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Where can I listen to The Wire podcast?
Through the Wire on Apple Podcasts.
Who is on through The Wire podcast?
ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗 Whether you're a casual fan or live and die for basketball, you won't want to miss Kenny, Pierre, Mike and Darrick bringing their hot takes to the mic, two times a week.
Is The Wire based on a book?
Most people know McNulty and Bunk as characters in David Simon's acclaimed HBO series—but they were actually players in a 19th-century book by H.B. Ogden.
What is the Netflix series The Wire about?
The crime drama series The Wire takes us on an electrifying journey through the streets of Baltimore and its drug trade. Find out where and how to watch The Wire in our guide and get around geoblocks with a VPN. The groundbreaking HBO series and Emmy nominee The Wire debuted in 2002.
Why is The Wire so good?
Ultimately though, The Wire has earned its place as the greatest show of the 21st Century because there is no modern TV series that has better captured all the various ills hobbling the American experiment today, from ineffective politicians to toxic policing, vanishing labour markets, poverty-stricken neighbourhoods ...
Why did The Wire series end?
The Wire aired between 2002 and 2008, lasting five seasons. Due to suboptimal ratings, the show was almost canceled several times, and would have been if not for creator David Simon persuading HBO executives to let him bring things to a conclusion.
How realistic is The Wire?
Omar Little, the charismatic stickup man/anti-hero supreme, likewise drew from several actual Baltimoreans. The dysfunctional police department and its hapless response to the drug game is fairly accurate, sadly.
Is The Wire true story?
Nathan "Bodie" Barksdale (1961 – February 13, 2016) was a Baltimore, Maryland, drug dealer dramatized in the HBO series The Wire, although the extent to which any of the show's characters or plot lines are based on his life is disputed.
Is The Wire worth watching?
Yes, a great TV series. You need to stick with it through the first series. Once you get into it, it's fantastic. The Wire is probably one of the most accomplished TV shows.
Is The Wire one of the best shows ever?
Delving into the law enforcement's world of crime and the various institutions and systems of Baltimore, The Wire is still to this day considered possibly one of the grittiest, most realistic, and critically-acclaimed crime series of all time, and certainly one of the best HBO TV shows ever made.
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