[The Wire] 506: The Dickensian Aspect, with Nora Barrows-Friedman of Electronic Intifada

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“Maybe it’s a badge of honor that I don’t have a badge of honor.” -Nora Barrows-Friedman

Matt and Vince welcome Associate Editor of The Electronic Intifada and Pod Yourself a Gun listener Nora Barrows-Friedman to talk about season five episode six of The Wire, “The Dickensian Aspect.”

If David Simon used the same episode naming conventions as Friends, this episode would be titled “The One Where Jimmy Kidnaps an Unhoused Guy.” His fake serial isn’t going to strike fear into the hearts of Baltimore without a little collateral damage. 

A hobbled Omar is in the streets calling Marlo a bitch, but no one will tell Marlo what he’s saying because they’re afraid it will hurt his feelings or something? Speaking of hurting feelings, Nicky Sobotka is back and sorry to Pablo Schrieber, but no one on the pod finds his yelling at Krawczyck believable. 

Tell us the most Dickensian aspect of life on the streets in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. 

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