[Pod Yourself The Wire] 102: The Detail, with PFT Commenter from "Pardon My Take"
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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2022
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
“Everybody wants to not get yelled at.” –PFT Commenter
Like every episode of The Wire begins with a quote from the episode, every episode description for Pod Yourself The Wire: A The Wire Podcast, now begins with a quote from the podcast. Today’s quote comes from writer, podcaster, cohost of Pardon My Take and the Macrodosing podcast, PFT Commenter. Matt and Vince welcomed PFT to talk about season 1 episode 2, “The Buys.”
PFT breaks down the subtext of the episode right from the start. What we all really want from our job is to not get yelled at. The Wire does a great job of reminding you that cops are guys who will absolutely shirk their duties at work if it means they won’t get yelled at, but also they have guns, and if they think shooting or pistol whipping some poor mope’s eyeball out of his socket will lead to less yelling in their direction, they’ll do it. It’s easy to judge because, you know, they are abusing their power to avoid accountability, but can you imagine if they let you have a gun at work? Like, how quickly would you make some entitled customer shut up and leave your Quizno’s if you could wave a glock around? Would you wield that power responsibly? I’d be a terrible cop, and I bet you would too. It’s almost like the whole system is broken. It’s a cliche, but if you talk about The Wire long enough you will eventually say “the whole system is broken.” It’s unavoidable.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, Matt Lieb here before we get started on today's episode |
| 0:04.0 | I just need to let all of our San Francisco Bay Area listeners know that on October 17th at 8 p.m |
| 0:12.1 | My wife my wife Francesca if you aren't teeny and I are going to be co-headlining the punchline comedy club in San Francisco |
| 0:19.6 | Once again, that is Tuesday |
| 0:22.0 | October 17th at 8 p.m |
| 0:25.0 | We're going to be co-headlining the punchline comedy club in San Francisco. It's going to be a lot of fun |
| 0:31.5 | It's going to be myself |
| 0:33.5 | Francesca if you're in teeny who is also bored voice my wife and a few other comics. It's going to be great |
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