D Watkins Interview - "The Wire: The Complete Visual History"

In this episode, we talk with D Watkins about the book "The Wire: The Complete Visual History", his life and how The Wire affected him and writing for We Own This City. You can buy "The Wire: The Complete Visual History" and all of D Watkins' Books, such as "Black Boy Smile" on AMAZON Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire ) 👇👇👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped Episode Synopsis Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with what to do with the rest of their summer vacation. When a neighbouring group of children beats up unkempt outcast Duquan "Dukie" Weems, Michael Lee is the quiet leader of the group's retaliation. Randy Wagstaff has the imagination to plan the endeavour. Namond Brice is the most outspoken and the richest of the four. Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski prepares for his new career as a school teacher. The Major Crimes Unit continues with its wiretap investigation into the Stanfield Organization. They remain unaware that when Marlo Stanfield orders a death, the target is taken to a vacant building and killed by enforcers Chris Partlow and Snoop. Randy is unwittingly involved in one such murder. The mayoral election campaign between councilman Tommy Carcetti and incumbent mayor Clarence Royce begins to take shape. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped Kobi and Dave Kobi's other podcast is Flixwatcher Dave's other podcasts are The Cinemile and Shitegeist Burner If you want to leave us a 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to [e-mail] or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞[phone] Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 4 Images from Michael Balistreri @BlackSnowComics on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: [e-mail] Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone �� [phone] 👇👇👇 Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices