wallace, and more! Friendly ask: Poda Bing is a labor of love and has been since day 1. If you love the pod, your support matters and means a lot. Visit: glow.fm/podabing if you can. And thank you, as always, to everyone in the Poda Bing community. About Alternate Thursdays: Alternate Thursdays is an independent audio-first media company in Los Angeles that creates hit podcasts with talent, brands, studios & our obsessions. Poda Bing is an Alternate Thursdays (@alternatethursdays) production created by Vik Singh (@helloimvik) -Follow @podabing on Instagram for a pictorial and caption companion to the show. -If you'd like to participate in our Sopranos Trivia series, DM @podabing on Instagram -Continue the journey: @theregularness / The Regularness -All archived episodes are available, for free, at https://podabing.show and anywhere you listen to podcasts.
Many people ask us about the full interviews that we splice up to make this podcast. They also ask how they can support the podcast! We decided to offer the interviews up as Patreon Gifts and use that money to support a charity connected to The Wire so...We launched a Patreon
It's the second part of The Wire special, as Musa and Ryan continue their focus on one of the all-time great TV shows. They offer up their opinions on which footballers would be the best fit for a number of key characters, including Bunk Moreland, Omar Little, Bubbles, Snoop, Kima Greggs, Ziggy, Nick and Frank Subotka, Clay Davis and more, as well as revisiting a couple of suggestions from part one.We'll be doing an Instagram Live this Friday at 8.30pm BST, 9.30 CEST, come join us via the Stadio Instagram.Finally, follow our Outros Spotify playlist, where we compile the songs we play with every week and follow Stadio on Twitter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Wendell Pierce is an American actor best known for his role as Bunk Moreland in the television series The Wire. Since the series ended in 2008, he has made around 40 film and television appearances, including Treme, Selma and the legal drama Suits, in which he played Robert Zane, the father of Rachel Zane, played by Meghan Markle. His theatre credits range from The Cherry Orchard to Death of a Salesman. Born in 1963, the youngest of three sons, Wendell grew up in the Pontchartrain Park area of New Orleans, which was the first middle-class African-American suburban-style development in the city. He graduated from the prestigious Juilliard School in New York and his career got off to a flying start with a small part opposite Tom Hanks in a film called The Money Pit. He hasn’t been out of work since. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed Wendell’s childhood home in New Orleans and he was instrumental in rebuilding his parents’ house in Pontchartrain Park. He also built 40 new homes and staged a production of Waiting for Godot on an empty street corner in one of the most devastated districts of the city. He is currently reprising his role as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman on stage in London. DISC ONE: Jim Henson - Bein' Green (Featuring Kermit The Frog) DISC TWO: Wynton Marsalis - Green Chimneys DISC THREE: Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (Part 1) DISC FOUR: Mahalia Jackson - Take My Hand, Precious Lord DISC FIVE: Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now DISC SIX: Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me DISC SEVEN: Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring (Doppio Movimento), performed by New York Philharmonic DISC EIGHT: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Part I: Acknowledgement BOOK CHOICE: The Omni-americans: Black Experience And American Culture by Albert Murray. LUXURY ITEM: A multi-burner barbecue grill CASTAWAY'S CHOICE: Take My Hand, Precious Lord by Mahalia Jackson Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Cathy Drysdale
A late-night Wire-themed voicemail for Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) in light of recent leaked tapes that more or less reveal top-down governmental collusion on the part of the right.
Don't sleep on this one. It's a celebration of one of the best shows ever: The Wire! First, you'll hear a vintage Bullseye interview (recorded live to tape in the apartment back in '08) with two of the show's most beloved stars: Wendell Pierce, who played Det. Bunk Moreland, and Andre Royo, who played Bubbles. Royo and Pierce talk about the slow response the show got at first, the love they get now and the painstaking efforts Simon and co took to make sure the show got Baltimore right. Then, author Jonathan Abrams. He just wrote a brand new book about the Wire - it's called "All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire." Abrams interviewed cast and crew and writers to unveil a nuanced, fascinating look inside on of the greatest TV dramas of all time. The Outshot will return next week. Spot on!
**Spoilers for all 5 seasons of The Wire - proceed with caution**We were lucky enough to speak with Wendell Pierce aka "The Bunk" about his time before, during and after The Wire. We chat about how he first got the part of Bunk Moreland, his favourite scenes and season and what he initially thought of the show after watching the first episodes!Wendell talks candidly about his relationship with Dominic West and how they bounced off each other from the start through to, his regrets and the moment that he nearly quit the show.You can follow Wendell Pierce on Twitter (Tell him we sent you!)@WendellPierceFollow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Show Notes Episode #103: “Better the Devin You Know” This week Host Dave Bledsoe searches for the truth only to discover it will not in fact set you free, but will actually cost $29.99 plus a small shipping and handling fee. On the show we dig into the ongoing saga of the Trump investigations in Congress and why Devin Nunes is so protective of the President. (Hint: Juicey Juice!) Along the way discover the right and wrong way to investigate a crime. (Did you know you can't hit suspects with a phone book anymore because there are no phone books?) We learn why Paul Ryan is so committed to keeping Trump in power. (He is a sad, pathetic little man.) and that the Senate might just stand up to Emperor Tangerine. Additionally, there are Presidential peccadilloes through history, Mike Flynn's totally not criminal actions requiring immunity from prosecution and rather a lot about WalMarts and Home Depots. Grab your Capris Sun and toll house cookies and settle in for the show! We also want to shout out to our friends from the Stupid Human Suits podcast on the Cave Comedy Radio Network, who had Dave Bledsoe in studio to talk about vomiting at crime scenes, many things dog related and of course the importance of phlegm in podcasting, Check out their show and hear what a good podcast sounds like. Also, they lead to a genuine famous person liking the show's Facebook page, which is as close to the big time as we are going to get. Our sponsor this week is A-Clue, pointing out the blindingly obvious to the blatantly stupid. We open with Bunk Moreland's interrogation style and close with Charlie Daniels. Show Music: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Soundcloud www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5313785 The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Show Notes for Episode 60: Bad News About the Unicorns This week Host Dave Bledsoe administers a high dose of reality straight to the Blood Brain Barrier. Along the way we discuss the strange situation at Nevada Democratic Convention, professional wrestling moves and wonder what the hell happened to Bunk Moreland! We expect that kind of behavior of Jimmy McNulty, but not YOU Bunk! We also talk about the rules, and how they are there for everyone, not just the special snowflakes who don't like them because they are losing. Also, if Jennifer Lawrence IS looking to get it on with a pudgy middle aged podcaster, we would totally be into that! Call us JLaw! Careful listeners will hear a fairly obscure reference to the 1980's gaming culture, well obscure to people who weren't in role playing game culture in the 1980's anyway. We open the show with a drop from professional wrestling, who took chair tossing from my childhood rumpus room and transformed into pure fucking art. We close with the Irish Rovers, though not their BEST song about mythic animals, though the Sasquatch Song was is so obscene I can't even play it on this podcast. Just disturbing. Promotional Consideration this week by Lawson's “Tosser” Folding Chair, the preferred chair of pro-wrestlers and angry Sander's Delegates. Don't forget to #AskAPodcaster all your pressing questions! Snopes on the Chair Throwing: Unproven (It's a rhetorical metaphor people!) Show Theme: Prelude to Common Sense by Hypnostate What the HELL on Twitter What the HELL on Facebook What the HELL on Soundcloud What the HELL Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bananas, hot Australian vegans and 9/11 are the core of the discussion this week with Bruce Bruce stopping by to give his thoughts on the matter, as well as some necessary Peter Jackson jabs. In Web Droppings, we get the VT connection to the mystery Trump tombstone, a Burger King spa and Bunk Moreland from the wire beats up some Bernie Bros.
June 14, 2009 - This week on the iFanboy Pick of the Week Podcast: mid-western food chains, the tragic plight of the super hero sculptor, Bunk Moreland, and... oh yeah -- comics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“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
“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