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Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 31 min
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Apr 20, 2023•5 min
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! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 13
It's everyones favorite episode! The one where we read emails and listen to voicemails. Thanks to everyone who participated! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 33 min
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Apr 12, 2023•4 min
“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 skateb...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Season 9Ep. 12
Hey all, Mailbag episode coming next week! So send in those qs and voicemails. Also subscribe to our Patreon while we are on break! Vince needs the money. Finally, Matt Lieb will be at the SF Punchline April 12-15 with Amir K. Get tickets HERE! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 06, 2023•4 min
“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 t...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 9Ep. 11
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a Greek guy with a gun.” -James Fritz On the latest PYTW, comedian and writer from The Frankie Quinones Show , James Fritz , joins Matt & Vince to discuss The Wire season two episode nine, “Storm Warnings.” Well Ziggy’s really done it now hasn’t he? Congratulations to all the Ziggy haters out there, you got what you wanted, two dead greeks. Ziggy and his huge hog burned too damn bright for the Bawlmer ports, and while he lives to tell his ow...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 9Ep. 10
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Mar 23, 2023•3 min
BUY TICKETS TO MY STAND UP SHOW IN LOS ANGELES!!! March 16th, 2023 at 8pm! https://www.sijcc.net/events/mishegas-3-16-23 “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 fr...
Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 9Ep. 9
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Mar 14, 2023•4 min
BUY TICKETS TO MY STAND UP SHOW IN LOS ANGELES!!! March 16th, 2023 at 8pm! https://www.sijcc.net/events/mishegas-3-16-23 “[McNulty]’s got the kind of alcoholism you think you can work with.” —Rachel Fisher Ziggy’s got a duck and we have writer, co-host of the Hollywood Crime Scene Podcast & recent The Wire binger Rachel Fisher returning to the pod to talk to Matt & Vince about season two, episode eight, “Duck and Cover.” The episode starts with an extended McNulty rock-bottom-hitting sce...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Season 9Ep. 8
“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, et...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 9Ep. 7
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Mar 02, 2023•3 min
“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 t...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 9Ep. 6
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Feb 23, 2023•4 min
“Dillon Brooks is definitely the Cheese of the NBA” -Big Wos Writer and NBA analyst from The Ringer , Wosny “Big Wos” Lambry , takes some time out of his definitely busy day (we recorded the day after the NBA trade deadline) to talk to Matt and Vince about season two episode five of The Wire , “Under Tow.” A conversation about an episode from 2003 and its showdown between Ziggy and Cheese, the drug dealer played by the Wu Tang Clan’s finest actor – Method Man, might not seem relevant to the curr...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 9Ep. 5
“I’m bummed that my episode didn’t feature more Omar.” -Shereen Lani Younes The band continues to get back together and Matt & Vince welcome writer, filmmaker, co-host of the Ethnically Ambiguous podcast, and fellow Idris Elba appreciator, Shereen Lani Younes breakdown The Wire season two episode four, “Hard Cases.” This episode is sort of like that scene in T2 , after they shatter the T-1000 and all the blobs start wiggling back together, but instead of little liquid metal orbs globbing int...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Season 9Ep. 4
Here's a clip from this week's Frotcast, which you can listen to now by subscribing to our Patreon . Vince got dragged for hating on M Night and both Matt and Jessica are very sorry about that. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 09, 2023•4 min
“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 Gate...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 9Ep. 3
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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Here's this week's Frotcast and a reminder that this Saturday, Jan 28 at 10pm we'll be at SF Sketchfest with Pod Yourself A Gun ! Please buy your tickets and tell your friends. PLEASE COME! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 45 min
“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 about just how much work those same people will do just to be petty to someone who yelled at them. Valch...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Season 9Ep. 2
“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 Balmer. A lot is different: Jimmy Mcnulty is a little man in a boat, there’s a family of Polish longshor...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Season 8Ep. 1
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 cancer, and Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 40 min
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 already. ANNOUNCEMENT 2: Vince, Brent, and Matt will be doing a live Pod Yourself A Gun at SF Sketchfes...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 8Ep. 14
“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, “Sentencing.” There are many reasons David keeps getting invited to do the podcast, not the least of which...
Nov 24, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Season 8Ep. 13
“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 The Wire season 1 episode 12, “Cleaning Up.” Featuring one of The Wire’s most memorable scenes, wha...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Season 8Ep. 12
“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 Flore...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 8Ep. 11
