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Rewired Podcast
by Rewired Podcast
Rewired examines HBO's The Wire from a literary perspective.
Episodes
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The Wire 20th Anniversary ft. Craig and Brad Schlesinger
Craig and Brad Schlesinger celebrate 20 years of The Wire with ReWired Podcast. Special cameo from Tray Chaney, check out his tribute video now available on YouTube! Follow them on Twitter: @PSYCCorp @PsychedelicCraig
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Angel Graham on Women in The Wire
Angel Graham joins Bailey and Kelly to discuss the role of women in The Wire, as well as how Angel's advanced degree in forensic science changed her perception of the show. Follow Angel on Twitter: @successfulangel
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Craig Schlesinger: Politics, The Sopranos, and how the cycle continues
This week we're joined by Craig Schlesinger, superfan of The Wire. We discuss political easter eggs, the Sopranos nexus, and why this show gets better and better with repeat viewings. Find Craig on Twitter: @psychedelicraig Visit his website: www.psychedelicspotlight.com (And apologies for the...
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Fan Theory: John Wick exists in The Wire universe
What if I told you John Wick is a near-future continuation of The Wire, taking the various themes of the HBO series to their logical extremes? Kelly discusses her fan theory. With quotes from the John Wick wiki
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The Wire as Southern Gothic literature
Bailey is back! She and Kelly discuss The Wire as a piece of Southern Gothic literature, specifically as it compares to John Berendt's "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." References: What counts as the "South" in the US? Southern Gothic tropes City of Baltimore restoration project
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Melvin Jackson Jr. on portraying Bernard from The Wire
Melvin Jackson Jr. joins Rewired Podcast to talk about his experience playing Bernard, how he delivered one of the show's iconic lines, what he's working on now, and more. Follow Melvin on social media @melvinjacksonjr or visit his website www.melvinjacksonjr.com.
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Jill Redding on Portraying Delores from The Wire
Jill Redding, known as Delores on The Wire, describes how she got cast, what her experience filming was like, her favourite character and season, and much more!
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In Memory of Michael K. Williams
We revisit some of the best Omar scenes in honour of Michael K. Williams. If you would like to donate to the non-profit organization that Michael K. Williams started to combat gun violence amongst kids, you can do so right here (h/t @gods_save podcast): http://makingkidswin.com/donate.html
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Generation Kill with TheGodsWillNotSaveYou podcast
We analyze David Simon's "Generation Kill" miniseries in the context of The Wire. Joined by the hosts of The Gods Will Not Save You podcast, William Romano-Pugh and Jacob Van der Wilk. Follow TGWNSY podcast on Twitter @gods_save and listen to their episodes through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher,...
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"Middle Ground" and Marxism ft. Eric Jones
Eric Jones, superfan of The Wire, joins Rewired Podcast for a deep dive into S03E11 "Middle Ground." We discuss Marxism, playing games, and the incomparable Stringer Bell! Follow Eric Jones on Twitter @deacon05oc.
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Analyzing Rawls with John Orlando
Rewired welcomes John Orlando of PVDCast! We discuss Bill Rawls as a company man, why he's a source of comic relief, and the mystery of Rawls in the gay bar. Follow John Orlando on Twitter @PVDMVP and vote for PVDCast in the Columbus Podcast Awards! columbuspodcastawards.com/nominations
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Rewired ft. Dan Metcalfe
Dan Metcalfe, artist and fan of The Wire, sits down with Kelly. Follow Dan on Instagram @thehigherups and visit his website: www.danmetcalfedesign.com
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Game Theory in The Wire
In this episode, Kelly explains how Game Theory manifests in The Wire, with a focus on Tommy Carcetti. Works Cited: “Game theory is a theoretical framework for conceiving social situations among competing players. In some respects, game theory is the science of strategy, or at least the optimal...
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Rewired ft. Jonathan Buckingham
In this episode, Kelly chats with Jonathan Buckingham about The Wire and Moby Dick, plus all the best scenes in The Wire. Follow us on social: @RewiredPodcast on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jonathan on Twitter: @AnalogSyndicate
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Rewired ft. Julito McCullum
In this episode, Kelly and Bailey chat with Julito McCallum, who played Namond Brice in The Wire. Watch Julito's new project, "God Bless You" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fCH_RfeE28 Follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @IamJulito. You can find info for the watch parties on Zoom on his...
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The 5 Series: Season 5: -30- Duplicity and the Dialectic Model
In this episode, Bailey and Kelly discuss the fifth episode of the final season of The Wire by looking at the literary themes of duplicity and the dialectic model. Works Cited: Theme of duplicity:“The idea of doubleness is at the core of duplicity. Duplicity comes from a Latin word meaning…
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The 5 Series: Season 4- Misery, Zombies, and Schadenfreude
Works Cited: https://lithub.com/not-just-a-german-word-a-brief-history-of-schadenfreude/ https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/review/the-state-of-zombie-literature-an-autopsy.html https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/31/13440402/zombie-political-history Find us on social:...
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The Wire, The False Protagonist, and Affect Theory
Works Cited: The False Protagonist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_protagonist http://www.artandpopularculture.com/False_protagonist Theory of Affect: https://oxfordre.com/literature/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-105...
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Rewired meet Entertainment Talk
In this episode, Bailey and Kelly talk to Matthew from Entertainment Talk and continue the Breaking Bad vs. The Wire debate! Follow us on social: @rewiredpodcast @ETalkUK
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The 5 Series: Season 3- Good vs. Evil
Enjoy this next instalment of our Five Series as we discuss Season 3, Episode 5 "Straight and True". In this podcast, we have a special guest speaker, Al Maulding, and we discuss the themes of good vs. evil in this episode of The Wire. Find Al on Twitter: @MrMaulding Follow us on Twitter:...
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The 5 Series: Season 2- Palimpsest
In this episode, Bailey and Kelly discuss to concept of "palimpsest" in The Wire's Season 2, ep 5. Works cited: https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/mediatheory/keywords/palimpsest/...
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The 5 Series: Season 1
In this special series, Bailey and Kelly discuss the fifth episode of each season. In this episode, we discuss Season 1, Episode 5, "The Pager," as relating to the theme of games, play, and childhood.
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S2 Ep 10: Theatre of Cruelty and Theatre of the Absurd
We’ve compared The Wire to literature and to other television shows. Now let’s see how The Wire reflects or evolves conventions of theatre and drama. The Wire traces the evolution of the traditions of “Theatre of Cruelty” into “Theatre of the Absurd.” This is a useful way of thinking when we look...
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ReWired Podcast: Marx vs. Dickens
Works cited: Key elements of a “Dickensian” poverty: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16184487 https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/04/30/ditching-dickensian/ https://dickens.ucsc.edu/resources/faq/poor.html https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/charles-dickens-and-crime...
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S2 Ep8: Foucault's Discipline and Punishment in The Wire
In this episode, Kelly and Bailey review Foucault's theory of post-structuralism, and its relationship to discipline and punishment in The Wire. Reference text here: https://zulfahmed.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/disciplineandpunish.pdf
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S1: The Scourge of Marlo
This episode was brought to us by a listener request, and we discuss how Marlo imapcts the storyline in The Wire.
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S1: Women of The Wire
In this episode, Bailey and Kelly discuss all the women as leads in The Wire and the role they play: virgin or whore?
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S1 Ep 10: Technology in The Wire
In this episode, we discuss how techonology made it so that The Wire was able to exist in one certain time.
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S1, Ep 6: What Was The Deal With Season 5?
Was Season 5 of The Wire the worst? We discuss.
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S2, Ep 7: Pascal's Wager
In this episode, Kelly and Bailey discuss the theory of Pascal's Wager, and ask, which characters in The Wire choose to believe in something bigger than the systems they're in? Also, it takes Bailey a few minutes to catch on! Show resources from Wikipedia:...
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Season 2, Episode 6: Bodie's Head Coverings
In this episode, Bailey and Kelly discuss the sgnificance of Bodie's headcoverings, specifically his durag and his hood. Show source notes: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/10/hood-by-alison-kinney-review https://www.shmoop.com/catcher-in-the-rye/holden-red-hunting-hat-symbol.html...
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Season 2 Ep 5: Fatherhood in The Wire
In this episode, we discuss the parallels between fathers in The Wire to fathers in The Bible, as well as archetypes of fatherhood like The Sage, The Authority, and The Proxy. Follow us on Twitter at @RewiredPodcast or send us an email at [email protected]. Show notes:...
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Season 1 Ep 12: Unsolved Mysteries in The Wire
In this episode, we talk fan theories about The Wire, including Rawls being gay, and whether Daniels is dirty.
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Season 1 Ep 9: Would Serial Be Serial Without The Wire?
In this eipsode, we discuss the cultural phenomenon of Serial, and if it would have had the same impact without The Wire.
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Season 1 Episode 5: Food and Restaurants in The Wire
In this episode, we discuss the significance of scenes taking place in restaurants in The Wire.
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Orange You Glad We're Talking about The Wire? (Season 2, Episode 4)
Follow Mike Scott on Twitter at @ONE9HUNDRED. Sources for today's podcast can be found: https://imgur.com/a/ATAYe https://www.color-meanings.com/color-symbolism-in-literature-what-do-colors-mean-in-literature-and-poetry/...
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Prezbo: Clown to Sage
In this episode, Kelly and Bailey discuss Roland Pryzbylewski's evolution from the Clown Archetype to the Sage. Sources for our episode today can be found at: http://thewire.wikia.com/wiki/Roland_Pryzbylewski...
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Season 1 Episode 0: What Rewired Podcast Is
In this episode, Bailey and Kelly discuss the goals of the podcast, as well as some of their favourite scenes.
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Season 1 Episode 5: The Wire vs. Breaking Bad
In this episode, Bailey and Kelly open up the debate: The Wire vs. Breaking Bad.
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Season 1, Episode 3: Mimesis and Chiasmus in The Wire
In this episode, we discuss how mirroring and reflection are used as literary devices in The Wire.
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The Icarus Effect (Season 2, Episode 2)
In this episode, Bailey and Kelly discuss how the Icarus Paradox is reflected in the characters in The Wire.
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Season 1 Episode 2: Uncrossable Thresholds and the Phantasm of The County
In this episode, we discuss Baltimore County vs. Baltimore City, and the liminal spaces between the two.
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Season 1 Episode 1: The Hero's Journey
In this episode, we discuss McNulty's journey as compared to the traditional literary experience.
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Season 1 Episode 4: ShapeShifter, Trickster, Fool
In this episode, we discuss Stringer, Omar, and Ziggy as Shapeshifter, Trickster, and Fool.
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New Baltimore vs. Old Baltimore (Season 2, Episode 1)
In this episode, Bailey and Kelly are back to discuss the idea of New Baltimore, versus the ideals of Old Baltimore. Follow us for more on Twitter! We're at @rewiredpodcast.
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