The Wire Stripped

"We got our thing, but it's just part of the big thing." - Zenobia Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Colvin uses corner logic in class and is greeted with enthusiasm, particularly from Namond. Michael is devastated when his stepfather returns to live with him. Bunk exposes the frame on Omar but antagonizes his colleagues by meddling in the case. Herc stops Chris and Snoop and fails to realize the significance of the tools he finds in their car - they use them to conceal the corpses of their victims. Carcetti makes the rounds and discusses his plans as Mayor and his intentions for the future. He considers employing a new police commissioner and Cedric Daniels sees his stock rising. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 4 Images from Michael Balistreri @BlackSnowComics on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Aw yeah. That golden rule." - The Bunk  Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Royce and Carcetti make their peace. Prez has a good day with his class minus the "corner kids". Omar convinces Bunk to help him prove his innocence. Greggs uses "soft eyes" at a crime scene and finds the witness killing was accidental. Marlo steals Herc's surveillance camera provoking him into a more direct approach. Carver hands Randy over to Herc who fails to understand the importance of his story. Sherrod begins working in the drug trade and fights with Namond over territory. After receiving a beating Namond disrupts Colvin's class. Proposition Joe continues to court Marlo's involvement with the Co-Op. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 4 Images from Michael Balistreri @BlackSnowComics on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Don't try this shit at home." - Norman Wilson Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Namond is pushed into drug dealing by his mother when they are cut off by the remnants of the Barksdale Organization (who had been supporting them). Randy reveals his involvement in the murder to his teachers and is placed under Sergeant Ellis Carver's care. Marlo proves elusive despite Herc's camera. Colvin's new special class separates the worst behaved students (known as "Corner Kids") from their peers. Carcetti wins the election despite a last minute smear campaign. Omar is arrested for the murder Marlo organized. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 4 Images from Michael Balistreri @BlackSnowComics on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"If you with us, you with us." - Chris Partlow Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Carcetti learns that Greggs has been assigned the witness case and uses the information against Royce. Watkins forms an alliance with Carcetti. Now a sergeant in the major case unit, Herc takes part in a series of ill-advised raids that fail to render any significant arrests. Herc takes a video camera without permission to surveil Stanfield. Marlo tries to enlist Michael but he rejects the offer. Marlo arranges to have Omar framed for murder. Dukie debunks Randy's theory that the Chris and Snoop's victims are undead and shows him the bodies. Prez struggles to control his students' behaviour. Bubbles is beaten by another drug addict and throws Sherrod out for skipping school. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 4 Images from Michael Balistreri @BlackSnowComics on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"No one wins. One side just loses more slowly." - Prez Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis As the homicide unit's newest detective Greggs is assigned to the high-profile witness case in an attempt to stall the investigation until after the election. Freamon joins Bunk on finding his missing suspect and realizes the connection to the lack of violence from the Stanfield Organization. Freamon suggests the suspect has been killed and his body hidden. Marlo loses big in a poker game and decides to take over Bodie's corner. Chris and Snoop assess Michael as a potential recruit. Proposition Joe manipulates Omar into robbing Marlo's next card game. Watkins becomes more angry with Royce when he sees he has reneged on a promise to back his protege Marla Daniels for a council seat. Randy is caught skipping school and becomes a reluctant informant for the teachers. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 4 Images from Michael Balistreri @BlackSnowComics on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an' shit." - Namond Brice Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Royce strikes back against Carcetti with his mayoral powers; however, he alienates State Delegate Watkins over his refusal to fund witness protection. Carcetti impresses Watkins by his reserved behaviour at the funeral of the murdered witness. Bunk visits Jimmy McNulty and Beadie Russell for dinner and finds McNulty sober and enjoying domestic life. Marlo Stanfield visits Bodie's corner and muscles him into selling the Stanfield package. Marlo is impressed with Michael a second time when he sees him working for Bodie. Proposition Joe and his New Day Co-Op face problems on two fronts; New York drug dealers on the East side and the Stanfield Organization in the West; they agree to attempt to negotiate with Marlo. Omar Little robs a Stanfield stash house. Rawls sends a caustic new lieutenant to gut the major case unit from the inside. Freamon and Kima Greggs leave for the homicide unit. Howard "Bunny" Colvin embarks on a new career as a researcher into violent behaviour. Prez is shocked by a violent incident in his classroom. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 4 Images from Michael Balistreri @BlackSnowComics on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This season is dedicated to Al Brown. "Lambs to the slaughter here." - Marcia Donnelly Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with what to do with the rest of their summer vacation. When a neighbouring group of children beats up unkempt outcast Duquan "Dukie" Weems, Michael Lee is the quiet leader of the group's retaliation. Randy Wagstaff has the imagination to plan the endeavour. Namond Brice is the most outspoken and the richest of the four. Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski prepares for his new career as a school teacher. The Major Crimes Unit continues with its wiretap investigation into the Stanfield Organization. They remain unaware that when Marlo Stanfield orders a death, the target is taken to a vacant building and killed by enforcers Chris Partlow and Snoop. Randy is unwittingly involved in one such murder. The mayoral election campaign between councilman Tommy Carcetti and incumbent mayor Clarence Royce begins to take shape. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 4 Images from Michael Balistreri @BlackSnowComics on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a very special episode featuring The UK's Premier Film Critic - Mark Kermode! Dave, Tom and Kobi enjoy a #Spoiler filled podcast chat to The Good Dr all about the greatest TV show in the world! That is, of course, The Wire! Mark famously didn't watch TV, that was until the pandemic happened and everything changed! He watched Breaking Bad first, and it proved to be a gateway drug to the best TV Show ever. We hope you enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"We ain't gotta dream no more, man." - Stringer Bell Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Cutty convinces Avon to give him money to fund his gym. Brother Mouzone forms an alliance with Omar when he discovers that Stringer betrayed him. Royce continues to delay closing down the tolerant zones alienating Burrell and Watkins. Burrell leaks the story to Carcetti. Stringer learns that he has been conned into making political contributions for no return and tries to convince Avon to order the murder of Senator Clay Davis. The wiretaps begin to yield information about the Barksdale organization and the unit gets a recording of Stringer discussing contract killers. Stringer meets with Colvin and gives him the location of Avon's safehouse believing that returning Avon to prison is the best way to end the war. Meanwhile, Brother Mouzone meets with Avon and convinces him to give Stringer's whereabouts away so that he can exact his revenge. Omar and Mouzone ambush and kill Stringer. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Call it a crisis of leadership." - Proposition Joe Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis The Barksdale/Stanfield war continues to intensify with deaths on both sides. Avon refuses to accept Stringer's advice to follow the co-op's proposal for a truce. Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and casts a wide net in his search for Omar. Omar has his own plan for vengeance against Stringer. Carver gets some frank advice about his failings as an officer from Colvin. Colvin persuades the reporter that Herc has spoken with to hold his story on the tolerant zones. Colvin finally reveals his actions to his superiors. Burrell is incensed and takes the information straight to Mayor Royce. Royce is reluctant to shut the project down because of its success in reducing crime. When their first wiretaps go dead after just a few days the Major Case Unit are dismayed. Lester Freamon overcomes the problem by organizing to supply the Barksdale Organization with pre-wiretapped phones. Cutty opens a boxing gym for local children but finds his poor equipment and their behavior difficult to deal with. Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"...while you're waiting for moments that never come" - Freamon Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis A Barksdale crew member violates the long-standing but unspoken Sunday morning truce when he tries to kill Omar. There is increasing discontent among the co-op over the Barksdale/Stanfield turf war. The deacon convinces Colvin to introduce public health programs in the tolerant zones and the Western District officers are dismayed at the apparent permanence of the endeavor. A murder takes place in the "Hamsterdam" tolerant zone and Carver moves the body out of loyalty to Colvin. Carver's partner Herc reaches a breaking point and calls the press about the tolerant zones. The Major Case Unit begin to build probable cause for their wiretaps but are worried that the dealers change phones too frequently. Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski shoots another officer in a case of night time mistaken identity. Carcetti finds a potential ally in State Delegate Odell Watkins and organizes state funding for witness protection. Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Crawl, walk, and then run." - Clay Davis Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Carcetti flouts his advisors' counsel and pressures Burrell over witness protection. The Major Case Unit track the buyer of phones for the Barksdale Organization. Brianna and McNulty sit down for a heart-to-heart. Avon dispatches the troops to track Omar and tries to ensnare Marlo in a trap. Avon is wounded when Marlo senses the trap and then wrestles with a revelation by Stringer. A local deacon helps Cutty to plan a new life and is dismayed at the standard of life for drug users in Colvin's tolerant zones. Stringer reveals to Avon that he arranged for the murder of D'Angelo. Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Conscience do cost." - Butchie Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Daniels sees the reason his unit was reassigned and tells McNulty he will have to leave as he cannot trust him. The unit find that the drug dealers are using disposable phones and begin to formulate an investigative strategy. Marlo dispatches a drive-by on a Barksdale corner from the calm of his pigeon coop. Carcetti pressures the mayor over witness protection. The Western District officers begin to become dissatisfied with policing Colvin's tolerant zones. Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Just a gangster, I suppose." - Avon Barksdale Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis Stringer gets an education in construction management and explores the opportunities of Colvin's new drug tolerant zones. Meanwhile Avon initiates a war over territory with Marlo but is dismayed at the ineptitude of his people when several are killed while attempting a drive-by shooting. Cutty realises that he is unable to kill and leaves Barksdale with Avon's blessing. A frustrated Colvin unleashes the troops on the corner boys ignoring his new edict. Carcetti manipulates another councilman into joining the mayoral race in order to divide the city's black votes while concealing his own intention to run. McNulty and Greggs are ready to give up on targeting Stringer when the new violence gives them another reason. However, they must go behind Daniels' back to have the unit reassigned as he is angry about their disloyalty to date. Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I had such fuckin' hopes for us." - McNulty Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   This episode features the voices of: Robert Wisdom - Bunny Colvin Brian Anthony Wilson - Detective Holley Aiden Gillen - Carcetti Professor David Nutt - Drug expert Andy Brassel - Podcaster Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Episode Synopsis Frustrated in his grass-roots reform efforts, Colvin arms himself with intelligence from the Major Case Unit and approaches the mid-level drug dealers instead. McNulty sees Stringer is now unreachable as a drug target because of his ties to a legitimate business. Stringer throws a welcome home party for Avon and launches a citywide co-op for drug dealers but fails to recruit West side rival, Marlo. Greggs follows Stanfield to his meeting with Stringer. Dissent spreads in Omar's crew over his bloody-minded pursuit of the Barksdale Organization. Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We launched a Patreon 👉WWW.PATREON.COM/THEWIRESTRIPPED 👈 and will be donating money to the Ella Thompson Fund, which is supported by The Wire and its production team. We were lucky enough to talk to the lead casting director of The Wire, Alexa Fogel. The first question that we ask our cast members that come onto the show is "how did you get onto The Wire". The almost always say "Alexa Fogel got me that part" - so we thought it would be great to hear first hand from her about how she cast the show! This is a preview of that episode if you want to listen to the whole interview go to our Patreon WWW.PATREON.COM/THEWIRESTRIPPED to listen right now! NB - most of these interviews were never meant to be aired fully and in particular Kobi's rambling questions were never supposed to be heard, but we thought it would be more real, raw and fun for you to hear that he's perhaps not as composed as on the show. The first Patreon exclusive interview there is a full interview with Chris Bauer talking exclusively to us about his role as "Frank Sobotka" in Season 2. To listen now head to 👉WWW.PATREON.COM/THEWIRESTRIPPED 👈! Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Why you got to go and fuck with the program?" - Fruit Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   This episode features the voices of: Robert Wisdom - Bunny Colvin Thuliso Dingwall - Kenard Brian Anthony Wilson - Detective Holley Aiden Gillen - Carcetti Professor David Nutt - Drug expert Andrew Johnstone - Andy Brassel - Podcaster Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Episode Synopsis West Baltimore residents get some surprising straight talk from Colvin at a community meeting. Colvin has little success convincing area drug dealers to relocate to his tolerant zones. Carcetti reveals his mayoral political ambitions and pursues a campaign manager. Cutty gives up his attempts at straight work and joins the Barksdale Organization. Avon is paroled after 26 months of incarceration. Stringer continues to invest in property development. Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The gods will not save you." - Burrell Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   This episode features the voices of: Robert Wisdom - Bunny Colvin Deirdre Lovejoy - Rhonda Pearlman Thuliso Dingwall - Kenard Brian Anthony Wilson - Detective Holley Aiden Gillen - Carcetti Professor David Nutt - Drug expert Andrew Johnstone - Andy Brassel - Podcaster Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Episode Synopsis Colvin attends the weekly comstat meeting, when another Major is fired as a result of Carcetti's pressure to reduce crime. Carcetti then uses the press to defer heat from the police department onto the mayor, to test his tenacity. Colvin looks for areas where he can turn a blind eye to drug dealing, unbeknownst to his superiors. Omar and his crew scope out a Barksdale stash house, and decide to attack it despite its heavy fortifications. A shootout ensues, with deaths on both sides. When the Major Case Unit is instructed to pursue a new, unrelated target McNulty refuses to divert his attention from the Barksdale Organization. Cutty visits an old flame. Bodie's crew are beaten for encroaching on Marlo Stanfield's territory. Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"There's never been a paper bag." - Colvin Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   This episode features the voices of: Robert Wisdom - Bunny Colvin Melanie Nicholls King - Cheryl Clarke Peters - Lester Freamon Frankie Faison - Burrell Aiden Gillen - Carcetti Leo Fitzpatrick - Johnny Weeks Professor David Nutt - Drug expert Alexa Fogel - Casting Director for "The Wire" Dave Pickering - (Podcaster) Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped   Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞+447534 831 658   Episode Synopsis The season starts midway into the Major Case Unit's unsuccessful investigation into the Barksdale criminal enterprise. With their recent efforts fruitless, to the dismay of the squad, Pearlman and Daniels consider dropping the wiretaps. Carver finds himself in command of an incompetent group of policemen in the Western District. Bodie, Poot, and Puddin reminisce about their days living and working in the 221 tower before it is demolished in an effort to curb the drug trade. At a Barksdale Organization meeting, new head enforcer Slim Charles suggests that more territory is required and should be taken by force if needed; Stringer maintains that product is the cornerstone of their operation. Dennis "Cutty" Wise, a legendary enforcer, is released from incarceration with an offer of work from Avon. Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing   Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 👉WWW.PATREON.COM/THEWIRESTRIPPED 👈 and will be donating money to the Ella Thompson Fund, which is supported by The Wire and its production team. This episode is a repost and an example of the types of interviews that we will be sharing ONLY with our Patreon supporters! We hope you enjoy it and decide to join us there! The first Patreon exclusive interview there is a full interview with Chris Bauer talking exclusively to us about his role as "Frank Sobotka" in Season 2. To listen now head to 👉WWW.PATREON.COM/THEWIRESTRIPPED 👈! **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!) @WendellPierce Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices