The Wire Stripped

As we have been supporting The Ella Thompson fund for this whole season we reached out to them and asked if they were a fan of The Wire and Carolyn Younce, Director of Development, answered with a resounding "YES". We invited her on to talk about everything to do with The Wire, mainly around season 4, and the Ella Thompson fund and the kids that they support like Dukie, Michael, Randy, and Namond....

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 bes...

"...we fight on that lie." - Slim Charles Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   Episode Synopsis A reticent Avon readies his troops for war against Marlo. The press descends on Hamsterdam and Royce finally realizes his delay was a mistake. Carcetti is there to capitalize on the bad publicity for the...

"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 toler...

"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 Balt...

"...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/Sta...

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 Domenick "Herc" Lombardozzi. He was kindly gave us time in his busy schedule to talk about all things "The Wire" and his role as Herc! Dom has just started his own podcast called Dom's Den. Links for...

"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-...

"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 investigativ...

"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 t...

"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...

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...

"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...

"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 -...

"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...

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...

"Don't matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin' the same." - Bodie Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped   This episode features the voices of: Robert Wisdom - Bunny Colvin Wendell Pierce - Bunk Joilet F Harris - Officer Caroline Massey Aiden Gillen - Carcetti John Doman - Rawls Melvin Jackson Jr - Bernard Joe Kiely (Pod...

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...

"Business. Always business." – The Greek   This episode features the voices of: Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on how Season 2 is the MacBeth of The Wire Robert Hogan (Louis Sobotka) on how classy The Wire was Alexa Fogel (Casting Director - The Wire) on casting people whose characters are going to die Joe Kiely (Podcaster - Shitegeist) on bodies in the water bookending the season Chris Hewitt (Empir...

"I need to get clean." – Sobotka   This episode features the voices of: Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on whether Ziggy is his actual son Robert Hogan (Louis Sobotka) on acting opposite Chris Bauer Kellie Brown (Kimmy) on being in Omar's Crew Damond Gordon (Production Assistant on The Wire) on working with Serge Jesse Thorn (Maximum Fun Podcast Network) loving Beadie Russell Dave Pickering (The Famil...

"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 Schreiber Melanie Nicholls King (Cheryl) on being pregnant during the show Al Brown (Major Valchek) on being punched by Prez Jesse Thorn (Maximum Fun Podcast Network) on Ziggy not being a complete idiot Kelly and Bailey (Rewired podca...

"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 podc...

"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...

"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 helpi...

"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...