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May 16, 2022 โ€ข 50 mins
We talked to David Simon for nearly 2hrs! "The Wire" turns 20 years old and with "We Own This City" out on HBO in The USA David Simon, the creator of both shows and much more in-between talked about everything from "We Own This City", to his thoughts on Defunding The Police, to The Baltimore Orioles... This is Part 1 of a 3 part series and our Patreon Supporters (https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped 100% of which support The Ella Thompson Fund Charity in Baltimore) can listen to all parts TODAY whilst other listeners will have to listen to Part 2 next week! Part 3 will only ever be for our lovely Patrons. If you know anyone that would like to listen to these other parts do share the link below with them and on social media. NB - Our Patreon is 100% in support of The Ella Thompson Fund - (Charity Supported by The Wire). None of the team involved in making The Wire Stripped Podcast take any money from this. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped 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 30 seconds or fewer burner message, record using your favourite voice recorder app and email it to burner@theWireStripped.com or Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone ๐Ÿ“ž+447534 831 658 Thank-yous Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 3 Images from Simon Devereux @DevzNoodles on Instagram Tom Whalley - Exec Producer and Editor Obe Joshua - Producer Ben Williams - Editing Follow Us Online Website:ย www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook:ย www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ +447534 831 658 ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ Our Patreon in support of The Ella Thompson Fund https://www.patreon.com/TheWireStripped See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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