“If they had just run Carcetti, we wouldn’t be in this mess, as a country.” - Jack O’Brien For the season finale, Matt and Vince invite host of The Daily Zeitgeist and Miles and Jack Got Mad Boosties podcasts, Jack O’Brien , to talk about season three episode 12 of The Wire , “Mission Accomplished” Jimmy sad. He never got to gloat to Stringer about catching Stringer on THE WIRE. You would think the show called The Wire would prominently feature said wire, but even when the wire finally pays off,...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 10Ep. 12
Long time Frotcast friend Joey Avery is back talking about moving to New York, the Elon Musk v Mark Zuckerberg fight, the Barbie movie, and a terrific new idea for a McDonalds movie that will definitely sell a billion movie tickets. COME SEE MATT LIEB AND FRANCESCA FIORENTINI AT THE PUNCHLINE OCT 17th Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/5xsu5dd4 ALSO: Buy tickets to see Joey Avery while he's on tour https://www.joeyavery.com/live And watch Joey's stand up ep! https://youtu.be/eahKM_amhnQ Advertising In...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 29 min
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Aug 11, 2023•2 min
“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 Mouzzon...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 57 min•Season 10Ep. 11
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Aug 07, 2023•5 min
“I had a four year obsession with Kevin Spacey.” Francesca Fiorentini Give the kind an iPad, she’ll be fine. Mommy and daddy are talking about The Wire . Joining Matt & Vince on the pod is writer , comedian, host of the Bitchuation Room Podcast , the owner of kevinsangel@hotmail.com , and *Borat voice* Matt’s Wife, Francesca Fiorentini , to talk about season three, episode 10, “Reformation.” Hey in case you haven’t figured it out, The Wire is about the war in Iraq. Yes it’s about the war on ...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Season 10Ep. 10
“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 ...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 10Ep. 9
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Jul 26, 2023•4 min
“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 Ji...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 10Ep. 8
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Jul 17, 2023•4 min
Hey you should subscribe to the Patreon so you can listen to Robert Evans from Behind the Bastards talk about the Wire earlier than everyone else. Do it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jul 14, 2023•5 min
“What is a Shrek Slurpee?” -Alice Fraser We found the only person in the world impervious to the Stringer Bell charm. Writer , comedian, host of Tea with Alice and The Gargle podcast, beams in all the way from London to talk to Matt & Vince about season three episode seven of The Wire , “Back Burners.” Right off the bat, Alice reveals that she listened to Pod Yourself A Gun and the Jack Reacher novels while breastfeeding because they are both just engaging enough to distract, but not too sti...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 10Ep. 7
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Jul 10, 2023•4 min
This week Matt and Vince welcome master documentarians Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman from Rakontur Productions to the Frot to discuss the latest in Florida F*ckery. Billy and Alfred have become the documentarians laureate of South Florida with their films 537 Votes, Screwball, Dawg Fight, Cocaine Cowboys, The U, and God Forbid (et. al). These days, they're working on From Russia With Lev, a feature doc about shady Trump/Giuliani associate turned turncoat Lev Parnas, and A Sunny Place for Shad...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 33 min
“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 relatio...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 10Ep. 6
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Jul 02, 2023•4 min
“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 act...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 10Ep. 5
Here's a taste of this week's early access to NEXT WEEK'S podcast. You can listen to all episodes of PYTW a week early by subscribing to our Patreon. Do it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 29, 2023•4 min
“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 t...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Season 10Ep. 4
Here's our past frotcast about HBO's The Idol with guest Sam Haft, songwriter and half of the band the Living Tombstone. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 31 min
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Jun 16, 2023•3 min
“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 S...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 10Ep. 3
“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 h...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Season 10Ep. 2
Here's a clip from this week's Frotcast where we talked about HBO's The Idol. Listen to the full episode here. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 07, 2023•4 min
Buy tickets to see me and Jessica Sele at the SF Punchline May 31st at 8pm in San Francisco. But no one was asking, ‘okay but why a drug war?’” -David J. Roth The most 38-year-old people alive are back with another thrilling season of rewatching a very good show that began twenty years ago, when we were voting weird old New England Dracula, John Kerry. Transitioning from closer to starter like a reverse John Smoltz, Vince and Matt’s guest for season three episode one of The Wire , “Time After Ti...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 10Ep. 1
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. Watch it here. Buy tickets to see me and Jessica Sele at the SF Punchline May 31st at 8pm in San Francisco. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 27 min
Hey all, Vince came over to Matt's house and they decided to do a live stream. Here is the audio from that episode and you can also watch the video here. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 12, 2023•1 hr 35 min
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May 09, 2023•1 hr 34 min
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May 03, 2023•1 hr 15 min
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Apr 28, 2023•4 min
