Synopsis: The titular wire starts to yield results. Wallace is rattled by the consequences of his actions. Johnny is back in the game. Daniels stands up to Rawls and puts the case above his career.Our Guest: Jason Goodrick shares some the deep

S1E5 - "The Pager" with Isaac (The Baltilorian)

Jun 8th, 2022 2h 2m

Synopsis: Pagers are cloned, but the detail is baffled by the numbers they're receiving. McNulty vs IKEA. Johnny is in rehab, but not out of the game. Bodie gets scooped up by Herc and Carver, who spectacularly fail at "Good Cop, Bad Cop."T

S1E4 - "Old Cases" with Dr. Richard Montgomery II

May 25th, 2022 2h 33m

Synopsis: Bodie skips out on juvie. Barksdale puts a contract out on Omar. Judge Phelan keeps the pressure on. Fremon does real police work while McNulty stays home and pouts about the raid.Our Guest: Dr. Richard Montgomery II is an activist w

S1E3 - "The Buys" with Kareem Henton, VP of BLM Cleveland

May 11th, 2022 2h 7m

Synopsis: The brass deal with the fallout from Prez's brutality. Freamon steps out of the shadows with a fresh photo of Avon. Omar makes his grand entrance in the Pit.Our Guest: Kareem Henton is the Vice President of Black Lives Matter Clevela

S1E2 - "The Detail" with Tim Tolka, author of Blue Mafia

Apr 27th, 2022 1h 35m

Synopsis: The death of a state's witness complicates the detail. Herc, Carver, and Prezbo terrorize the towers and Daniels steps up to cover up.Our Guest: Tim Tolka is the author of "Blue Mafia", which tells the history of the nation's first c

S1E1 - "The Target" with Mustache Bob

Apr 13th, 2022 2h 37m

Synopsis:Jimmy McNulty gives a fuck when it isn't his turn, and sets in motion the detail that will remain the enduring focus of The Wire.Our Guest:Mustache Bob is the host of the Mustache Mafia podcast, left wing activist, GWOT Veteran, occ

Walking the Wire Launch Teaser

Apr 8th, 2022 3m 18s

A bit of some of the discussions to come in the first four episodes. S01E01 drops on Wednesday, April 13th!

Talking Walking the Wire

Mar 30th, 2022 1h 9m

Independent journalists BZ Douglas (https://twitter.com/bzdug) and Philip Fairbanks (https://twitter.com/kafkaguy) talk about why they wanna talk about The Wire.(Re-broadcast of episode #78 of the BZ Listening podcast)