The Wire Stripped

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...

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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.

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**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.

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"Don't matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin' the same." - Bodie

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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.

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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!

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"Business. Always business." – The Greek

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The 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.

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"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 Family Tree Podcast and Getting Better Acquainted) on what working class means in Baltimore

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The 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 opts to stop pursuing Nick because the police are on his heels, and walks away from Baltimore.

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

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"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 podcast) on Ziggy's confession

James Dyer (Empire Magazine and Pilot TV Podcast) on Ziggy's Breakdown

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Tension 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.

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"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

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The 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.

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"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

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McNulty 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.

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"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

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Rawls 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.

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"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

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In 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.

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