"Ain't never gonna be what it was." - Little Big Roy This episode features the voices of: Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) - on playing Frank and his head to head with Valcheck Al Brown (Stan Valcheck) on Valchek's son in law, Prez John Doman (Major Bill Rawls) - on conflict in the system Jill Redding (Delores) on running a bar on "The Wire" Jeffrey Pratt Gordon (Johnny Fifty) - on Frank Sobotka Damond Gordon (Production Assistant on "The Wire") on coming back for Season 2 James Dyer (Empire Magazine and Pilot TV Magazine) on the transition from season 1 to season 2 Chris Hewitt (Empire Magazine) on the new theme tune and Tom Waits as Frank Sobotka Joe Kiely (Dave’s co-host on Shitegeist) on this season's new catchphrase Andrew Johnstone (Podcaster and Marylander) on stained glass windows and the fate of the guys on the docks Thanks to Sonix for helping transcribe all these interviews. Get your 100 free minutes of transcription with Sonix using this link https://sonix.ai/invite/stripped Burner Our burner message this week is from Brendan - who was liberal with the "C-bomb" and unsure about the state of his marriage! If you want to leave us a burner message use Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 Episode Synopsis McNulty "went where he didn't want to go" aka harbor patrol with Diggsy. He discovers a corpse "floater" in the harbor and pays back Colonel Rawls by proving City Homicide are responsible for the investigation. Major Valchek is pissed off when the boss of a local stevedore union named Frank Sobotka donates a more impressive gift to a local church. Sobotka meets with other union leaders and learns that a crucial pier is still in a state of disrepair. Sobotka instructs his nephew Nick to see The Greek regarding payment for a unknown container that he is smuggling through the port. Later, Port Police Officer "Beadie" Russell stumbles across The Greek's container and discovers the bodies of over a dozen young women inside. Thankyou Theme tune by Sam and Martin from Song by Song Podcast: www.songbysongpodcast.com Season 2 Images from Cris Sutera: www.crissutera.co.uk Follow Us Online Website: www.TheWireStripped.com Email: Burner@TheWireStripped.com Twitter: @TheWireStripped Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWireStripped Instagram: @TheWireStripped Leave a Whatsapp voice memo on our burner phone 📞 +447534 831 658 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices