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Hi guys Dave and Kobi here with some exciting news about Season 3 of The Wire Stripped with a very special guest Clarke Peters AKA Lester Freamon aka Cool Lester Smooth.The Wire Stripped has been taking longer than we anticipated to come out partly because we've been working on an EXCLUSIVE new podcast for Spotify called "His Darker Materials". It's a companion podcast to the HBO / BBC Show "His Dark Materials" which starts on Sunday 3rd November in UK and Monday 4th November in US and HBO worldwide.Fans of "The Wire" and "The Wire Stripped" will be pleased to see Clarke Peters both on the TV Show and on the Podcast.Subscribe now to His Darker Materials on Spotify Only with this link. If you haven't got Spotify don't worry - it's free!We promise that Season 3 of The Wire Stripped will follow shortly after :-)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Business. Always business." – The Greek This episode features the voices of:Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on how Season 2 is the MacBeth of The WireRobert Hogan (Louis Sobotka) on how classy The Wire wasAlexa Fogel (Casting Director - The Wire) on casting people whose characters are going to dieJoe Kiely (Podcaster - Shitegeist) on bodies in the water bookending the seasonChris Hewitt (Empire magazine) on Chris Bauer's performanceKelly and Bailey (ReWired podcast) on the elusiveness of the GreekDamond Gordon (Production Assistant - The Wire) on not liking Season 2 the first time roundAndrew Johnstone (Podcaster) on Valchek's reaction to Frank's deathHannah and Jen (Standard Issue podcast) on how Season 2 is a WesternJesse Thorn (Maximum Fun podcast network) on how The Wire broke away from cop show tropesThanks 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 DaveKobi's other podcast is FlixwatcherDave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and ShitegeistBurnerIf you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less 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 SynopsisThe stevedores gather for work as a floating corpse is pulled from the water. Once it is ashore, they all recognize the body as Frank Sobotka.The Greek stops pursuing Nick because the police are on his heels, and walks away from Baltimore. Nick talks to the police and positively identifies The Greek. Sergei sings and the police solve the Jane Does.The FBI visits the union hall and tells them that they need to change their leadership or face decertification. The union remains loyal and seals the destruction of their future. Urban reform begins to hit Baltimore as the docks undergo construction.Omar vows revenge against Stringer. Stringer cements his deal with Proposition Joe now that Mouzone is out of the way.Bubbles is arrested and alerts Greggs and McNulty to the relationship between Proposition Joe and Stringer Bell in exchange for his release.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song bySong Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera:www.crissutera.co.uk Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"I need to get clean." – Sobotka This episode features the voices of:Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on whether Ziggy is his actual sonRobert Hogan (Louis Sobotka) on acting opposite Chris BauerKellie Brown (Kimmy) on being in Omar's CrewDamond Gordon (Production Assistant on The Wire) on working with SergeJesse Thorn (Maximum Fun Podcast Network) loving Beadie RussellDave Pickering (The Family Tree Podcast and Getting Better Acquainted) on what working class means in BaltimoreThanks 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 BurnerIf you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less 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 SynopsisStringer manipulates Omar into pursuing Brother Mouzone. Omar shoots Mouzone and then leaves him alive having realised his mistake.The detail serves warrants on the targets of their investigation and they instigate a series of dawn raids. A raid of Nick's home turns up large amounts of cash and heroin but Nick himself escapes arrest.Frank Sobotka is arrested when the FBI, led by Valcheck, storms the union offices. Valchek ensures the press is there to see Sobotka embarrassed in a perp walk. Sobotka agrees to work with the investigation into the Greeks in exchange for leniency for Nick and Ziggy.In the wake of the arrests the Greeks decide to cut their losses and leave Baltimore. Vondas lures Sobotka into danger by offering him a meeting with The Greek and a promise to help Nick and Ziggy. The Greek receives a warning of Sobotka's plan from a contact in the FBI.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song bySong Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera:www.crissutera.co.uk Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"It pays to go with the union card every time." – Ziggy This episode features the voices of:Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on acting opposite James Ransone and Pablo SchreiberMelanie Nicholls King (Cheryl) on being pregnant during the showAl Brown (Major Valchek) on being punched by PrezJesse Thorn (Maximum Fun Podcast Network) on Ziggy not being a complete idiotKelly and Bailey (Rewired podcast) on Ziggy's confessionJames Dyer (Empire Magazine and Pilot TV Podcast) on Ziggy's BreakdownThanks 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 BurnerIf you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less 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 SynopsisTension between the white and the black stevedores continues to build over the next union secretary. Frank Sobotka still plans to run contrary to a long-standing gentlemen's agreement.Ziggy steals four new cars from the docks and fences three to Glekas who double-crosses Ziggy by halving his original cut. Ziggy, in a rage shoots a young Greek employee and kills Double G. He remains outside the warehouse to turn himself in.Nick is the first to learn of his cousin's arrest and after facing the wrath of his uncle, drowns his sorrows in a local park with an old flame.The detail uses GPS technology to its advantage but meets a setback as Valchek turns over control of the investigation to the FBI.Bodie is pleased with the new supply of drugs, but unhappy that Proposition Joe's nephew Cheese is on his turf. Cheese is wounded by Brother Mouzone, further complicating relations between Stringer and Proposition Joe.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song bySong Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera:www.crissutera.co.uk Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"The world is a smaller place now." – The Greek This episode features the voices of:·      MIchael Kostroff (Maurice Levy) on Season 2's shift of focus·      Al Brown (Major Valchek) on finding out Dominic West was British·      Deirdre Lovejoy (Rhonda Pearlman) on shooting sex scenes·      Hannah (Standard Issue Podcast) on Dominic West's fake British accent·     Joe Kiely (Shitegeist podcast) on the significance of the duck for Ziggy·      Kelly and Bailey (Rewired podcast) on Ziggy playing the archetypal fool·      Andrew Johnstone (Maryland native and podcaster) on the significance of the duck's name 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 BurnerIf you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less 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 SynopsisThe Sobotka detail are disappointed by the lack of activity and realise that the dock workers have shifted their pattern.Nick gets into the heroin game with Vondas.Bodie and crew are in a shootout on their new drug corner that results in the death of a child.Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin and Rawls arrive at the scene and start a huge scale effort to round up drug dealers. Colvin disapproves.Stringer meets with Prop Joe behind Avon's back to try and get a cut of "the good stuff" in exchange for some West side territory. Avon complicates Stringer's plan by hiring hitman Brother Mouzone to drive off Prop Joe's crew.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song bySong Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera:www.crissutera.co.uk Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"How come they don't fly away?" – Ziggy This episode features the voices of:·      Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on the relationship between Ziggy and Frank·      Deirdre Lovejoy (Rhonda Pearlman) on auditioning for The Wire·      Reign (Frog) on Nick confronting Frog·      Kelvin Davis (LaLa) on Ziggy’s fight with Maui·     Jill Redding (Delores) on bringing a duck to a bar·      Kelly and Bailey (Rewired podcast) on why Ziggy throws away money 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 BurnerIf you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less 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 SynopsisMcNulty goes back to his old drinking and womanizing ways after failing to win his wife back.The detail closes in on Sergei Malatov when they track his cell phone through his truck rental paperwork.Frank becomes suspicious when the phone company says his account has been “flagged”. He smuggles a clean container to see what happens, and his suspicions mount when the Port Police pulls the container over.Frank and Nick visit the diner to tell The Greek; The Greek tells him to deliver more disappeared but clean containers to the shut down warehouse and lay low for the time being.With business down on their corners, Bodie decides to move into some new territory.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song bySong Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera:www.crissutera.co.uk Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Don't worry kid, you're still on the clock." – Horseface This episode features the voices of:·      Reign (Frog) on Herc and Carver’s tennis ball bug·      Kelvin Davis (LaLa) on the dock workers pranking Ziggy·      Dave Pickering (Podcaster – The Family Tree) on the aftermath of D’Angelo’s death·      Mark Searby (Film Critic) on similarities with The Godfather 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 BurnerOur burner message this week comes from Alex Lawson! If you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less 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 SynopsisRawls tries to get Daniels to take the Jane Doe homicides, and he initially refuses. But Freamon and Beadie convince him to take them on. Using the cloned computer at the docks, they then track irregularities in the containers handled by "Horseface” back to the Greeks' warehouse. They watch the warehouse and see Sergei Malatov meeting with Proposition Joe.Frank and Nick visit the diner to meet with The Greek; The Greek tells him to deliver more disappeared but clean containers to the warehouse to throw the police off the chase.At D’Angelo’s funeral, Stringer discusses a business deal with Proposition Joe to revitalize the Barksdale organization, but Avon turns it down flat.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song bySong Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera: www.crissutera.co.uk Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"It don't matter that some fool say he different..." - D'Angelo This episode features the voices of: ·      Michael Kostroff (Maurice Levy) on being scared of Omar·      Melanie Nicholls-King (Cheryl) on the strip club scene·      Damond Gordon (Production Assistant – The Wire) on telling D'Angelo he might die·      Joe Kiely (Shitegeist podcast) on D’Angelo being metaphorically suffocated·      Hannah and Jen (Standard Issue podcast) on D’Angelo’s death 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 BurnerOur burner message this week comes all the way from a Wire fan in Mexico City! If you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less 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 SynopsisIn court, Omar identifies Bird and the weapon used to kill William Gant. Levy subjects Omar to a harsh cross-examination, but Omar quickly turns the tables. After the jury returns a guilty verdict, Judge Phelan sentences Bird to life in prison. Freamon and Prez find a paper trail through campaign finance records linking the union to $70,000 in contributions. Beadie suggests that the union is making extra money by facilitating smuggling through the port. Daniels reassigns Prez and Greggs to focus on the vice trade, and Freamon works with Russell and Bunk looking at container movements. Beadie and Freamon are able to tie the missing containers to Horseface. Kima meets with Shardene for help tracking down Eastern European girls working in the vice trade. She discusses her strip club assignment with Cheryl, who insists on tagging along. A friend of Shardene's tells the detectives that there is a madam who organizes the girls and keeps them at a motel, where they are under guard when not working.  Nick asks Vondas for help with Ziggy's problems with Cheese. Serge then arranges a meeting with Proposition Joe, who agrees to compensate Ziggy for the torched car. Nick, Ziggy, and Johnny Fifty deliver the chemicals in exchange for drugs. Tempted by the additional payoff and Ziggy's pleas, Nick opts to take half the payment in cash and the rest in drugs. After a union meeting, Nick goes to the bar and gives Ziggy his compensation. Ziggy lights a cigarette with a $100 bill, causing Frank to leave in disgust. Outside, he asks Ziggy where he got his money and how he got his bruises. Stringer delivers an envelope of cash to Leech, a contact from Washington, D.C., concerning a contract killing. Brianna visits D'Angelo and tries to persuade him to use Avon's set-up of Tilghman to shave time from his sentence. D'Angelo refuses, reminding his mother that she taught him to stand up for himself. He tells her to let him deal with things on his own and to take the fall for the Barksdale Organization. He then asks her to tell Stringer, Avon and Donette to leave him alone. D'Angelo passes Avon in the corridor and refuses to talk to him. While working in the prison library, D'Angelo is strangled to death by an inmate, who stages the body to make it look like a suicide. ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"They used to make steel there, no?" – Spiros VondasThis episode features the voices of:Reign (Frog) on rapping with Method ManAlexa Fogel (Casting Director on The Wire) on casting Method ManJeffrey Pratt Gordon (Johnny Fifty) on Chris Bauer's powerhouse performHannah and Jen (Standard Issue Podcast) on Beadie RussellLeo Fitzpatrick (Johnny Weeks) - on never having seen the Wire!Andrew Johnstone (Podcaster and Marylander) on community colleges in BaltimoreThanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/strippedBurnerOur burner message this week is from Cheri her favourite character! If you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less burner message record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658Episode SynopsisZiggy's inability to move a package of drugs costs him his Camaro "Princess" and nearly his life as he falls foul of East side dealers Frog and Cheese. Seeing his cousin in danger, Nick attempts to parley with one of the dealers but discovers that they have torched Ziggy's car.Daniels sends Herc, Carver and Kima out for some hand-to-hands as they half-heartedly step up their investigation of the docks. Officer Russell gets information from Maui who indicates that the union computer may be useful in tracking containers. Sobotka's frustration with the Greeks begins to grow as he is once again denied a meeting with their boss, remaining defiant even when his payment for smuggling each container is tripled. Donette visits D'Angelo and tells him that he is being supported; D'Angelo remains cynical.The Barksdale family's drug trade continues to falter because of supply problems.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera: www.crissutera.co.ukFollow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance." – GreggsThis episode features the voices of:Alexa Fogel (Casting Director on The Wire) on casting ZiggyMelanie Nicholls-King (Cheryl) on the similarities between Cheryl and Kima compared to Daniels and MarlaKelli R Brown (Kimmi) on joining Omar's crewChris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on Frank's nephew NickyMichael Kostroff (Maury Levy) on the phrase "you people"Leo Fitzpatrick (Johnny Weeks) - on his character nearly being killed in the first 3 episodesDamond Gordon (Production Assistant on the Wire) on Avon being a smart killerAndrew Johnstone (Podcaster and Marylander) on millenials trying to buy houses in BaltimoreThanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/strippedBurnerOur burner message this week is from Graham from Sydney on ignoring his friend! If you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less burner message record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658Episode Synopsis"D" confronts Avon about the Hot Shots and washes his hands of the business. Avon brokers a deal to give up the CO Tilghman for a reduced sentence. Valchek specifically requests Lieutenant Daniels for the Sobotka investigation. Daniels negotiates with Burrell and secures the promise of his own major crimes unit after the Sobotka investigation ends. Sobotka chastises his son and nephew about their unauthorized smuggling deal with the Greeks; he defends his own illicit deals as a means toward regenerating the ailing dockyard. Ziggy continues to enjoy his new-found wealth with a silly jacket and hat combo. McNulty takes a personal interest in the murdered women and is pressured to find Omar for Bunk and we get a sneak peak at Bubbles and Johnny Weeks.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera: www.crissutera.co.ukFollow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"What they need is a union." – RussellThis episode features the voices of:Isiah Whitlock Jr (Clay Davis) on corruptionGerard Ender (Sam) on being on The Red CarpetKelli R Brown (Kimmi) on why she was perfect to play KimmyDeirdre Lovejoy (Rhonda Pearlman) on disenfranchisement in the white communityAl Brown (Stan Valcheck) on working with black copsJill Redding (Delores) on the state of the industryDamond Gordon (Production Assistant on the Wire) on shooting in a prisonJames Dyer (Empire Magazine and Pilot TV Magazine) on McNultyChris Hewitt (Empire Magazine) on Amy RyanAndrew Johnstone (Podcaster and Marylander) on dredging the CanalThanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/strippedBurnerOur burner message this week is from Ryan on growing to love season 2! If you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less burner message record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658Episode SynopsisNick is getting his hair cut and is concerned over how he is to provide for his girlfriend and their daughter. He joins Ziggy and Johnny Fifty to steal containers for Spiros Vondas and The Greek that contains old school digital cameras.Avon chats with Stringer about problems with their drug supply and D'Angelo's growing distance. Frank Sobotka attempts to court political favour in order to fulfill his hopes for the regeneration of the docks. Omar Little signs up some new partners in crime. Wee-Bey asks for help from Avon to deal with an abusive prison officer who also deals drugs.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera: www.crissutera.co.ukFollow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out." – McNultyThis episode features the voices of:Gerard Ender (Sam) on his famous death in The WireAl Brown (Stan Valcheck) on his son in law, Prez.Jeffrey Pratt Gordon (Johnny Fifty) - on trying to cheat on Irish breakfastsAntonio D Charity (Prison Offices Tilghman) - on vendettasJames Dyer (Empire Magazine and Pilot TV Magazine) on human traffickingChris Hewitt (Empire Magazine) on pettinessAndrew Johnstone (Podcaster and Marylander) on the can of "dead girls"Dave Pickering (Podcaster on Getting Better Acquainted and The Family Tree) on stained glass windowsThanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/strippedBurnerOur burner message this week is from Ryan on growing to love season 2! If you want to leave us a 60 seconds or less burner message record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658Episode SynopsisOfficer Russell is assigned the murders of the thirteen women discovered in the cargo container. McNulty offers to help and again ensures that the case goes back to Rawls' homicide department. Valchek strikes a deal with Acting Commissioner Burrell—in return for supporting Burrell in his aspirations for promotion, Valchek demands Burrell set up a detail to investigate Sobotka and his union. Sobotka, angry at not being informed of the container's contents, considers cutting his ties with The Greek and demands a meeting. "Horseface" complains of sudden police pressure to Sobotka and the two come up with a plan to further embarrass Valchek. In prison, Avon Barksdale's relationship with his nephew D'Angelo begins to sour. Bodie Broadus finds that the new shipment of drugs for the Barksdale Organization is missing.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera: www.crissutera.co.ukFollow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Ain't never gonna be what it was." - Little Big RoyThis episode features the voices of:Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) - on playing Frank and his head to head with ValcheckAl Brown (Stan Valcheck) on Valchek's son in law, PrezJohn Doman (Major Bill Rawls) - on conflict in the systemJill Redding (Delores) on running a bar on "The Wire"Jeffrey Pratt Gordon (Johnny Fifty) - on Frank SobotkaDamond Gordon (Production Assistant on "The Wire") on coming back for Season 2James Dyer (Empire Magazine and Pilot TV Magazine) on the transition from season 1 to season 2Chris Hewitt (Empire Magazine) on the new theme tune and Tom Waits as Frank SobotkaJoe Kiely (Dave’s co-host on Shitegeist) on this season's new catchphraseAndrew Johnstone (Podcaster and Marylander) on stained glass windows and the fate of the guys on the docksThanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/strippedBurnerOur burner message this week is from Brendan - who was liberal with the "C-bomb" and unsure about the state of his marriage! If you want to leave us a burner message use Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658Episode SynopsisMcNulty "went where he didn't want to go" aka harbor patrol with Diggsy. He discovers a corpse "floater" in the harbor and pays back Colonel Rawls by proving City Homicide are responsible for the investigation.Major Valchek is pissed off when the boss of a local stevedore union named Frank Sobotka donates a more impressive gift to a local church. Sobotka meets with other union leaders and learns that a crucial pier is still in a state of disrepair. Sobotka instructs his nephew Nick to see The Greek regarding payment for a unknown container that he is smuggling through the port.Later, Port Police Officer "Beadie" Russell stumbles across The Greek's container and discovers the bodies of over a dozen young women inside.ThankyouTheme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.comSeason 2 Images from Cris Sutera: www.crissutera.co.ukFollow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comEmail: Burner@TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Season 2 of The Wire Stripped! We're starting with a special episode that we are super happy to share with you all. It's the Live Show that we recorded with the amazing Clarke Peters!We recorded this as part of the London Podcast Festival in 2018 in front of a SELL OUT audience. Dave and Kobi chat with Clarke about The Wire helped by questions from the audience.**COMPETITION** To WIN One of the Clarke Peters Signed books "All The Pieces Matter" send a Burner Message using Whatsapp Voice Memo to +447534 831 658.Please do subscribe if you haven't already and tell your friends too!Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Wire: Stripped Season 2 is here! Starting Wednesday 19th September with the full audio from our LIVE show with Clarke Peters. Then each week, we'll be watching Season 2 of The Wire, episode by episode, featuring all new exclusive interviews with Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka), Al Brown (Valchek), John Doman (Rawls), Michael Kostroff (Maurice Levy), Alexa Fogel (Casting Director) and many more.We also want you to be part of the show - we're looking for new burner messages. Let us know either what you thought of Season 2 the first time you saw it or what you thought of Ziggy the first time you met him!Leave a Whatsapp voice message on +447534 831658 NOW! Everyone who leaves a Burner Message will be entered into a prize draw to win a copy of the Book “All the Pieces Matter” as signed by Clarke Peters!Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are hard at work on Season 2, but in the meantime, we’re very excited to announce our first LIVE show, as part of the London Podcast Festival.Join Kobi, Dave, producer Tom and special guest Clarke Peters (Lester Freamon) as they talk all things ‘Cool Lester Smooth’, look back at his career, his time on the show and host a live Q&A with the audience.Tickets available now: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/the-wire-stripped-with-special-guest-clarke-peters/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode features the voices of:Wendell Pierce ( Bunk) on the "Fat Finger"Lance Reddick (Daniels)Joe Kiely (Podcaster) on D'AngeloHannah and Jen (The Standard Issue Podcast) on D'Angelo and his motherLuke Moore (Radio Stakhanov and "The Football Ramble") on the montageJonathan Abrams (Author "All the Pieces Matter") on Kima GreggsAndrew Johnstone (Academic and Podcaster)Storyline 1: The cops start rounding up all of the guys on the streetThey pick up 12 or so people and with D’s help manage to catch Wee Bay in Philly. Wee Bay Storyline 2: The streets try to regroupThe guys are low on supply. D’angelo has flipped and has to deal with his mother.Storyline3: The cops try to take it to the FBIIt's good but doesnt go the way that they want. The feds want to go for the politicians but the detail feel that is not the direction that they wanted to go in.Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is me, yo, right here. - WallaceTray Chaney (Poot) on killing Wallace and saying goodbye to Michael B JordanIsiah Whitlock Jr (Senator Clay Davis) on auditioning and not knowing his character arcLance Reddick (Daniels) on Larry Gilliard JrDamond Gordon (Production Assistant on "The Wire") on the final scenes with Michael B JordanLuke Moore (Radio Stakhanov and "The Football Ramble") on WallaceJonathan Abrams (Author "All the Pieces Matter") on how the creators fought to shoot Wallace "properly"Andrew Johnstone (Academic and Marylandian) on what "Poot" really meansStoryline 1: The Streets start cleaning upThe streets are reeling from the main stash being hit. “Any body who could hurt you could be put into play”. They write a list of people and start ticking them off.. including WallaceStoryline 2: The politics people get scaredPolitical candidates start handing back campaign financing as they are scared that it would lead to allegations of corruption. Storyline 3: The police are aware of the clean up They try their best to protect people once they realise that the streets are trying to clean up. They cannot protect Wallace. As the wire is down they look to bug Orlandos.Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Dope on the damn table.” - DanielsThis episode features the voices of:Miciah Jones (Little Man) on how Wee Bay would actually have killed him! (Even though it happened off screen)Frankie Faison (Dept Commissioner Burrell) on being a more sympathetic character than people tend to believeHannah and Jen (The "Standard Issue" Podcast) on being fearful for Bubbles!Dave Pickering ("Getting Better Acquainted" and "The Family Tree" podcasts ) rooting for Kima and both sides of "The Game"Damond Gordon (Production Assistant on "The Wire") on not knowing whether D'Angelo would sleep with the fishes or notJoe Kiely (Dave’s co-host on Shitegeist) on Rawl's eloquenceGabriela Jones (podcast producer at "The Guardian Newspaper") on BubblesLuke Moore (Radio Stakhanov and "The Football Ramble") on Wee-Bay and D'Angelo"Jane" (A listener from Baltimore) on real threats of violence against herStoryline 1: Kima Aftermath - Bubbles gets beat upThe Cops band together after Kima gets shot. Freamon is obviously ace/ Bunk and crew chasing the shooters trail. Storyline 2: Bubbs gets beat downBubbs gets brought in and beat down by a cop that doesn’t know his history with Kima. McNulty turns him loose but doesnt help him out in the same way that Kima was Storyline3: The streets batten down the hatchesAfter realising a cop was taken down the gang take precautionary measures. Weebay is told to kill Little Man. Servino accepts some jail time and Weebay heads to PhillyStoryline4: The guys in command pull rankThe Guys in command - Burrell and the other chap above him are reeling after kima and call for “Dope on the Table”. We see the commissioner come to the hospital.The command find out that the detail knows about the main stash and tell the detail to break it in! Follow Us OnlineWebsite: www.TheWireStripped.comTwitter: @TheWireStrippedFacebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStrippedInstagram: @TheWireStrippedLeave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A quick update from Kobi and Dave to congratulate our producer Tom and his wife Holly on the birth of their first child. We'll be taking a short break, and will be back very soon.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.