Episodes
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Our new podcast
We’re launching a new podcast! It’s called Watch This Immediately. Steve grew up as the son of a preacher man and I grew up in the Middle East. Consequently, there’s a lot of pop culture that we both missed out on as kids and as adults. We hope you’ll join us as we try to correct these wrongs....
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The End
It’s been a long time, we shouldn’t have left you. Join us as we let you know what’s been going on over the past 2 years, some of our usual banter, and what’s next for us. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Hamsterdam Redux: The Target
UPDATE: We replaced the audio file with one where all the silence wasn’t cut out. Enjoy! We begin our journey to give Season 1 of the Wire its proper audiovisual due. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Wildcard: Smart Guy and Mind Your Language
We discuss kids raising kids, precocious young boys, and the inexhaustible xenophobia of 1970s Britain. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: Finish It
An old friend joins us for the last episode, Abby shows that a leopard cannot change its spots, and we see a lot of the cast one last time through the eyes of a heavily made up Vinny. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
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The Deuce: That's a Wrap
Everyone’s out of money, Lori keeps zooming towards her rock bottom, and we see an abundance of pensive moments where people just stare off into the distance. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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The Deuce: This Trust Thing
Abby reaches the apex of awfulness (we hope), Lori is not having a good month, and our dear friend Rudy Pipilo experiences a life changing event. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: You Only Get One
Gene Goldman steps up the moistness of his jheri curl, Candy wants Harvey to pay for her impractical movie, and Lori visits the The Badger State This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: They Can Never Go Home
Abby ropes Candy into a harebrained scheme, Lori’s career change isn’t going well, and we are sure that Frankie will make it out his latest scrapes without a scratch. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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The Deuce: Normal Is A Lie
Bobby visits Joey in the former Lehman Brothers building, Abby meets her spiritual twin, and Tod says what everyone is thinking. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: Morta di Fame
Lori finds the downside of her career unpleasant, Candy reveals some Abby-like tendencies, and VHS is about to turn everyone’s lives upside down. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: The Camera Loves You
Vinny and Abby still fear committment, Vinny is taking full advantage of this fact, and Lori is maybe a bit too much fun out West. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: Inside the Pretend
Red Hot gets many plaudits, the pimps experience a reshuffling of the group, and we see a new type of policing that should have endured into present day. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: Nobody Has To Get Hurt
CC loses Lori, many of the characters are struggling with their identity, and the dynamic duo discuss yet more regrettable youthful comments. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: The Feminism Part
Rudy Pipilo is more jocular than we've ever seen him, Bobby's 35 year old son finds love, and the boys discuss puppy love amidst Ferngully. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: We're All Beasts
Larry gets deeper into his acting career, Candy is making a movie on the run, and Vincent is feeling his conscience. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: All You'll Be Eating Is Cannibals
CC continues being terrible, Candy is trying to find more money for her movie, and we talk about the absurdity of wedding dress shopping. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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What Big Ideas
Dorothy goes sleuthing, Abby pays for a funeral, and Vincent gets deeper into his involvement in the Mob. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: Seventy-Five
Lori, Harvey and go to Hollywood, Rudy Pipilo is back running things, and we have a curious conversation about Slovakian customs. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: There's An Art To This
Candy is feeling stifled artistically, Bobby is romancing everyone on the Deuce, and we discuss a potentially lucrative real estate transaction gone bad. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: Our Raison d'Etre
The denizens of the Deuce are older and a little more stylish, Vinnie once again searches for Frankie, and we see what a $10000 ring looks like in 1977. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: My Name Is Ruby
We talk about a real life massage parlor incident, analyze the logistics of post amorous sandwiches, and bid adieu to one of the denizens of the Deuce. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: Au Reservoir
Eileen shows her potential behind the camera, Ashley runs away and teams up with Abby, and the pimps are so bored that they're now meeting at a coffee shop like a group of retirees. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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The Deuce: Why Me?
Eileen tries to make it in the film industry, the massage parlor gets going, and Sweeney continues to shake down everyone. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: What Kind of Bad?
Vinny and Rudy continues their beautiful business relationship with the massage parlor, Darlene comes back with Bernice and is judged by Abby, and Candy finally sees an opening to fulfill her aspirations as an auteur. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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The Deuce: I See Money
Rudy Pipilo presents Vincent with an exciting new business opportunity, Candy/Eileen is having a terrible month, and a pool table is befouled. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: The Principle Is All
Abby continues being the worst, Eileen's hopes rise and fall, and we make plans for our next recording date. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: Show & Prove
We see another civic compromise in action, Rudy Pipilo enters the scene, and we discuss what doesn't make a good intimacy coordinator. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Deuce: Pilot
We transport ourselves to 70s New York, meet some new friends, and marvel at how much sex workers made in real dollars back then. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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Wildcard: 90 Day Fiance- Before The 90 Days
People try to find love in the worst way, make us sad, and a possible new phrase we want to use as a drop. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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The Heroin King of Baltimore
For the first Hamsterdam Presents, we discover why Melvin Williams required a script, are irked by his ever present bluetooth beacon, and try to make sense of the story(?) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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We welcome a special guest and discuss the state of Maurice Levy's sexiness, our guest's interactions with the media, and Larry Live's travails with females. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Late Editions
We welcome a guest for our penultimate episode about the series, discuss Levy's strategery, and see a cat manspreading. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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Clarifications
Important revelations are made regarding Dangerous Minds, Poot has sort of landed on his feet, and McNulty's gambit pays off for Officer Brown's ex-wife. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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Took
Revelations are made about certain cultural touchstones, we discuss how Larry Live would handle the power given to McNulty in this episode, and how Deirdre Lovejoy possesses the greatest acting skills known to humanity. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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The Dickensian Aspect
McNulty and Lester continue acting totally out of character, the ennui caused by Season 5 continues, and the boys have a heated argument about "Dangerous Minds". This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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React Quotes
Dukie is adrift, McNulty and Templeton unwittingly join forces, and we see a smoldering Cedric square off against a fiery Freamon. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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Transitions
McNulty contiunes disrespecting Beadie, inventing a serial murderer, and Larry Live is back from overseas. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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Not For Attribution
The 3 season arc of Dee Dee is fully revealed to us, Scott Templeton continues perfecting the art of chicanery, and McNulty transforms from rogue police officer into an unhinged beast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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Unconfirmed Reports
Our brother Fitzhugh returns, we see Clay Davis becoming a diamond under all the pressure, and a new era of ghost innovation dawns. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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More With Less
Bunk and Norris use their mastery of illusions to entrap a suspect, Michael's living quarters continue to become more sumptuous, and we meet (sigh) Scott Templeton. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Wildcard: Divorce Court
Our intrepid hosts dip their toes into the world of trash TV for a special episode. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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Final Grades
Boris further redefines the ghosting paradigm, Dennis learns of the broken nature of the U.S. health care system, and the boys all begin their individual journeys into the next phase of their lives. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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That's Got His Own
Omar plans a big score, Randy's snitching has unwelcome consequences and Freamon's instinct for detection uncovers Snoop and Partlow's masterpieces. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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A New Day
Randy's reputation continues its downward slide, Herc continues his quest to find the camera, and Kennard proves that he is tougher than Black Ziggy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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Misgivings
Poot continues to be a savant at convincing women to make bad decisions, Herc proves to be more unreliable than a literal heroin addict, and Creepy McNulty continues to impose his intolerable existence upon the viewers. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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Know Your Place
We are introduced to the sultry Rupert Bond, Prez computers up some chocolate for Randy and the eminent puzzle master in Baltimore finds his rightful home. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Corner Boys
Bunny opens his Academy for The Advancement of Corner Commerce, Michael has an unpleasant person from his past return, and Carcetti continues his obsession with obsidian. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Minisode: 2017 Year In Review
Steve and Boris do some familiar bits, talk about our post-podcast plans, and exchange some New Years' resolutions. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com
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Unto Others
Omar gets his respect while wearing Rand McNally's finest, Prez teaches the children something useful, and Sherrod is still not doing anything right. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamsterdam.substack.com