Pod Yourself A Gun - A Rewatch Podcast

“Does anyone else think, Ziggy: the original Roman Roy?” -Anna Hossnieh Writer , co-host of the Ethnically Ambiguous podcast , and season two skeptic, Anna Hosnnieh joins Matt and Vince to dissect The Wire season two episode two, “Collateral Damage.” Often, The Wire is about the lengths to which normal people will go to avoid doing work, or getting yelled at. Some episodes, like this one, are abou...

“You feel cold just watching it.” -Billy Wayne Davis Avast, ye piggies! Pod Yourself The Wire returns for season two. Matt and Vince welcome writer and comedian (see his new special Testify now), Billy Wayne Davis aboard to talk about The Wire season two, episode one, “Ebb Tide.” Season two starts with a portside turn, leaving the terraces, towers, and low-rises behind to explore the ports of Balm...

Hey all, here's an unlocked episode of the Filmdrunk Frotcast. This is what you are missing every week by not subscribing to our Patreon. So please subscribe you dummies. JK, you're not dummies. You are smart. I love you. ------- DESCRIPTION: Here's your weekly Frotcast slop! We talk about Ye's interview with Alex Jones, that one Grey's Anatomy writer who lied about having canc...

Hey everyone, first of all please subscribe to our Patreon while you wait for season 2 of Pod Yourself The Wire. ANNOUNCEMENT 1: We have decided that the Pod Yourself A Gun feed is where you will find all future episodes of the Wire podcast. We were dumb to split the feeds and now we have decided to fix our mistake by urging all of you to subscribe to the Pod Yourself A Gun feed if you haven't...

“By the time you’re on your fourth or fifth show it will be a full zoo crew situation.” -David J. Roth Taint and the Beav, aka Matt and Vince, welcome writer, podcaster,  Defector  co-founder, & unofficial Pod Yourself a Fourth Member,  David J. Roth , for a morning-zoo-crew-influenced edition of the pod. Matt fires up the soundboard as the three break down  The Wire ’s first season finale, “S...

“I once dated a woman who compared me, not entirely unfavorably, to McNulty, and you know what? It was kind of a wake up call.” -Ben Fowlkes Making his debut on the podcast is writer and podcaster from Co-Main Event, Ben Fowlkes joins Vince and Brent (still filling in for Matt even though his kid is like four-weeks-old which is old enough to get a job damn cut the cord already, Matt) to talk about...

“Over the last 20 years, the goalposts for what is copaganda have moved.” –Ben Flores As many of you know, our beloved piggy wrangling, bum lumming host is a father now, and the recording of this episode of the pod took place in the days immediately following the birth of Matt’s first child. Filling in as co-host is Pod Yourself The Wire producer, comedian, and writer of these descriptions, Brent...

“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 Christman This 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-a...

“A show about the Eastside would be boring because Prop Joe is running it well.” -Cullen Crawford. On the latest edition of the pod, Matt and Vince invite writer, podcaster, and host of the Football Friends Who Are Gambling podcast, Cullen Crawford to be a basketball friend who is not gambling, but rather, discussing The Wire season 1 episode 9, “Game Day.” Every day is game day for Avon, Stringer...

“Can someone please make a Stringer Bell profile on LinkedIn?” -Leah Carroll With each pod we get closer to landing David Simon. Today’s guest is not only a casual acquaintance of Baltimore’s preeminent erudite curse word factory, she’s also the author of Down City: A Daughter's Story of Love, Memory, and Murder . Leah Carroll returns to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season 1 episode...

“I’m old enough for all of this.” -@Danfromtheinternet On the latest episode of the pod, Matt & Vince welcome a frustratingly young guest, Dan from the internet, to talk about  The Wire  season 1 episode 7, “One Arrest.” Dan is a gen z content creator and news commentator. He's a host on  Good Morning Bad News  on TikTok, as well as his news & culture show  Power Report  and  Audioface...

Hey, what's up, gang. It's Vince here, and boy have we got a treat for you guys on the free feed today! Not that you deserve it. In fact, you should definitely stop listening right and go sign up for the Patreon at Patreon dot com slash frotcast. Are you still listening? God dammit. Oh well. Anyway, this week, I'm talking to Steve-O. You know, from Jackass . You know Steve-O! Steve-O h...

“D’angelo would for sure be an Andrew Tate fan.” -Adrian Mcnair If you’re within five miles of the Koreatown neighborhood in Los Angeles, you may have seen today’s guest on any of the dating apps, but today you can hear comedian and television writer Adrian McNair talk to Matt & Vince to talk about The Wire season 1 episode 6, “The Wire.” Discussing the titular episode of the series, we learn...

“Do you know how many people you have to kill for a whistle to catch on?” -Katrina Davis It’s a great day for grown men named Stinkum, and an even better day for you, because on the latest Pod Yourself The Wire , Matt and Vince welcome the return of comedian and Pod Yourself A Favorite Katrina Davis to discuss The Wire season 1 episode 5, “The Pager.” It’s important to McNulty that Kima knows that...

“Tap tap tap is the sound of Poot’s boner on the window” -Dave Schiling On this episode of  The Wire , the police try to get a desk through a door, but no one knows which direction they’re going (it’s a metaphor), and on this episode of the pod, Matt and Vince invite the host of the  Free Validation  podcast and writer for the  LA Times ,  Dave Schilling  to talk about season 1 episode 4, “Old Cas...

Hey all, Here is an unlocked episode of the Frotcast, that other show Matt and Vince do where they talk about things other than the Sopranos and The Wire. You can get it every week at patreon.com/frotcast so subscribe NOW! ----- DESCRIPTION: 08/25/22 We're back with your weekly helping of slop. Matt and Vince and guest Jessica Sele talk about an app that makes you sound white, Leonard Nimoy&#3...

“Before Omar, being gay was for nerds.” –Mike Recine This week on Pod Yourself The Wire , D’angelo and the boys are playing chess, but Matt, Vince and their guest are playing 3D checkers (3D=3 dads). Comedian and host of the Out For Smokes Podcast , Mike Recine stops by to talk about The Wire season 1 episode 3, “The Buys.” “The Buys” marks the first appearance of late great Michael K. William’s i...

“Everybody wants to not get yelled at.” –PFT Commenter Like every episode of  The Wire  begins with a quote from the episode, every episode description for  Pod Yourself The Wire: A The Wire Podcast , now begins with a quote from the podcast. Today’s quote comes from writer, podcaster, cohost of  Pardon My Take  and the  Macrodosing  podcast,  PFT Commenter . Matt and Vince welcomed PFT to talk ab...

From the makers of  Pod Yourself A Gun , the only  The Sopranos  podcast, now comes  Pod Yourself The Wire , the only podcast about HBO’s Baltimore crime drama  The Wire . Hosts Matt Lieb & Vince Mancini welcome the pod’s first guest,  comedian , producer of the pod, handsome stud, and writer of these episode descriptions,  Brent Flyberg , to talk about the premiere episode “The Target.” Welco...

It's finally here! Episode 1 of Pod Yourself The Wire - A The Wire Podcast is up for Patreon subscribers right this very moment. Or you can wait a week and get it on the free feed which you can find here . But you should definitely join the Patreon because we are nearly adults now and money is actually important to have. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ht...

Hey everyone, Thanks for your continued patience as Vince and Matt and producer Brent Flyberg get all their ducks in a row for the brand new The Wire rewatch podcast. While you wait, please subscribe to the patreon to hear Vince and Matt talk every week about all sorts of things. But if can't afford it, not to worry, the new podcast will premiere in 3-ish weeks! Anyway, here is the final Bada...

We Podded Ourselves The Whole Gun This is it. The last episode of the only Sopranos podcast ever made. Load it into a yellow Xterra, push the Nissan out to sea, and set it ablaze for a proper New Jersey Italian Viking funeral. Joining Matt and Vince to discuss “Made In America” and close out the series, the Dennis Eckersly of podcasting, from Defector, David J. Roth. Where were you when The Sopran...

Hey everyone, Thanks for all of your patience on waiting for this mailbag episode. Matt, Vince, and Brent are grateful for all of your questions and voicemails and we hope you enjoy this break from your regularly scheduled Sopranos content. Also, in a few days we will be posting the last rewatch episode of Pod Yourself A Gun, as we have run out of Sopranos episodes to cover. We will probably do a...

It’s A-me, A-DHL-a As we close in on the end of the only podcast about the GOATest show of all time, we welcome an old friend back to the pod to help us say goodbye to another one of Jersey’s finest pork store associates. Writer, frequent Frot guest, and Executive Producer for Abbot Elementary and Harley Quinn, Justin Halpern rejoins Matt and Vince to talk about the penultimate episode of The Sopr...

Depression is “Break Stuff” Pointed Inward The world’s only socialist wife-guy Sopranos podcast welcomes the return of podcaster, comedian, journalist, and #1 Matt Lieb tolerater Francesca Fiorentini to talk to Matt & Vince about season 6b episode 7, “The Second Coming.” AJ’s back in school, but as Fran points out, he doesn’t need a political science degree, he needs to smoke a little weed. Th...