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“Every parent in this is, in their own way, a predator.” -Jeb Lund

On the latest pod, writer and co-host of the It’s Christmastown podcast, Jeb Lund joins Matt and Vince to dissect The Wire season four episode ten, “Misgivings.”

Alternate title for this episode: “Misgivings: Bub’s revenge.” Bubbles finally gets Herc back for walking him into a savage beating in the last episode by siccing him like the rabid dog he is on a clergyman who is definitely not a drug mule. It’s a real double whammy for Baltmore’s most industrious junkie, because the priest who gets unnecessarily roughed up by Herc was also sort of a dismissive jerk to Bubs. That’s what you both get for being mean to our little Bubby guy. 

Not to be outdone, Chris Partlow gets revenge on someone who likely did some terrible things to him when he was young when he lays a savage beating on Michael’s implied pedo stepdad. This has to be a Dennis Lehane inspired storyline, right? That guy loves to punish fictional child predators. He should start one of those Youtube channels where amateur pedophile hunters lure sickos to a Jack in the Box to humiliate them on camera. Maybe he can work something out of his system. 

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“I can’t imagine going through life with an inner monologue in that accent.” -Pete Blackburn

The boys are back in town and there’s a new crew of boys in The Wire. Joining Matt and Vince to kick off season four, NFL reporter, Matt Damon lookalike, and decorative chicken owner, Pete Blackburn joins the pod to talk about episode one, “Boys of Summer.”

Season four, also known as the season with the kids, introduces us to a ragtag bunch of Baltimore ragamuffins named Dukie, Randy, Namond, & Michael, who like to catch pigeons and throw piss filled balloons at their enemies. They’re young, charismatic and full of potential, but this is The Wire, so enjoy these early season moments when you can still believe things will work out okay for them. 

This season will destroy you. It’s focused on Baltimore’s schools, and to give you an idea of just how bleak it is, remember Prezbo? That cop who was kind of an idiot and poked a kid's eye out before killing another cop by accident, and has no teaching credentials? When he shows up to a school, the principal is freakin’ pumped to give him a job teaching math. If you’re watching along, god bless and good luck. 

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“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, and Prop Joe, but especially today, because the boys have hoop dreams. The annual East vs. West basketball game has everyone coming together. Prop Joe is there with a fake clipboard and Avon in a very aughts visor. Herc & Carv are in the stands chopping it up with Poot & Bodie, watching a 37-year-old JuCo baller cross up a collection of normal guys from the Eastside. Even Lt. Daniels stops by to try to get his peepers on the head of the Barksdale syndicate. Daniels gets the peek he wants, but is met with a Mutumbo-esque finger wag from Avon. That reference was for the real sport heads.

Herc asks a very important question while watching a payphone from a roof, how do the pebbles get up there? Let us know your theories in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts

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Welcome to this week’s Frotcast, where we decide to re-evaluate the case of Scott Peterson. Not his guilt (he totally did that shit), but his place in the esteemed pantheon of Extremely Dumb Guys. We welcome back Desi and Rachel from Hollywood Crime Scene to discuss not only his dim wits, but also his poor lying skills, off-putting demeanor, and creepy voice. Form an orderly queue, ladies! We mostly discuss the Netflix doc, but also touch on the Peacock and Hulu series as well, if you’d like to waste several more hours of your life learning about this weirdo. 

You’ll be devastated to learn that Matt got a new car, which may well end our multi-episode saga of vehicular assault on Matt’s life. Perhaps an enterprising listener can sabotage his car in order to give us more precious #content. He also describes his own Hollywood Crime Scene involving sexual assault of a Big Mouth Billy Bass. We’d love to see that story get the Scott Pelley treatment. Other topics include large adult Chicagoans, which Gallagher brother goes down on his right fit bird, and Deep Dish Diarrhea.

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“Neither of them can do a Baltimore accent.” -Leah Carroll.

Writer and pod yourself a favorite, Leah Carroll returns, bearing gifts, to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season two episode eleven, “Bad Dreams.”

In an act of preparation that would put the producer of this pod to shame, Leah dug up a clip from a Dominic West and Micheal K. Williams’ audio commentary on episode six of this season, in which you hear, in rapid succession, Dominic West compliment his own looks, then the two of them reverently assess Nicky’s girlfriends “beautiful knockers.” The death of the DVD commentary is the worst thing to happen to media in our lifetime.

This episode of The Wire, if you can even believe it, is a bit of a bummer. Frank is walking directly into his almost certain death to try to help his dumbass son Ziggy out of another mess, Omar is hoodwinked and oopsie shoots the wrong guy, and Daniels realizes Landsmen bungled his Sobotka connection. It’s almost like these guys don’t really care about solving problems and just want to not get yelled at, cash a check, and hang out at a bar with no wives. 

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Who Cares?

The results are in: The next podcast you listen to will be this one, with Rachel Fisher from the Hollywood Crime Scene podcast returning to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season one episode twelve, “Nixon vs. Kennedy.”

The rank and file at Sterling Cooper throw a little party to watch the results of the Nixon/ Kennedy election roll in and it has all the trappings of a 60s office party: jugs of creme de menthe, the staged reading of a one-act play, and, of course, rampant sexual harassment. 

This is also the episode where we learn just what happened to old Dick Whitman in Korea. He pissed himself to death in a fiery explosion and Don Draper rose from the cigarette ashes. Pete doesn’t know all the details, but that doesn’t stop him from tattling to the boss that Don isn’t who he says he is. But this is America, so Burt Cooper is like, lol who cares? This guy could be named Dick Foreskin and have bodies buried in his backyard as long as he keeps making me money.

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“Are we to believe… Did Bunk and Freeman kill that guy?” -Kevin Kruse

This podcast, in which we splice clips of Wesley Willis’ “Rock and Roll Mcdonalds” into scenes from The Wire, is first and foremost an academic pursuit, so it’s crazy that this is our first time having a professor on the show. Today’s guest is Princeton History professor Kevin Kruse. He takes a break from forcing tomorrow’s future leaders to do gender for long enough to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season four episode four, “Refugees.”

Kima and Lester are reunited in the Homicide division of BPD, and like you would expect from police detectives who are serious about solving murders, the veteran investigators prank Kima like the older kids at summer camp had access to dead bodies. 

On the other side of the thin blue line, Marlo meets a security guard who wants it to be one way, but it’s the other way. Matt has a lot of fun with this. If you don’t like it, well, that’s because you want it to be one way, but it’s the other way. 

What’s your favorite catch phrase? Snoops “Yeerrrrrp,” or Clay Davis’ “Sheeeeiiiiit?” Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.

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Sorry about there being no frotcast episode last week and also preemptively sorry about Pod Yourself The Wire being late because we weren't able to record last week. We explain why at the end of the episode, and big ole trigger warning for that. But also, we talk about a lot of funny stuff too. Love you guys!

“He [Norman] doesn’t like Carcetti but he’s still got a job to do, which I love.” -Lyall Behrens

You know our guest this week is a true Wire head because his favorite character is Carcett’s deputy campaign manager, Norman. Comedian Lyall Behrens joins Matt & Vince to break down The Wire season four episode five, “Alliances.”

This is a great episode for any Herc fans. First, we see him making phone calls for Royce’s campaign, because you know what they say, keep your friends close, and your mayors who you walked in while he was getting a blowie in his office closer because he can probably help your career. Then, Herc gets to provision a camera for police duty, which has always worked out really well for him.

This is also a great episode for any cold-blooded murder fans, because we see Chris kill a nice looking delivery woman in an attempt to set up Omar. Wow, men will conspire to commit murder and frame a street rival before they go to therapy. smdh.

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“Stringer’s so smooth…he could tell me to betray my country, I’d be like okay, when?” -Sofiya Alexandra

Comedian and podcaster from the 420 Day Fiance podcast, the blunt and bawdy Sofiya Alexandra joins Matt & Vince to remind us what all media is for, to distract you long enough to keep that gun out of your mouth. Listen as they break down The Wire season three, episode four, “Amsterdam.”

Alternate title for the episode, “Gash Hounds,” because it introduces us to the term, and every one of these sickos has their nose to the ground, trying to sniff their way into some pursey. Jimmy and Bunk we expect this from, but Daniels is parked outside Ronnie’s apartment? That dirty dawg. You think Cutty might turn his life around? Not yet anyways. He does one day cutting grass and decides he’d rather be back in the game, having sex in front of his boys at a wild party right after taking a hit of a blunt shotgun-style from Slim Charles. Shotgunning that blunt looked really intimate. Surprising that these two hard asses were cool with basically kissing instead of just passing the blunt, but hey everyone is horny as hell around here this episode.

This episode also features one of The Wire’s funniest scenes, in which Colvin rounds up all the corner boys in a gym and tries to maintain order in a big room full of Poot-type guys. Good luck, buddy.

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“Everyone get your prostates checked, and then, look out for Marlo.” -Katrina Davis

One-time Pod Yourself A Gunner, and now two-time Pod Yourself The Wirer, fan favorite, and comedian Katrina Davis returns to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season five episode four, “Transitions.”

We say goodbye to another character this week, so if you haven’t seen the episode, stop reading this (also, why are you reading this?). A proposition for you: wish that Proposition Joe may rip in peace. His stinky nephew Cheese sold him out in exchange for one Hungry Joe. His own family just for a guy who pees sitting down. Smdh. 

The episode of course features detailed intellectual analysis of Cheese’s treachery, Scott’s weaselly-ass-little-bitchness, Jimmy’s invented serial killer, and more, but there is also a spirited debate about peeing standing up vs. peeing sitting down. On this podcast we want you to eat your vegetables, but also you get a little piss as a treat. 

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“I’m embarrassed that I ever related to him [McNulty] in any way.” -Brent Flyberg

It’s me, I’m the guest. Comedian and producer of this here podcast, Brent Flyberg, joining Matt & Vince to pod ourselves a bro troika and talk about The Wire season three, episode three, “Dead Soldiers.”

For an episode that features a shootout resulting in a friendly fire face shot, it also feels like a transitional episode where nothing really happens. Cutty tries to adjust to the outside, Bunny goes Office Space mode, Marlo acts menacing, and Carcetti is charming but hollow. It’s a road map for the season to come, but I want to hit the friggin’ road already. I want Hamsterdam. I want to see Cutty hook up with his boxing students’ moms, but instead we get this forty-degree-day of an episode.

Look I can’t explain it, but I do think Frankie Fasion, the actor who plays Burell, based on his speaking voice, sounds like, if he were to sing, he would sound like the Neville Brothers do in the season three theme. If you agree please confirm in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.

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Our first ever live PYAG went off with minimal hitches. Very fun show, unfortunately the audio isn't great, the clips are visual, and the audience was not mic'd so it's not the greatest recording but it gets the job done. In the future, it will sound better I swear! For now, enjoy this live PYAG.

“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 that Vince sometimes fantasizes about being a cop. Not because of the power, status, or license to drive drunk, but because they seem like they’re bros who look out for each other. Imagine showing up to work as bombed as Auggie Polk does. Are your coworkers going to cover your ass like McNulty and Kima do? And you get a gun? At this point no one expects police to do any actual good in the world, so if you do even the bare minimum you would get worshiped like a hero and huh okay maybe this show is copaganda in that it makes joining the force look more and more appealing every episode.

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“This episode should have been called ‘Spite.’” - Brendan Sexton III

For the first time in the history of this pod, we have a guest who auditioned for a role on The Wire. In 2007 he nearly played Frog (one of the many people who rip Ziggy off), but this week actor Brendan Sexton III joins Matt and Vince to talk about season five episode seven, “Took.”

As our guest points out, this episode, like many, could have been called “Spite.” It’s what’s motivating the actions of our two favorite Baltimore murder poe-lees. Jimmy, out of spite for the bosses, and the whole damn system, is using his fake serial killer to single-handedly ensure funding for any cop who needs it and knows where to find him. In the process, he learns that you either die the cool philandering drunk detective, or live long enough to become one of the bosses. 

Bunk, meanwhile, is pounding the pavement, chasing old leads, and generally doing a lot of shoe-leather detective work – likely the best work he’s done in years, just out of spite for Jimmy and his outright fraudulent behavior. The police can not be reformed or re-trained. Instead, to fix America’s policing problem, we need to have a handful of cops who are so off the rails that their peers have no choice but to actually do their jobs out of spite for their own co-workers. 

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“Not a lot of money in birds.” -Caleb aka Bird Respecter

Hamsterdam is open for business and Matt & Vince invited podcaster and Bird Respecter Caleb from the Western Kabuki Podcast to discuss The Wire season three episode five, “Homecoming.”

The titular homecoming is Avon’s. He’s back and so freakin’ horny. Almost as horny as Jimmy is for Stringer Bell, but being horny for Stringer is a major theme on both the show and the pod so who can blame him?

During the pod we also learned that the actor who plays officer Colicchio (he’s the one with the white supremacist haircut and the cop face) is a Vassar educated Marine. Some guys really do contain multitudes, but rarely the guys you expect.

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“Maybe it’s a badge of honor that I don’t have a badge of honor.” -Nora Barrows-Friedman

Matt and Vince welcome Associate Editor of The Electronic Intifada and Pod Yourself a Gun listener Nora Barrows-Friedman to talk about season five episode six of The Wire, “The Dickensian Aspect.”

If David Simon used the same episode naming conventions as Friends, this episode would be titled “The One Where Jimmy Kidnaps an Unhoused Guy.” His fake serial isn’t going to strike fear into the hearts of Baltimore without a little collateral damage. 

A hobbled Omar is in the streets calling Marlo a bitch, but no one will tell Marlo what he’s saying because they’re afraid it will hurt his feelings or something? Speaking of hurting feelings, Nicky Sobotka is back and sorry to Pablo Schrieber, but no one on the pod finds his yelling at Krawczyck believable. 

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“Eggy Mule, Peacock, Shorty Boy? All unavailable for muscle work right now. -Will Menaker

The price of the steel is up, but Matt & Vince have writer, and host of Chapo Traphouse and The Movie Mindset podcasts, Will Menaker on the pod to break down season three episode six of The Wire, “Homecoming.”

Cutty’s brief but memorable return to the game ends with surprisingly little conflict, and the boys agree it’s touching to see the boys in the heroin-selling crew dissolve their business relationship amicably. Even dudes hardened by the game of selling rock can still rock. What the potential candidates to replace Cutty’s muscle lack in availability, they make up for in fun names, leading to Vince learning us all about the origin of Eggy Mule, nephew of Baltimore’s first woman arabber. As racist as the term sounds, it’s just a type of street vendor. We think. Don’t look too deep into it. 

Will also reminds us that 44th president of the United States Barak Hussein Obama was on record as saying that Entourage was one of his favorite shows of all time. Barack OH YEAH-AHHHHH!

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“I never cracked the clock code.” -Brent Flyberg

The gang’s all here for the penultimate edition of Pod Yourself The Wire. Comedian, producer of the pod, writer of these descriptions, and world-class-stud, Brent Flyberg joins Matt and Vince to talk about The Wire season five episode nine, “Late Editions.”

If you have learned nothing else from this podcast, I trust that you have learned that we like when the guys on the show are friends. Right up to the end, Michael and Snoop are friends. He reassures her that her hair looks good right before he blows her brains out, because the game is the game, but friends are forever. It would have been funny if she had asked “does my hair look good?” and Michael responded with a Snoop-style “yerrrr!” and then shot her in the face, but I guess Pelecanos wasn’t going for a laugh in that scene.

This episode also features the famous Marlo “My name is my name” scene, which you might remember hearing sampled all over Pusha T’s Wrath of Caine mixtape. That’s right, I’m a middle-aged white guy who loves rap music. It’s embarrassing to admit because we are this generation’s white guys who love jazz and those guys suck. I’m going to steer into the skid. Any day now you’ll see me in a Kangol hat calling people cats. 

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Sissy with a Chip-and-Dip

Matherton might have the clap, but this week we have co-host and producer of the Blowback Podcast, Brendan James joining Matt & Vince to discuss Mad Men season one episode seven, “Red in the Face.”

Fellas, don’t you hate it when your wife sends you to the store to return a chip-and-dip (you got two), and then gets all mad at you for using the store credit to buy a gun? Pete Campbell sure does, but at least he got to wave the gun around a crowded office before Trudy lit him up at home. 

Elsewhere, Roger gets lit up enough at Don’s home to make a pass at Betty. Fellas, don’t you hate it when your wife is polite enough to your drunk boss that he has no choice but to sexually harass her? Don sure does, but at least he gets his revenge by getting Roger to puke up a pile of oysters in front of the RNC.

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Jerry Seinfeld says he couldn't away with all those edgy Seinfeld episodes nowadays because people are so woke and leftist! I mean WHAT. IS. THE DEAL? We try to figure out what Jerry is angry about or if he's even angry at all in this week's installment of Today's Dumb Story Everyone Is Talking About For Some Reason. Why don't they build the WHOLE PLANE out of wokness. You also won't want to miss the story about what Kirstie Alley's parents were wearing when they died in a car crash. We take some time to meet the man who called his city council leaders "fat, ugly b*tches" and learn all about his tick-removing device and why he's so mad about someone trying to fill the potholes in his Finally, we've got the latest in terrible AI trends, from Will.i.am's robot cohost to a service that will automatically spam links to your product in Reddit threads. It's a brave new world, we're just jizzing in it.

“Live slow and die unfulfilled. That's my motto.” -Dopey Dave

For the penultimate episode of the season, Matt & Vince called in a Day of the Jackal motherfucker, writer, and host of the Dopey Podcast, Dopey Dave to break down The Wire season three, episode eleven, “Middle Ground.”

We say goodbye to West Baltimore’s sexiest drug kingpin and aspiring real estate mogul. Just when Jimmy and the gang think they got Stringer Bell (finally utilizing the titular wire!) it’s actually Brother Mouzzone & Omar, by way of Avon’s betrayal, who remove one B from B&B Enterprises. We’ll miss his hustle grindset, his community college business wisdom, his perfectly manicured goatee, and his (we assume) huge hog most of all. RIP String. Enjoy that grand copy shop in the sky. 

Dry your tears, there’s some fun stuff too. Avon and Slim Charles give Cutty 15k for his boxing gym and it’s always nice to see when the hardened criminals are just friends having fun, talking about athletic equipment and glass foreheads. Even more fun, the introduction of another new porno mag. One of Baltimore’s finest can’t put down his issue of Irish Lasses long enough to help Jimmy find something called a triggerfish machine. 

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She Was a Model, You Know.

This week’s guest may not be familiar with Mad Men, but she’s no stranger to podding herself. iHeart Podcasts Executive Producer and returning guest Anna Hossnieh joins Matt & Vince to talk about season one episode nine, “Shoot.” 

After bumping into each other at a Broadway show about Fiorello La Guardia (yes that was a real show) an exec from a rival ad agency, Jim Hobart, tries to lure Don away from Sterling Cooper to the “big leagues” by promising Betty a modeling job for Coca-Cola (she was a model, she reminds everyone throughout the episode). Don turns down the offer, causing Jim to pull Betty from the gig, so she shoots her neighbor’s pigeons. The 60’s: it was a wild time, man. 

Back at the office, Pete remembers a dog funeral he attended in college, which directly leads to Sterling Cooper buying a bunch of ad space for laxatives to thwart JFK. The 60’s: it was a wild time, man. 

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“I didn’t like that they shot Omar’s grandma in the butt and pissed on her church crown.” -Allison Mick

There are rumors flying around that Gerard and Sapper shot Omar’s grandma in the ass, pissed on her church crown, and waved their weiners at her, but Matt & Vince invited writer & comedian Allison Mick to clear things up while talking about The Wire season three, episode nine, “Slapstick.”

Stringer and Avon continue to butt heads over how to handle the Marlo situation, while Jimmy and Lester butt heads over the importance of hobbies. As Lester puts it, “The job will not save you,” and in Prezbo’s case, the job might cause you to kill another cop. Yep this is the episode where somewhat reformed fuck-up Prezbo does one, last, huge fuck-up on his way out the door. He killed Derrick and his career with one shot. Still better accuracy than most cops, probably. 

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Here's this week's Frotcast with Joey Devine in which we talk about the death of Henry Kissinger, and Alexander Payne's new movie The Holdovers.

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This week Matt and Vince talked to Rolling Stone chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall about the Wire.

“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 he did not literally call the mother of his children the c-word, but if you read between the lines, he definitely thinks his ex-wife is a c-word. Katrina points out that the way he dances around it makes him sound like if Amy Sherman-Palladino wrote a philandering men’s rights activist cop character. McNulty might be a bad man, but he’s a good cop, unlinke Herc and Carver who are bad men, bad cops, and even worse good cop/ bad cop players. The “good cop” can’t swing on a mope, everybody knows that. 

Fellas, is it gay to take the landline out of your girl’s house if you get paranoid like Avon? Let us know in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts

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A recent headline in the trades went 'Richard Dreyfuss Takes Stage At Massachusetts ‘Jaws’ Screening Wearing Dress Before Delivering Rant Described As Transphobic; Venue Apologizes.' That was a banger of a headline, but actual video and audio from the event was pretty spotty . Whenever I see headlines like these, I kind of wonder, "Was it really that bad, or was some humorless person just ignoring context and and inflection to make it sound as provocative as possible?"

Luckily when I tweeted about it, someone immediately piped up "hey, I was at that screening!"

I naturally figured, well, we might as well ask him about it. Our guest is Wes Rosen, who's a cook from Beverly, Massachusetts. He sent me a picture from the evening to prove that he was there, which probably wouldn't pass muster with the FBI, but I have no reason to believe he's bullshitting me (if it turns out I got "took," in The Wire parlance, I'll be the first to issue a correction). Wes says he doesn't listen to the show, but as a guy who makes fun of NPR and attends Jaws screenings he seems very much our demo.

As far as the question, "Was it really that bad, or was some humorless person just ignoring context and and inflection to make it sound as bad as possible," Wes seems to suggest that it was a little bit of both.

Richard Dreyfuss's book that he was promoting, by the way, is called "One Thought Scares Me."

"Our democratic republic is failing, and it shouldn’t be a surprise. We can’t fly a plane without training; we can’t practice medicine without attending medical school. And yet we expect the American people to wield the full power of their citizenship, the product of the most revolutionary governmental thinking in human history, without any education.

We no longer teach our children the Bill of Rights or Constitution. We don’t teach the Enlightenment values that underpin them. We don’t teach the critical thinking skills and mental agility necessary for our own sovereignty. We’ve stopped teaching civics, and now we can’t have a civil political discussion. The American experiment may fail if we don’t act.

Richard Dreyfuss is a forceful advocate for civic education. His latest work, One Thought Scares Me…, explains how the lack of civics education in American education for the last fifty years has led to the deterioration of all aspects of the lives of us, the people. And it shows us the path to reclaiming our American ideals."

It sounds like Dreyfuss hates Trump, but is also maybe anti-#MeToo and confused by "The LGBT" and trans identities in general. Which is to say, probably pretty close to the Frotcast Listener's Parents Demographic. Talk to your confused Boomer parents about the dangers of Shrimp Jesus today.

This week podcaster Shereen Lani Younes of Ethnically Ambiguous joins Bad Hasbara to talk about Israel and whatnot.

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Welcome to the first episode of bad hasbara. Matt is joined his old Jewbook homie social worker and antizionist Jew Ben Ziggy (@evelkneidel), for a conversation about the IRL billboard poster JewBelong.

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Drew Magary from Defector, SFGate and The Distraction podcast joins Matt & Vince to kick off season two by discussing Mad Men season two episode one, “For Those Who Think Young.”

Before we get into this week’s episode, a quick victory lap to celebrate our appearance on (Celebrity) Jeopardy! That’s right, Ken Jennings himself had to say “Pod Yourself A Gun” on national television. Phase one of our complete media takeover has begun. Next we get Michael Barbarro to say “Lum lum lum” on The Daily.

In this week’s episode, it’s Valentine’s Day, and Don has high blood pressure everywhere but his penis. That’s right, he can’t perform sexually for Betty because… the American dream is a lie? The thrill of stealing another man’s identity has worn off? He drinks a pint of rye a day? Whatever the reason, you can avoid this problem, dear listener, by going to Bluechew.com and using promo code LUMLUMLUM for half off your first batch of boner pills (Bluechew, hit us up - we definitely have listeners who need your pills).

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“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stood at the loading dock of my big local journalism outlet at a mid-size post-industrial city” -Daniel Marans

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! This week on the pod we have another journalist on the pod! Huffington Post Senior Politics reporter Daniel Marans joins Matt & Vince to talk about The Wire season five, episode two, “Unconfirmed Reports.” 

Jimmy and Scott are making stuff up and getting rewarded for it. Maybe we should just lie on the podcast more. Hey, if you sign up for the Patreon, not only will you get a street name, but so far everyone who has signed up for the Patreon also got a text from their crush within the next week. No bs. I know I just said we were going to start lying but that’s true.

A recurring theme on this pod is liking when the guys are friends, and this episode it’s Marlo and Avon who are warming heart cackles by bonding over their hatred of East Baltimore’s drug game players. The game is the game, but more importantly, the guys who are from the same place are friends.

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“In a bizarro world, I would watch a Chris and Snoop buddy comedy.” -Roy Wood Jr.

Shake it and jiggle it and listen to the latest episode with actor and comedian Roy Wood Jr. joining Matt and Vince to discuss The Wire season four episode 8, “Corner Boys.”

The shaking and jiggling is a reference to a Young Leek song that factors into a fun little game Chris and Snoop are playing to figure out which corner boys are from New York so they can shoot them in the face. If you’re on the streets in W. Baltimore and you don’t know Mark Clark and the Big Fat Morning Show, a bullet might shake and jiggle your brain as it rattles around inside your skull. 

If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if Robert Chew was cast to play Fletch, you get your chance in this episode. He’s on the phone pulling out all his best voicework and silly fake names to track down Herc. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to meet Wendell Pierce, Roy tells us it’s pretty much what you’d expect. He’ll be manning the grill on a rooftop in Atlanta, but instead of talking about lacrosse, he’ll talk about hockey. 

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Hey season 4 sorta starts this week. I have covid.

Hey everyone, here's some bonus slop that Vince and Roundball Rock's Joey Devine did! Vince does this thing about the show Top Chef where he does "power rankings" or something. People love it and now you will too. Also don't worry, there will be a Frotcast this week and WE WILL SOON PICK A SHOW I SWEAR.

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You don’t have to spark up a doobie with your beatnik friends to enjoy the latest MYAM, but it probably won’t hurt. Matt and Vince invite the host of Dopey Podcast, David Manheim, to talk about Mad Men season one episode eight, “The Hobo Code.”

If you’ve seen Mad Men, you might remember this as the episode where Don gets baked as a kite and remembers the time a hobo who looked like Father Intentola came to visit his family’s dirt farm. Don remembers that his dad is a dishonest man, so he goes home all red-eyed and wakes up his son like, “I’m Don Draper, AMA. I’ll never lie to you.” Stupid little kid doesn’t even think to ask what Don’s real name is.

Meanwhile, Peggy thinks for a second she can have it all. She’s hooking up with an ad man, her Belle Jolie campaign is a hit, and she gets to celebrate over a drink with the boys, and dance with her coworkers. Pete has to go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like, “I don’t like you like this.” It’s maybe the only time you’ll see someone slut-shamed for doing The Twist.

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“There is no happy show about Baltimore “ -Trevor Joyner

Why do white people love The Wire? This week’s guest, Stand up comedian and writer Trevor Joyner, joins Matt and Vince to ask the important questions while discussing season two episode six of The Wire, “All Prologue.”

Before getting into the episode, which could be a pilot for a sitcom called Everybody Loves Omar, they fire up the Back In the Day Machine to remember SARS and smoking in restaurants, then learn about Iranian conjoined twins, and struggle to understand the concept of deflation. It’s like inflation, but backwards? Money would be worth less, and that would be bad? Let’s just assume if it happened now, your uncles would be so pissed at Joe Biden for causing it. 

In a milestone for the show, D’angelo makes his last appearance (RIP D), and in a milestone for the podcast, we have our first guest who has a firsthand story about a cast member. Listen to find out who Trevor saw popping and locking at a club. 

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Tell your husband you're at a fat farm and throw on this week’s pod with host of the Dopey Podcast, Dave Mannheim, joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode five, “The New Girl”

The titular new girl could be any number of girls. Bobbie Barrett is Don’s new girl on the side, Jane is the new girl on Don’s desk, engaged Joan is a new girl celebrating (relatively) young love, Peggy feels like a new girl after asserting her place as Don’s peer, and Pete finds out his seed is strong enough to potentially produce a new girl.

Don might have a new girl but he’s the same old mad man. He’s driving drunk with a mistress he sort of hates when he crashes his car so bad he has to call Peggy to bail him out and hide his sidepiece at her apartment until the bruises heal. If anybody asks, it was the blood pressure medicine that caused the accident, not the booze. Feel free to try that as an excuse the next time you do something dumb when you’re drunk.

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“It feels like the moment when David Simon’s twitter persona finally gained the upperhand on David Simon the TV writer.” -David J. Roth

Well, we did it. We podded ourselves the whole Wire. The closer, Defector.com founder, and natural po-dcaster David J. Roth joins Matt & Vince to talk (at great length!) about The Wire’s finale, season five episode ten “-30-”

Was it the best season of The Wire? Universally from guests and hosts alike, no, it was not the best season. Was it a good season? Sort of depends on who you ask. Matt & Vince are noted season five defenders. They love reporting, shoe leather, shoe leather reporting, and corpse penis shots, and this season delivers on all those fronts, so that’s not surprising. David has a higher opinion than episode eight guest Dave from Dopey, but agrees with many past guests that it can’t live up to the heights of seasons three and four. 

The finale has some satisfying moments. Scott Templeton’s weaselry is finally called out by Gus and Jimmy, though he is rewarded for his fabrications with what we think is a Pulitzer. Do any of our listeners know what a Pulitzer looks like? Lol of course not. Our listeners are more likely to know what delinquent child support summons looks like than a Pulitzer (no offense). 

We also get Jimmy’s funeral. Don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything, he doesn’t die, but Officer McNulty sort of does, and he gets a proper copper funeral scene that, according to Dominic West, the actors were all legitimately drunk to film. So method. Really committed to the craft.

Stick around to find out what show we do next (Alf). We haven’t decided yet (it’s going to be Alf or I stg I will b*mb a federal building – just kidding please don’t call the cops), so tell us what show we should do next in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. 

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As loyal Frotcast listeners may have already known, I interviewed David Grann, author of the best-selling book on which the new Martin Scorsese movie was based, back in 2017. We got deep into what the book meant, the  characters involved, why he wanted to write it, what it means, and how  he reported it. At the very least, it’s a nice little  background/companion piece for the film (which is much different than  the book, even if most of the facts are the same).

Here’s how I described the book in my review that I haven't finished writing: 

Flower Moon the book is a lot of things,  but mostly it’s the story of a genocide told through the structure of a  true crime tale. Grann delivers a barn burner of a murder mystery about a  greedy landowner, his cat’s-paw nephew, his nephew’s Osage wife, and  the FBI agent who uncovers it all, before zooming out to reveal that it  was all part of a larger-scale plan of dispossession and erasure in  which virtually the entire state of Oklahoma was complicit.

Anyway, enjoy the interview, I certainly did. 

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“If you have any sort of sentimentality in this shitty rotten system, you’re going to lose.” -Nando Villa

Writer, host of the new podcast Shoot The Messenger, and returning guest Nando Vila joins Matt & Vince to break down season two episode seven of The Wire, “Backwash.” 

Nando raises an interesting point about Herc & Carver. They are yet another in a long line of comedy duos featuring a dumbass and his even dumber sidekick (Harry & Lloyd, Abbot & Costello, Matt & Vince, etc.), but also they are like a pair of Benny Hills. “Yakety Sax” would not sound out of place over scenes of these goobers running around trying to put the proverbial toothpaste back in the tube. In this episode, they go to the spy store, which is definitely a place where the dumbest men max out their credit cards, to buy a listening device to fit into a tennis ball. Hilarity ensues, but it’s The Wire, so the subtext of that hilarity is that the institutions Americans rely on are rotting all the way to their thick-skulled core. 

A trip in The Back In The Day Machine reminds us of the time George W. saw some elephants fornicate, and that catcalling is an Ancient Roman tradition. The next time you see a man harassing a woman on the street, ask yourself, is he a pervert or a historian? 

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Jerry Seinfeld apologizes for Bee Movie! A Bitcoin guy gives a commencement speech! Bill Burr DESTROYS Bill Maher in a Battle of the Bills! All these topics and more on this week’s Frotcast, with our guest, comedian Matt Braunger. He’s been on Rogan, which I think means we all get 10 extra dollars by association (is that how that works? We’re not good at business). Meanwhile, Martin Madness, aka Martin March, aka Martin May, continues with our discussion of the 2000 classic, Big Momma’s House. Fun fact: this movie stars THREE Oscar nominees. Not to mention Cedric “The Entertainer.”

“When characters die on this show, the feeling of loss is frightening.” -Max Collins

Put season two of The Wire in a blender and listen as this week’s guest Max Collins from Eve6 spins it around into a beautiful oblivion with Matt & Vince as they discuss the twelfth and final episode, “Port in a Storm.”

Before saying farewell to the docks, the Sobotkas, and the not-Greek Greeks, Matt, Vince, and Max compare when they first started hearing the kids say “hella.” For Max it was age 13 at skateboarding camp in Visalia, which sounds hella rad. After that, really just tying up loose ends and seeing that, as always, the police work is only about getting your stats and not being the sh*tbird of the day on any given day. 

Season two detractors rejoice. Ziggy is gone, and next season we return to the streets. See you on the other side, you sickos. 

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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's love of big women, Sylvester Stallone's divorce, and the new HBO Max series House of the Dragon. Enjoy!

He is like a white Obama, but I don’t mean that as a compliment.” -Whack Nicholson

On this week’s episode, Matt and Vince welcome former public school teacher, podcaster and co-host of the Western Kabuki podcast, Whack Nicholson. To talk about season four episode six of The Wire, “Margin of Error.”

It’s election day in Baltimore, and you know what that means, right? There’s a sale on heroin! Two for one special on redtops. Stock up while you can. Also Carcetti wins the Democratic primary, which essentially hands him the Mayor's office, and it makes him not want to be a fucky guy when his wife isn’t around. He better figure it out, as Herc saw a few episodes ago, Royce’s hog is a big one to fill. 

Listen as Whack first learns that some dweeby teacher named Mr. Prezbo used to be a badass Punisher-ass motherfucker who blinded kids and killed cops, then confirms that school administrators are just like cops and only care about their damn clearances. 

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“Bodie is the one my heart goes out to the most.” -Mike Duncan

This week’s guest is host and creator of the Revolutions, History of Rome, and the upcoming Duncan & Coe History Show podcasts, Mike Duncan. He joins Matt & Vince to talk about The Wire season three, episode two, “All Due Respect.”

The guys get together to remember some guys and some girls. Remember Gus Triandos? The catcher for the Orioles in the 50s & 60s? He’s who Herc would have sex with if it meant he could then have sex with the Olsen twins. Remember the Olsen twins? Remember that brief window when all the creeps like Herc were stoked for them to turn 18, and then they turned 18 and the creeps moved on to the next almost 18-year-old girl? Such a fun time in American culture. 

Remember that old smoke hound who put his beer in a paper bag for the first time? Bunny Colvin sure does, and he’s using it as a metaphor for how he’s going to clean up the streets of Baltimore by letting drug dealers and users do their dealing and using in a figurative paper bag, setting the plan for Hamsterdam in motion. 

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“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 about season 1 episode 2, “The Buys.”

PFT breaks down the subtext of the episode right from the start. What we all really want from our job is to not get yelled at. The Wire does a great job of reminding you that cops are guys who will absolutely shirk their duties at work if it means they won’t get yelled at, but also they have guns, and if they think shooting or pistol whipping some poor mope’s eyeball out of his socket will lead to less yelling in their direction, they’ll do it. It’s easy to judge because, you know, they are abusing their power to avoid accountability, but can you imagine if they let you have a gun at work? Like, how quickly would you make some entitled customer shut up and leave your Quizno’s if you could wave a glock around? Would you wield that power responsibly? I’d be a terrible cop, and I bet you would too. It’s almost like the whole system is broken. It’s a cliche, but if you talk about The Wire long enough you will eventually say “the whole system is broken.” It’s unavoidable. 

A friendly reminder that cops are allowed to lie to you during interrogations, and you are allowed to lie in podcast reviews, so even if you don’t like the show, give us five stars on Apple Podcasts.

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This week we had Alice Fraser back on the Frotcast and you can listen to the whole thing on Patreon.

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“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 Flyberg. Joining Matt & Brent is writer and humorist from the Please Save Me podcast, Ben Flores to talk about The Wire season 1 episode 11, “The Hunt.”

In the aftermath of the buy-bust gone wrong that left Kima leaking from some bullet holes, The Barksdales look to clean up their mess while the Baltimore Police Department looks sort of competent for once. Considering the episode revolves around the uncertain future of one of the series’s more likable characters, it’s a surprisingly funny episode. Even Wee Bey is so charming you have to remind yourself that he’s a bad man even by the standards of The Wire. He makes the meme face we all love!

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“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 where he and his co-host reviews new music almost every week. To keep up with everything Dan does everywhere, follow him on Twitter.

It’s appropriate that Dan introduces the podcast to the concept of ugly bastard hentai, because there is a lot of ugly bastard behavior from the various characters in David Simon’s Baltimore in this episode. Landsman prank’s a desperate Santangelo into enlisting a low-rent psychic to help him clear cases, drunk Bunk implores a woman to “rub ‘em together like that,” and even Judge Phelan is vocalizing his desire to “throw a f*ck” into a peer. ACAUB.

Should we pod ourselves a King of the HIll when we’re done with this series? Let us know in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts

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That Funny Feeling

This week’s episode of the pod will give you the flush and glow not only that you might have after hours of exercise, but certainly as a young girl. Isn’t it nice to feel that way whenever you want? Writer, comedian, & JonBenét Ramsey case scholar Ashley Ray joins Matt & Vince to discuss Mad Men season one episode eleven, “Indian Summer.”

Before there were door-to-door solar panel salesmen trying to sleep with our wives, there were door-to-door air conditioning salesmen trying to sleep with our wives. So you can imagine how pissed Don is when betty lets one of these lechers into his home. The nerve of this woman to let another man into Don Draper’s home while Don is busy supporting his family and/or sleeping with Rachel Menken – the sheer gall. 

But hey the gals have needs too, which is why Peggy gets an assignment to write copy for a new female masturbatory aid disguised as an exercise aid. She gets a raise and a new sex toy. Not a bad day at the office for ol’ Peg.

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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.

The Top Chef Frotcast Post-Show is back, discussing season 1, episode 2 of Top Chef, "Food Of Love." No guest in this one, but we do get to discuss the episode in which the chefs make a fruit plate for Elizabeth Falkner and cater a sex party with "Madame S." Fun fact: this episode is set in a version of San Francisco that no longer exists. Sad! And the judges were very unfair to Miguel. Miguel, if you're listening to this, you should sue. Because I for one think clever personalities are very sexy. Don't forget to check out our sponsor, Blackwood Distilling.

This week we had Stefan Heck from Blocked Party on the frotcast, which you can listen to by becoming a patreon subscriber!

In this section we talk about how conservative columnist Max Boot (guy with hat) has a wife who has been accused of being a spy of the South Korean government.

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“If you thought dookie was gonna make it…” -Ashley Ray

Another week, another returning guest, and another big lie from Scott Templeton. This week on the pod, comedian, and host of the TV, I Say podcast, Ashley Ray talks to Matt & Vince about The Wire season five episode five, “React Quotes.”

If you like to see the smirk of a drunk Irish rascal with a naughty little secret, this is the episode for you. Jimmy learns he’s getting help fabricating a serial killer from slimy little newsboy Scott and can barely contain his glee. By the look on his face, you’d think McNutty just found out monogamy is illegal. 

Vince shares a fascinating backstory about Omar’s Superman-like flight from a sixth floor balcony – it might seem crazy that he would survive such a fall, but reportedly the character Omar was based on jumped from an even higher height and survived. So the next time you have to clean out the gutters, don’t be a weenie. If you fall you’ll probably be fine. You might have to hobble around with a shotgun as a cane, but you’ll live.

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“Like Marlo, I find myself wanting to do the podcasting equivalent of beating up two random drug dealers on the street, just to feel alive again.” -Robert Evans

Who is the biggest bastard on The Wire? Matt & Vince welcome writer and host of the Behind The Bastards podcast, Robert Evans to answer this question and more while discussing season three, episode eight, “Moral Midgetry.” 

Rawls, Clay Davis, and Marlo are possibly the biggest bastards if we’re talking about the whole season, but Jimmy really goes for the crown this episode. In a misguided attempt to sway favor with a county cop, he “pretends” to be racist, only to meet Mrs. County Cop, a black woman. It’s a good reminder to any listeners who might dabble in podcasting or stand-up: acting racist in an attempt to get something you want is functionally the same thing as being racist. 

Remember that Mighty Mighty Bosstones tribute song to George Floyd? The one where they call him “Georgie” like they went to middle school with him or something? Well, Matt & Vince were not aware of it, and Robert gets to be the one to alert them to this incredible artifact. 

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Grab ‘em by the Utzy

Wash that mistress stink off your hand and listen to this week’s pod with author and co-host of Bad Hasbara podcast, Daniel Maté joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode three, “The Benefactor.”

RIP Jimmy Barrett, you would have loved posting crowdwork clips. During a commercial shoot for an Utz chips campaign, the comedian hired by Sterling Cooper goes full Friar’s Club mode on the Utz CEO’s unsuspecting wife. Don has to clean up Jimmy’s mess, but gets back at him by going third base mode on Jimmy’s wife. 

Back at the office, Harry learns “that mannequin” Cosgrove is has a higher salary, setting off a chain of events that involves a desperate search for an envelope with a window, a call to his wife, a bitch session with Salvatore, and ends with a raise and  a new position as the head of the new Sterling Cooper television department. 

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Shouldn’t You Pod the Promised Land?

You may remember when this week’s guest from when she podded herself a gun or podded herself a wire, but today for the first time ever, comedian Katrina Davis joins Matt & Vince to mad herself a man and discuss Mad Men season one episode six, “Babylon.”

Sterling Cooper has a new potential client, the Israeli Board of Tourism, so Don spends the entire episode talking about Israel like he thinks he’s Matt Lieb or something. 

The other new client, Belle Jolie lipstick, brings a bucket of samples and the gals around the office generate a pile of lipstick-smattered tissues, or as Peggy calls it, a “basket full of kisses.” A turn of phrase so clever it makes Freddy Rumsen wonder if a woman could be capable of having thoughts. 

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Look I’m sorry, but nothing happens to Matt’s car on this episode. We understand if you want to skip this one. 

Comedian Anna Valenzuela (whose comedy album Murderpuss is available for pre-order) joins the Frot crew to discuss the new Reagan biopic, which is helpfully called Reagan. But first! We discuss the presidential debate, namely how much we’ll miss shit like a fucking former leader of the free world yelling THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS into a microphone.  

Our conversation also turns to Dave Grohl. If you’re upset about him having sex with a non-his wife-person, maybe just don’t care about what people you’ve never met do with their junk?

Just in time for Anna to leave for her therapy appointment, we dive into Reagan, the movie about Reagan (not to be confused with Raygun, the movie that doesn’t yet exist about the shitty breakdancer). Hilarity ensues as we discuss weapons-grade smarm and the chicken aesthetic people that this movie was made for. Truly some baffling choices in this Hallmark card-ass movie. Solid B+.

“When I’m king, it’s you against the wall.” — Adam Tod Brown (not Radiohead)

Buy stock in Omar, sell stock in Motorola, and listen as writer, podcaster and founder of the Unpops Podcast Network, Adam Tod Brown joins Matt and Vince to share his opinions, both pop and unpop, of The Wire season two episode three, “Hot Shots.”

Big brain business genius Stringer Bell is bearish on telecom stocks and bullish on D’angelo’s girl, Donnette. Bearish on phones because if Poot is already in full Kevin Gates two-phone mode, the market must be saturated. Little does he know that in the future everyone will have two phones. One to listen to this pod, and the other to listen to the Frotcast. He’s bullish on Donnette because a bull is what you call the guy who’s boinking your wife while you’re in prison. 

Meanwhile Jimmy does a feminism, Bunk and Freeman do racisms, Avon does a conspiracy to commit murder, Clay does a grift, Frank does a corruption, Nicky does a homophobia, and Omar does a crime because while they may all contain multitudes, they are often exactly what you expect. 

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Mad Man House

Gareth Reynolds of The Dollop, Past Times and We’re Here to Help is here to help Matt & Vince process the season one finale of Mad Men, episode 13, “The Wheel.”

To paraphrase Vince’s off-the-dome episode synopsis: Peggy’s got a tummy ache so bad she has to give birth, Betty goes spy-mode on Don after Francine learns her husband is cheating, and Pete’s father-in-law really wants Pete to rawdog Trudy. On top of all that, Kodak has re-invented the wheel and needs Don to convince America to buy one. 

A new viewer, Gareth gets introduced to almost every important character, including Marten Holden Weiner’s Glen character. Glen might not know how long fifteen minutes is, but he knows how to capture the hearts of even the most jaded podcaster.

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Hey all,

Here is a collection of all the dumb songs I did for season 2 of the pod, plus a song I did for the live podcast where we talked Many Saints. Enjoy!

He’s Not Dick Whitman, He’s a Dickwit, Man

You know him, you love his deep voice, Brendan from the Frotcast is on the pod this week to talk to Matt and Vince about Mad Men season one episode three, “The Marriage of Figaro.”

Slimy Pete Campbell returns from his honeymoon in Niagara to find that those cads at Sterling Cooper have played a devious prank, putting a Chinese-American family (not the words they use) in his office! Jim Halpert could never. It’s a source of constant amusement for the office. No one does racist quips better than a bunch of 60s copywriters.

The Mystery of Don’s second identity unravels a tiny bit more when a Korean war buddy on the train calls him Dick Whitman. If you’ve seen the whole show already, you're like, yeah yeah he’s not Don Draper, he’s Dick Whitman, but if this is your first time watching, you’re like, lol who names their kid Dick Whitman?

Tell us your alcohol of choice to get bombed on while building a playhouse for your kids in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. 

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“I couldn’t imagine a more perfect show to watch… high on heroin.” -Dave Mannheim 

The block is hot and the pod is hotter as Dave Mannheim from the Dopey Podcast joins Matt & Vince to break down The Wire season two episode nine, “Stray Rounds.”

This episode has a fun little cold open in which we are introduced to a child who is shortly thereafter killed by a stray bullet from a territory dispute between a Barksdale crew and a Prop Joe crew. It makes sense that Dave & Matt bond over watching the show while on heroin, because opiates might be the only way to maintain a positive attitude while watching this show. 

We lose one favorite character, Ziggy’s duck (couldn’t handle his liquor), but gain another notable character in Brother Mouzone, leading to debate about whether he is a cool, interesting, Omar-of-New-York type of character, or a corny ass Fargo on FX quirky villain guy. Either way, his valet Lamar needs to find him a Harper’s Bazaar, ASAP. 

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Hey everyone, the frot is back and once again Vince came to LA to frot (and to take Joey Devine out to a Top Chef dinner event.) In this episode we talk Ben Affleck's Air and Johnny Depp's McDonalds analogy. Watch it or listen, we don't care.

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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.”

Welcome to Baltimore, bitch. Or as the locals call it, Balmur. In this first episode, we meet so many characters (Poot, Bubs, Herc, Bunk, etc, Snot Boogie, etc.), see many different municipal buildings, and are introduced to a lot of Balmer cop lingo. If this is your first time, don’t worry about learning everything just yet. “Drinking out of the fire hose” was a phrase they threw around at my last job when describing their new hire training process. They threw a bunch of names, stats, email addresses, divisions, and processes at every new person and were like, retain what you can - some of this will make sense later. That’s you watching this episode. Relax and open up for The Wire hose.

Matt, Vince, & I are here to help you answer questions like: Who are any of these people? What are they doing? Why do they say their Os weird? What is a grape Nehi? And most importantly, which actor has the truest-to-life outdated civil servant hairdo?

The deputy loves dots, we love stars, so give us 5 of them in a review on Apple Podcasts.

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This week, we were honored to welcome guest Alex Goldman, formerly of ReplyAll, currently of the Western Kabuki podcast and the Cool Dude Zone Substack. We discuss the reason our kids are annoying, bad vibes in the podcast industry, questions Alex would like to ask Elon Musk, and of course, 1992's Dracula. Because why wouldn't we discuss 1992's Dracula? That was actually Brendan's idea, only the bastard wasn't here to see it through because he ended up having to parent. UGH! We discuss Monica Belucci as a sex vampire, Gary Oldman as the original steampunk f*ckboy, Keanu Reeves' accent, and Winona.