Synopsis: The titular wire starts to yield results. Wallace is rattled by the consequences of his actions. Johnny is back in the game. Daniels stands up to Rawls and puts the case above his career. Our Guest: Jason Goodrick shares some the deep knowledge he's acquired from his long history of public service and serving as director of a police oversight body in Cleveland.  Footnotes: 100 Years of Police Reform in Cleveland: Video Presentation:...

Synopsis: Pagers are cloned, but the detail is baffled by the numbers they're  receiving. McNulty vs IKEA. Johnny is in rehab, but not out of the game.  Bodie gets scooped up by Herc and Carver, who spectacularly fail at  "Good Cop, Bad Cop." The gloves come off on Simon in this episode, with a long-time Baltimore resident and labor activist Isaac, our resident "Baltilorian". BZ, Phil and Isaac have been watching We Own This City and are not wild about the story it told. Everyone should...

Synopsis: Bodie skips out on juvie. Barksdale puts a contract out on Omar. Judge Phelan keeps the pressure on. Fremon does real police work while McNulty stays home and pouts about the raid. Our Guest: Dr. Richard Montgomery II is an activist with deep knowledge of Cuyahoga County politics. Montgomery debunks Shontel Brown's stump speech State of Injustice: Euclid, OH Become one of our first five Patreon supporters and receive PDF copies of Phil Fairbanks "Pedogate Primer: The Politics of...

Synopsis: The brass deal with the fallout from Prez's brutality. Freamon steps out of the shadows with a fresh photo of Avon. Omar makes his grand entrance in the Pit. Our Guest: Kareem Henton is the Vice President of Black Lives Matter Cleveland. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BLM_216 https://www.blmcle.org/ Become one of our first five Patreon supporters and receive PDF copies of Phil Fairbanks "Pedogate Primer: The Politics of Pedophelia", and our Episode 2 guest Tim Tolka's "Blue...

Synopsis: The death of a state's witness complicates the detail. Herc, Carver, and Prezbo terrorize the towers and Daniels steps up to cover up. Our Guest: Tim Tolka is the author of "Blue Mafia", which tells the history of the nation's first consent decrees in Warren and Steubenville, Ohio. Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimTolka/ https://bluemafiabook.com/ Become one of our first five Patreon supporters and receive PDF copies of Phil Fairbanks "Pedogate Primer: The Politics of...

Synopsis: Jimmy McNulty gives a f**k when it isn't his turn, and sets in motion the detail that will remain the enduring focus of The Wire. Our Guest: Mustache Bob is the host of the Mustache Mafia podcast, left wing activist, GWOT Veteran, occasional youtuber and cigar enthusiast. Twitter: https://twitter.com/MustacheBob2 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYQqszpbFSIvFKWPNcE9pg Visit walkingthewirepod.com to connect with BZ and Philip, follow the show on social media, or become a...

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

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