Pod Yourself A Gun - A Rewatch Podcast

Don Draper Dodges Department of Defense Disquisition  If anyone from the DoD asks, this podcast is not for communists. On the latest episode, comedian and co-host of Struggle Bus Live, Nick Viagas, joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season four episode ten, “Hands and Knees.” Tough week for the fellas at SCDP. Lane’s papa comes to visit and he’s so excited to meet Lane’s new “chocolate bunny” girlfriend (Lane’s words) that he bashes his son in the head with a cane. British people have weird ways of showing affection.  Don’s got G-men sniffing around for a background check related to Pete’s North American Aviation account, and they show up at Betty’s doorstep to ask if her ex-husband “Don Draper” is “loyal.” She’s like, uhhhh he’s definitely not a different guy with a different name. Ultimately what he is is a deserter so, much to Pete’s chagrin, they have to spike the NAA deal.  Roger might win the award for maddest man this week. Joan is pregnant despite being married to a guy who’s in Vietnam, and Lucky Strike is taking their business to BBDO. Roger responds by promising to raise the child with Joan as his wife, and tells the partners about Lucky Strike immediately so they can form a plan. Lol yeah right. He suggests Joan could trick her husband into raising the kid as his own, yells at Pete for losing the NAA account, and doesn’t say a word about losing SCDP’s biggest, and his only, account. It’s too bad Joan got an abortion, it would have been fun seeing how terrible Roger is at being a parent for a young child.  How would you fight your dad? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Reese’s, Riddler, & Herring. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Can We Interest You in a Hard Time? The girls are beautiful, the men are mad, and the pod is cast. Co-owner and editor of Defector, and co-host of the It’s Christmastown podcast, David J. Roth returns to talk to Matt and Vince about Mad Men season four episode nine, “The Beautiful Girls.” Pour one out for Ida Blankenship. She was an astronaut, a hellcat, and she died how she lived, surrounded by the people she answered phones for. Ida dropping dead at her desk is one of a handful of problems Don is dealing with in this episode. It’s a real sitcom for ol’ Dick Whitman. His daughter is showing up unannounced, his situationship can’t talk to kids, he needs to get his secretary’s body out of the office before the important business men see her, and he’s going on a date with two different women on the same night?!?!? Ida was sort of Burt’s Joan, so he’s sad in a poignant way. Roger’s also sad, but Roger but in a horny way, so he does parlay this tragedy, along with a street mugging, into some hot sympathy sex with his Joan on a stoop in Harlem. If we’re ever unfortunate enough to get mugged, may we all be so lucky as to immediately have sex afterwards.  Are you mad that Matt did a parody of a more recent song? Let us know in a five star review on  Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for O’Lincoln, The Judge, & Quigley. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome back to this week’s Frotcast, the second dumbest podcast on the internet after the All-In. First up, a landmark legal case we will all be following intently: can someone be sued for a podcast bit? HEY GROK DELETE THE ENTIRE BACKLOG OF THE FROTCAST! A comedian is being sued for jokingly alleging (notice the ass-covering legalese from us) that the famous Lion King song translated to a warning about a lion, possibly a royal one. It’s going to be wild when Afroman is cited as legal precedent in this one. How do you say “because I got high” in Zulu? Next, we listen as JD Vance gets sent to voice mail by Donald Trump while addressing the crowd at a rally in Hungary. Men will literally humiliate themselves voluntarily in front of a crowd at a former Soviet satellite instead of going to therapy. At this point, reasonable minds can only conclude that all these weirdos have a humiliation fetish. Trump does, however, show up to tell us about what he got up to after the Village People show. And finally, the tragic story of Jonathan, the world’s oldest tortoise, becoming ensnared in a crypto fraud scheme. I can assure you he’s alive, well, and hates it here every bit as much as you do. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Lummer Man You don’t need a drink. You need to listen to this week’s episode of the pod. Comedian and host of the I Hate Bill Maher podcast, Will Weldon joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season four episode eight, “The Summer Man.” Don’s been so drunk lately that Betty doesn’t want him at his son’s birthday party, so in this episode, tries to chill out with the boozing by replacing it with swimming, journaling, and narrating. There is some question about whether the narration is supposed to make Don sound cool and smart, but the podcast’s official position is that saying things like “I looked up at The Barbizon, and thought of all the women in there—one in every room, touching themselves to sleep,” makes him sound like a weird old dork.  Back at the office, Joey goes full mask-off misogynist when Joan asks him to clean up after himself, because Joan is just like his mom. His mom who was always trying to make everyone look at her big knockers. I’m paraphrasing, but he does say that. He probably should have been fired on the spot for saying something so sus, but his last straw was drawing some erotic art featuring Joan. Peggy has no choice but to go full girlboss and show him the door. If Joey were a modern guy he would start a podcast so terrible he’d meet Louis Theroux.  Can you swim faster than Jon Hamm? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Noodle, Raspberry, & The Wrestler. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

That’s What the Podcast’s For You give us money, and we make podcasts for you. That’s the job. We have another banger for you this week. Dave Manheim of Dopey Podcast returns to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season four episode seven, “The Suitcase.” Is this the best episode of Mad Men? There’s certainly a lot to unpack. Get it? Suitcase? Unpack? Whatever, that joke is at least as funny as Peggy’s idea for a Samsonite ad. Mad Men would literally rather work all night (and drink a whole bottle of Canadian Club) than go to therapy, so instead of talking to someone about the grief he’s feeling about his dying California cool girl wife, Anna, Don makes Peggy stay late to keep working the Samsonite ad with him. He ruins Peggy’s birthday surprise in the process, and he never even says thank you, but as he notes, that is what the money's for. That could be a whole episode right there, but there’s also a Liston vs. Ali fight, Roger making fun of recovering alcoholics, Ida Blankenship saying racist stuff, drunk Duck Phillips trying to poach Peggy, and full on fisticuffs between Don and Duck. Who wins? The guy who killed seventeen men in Okinawa, that’s who.  Does Don not know how to throw a punch, or does Jon Hamm not know how to throw a punch? Tell us your thoughts in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Cap’n Crunch, The Spatula, #1, & Dolla. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Cure for the Common Podcast Roll out the red carpet. We have an award-worthy guest for this week’s pod. Host of The Majority Report, Sam Seder joins Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season four episode six, “Waldorf Stories.” It’s the advertising industry’s biggest night, and all the stars are in attendance, including Ned Elliot, Ted Chaough, General Rufus T. B******t, Ken Cosgrove, Herman “Duck” Phillips, and the night's big winner for Best Cleansers, Waxes, & Polishes, Don Draper of SCDP.  Riding the high of being crowned the new king of Madison Avenue, Don returns to the office in the beginning stage of what he’ll later recognize as a bender to riff taglines for Life Cereal off the dome and blurt out Roger’s wife’s cousin’s only copywriting idea. You may remember the scene, as it is responsible for Mad Men’s widest reaching cultural impact, the drunk Don meme. Tell us your picks for this year’s Clio pool in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Shrew, Scary Spice, & Twilight. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Chrysanthelumlum and the Bum Bum You better go to the store and grab a cantaloupe. We have a guest who expects gifts. Creator of Strip Law on Netflix, Cullen Crawford, joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season four episode five, “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword.” Mad Men is, if nothing else, a television show, which means there has to be at least one episode in which important Japanese businessmen need to be impressed. Honda’s motorcycle men are shopping for a new ad agency and if you thought Roger was racist before, you’ve never seen him interact with people from the country whose servicemen killed his buddies in Dubya Dubya II. He does his best to verbally A-bomb the deal, but Don hatches a plan to impress Honda while dunking on Ted Chaough. You don’t get to be that good at your job without also neglecting your kids, so on his one night with Sally and Bobby, he leaves them with his neighbor Phoebe so he can go on a date. While he’s gone, Sally cuts her own hair. Betty is pissed because she lacks the foresight to understand her new do would be very chic in Silver Lake today.  What should we order at Benihana? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Canoe, Rouge, & Winner. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Return of the Rat King  Pete’s gonna have a baby soon, but you’ve got a podcast right now. Once and future rat king and tech reporter for the New York Times, Mike Isaac, joins Matt & Vince to break down Mad Men season four episode four, “The Rejected.” The title of the episode is definitely not in reference to Pete’s sperm, because Trudy’s egg has accepted one of them with open coronae radiatae. He’s excited to have a little Pete running around, presumably a little freak like his father, but he’s even more excited to immediately leverage his progeny for a business opportunity. He’s some kind of high WASP alright. This episode is really about two of the very different possible outcomes of sexual intercourse. Trudy is with child, but after having sex with Don, Allison is bawling in focus groups and throwing paperweights around. Don, you ol’ rascal, you’ve done it again (driven a woman insane with your carelessness). Type up your own letter of recommendation in five-star review on Apple Podcasts and we’ll sign.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Bus, Bimmer, The Dude, JoRo, The Kuiet Strom. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

They’re not Homosexuals, They’re Divorced Great news, it’s a Don in California episode of Mad Men and a banger episode of the pod. Head of video at Yahoo Sports and OG friend of the Frot, Matt Ufford, joins Matt and Vince to talk about season four episode three, “The Good News.” It’s too bad Anna Draper has to die. Don really couldn’t ask for a cooler, chiller girl to be the wife of the guy whose identity he stole. All she wants from him is to hang out, smoke grass, nail her teenage niece, and keep paying her mortgage. It’s a sweet deal for everyone involved, but all sweet deals must come to end. Anna’s got (leg?) cancer. She’s gonna die, and Don is sad about it.  The good news for you the viewer is that Mad Men is often funniest when the mad men are sad men. Back in New York, one of Mad Men’s saddest men, Lane Pryce, is feeling very divorced and ready to hang, so they catch a Godzilla flick, get crowd worked by Finn DeTrolio, and end the night with some sex workers. It sounds pathetic, but feeling so pathetic is what motivates a man to pretend his steak is a big ol’ Texas belt buckle. What movie did you see when you got divorced? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Prince, M&M, K. Money, Stern, & Cumulus. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Christmas Lums Butt Once a Year It might be a balmy 82 degrees here in Los Angeles, but this week’s episode is feeling a bit like Christmas. Our gift to you, co-host of the Free With Ads podcast, Emily Fleming, joins Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season four episode two, “Christmas Comes But Once a Year.” Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is throwing a Christmas party! Why? Is it because they love and respect our lord and savior Jesus Christ? They want their employees to feel appreciated? They just love the Christmas spirit? No! It’s because one of the worst guys in the world is stopping by, and they need his money. Sort of like how you put on a sweater and see your Dad every December. Lee Garner Jr. is your dad in this analogy (cuz they’re both closeted). Freddy Rumsen is back with dry pants and a new account, weird little Glen’s back with a lanyard for Sally, and regretfully, Don and his secretary are back in the office the day after he clumsily introduces her to his rye-pickled member. Don’t worry though, he gives her cash. That should make her feel good and not at all like a sex worker. What type of listener are you? One of the cool ones or one of the handsome ones? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Diaper, Yan Can Cook, Doubles, & Lusty. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Getting in on the Second Floor of our Podcast Empire Welcome to the new golden era of Mad Men rewatch podcasting. HBO Max, likely in response to the popularity of this podcast, is now streaming every episode of America’s favorite Matthew Weiner joint. Join Matt & Vince as they celebrate their newfound cultural relevance by inviting the host of the Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Joy Gray, to kick off season four with episode one, “Public Relations.” It’s a new era for the men on Madison Ave as well. Sterling Cooper is dead. Long live Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. They might not have a second floor, but they do have Lucky Strike, Don Draper, and jai alai– wait... they lost jai alai because Don is too set on trying to convince everyone his aloofness is concealing multitudes to give a good interview to the one-legged reporter.  How will this gang of plucky upstart ad men and women get out of this jam? You’ll have to watch the episode, which is much easier to do now that it’s on HBO Max. Gotta give it up to Zaslav on this one. It’s almost enough to regret saying I think someone should [REDACTED] him.  Tell us what you think of Briahna’s One Battle After Another opinions in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Energizer, Number 1, Bread aka Pound Cake, & The Last Jedi. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Well it looks like our wish a few weeks back for things to suck less shit really blew up in our faces. Sorry about that, everyone. It turns out that the largest donor to the party that is actively obstructing the investigation into the Michael Jordan of pedophiles because our current president was best friends with said prolific pedophile owns a website that generates nudes of minors on demand. HEY GROK SHOW ME A TEN YEAR OLD’S G******S To distract ourselves from the crackpot conspiracy-pilled eldritch horror of this current administration we watched Bugonia, a movie about a schlub who suffered an overdose of podcasts and youtube and is now convinced he’s the victim of a vast cosmic alien plot. We get into spoiler territory early on, so consider yourself warned. In the non-spoiler department, we all liked it. Jesse P Lemmons and Emma Stone are great as always, and former Pod Yourself guest Stavros Halkias is a delight. Did I mention Producer Brent is here? Producer Brent is here. He watched Anaconda, and let me tell you, this man has takes on snakes. Solid B+. Tony Dookiepill, who was hand-picked by Bari Weiss to read the news, reads the news like a person who was hand-picked by Bari Weiss to read the news. This man apparently has had two circumcisions as an adult? There has never been a better time in history to be an absolute freak. Finally, we all watched the Chevy Chase documentary and then forgot to talk about it. Solid B+. ICE executed a nonviolent citizen in the street yesterday. F**k ICE. Sorry, we don’t have any jokes about that. If you are angry and able, please donate to Renee Good’s gofundme. Wocka wocka! -Description by Brendan Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

PLEASE SIGN UP ON PATREON, EVEN IF IT’S FOR FREE! Posting everything here has become a burden, and if you’re only listening to this feed you probably aren’t getting all of the episodes. Sign up now at Patreon. It’s two podcasts (Pod Yourself and the Frotcast) for the price of one! Patreon dot com slash frotcast! This is just a teaser, but you can hear the full episode by signing up on Patreon.  This week, Matt is unhappily parenting, or maybe just looking for parking, in Sedona, Arizona, and Brendan is fixing an exploding pool pump, but that’s no reason to fret, because we’re ringing in the year with Sean Keane, from the Roundball Rock podcast and soon to be playing Cobb’s Comedy Club this January 7th in San Francisco. We’re discussing New Year’s Eve, and how it’s by far the most overrated holiday, but also mourning the death of a true poster, Mike Fossey, aka Mike F, by reading a few of his greatest posts. Then we mourn our dead The Wire actors, Ziggy and Clay Davis, and I tell the story of my one Isiah Whitlock Jr. encounter, which Matt rudely interrupts to call in from Sedona, Arizona while he’s in the middle of pooping. He tells us all about the crystal vortex and why he hates vacation parenting and thinks everyone in Sedona is actually on drugs. After that, we discuss Gwyneth Paltrow’s journey from actress to Goop CEO and back to actress again (Sean read a book!), and since it’s year-end list season, we review the one awards season film that Sean has seen, which happens to be Jay Kelly. Didja ever notice that Jay Kelly would’ve been much better if it had been about Adam Sandler’s character? Have you seen this? Have you heard about this? That leads into a bunch of related discussions, about American Beauty, Ben Affleck’s greatest roles and how well he lays pipe. And also Is This Thing On? and movies about stand-up comedy just generally. The regular Frot boys will be back next week, but in the meantime hope you like Sean and I just bullshitting about movies for a while. As always, no refunds. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This Thanksgiving, we at Frotcast HQ would like to collectively give thanks to you, our listeners. And also to RFK Jr for answering all the questions we have about what it’s like for a 70 year old guy to text you demanding you drink his cum. The question we’d still like to have answered is, “is it weirder to be the aforementioned 70 year old, or a 30 year old who’s totally into it?” This marks two straight episodes of Nuzzi discussion, let’s hope Ryan Lizza drops even more disgusting revelations over the holiday so we can shoot for three. Chuck Grassley POV video? Lauren Boebert interracial g******g? Mitch McConnell Goatse? Next, thanks to Elon Musk of all people, we now know that the last decade of American politics has mostly been about literally making up a guy to be mad about. Yep, it turns out that the platform that Elon tried to back out of buying due to the bot problem has a bot problem. We’re sorry you had to find out all those hot patriotic fefos of yours are actually a Macedonian guy.  In this week’s big news, our Big Beautiful President has successfully bullied Paramount into making Rush Hour 4. No word yet on how exactly 71 year old Jackie Chan is going to be able to make that happen, but surely this will be the feat that finally earns the big man his Nobel Peace Prize. Brett Ratner redemption arc, here we come (while eating shrimp cocktail)! Have a great holiday everyone, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your new life partner Dragomir. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A Christmas Miracle for the Guys who Invented the Concept of Christmas Miracles Shut the door. Have a seat. We have some bad news. This is the last episode of this season of the pod. We also have some good news. Comedian Katrina Davis returns to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season three episode thirteen, “Shut the Door. Have a Seat.” It’s nearly Christmas ‘63 and those bastards at McCann Erickson are buying Putnam, Powell, Lowe, Sterling & Cooper. Why? So they can be McCann, Erickson, Putnam, Powell, Lowe, Sterling, & Cooper? Sounds more like a lacrosse roster than an advertising agency. Don has no choice but to make Lane fire him so he can round up an alcoholic ad man superteam and poach as many clients as possible on the way out. It’s like Ocean’s Eleven, but with more paperwork. What can’t the guy do? Maintain a marriage. While all that’s going on, Betty prepares to fly Reno with Henry because the only grounds for divorce in New York at the time were absence of a spouse, incurable insanity, life imprisonment, or adultery. She could have caught him on that last one but whoopsy, she’s an adulterer too.  What’s your home address and social security number? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Zed, The Executioner, Iceland, The Riazzler, Lair, Dredd, Watersports, & The Consonant. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Everyone Remembers Where They Were When Duck Had Sex with Peggy Pour one out for Jack Kennedy and throw on this week’s episode of the pod. Host of the Hyperfixed podcast, Alex Goldman joins Matt and Vince to discuss Mad Men season three episode twelve, “The Grown Ups.” They killed Kennedy and now Don’s marriage, and Margaret’s wedding, are ruined. Betty watches a Lee Harvey Oswald die on live tv and presumably wishes it were Don instead, so she goes to her side piece to admit she wants out. The Draper’s still have to go to Roger’s daughter’s wedding, but there’s a real who died? kind of vibe.   The only person who isn’t going to let the president’s splattered brains spoil his good time is Duck Phillips. He unplugs the television before Peggy comes over so he can give her another go-around like she’s never had before. Unless it’s like the go-around he gave her a few episodes back. You have to imagine it’s basically the same. We’ve seen nothing to indicate that Duck is a creative guy. He probably thinks woman-on-top is scandalous.  What’s the farthest you’ve gone to avoid washing a bowl? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Radiohead, The Fop, & The Scythe. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Mistress and the Car Retrieve your horsemeat gabbagool, you’ll want something to nosh on while you listen to this week’s episode with David J. Roth from Defector, The Distraction, and It’s Christmastown podcasts, joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season three episode eleven, “The Gypsy and the Hobo.” In America, horses are our friends. At least that’s what David told some nice Italian folks who tried to serve him cured horse meat. In 1962, horses were both our friends, and our dog’s food, and Americans were struggling with this dichotomy. Enter Annabelle Mathis, CEO of a horsemeaty dog food company, and Roger’s old flame. She wants Sterling Cooper’s help to convince people that it’s fine for Lassie to eat Secretariat. She also wants one more roll in the hay with Roger, but he’s more interested in telling her she’s an ugly old hag who blew it when she left him. In his defense, when he drinks, he gets really funny.  Back at the Draper residence, Betty confronts Don about his box full of secrets, and spills the beans. He admits everything. Everything other than the fact that he left his daughter’s teacher in the car down the street to sit and wait while he finally gets (mostly) honest with his wife. In his defense, the teacher is really pretty.  Where did you think Sam Elliot was from? Tell us in a five star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutout The Admiral & King Meidas. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What’s Blue to You? Lock up your old dog tags and divorce papers before you listen to the latest episode. Comedian and co-host of the Roundball Rock podcast, Sean Keane, returns to the podcast to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season three episode 10, “The Color Blue.” In the office, Don smiles for once. What is it that makes him smile? The love of his family? A job well done? A new hot mistress? No, it’s his healthy bonus. Money is the only thing that makes this guy smile, and it’s the most boring thing that would definitely make someone smile. For such a mysterious guy he really is simple as hell.  Paul and Peggy engage in a pissing contest to see who is more creative, and you would have to be simple as hell to bet on Paul. Unless it was a prop bet that he would get drunk, jork off in the office, and treat a maintenance guy like he’s less a person, and more a plot point. Then you might have enough money to make Don smile again.  What was Paul’s brilliant but forgotten idea? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutout for Duvet.  -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

How Do You Say “On the DL” in Italian? Wake up, Conrad Hilton is calling and he wants to hear this week’s episode of the podcast right now. TV writer, comedian, and host of the TV, I Say podcast Ashley Ray returns to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season three episode nine, “Wee Small Hours.” Don’s not sleeping because he’s up all night trying to please a client. Connie Hilton wants the moon and Don presumably only wants to stay up late if he gets to cheat on his wife, so neither of them are happy.  Lee from Lucky Strike makes a pass at Sal, because game recognize gay, but Sal shoots him down because he’s… married? The widdle tobacco scion’s feewings are hurt, so he demands Sal get the boot. Don is way too sweepy to be nice about it, so he slut shames Sal and shows him the door. In a way, it’s refreshing to see all of this sexual impropriety without any specific women getting caught in crossfire.  Which cruising spots would you go to if you wanted to find Sal? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Billy Ray & Snorentino. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Roman Ball-a-day Get your suitcase because we’re headed to Italy. On the plane, you can listen to this week’s episode of the podcast with co-host of the Hollywood Crime Scene podcast, and returning guest, Rachel Fisher joining Matt & Vince to discuss Mad Men season 3 episode eight, “Souvenir.” Betty and Don go to Rome so they can hang out with Connie Hilton at a cafe that looks like it’s in The Grove, and then hump each other’s brains out. It’s nice when the married people stop cheating on each other long enough to bone giorno.  Trudy Campbell is also going on a little trip without her husband, and you know what they say, while the Trudy is away, the Pete will do SA. Pete’s victim’s boss, a neighbor down the hall, really takes Pete to task for his sex pestery. Just kidding, he reminds Pete that there are au pairs in other people’s buildings that he could harass.  Tell us what you think Pete smells like in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Nordy’s & The Barrister. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Peggy Gets Ducked Stop staring at the sun for long enough to listen to this week’s episode of the podcast with comedian, co-host of the What a Time to be Alive and Lie Cheat and Steal podcasts, Kath Barbadoro joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season three episode seven, “Seven Twenty Three.” Everyone wants Don to sign a contract. Connie Hilton, Roger & Burt are all nagging at him like they’re his nagging wife, who is also nagging at him to sign the damn contract! She, of all people, should know that just because he signs a piece of paper, that doesn’t mean he’ll honor it. Look at his marriage license, and then watch how he talks to Sally’s teacher. Paper and ink mean nothing to this slut.  Also horny, Duck! Duck threatens to give Peggy “a go-around” like she’s never had before. A “go-around.” Had they not figured out how to do dirty talk in the 60s or is Duck just corny as hell? Maybe that was standard issue boudoir conversation, because it works on Peggy. She has sex with Duck. Duck! The guy looks like he f***s to a metronome. Is Betty autistic? Tell us your thoughts in a five star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for  The Carpenter, Baku, & Flock of Seagulls. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Guy Carried Out of an Advertising Agency Everyone get in the conference room, the podcast has a new org chart. Producer Brent is at the top, directly beneath him are hosts Matt & Vince, and right below them is this week’s guest, host of Dopey podcast, Dave Manheim, who is here to talk about Mad Men season three episode six, “Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency.” The big swinging knobs from Putnam, Powell, and Lowe show are shaking things up in the Sterling Cooper office. First, they have a pretty new org chart that commits an act of Roger Sterling erasure, then they prank Lane with a promotion that would move him to Bombay, and and as a coup de grace, a guy named Guy gets his foot mangled by a brand new John Deere lawn mower that someone let Lois drive in the office. It’s also supposed to be Joan’s last day at the office, but it turns out her handsome doctor husband is not only an r-wordist, he’s also not a great doctor. Not good enough to get the promotion they were counting on to get her out of the workforce.  Tell us where you belong in the new org chart in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Rafael, Gas, The Greek, & Rockabilly. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Don’s Hot for Teacher Get the overnight bag, Betty’s in labor. While she goes through the terrifying, awe-inspiring experience of giving birth, you can sit in a special waiting room for dudes and listen to a new episode of your favorite podcast. Producer of the pod, comedian, co-host of the Oh Hell Yeah podcast, AL West Champion Seattle Mariners supporter, episode description writer, and now parody song writer, Brent Flyberg joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season three episode five, “The Fog.” You read that right, there’s a new Draper D-story swinging d-word in town. I wrote it, I sang it, I tacked it on at the end of the episode. I learned in the process that singing is hard, especially trying to sing like David Lee Roth.  Much like this podcast’s second favorite guy named David Roth, Don is hot for Sally’s teacher, but more obviously in this episode, Miss Farrell is hot for Don. She’s calling him at home, talking all breathy with a glass of wine like damn we get it, we know what Jon Hamm looks like too, but get it together, lady. Probably the only thing that stops Don from driving over and taking her to philandertown in that exact moment is his shrieking wife who needs a ride to the hospital to deliver another one of his little snotty kids. At that moment, he likely thought it had never been harder to be a white man in America.  Tell us what you would name Don and Betty’s third kid in a five five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Knife, Pete the Meat, & Guinness. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Living the Jai A-life Stop trying to make jai alai happen and listen to this week’s episode of the pod with returning guest, Letterboxd lover, and journalist from Semafor, Dave Weigel, joining Matt & Vince for a chat about Mad Men season three episode four, “The Arrangements.” RIP big Gene. The writers may have forgotten about your dementia, but we’ll never forget you. Not that it’s a competition, but Sally is definitely the most distraught about her grandpa’s passing. He was teaching her so much, from how to drive his car, to inferior Assyrian genes leading to Rome’s downfall. Pete finds a “fatted calf” to offer to Don in the form of a rich dingus who’s trying to make jai alai America’s next national pastime through the magic of advertising. Don would rather save Burt’s relationship with the rich dingus’s father than carve money out of the kid, so he tries to stop the deal, but Mr. Jai Alai Sr. gives them the all-clear. As you know, America's next national pastime was not jai alai. It was always going to be gun violence. Sal gets two big opportunities: 1. Direct Patio Cola’s Bye Bye Birdy ripoff ad and 2. Have sex with his wife. He uses anxiety about 1 as an excuse to get out of 2, and he… well, sometimes I look up an episode synopsis on the Mad Men Fandom wiki while writing these, and whoever wrote this one described it perfectly so just read it: “Sal acts out the Bye Bye Birdie takeoff for Kitty, whose cheerful encouragement fades as her husband minces his way through the choreography.” “Minces.” Devastating.  Who’s your pick to win the Battle Court Jai Alai fall season this year? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Sancho Panda, Super G, Snake, & The Nurse. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Roger’s Old Kentucky Racism Put that shoe polish away and listen to the latest episode with comedian and author of First Time, Long Time, Amy Silverberg, joining Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season three episode three, “My Old Kentucky Home.” If you’re watching the show along with the podcast, you may have noticed there’s a new disclaimer before this episode about blackface, and how it’s bad, and you should not do it, and we agree! However, none of the various media with blackface in the 50s and 60s had such a disclaimer, so Roger likely had no idea that it was problematic to throw a derby party with his child bride so that he could show everyone how good he is at singing in blackface. He also would have rolled his eyes so hard if you said something he did was “problematic.” If Roger were alive today, he would accuse this podcast of being infected by the woke mind virus.  Back at the office, Peggy and the gang are getting blazed on the sweet cheba, leading to inspiration for the Bacardi campaign, proving sometimes drugs are good. If you’re keeping score at home: black face = bad, drugs = good (sometimes). Tell us your experience with a lingering drug dealer in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Rosie the Riveter, Swamp Thing, Pizza Pie, & Hunger Games. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Love Among the Goons If you don’t like what’s being said, put on this week’s episode of the podcast. We have host of the Finding My Audience podcast and comedian Allen Strickland Williams, whose album, Ran Through, is available now, joining Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season three episode two, “Love Among the Ruins.” Limey Lane is settling into his new life in New York by taking his wife out to dinner with Don & Betty, but the Mrs. is still acclimating. She has some complaints about the bugs and the Africans. Have you noticed that these white people in the 60’s say a lot racist stuff?  At the office, Paul pisses everyone off by taking the Madison Square Garden account to task for tearing down Beaux-Arts masterpiece Pennsylvania Station. Like, okay Paul, where do you expect Jermey Lin to drop 38 on Kobe and induce a national case of Linsanity? In the Draper household, a new roommate moves in when the family decides Betty’s dad can’t be trusted to take care of himself if he’s buying sandwiches for women who have left him. If the figurative lemon is witnessing a loved one's mind slowly decay, the lemonade is… an extra sandwich up for grabs? Is it still considered gooning if you bust more than once? Let us know in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Selleck, IKEA, & Goon. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sound the Gay Alarm, MYAM is Back Please don’t cut our dicks off and boil them in hog fat for taking a break between seasons. MYAM is back with Dave Schilling, author of Horror’s New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse, to help Matt and Vince kick off season three with episode one, “Out of Town.” The Sterling Cooper offices are experiencing a British Invasion of their own after being purchased by Putnam, Powell, & Lowe. Meet Burt Peterson, head of accounts. Now forget him. He’s fired. The new head of accounts? Much to his delight, Pete Campbell. Much to Pete’s chagrin, Ken Cosgrove is also named head of accounts. Two blue-blooded waspy boys being asked to share? What is this, some kind of budget polo summer camp? On a business trip to Baltimore to meet with London Fog, the hotel the fire alarm goes off the second a bellboy reaches into Sal’s pants, implying either God is punishing him, or hotels in the 60’s had gay alarms. In the ensuing evacuation, Don learns Sal’s big secret. He is chill about it, but you can tell he thinks it’s icky.  Are you a virgin if you’re a closeted gay man who has only had sex with women? Tell us your thoughts in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Creamy, Cadbury Eggs, & The Boxer. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

MAD YOURSELF A MAN IS COMING BACK NEXT WEEK! A week from today it will be out on Patreon and will released on the free feed a week after that. So get all your episodes one week early by joining the patreon NOW! ------- We are serving c**t on the Frotcast and we cannot. Even. Stop! This week we serve up our listeners a c**t named Brian Abrams, a guy who’s seen way more movies than Vince and author of “You Talkin' to Me?" The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes. Brian joins us for the main subject of this week’s episode, Ari Aster’s latest film Eddington. Unfortunately, we drag him into some very stupid topics before we get there. Sorry Brian. We get down to brass tacks right away- every man has a price, and Matt’s is $20,000. That’s right folks, he’s run plum out of royalty freestyle ideas, so now he has to whore out that sweet, sweet man-ass of his. Next up, the 46-year-old French guy who got humiliated to death while streaming. That’s right folks, GERARD DEPARDIEU IS DEAD (pause for Kevin Eubanks to stop laughing). Now throw in Cuomo’s swagless social media, Jordan Peterson’s mold problem, and important news from the President of Space, Kevin Spacey (we beg you, don't overthink the bits), and you got yourself a B+ of a pod, baby. Find Brian on his website, Letterboxd, and TikTok. (-Description by Brendan) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on the frotcast, Matt and Brendan are replaced with David J Roth and Jeb Lund, talking about Epstein's special relationship with Trump and the sequel to Happy Gilmore. Listen to the full episode by joining the Patreon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we welcome comedienne Jessica Sele to the show to discuss bidet usage. But first, we kick things off talking about steamy hot cat sex. We bring up dogs briefly as well, but let’s face it, we know what our audience wants to hear about. Speaking of which, we all watched Trainwreck: Poop Cruise which kinda felt like it was made for us but unfortunately (predictably, tbh) was a paint-by-numbers streaming doc. Props for minimizing usage of “typing things into a google search bar” shots, though. There’s a number of great stories to be told about it, but they focus on a small number of people and gloss over some major parts, such as, why anyone thought it was a good idea to make drinks free. There is a book’s worth of sociological insights to be gleaned from the poop cruise earning its name because everyone interviewed talks about refusing to poop in a bag, which of course exacerbates the issue and degrades the quality of life for everyone on board, but you aren’t going to hear about it on this podcast. I mean, come on.  Lastly, we dive into the New York Times’ hit piece on Zohran’s college application, which was only uncovered due to a hack of applicant data at Columbia, and provided to them by a “race science academic”. We asked Dave Weigel how exactly the ratfucking of Zohran would occur, but none of us had this on the bingo card. At least we still have Wordle. You can find Jessica on Instagram and Twitter. Buy her album. -Description by Brendan. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we had journalist Dave Weigel on the frotcast to talk about Zohran Mamdani winning the democratic nomination for mayor of New York City. You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to the Patreon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Meditations on a Finale As is customary for the last episode of a season, we brought in the closer and honorary Pod Yourself a Third Chair. From Defector, The Distraction, and It’s Christmastown podcasts, David J. Roth joins Matt and Vince for the Mad Men season two finale, “Meditations in an Emergency.” We know they’re not going to get blown up by Russia, but the characters don’t know that yet. There’s a missile crisis in, or around, Cuba, and on Madison Avenue, they’re living like there’s no tomorrow. Pete tries to get one last we’re-gonna-die shag from Peggy, who then confesses that she gave away his baby. He looks sad, but you just know he still would have hit if she let him.  Betty decides she too can play at the philandering game, and has her one last we’re-gonna-die shag with a strange man in what appears to be a bartender’s dressing room? Manhattan cocktail bars in the sixties seem cool. You could smoke inside, bartenders had dressing rooms you could have sex in, and oh wait right they didn’t let black people in. Nevermind, the sixties were bad. The podcast is good. Just enjoy the podcast. We’ll be back soon with season three.  Tell us if you ever gave a baby up for adoption in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Popeye & The Hulk. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Mounting Kings Matt & Vince are joined by comedian, co-host of the Oh Hell Yeah podcast, handsome devil, and producer of this podcast, Brent Flyberg. Listen as we discuss Mad Men season two episode twelve, “The Mountain King” Fellas, is your nag wife always hounding you about your philanderous lifestyle? Have you tried bailing to Long Beach and getting free therapy and tarot readings from the widow of the man whose identity you stole to escape the Korean War? Works for Don, but his dead commanding officer’s wife is the ultimate cool girl, and yours probably isn’t. Back in New York, Pete throws a chicken off the balcony, Peggy earns her own office after nailing the popsicle account pitch, Joan tries a sex act considered obscene in 1962 (girl on top?!?!?) and Roger pushes for a merger with Putney Powell & Lowe so he can fund his divorce and keep his child bride happy.  If you need to confess to disrespecting the Xerox machine, do it in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Chipmunk and JJ Abrams. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Chile Relleno in Palm Springs and Tony Curtis in the Bathroom Pack your bags. For this week’s episode of the pod we’re going to California with the Senior Culture Editor at GQ and co-author of Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan. Alex Pappademas joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode eleven, “The Jet Set.” Pete & Don go to the sunshine state to scout new clients at an aeronautics convention and have wildly different, but both quintessentially LA, experiences. Like most New Yorkers, Pete hates everything until he sees a celebrity. “Everybody here is late for everything… Oh! I just saw Tony Curtis in the restroom,” he says before getting ignored by beautiful women at the pool. Don, however, is beautiful, so he gets taken in by a gang of beautiful, wealthy people who don’t seem to have jobs. One of them wants Don to sleep with his daughter, which is somehow a story that Vince can relate to.  Back at the office, the creative team learns that Kurt is a homosexual who makes love with the men, not the women. (his words). The reaction is as homophobic as you would expect for 1962, and poor Sal has to hear it all.  Tell us which celebrities you’ve seen in the bathroom in a five star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Nancy, Phelps & Cornelius. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Betty’s Dad is Strokin’ and Gropin’ Say wazzzzzup to this week’s guest. Joining Matt & Vince is the funniest female comedian in the world, Alison Stevenson, to discuss Mad Men season two episode 10, “The Inheritance.” You likely remember the Budweiser ad that inspired millions to ask “what’s up?” in a merged, while drawn-out, fashion, but do you remember the Obama campaign ad that brought those guys back to your screen (all the way from Iraq!) to ask wazzzzzzup with America? It’s Alison’s favorite ad. She’s likely seen it more times than she’s seen an episode of Mad Men, but don’t be weird about it. It’s another A+ edition of the podcast.  The Mad Men episode is fine too (solid B+). Betty’s dad makes a pass at her, Pete finds out his once old money family has become nouveau pauvre, and Paul’s girlfriend learns he only cares about her rights if he’s not getting a free trip to California.  Try to explain why there is sexual tension between Glenn and Betty in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Gypsy Rose, Lasagna, & Hot Dog. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The One Where Freddie “Faints” We know you’re drinking because your daughter has had a string of bad beaus, but we have a good man on this week’s episode, writer of Spaceman and the Hollyweird newsletter, Colby Day, joins Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode nine, “Six Month Leave." According to Wikipedia, this is the episode in which beloved office lush Freddy Rumsen “faints” just before a pitch meeting, but don’t worry this is not a Mandela effect, you remember it correctly. He doesn’t faint, he goes pee pee in his damn trousers. Roger and Don agree it’s pretty funny, but even a white man can’tpiss in his damn pants at work and expect to keep his job in 1962. It was the dawn of woke culture.  They take ol’ Freddy out for one last bender before sending off to pasture in the hopes he can learn to just drink beer. In the process, they say some anti-semitic stuff, meet a heavyweight champ, punch a comedian, get thrown out of an underground casino, and Don unwittingly convinces Roger to leave his wife. It’s a reminder to be careful what you say to your boys who hate their wives. You don’t want a divorce hanging over your head.  Describe, but don’t actually tell us, your favorite racist street joke in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Ben S AKA Curly, and Jennifer Sigman AKA Freud. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we are pausing the Mad Men talk and rewinding to back when this was a Sopranos podcast. We have a special episode all about the life of actor James Gandolfini, where we talk to Jason Bailey who just released an amazing biography called Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend. It's a joy of an episode. A true throwback. And we will return with more Mad Men next week! -Matt Lieb (who is now 40) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Don’s Trip Around the World and Out the Door Don’t come home. We don’t care what you do, as long as you listen to the latest MYAM with returning guest Bobby Bigwheel joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode eight “A Night to Remember.” Don’s officially in the dog house. All his slutting around finally catches up to him when Betty confronts him about Bobbie Barrett after their dinner party. The final straw that broke Betty’s back? Don tricked her into buying Heinekin to impress his work friends. The lesson being, If you care about your marriage, drink domestic. Meanwhile Harry’s dumb ass finally makes a good decision, enlisting Joan to read TV scripts to make sure nothing in the shows agitates the advertisers. And how does this dumbass reward Joan for her good work? By hiring some gormless dweeb to replace her. What a dumbass. Drop your best Warren roast in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Cream & C. Lion. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Cadillac Puke De Ville Shake off that picnic blanket and leave your garbage for someone else to pick up, there’s a new episode of MYAM to listen to. YouTuber and creator of Manufacturing a Dream: A Mad Men Retrospective, José, joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode seven, “The Gold Violin.” Don buys a new Cadillac because everything is coming up Draper. He’s a rich, successful white guy in the 60s. He can do whatever he wants without any fear of repercussions, unless of course he leaves his wife alone for ten minutes with the man he’s been cucking.  Back at the office, Jane gets fired for sneaking into Bert Cooper’s office to appreciate some art, but Roger promises to get her job back if he can just get her address. He’s a rich, successful white guy in the 60s, so this would have been seen as a romantic story.  Tell us what you think of Cosgrove’s short stories in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nothing Fits Both Sides of Woman Better Than Podcast You wanted it, and you got it, and it’s better than they said. It’s the latest episode of MYAM with writer and TrueAnon podcast host Liz Franczak joining Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode six, “Maidenform.” A new campaign for Playtex has all the boys excluding Peggy to talk about what types of women there are, and how they correlate to bras and public figures. This culminates with Peggy dressing like a harlot and sitting on some dude’s lap, but in a cool, empowering way, probably.  While the men of Sterling Cooper are talking about cups and straps and first ladies and whatnot, Don learns that the women of New York are talking about what he can make that dick do. Bobbie informs him he has a reputation as a good sex-haver. Sounds cool to me, but it makes Don wanna put his tender heart in a blender and watch it spin around to a beautiful oblivion, so he ties her to the bedpoooooost. Are you a Marilyn, a Jackie, an Irene, a Gertrude, or a Chauncey? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Catheter, Limp Bizkit, & The Doozy. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Pick a Pod and Become the Person Who Casts it Tell your husband you're at a fat farm and throw on this week’s pod with host of the Dopey Podcast, Dave Mannheim, joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode five, “The New Girl” The titular new girl could be any number of girls. Bobbie Barrett is Don’s new girl on the side, Jane is the new girl on Don’s desk, engaged Joan is a new girl celebrating (relatively) young love, Peggy feels like a new girl after asserting her place as Don’s peer, and Pete finds out his seed is strong enough to potentially produce a new girl. Don might have a new girl but he’s the same old mad man. He’s driving drunk with a mistress he sort of hates when he crashes his car so bad he has to call Peggy to bail him out and hide his sidepiece at her apartment until the bruises heal. If anybody asks, it was the blood pressure medicine that caused the accident, not the booze. Feel free to try that as an excuse the next time you do something dumb when you’re drunk. Tell us in detail if you are familiar with the principles of conception in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Primus, Big Puss, Popeye the Sailor Man, & The House Guest -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bless Me Horny Father For I Have Chased Shel Keneely is out, but political commentator and co-host of the Majority Report, Emma Vigeland, is in. She joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode four “Three Sundays.” Don and the gang are chasing American Airlines, even coming in on Good Friday in their casual wear to workshop a pitch that doesn’t remind everyone of the horrible plane crash. While they’re all hard at work, Sally is drinking her dad’s booze, chasing that perfect feeling you only get from the right amount of rye.  There’s also a new horny priest in town, and he’s maybe chasing Peggy? Colin Hanks is the new holy man in the Olsen family’s life, and as Emma points out, him and Peggy have sort of a Father Intentola/ Carmella Soprano will they/won’t they thing going on. He never brings Peggy any DVDS to watch, but he also doesn’t bust in his pants in her living room. So it’s a toss-up for best horny priest in Pod Yourself history.  Tell us if your mom has big ones in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Menuda, Judge Jr., & Sushi. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Grab ‘em by the Utzy Wash that mistress stink off your hand and listen to this week’s pod with author and co-host of Bad Hasbara podcast, Daniel Maté joining Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season two episode three, “The Benefactor.” RIP Jimmy Barrett, you would have loved posting crowdwork clips. During a commercial shoot for an Utz chips campaign, the comedian hired by Sterling Cooper goes full Friar’s Club mode on the Utz CEO’s unsuspecting wife. Don has to clean up Jimmy’s mess, but gets back at him by going third base mode on Jimmy’s wife.  Back at the office, Harry learns “that mannequin” Cosgrove is has a higher salary, setting off a chain of events that involves a desperate search for an envelope with a window, a call to his wife, a bitch session with Salvatore, and ends with a raise and a new position as the head of the new Sterling Cooper television department.  Write your best roast for Mrs. Utz in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Glizzy, Bozzo, Regulator, & Limp Bizkit. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey everyone, last we you got the second episode of the season one week early! If you would like to continue getting episodes a week early, please join the Patreon. You will also get a Frotcast episode every week! Now enjoy this teaser for Mad Yourself A Man 203, with guest Daniel Maté! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jamaican Me Dad Die Don’t think about the president gutting the FAA, just listen to the latest edition of MYAM with Comedian and co-host of the Roundball Rock podcast, Sean Keane joining Matt and Vince to discuss Mad Men season two episode two, “Flight 1.” RIPete’s dad. In this episode, the Campbell paterfamilias dies in the American Airlines plane crash that everyone in the Sterling Cooper office is joking about. The tragic aviation accident that killed one of their peers is not just laughing matter to these mad men, no, it’s also a business opportunity. Duck thinks American Airlines might want to make some new ads. You know, some print ads that draw attention away from the 95 bodies at the bottom of Jamaica Bay, and towards the skirts on the stewardesses.  Meanwhile, Paul and Joan get in a fight because Paul is a phony and Joan is both racist and 31. Paul puts her on blast by revealing her age to everyone in the office, because in 1960s America it was much worse to be a 31-year-old woman than to be racist. Don’t think about which is more socially acceptable in 2025 America. Just focus on the pod.  Give us your best plane crash zinger in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for El Nueve, Big D, Hasselhoff, & The Glutton. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Drew Magary from Defector, SFGate and The Distraction podcast joins Matt & Vince to kick off season two by discussing Mad Men season two episode one, “For Those Who Think Young.” Before we get into this week’s episode, a quick victory lap to celebrate our appearance on (Celebrity) Jeopardy! That’s right, Ken Jennings himself had to say “Pod Yourself A Gun” on national television. Phase one of our complete media takeover has begun. Next we get Michael Barbarro to say “Lum lum lum” on The Daily. In this week’s episode, it’s Valentine’s Day, and Don has high blood pressure everywhere but his penis. That’s right, he can’t perform sexually for Betty because… the American dream is a lie? The thrill of stealing another man’s identity has worn off? He drinks a pint of rye a day? Whatever the reason, you can avoid this problem, dear listener, by going to Bluechew.com and using promo code LUMLUMLUM for half off your first batch of boner pills (Bluechew, hit us up - we definitely have listeners who need your pills). Tell us how old you think Matt & Vince look in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Paweł D, Lauren Giovinco, Daren Bloomgren, and Sarah Newton. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

PLEASE SIGN UP ON PATREON, EVEN IF IT’S FOR FREE! Posting everything here has become a burden, and if you’re only listening to this feed you probably aren’t getting all of the episodes. Patreon dot com slash frotcast! Sign up at Patreon to listen to this episode. This week, comedian/haberdasher Jason Webb joins the Frotboiz to discuss natural disasters, Trump, and why he doesn’t trust his crawl space. Matt shares the riveting tale of a periwinkle blue corduroy hat he wore this one time. Next up, Elon Musk is ruining all the potential whimsy of a second Trump administration. If there’s one thing the public has been clamoring for, it’s to let the senile mummies in charge of our country cook! We also listen to a clip of Trump finally realizing his true calling of becoming a catty Broadway producer via a hostile government takeover of the Kennedy Center. BOFFO BARRON BLOWS UP BOND MARKET! Finally, we wrap up with a discussion of this week’s shocking Jew-on-Jew crime in Florida. This antisemitism stuff has gone too far!!! At least we can take solace in the fact that neither perpetrator nor victim will learn a single f*****g thing from all this. See more of Jason’s work on Instagram @uhhhjasonwebb Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mad Man House Gareth Reynolds of The Dollop, Past Times and We’re Here to Help is here to help Matt & Vince process the season one finale of Mad Men, episode 13, “The Wheel.” To paraphrase Vince’s off-the-dome episode synopsis: Peggy’s got a tummy ache so bad she has to give birth, Betty goes spy-mode on Don after Francine learns her husband is cheating, and Pete’s father-in-law really wants Pete to rawdog Trudy. On top of all that, Kodak has re-invented the wheel and needs Don to convince America to buy one.  A new viewer, Gareth gets introduced to almost every important character, including Marten Holden Weiner’s Glen character. Glen might not know how long fifteen minutes is, but he knows how to capture the hearts of even the most jaded podcaster. Tell us about your ideal man house in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Apple, Fugazi, The Wrestler, Keebler, & Farmer’s Daughter. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Who Cares? The results are in: The next podcast you listen to will be this one, with Rachel Fisher from the Hollywood Crime Scene podcast returning to talk to Matt & Vince about Mad Men season one episode twelve, “Nixon vs. Kennedy.” The rank and file at Sterling Cooper throw a little party to watch the results of the Nixon/ Kennedy election roll in and it has all the trappings of a 60s office party: jugs of creme de menthe, the staged reading of a one-act play, and, of course, rampant sexual harassment.  This is also the episode where we learn just what happened to old Dick Whitman in Korea. He pissed himself to death in a fiery explosion and Don Draper rose from the cigarette ashes. Pete doesn’t know all the details, but that doesn’t stop him from tattling to the boss that Don isn’t who he says he is. But this is America, so Burt Cooper is like, lol who cares? This guy could be named Dick Foreskin and have bodies buried in his backyard as long as he keeps making me money. Tell us which role you want to play in Kinsey’s one-act play in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for De La Soul, The Butcher, & Dingbat. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

That Funny Feeling This week’s episode of the pod will give you the flush and glow not only that you might have after hours of exercise, but certainly as a young girl. Isn’t it nice to feel that way whenever you want? Writer, comedian, & JonBenét Ramsey case scholar Ashley Ray joins Matt & Vince to discuss Mad Men season one episode eleven, “Indian Summer.” Before there were door-to-door solar panel salesmen trying to sleep with our wives, there were door-to-door air conditioning salesmen trying to sleep with our wives. So you can imagine how pissed Don is when betty lets one of these lechers into his home. The nerve of this woman to let another man into Don Draper’s home while Don is busy supporting his family and/or sleeping with Rachel Menken – the sheer gall.  But hey the gals have needs too, which is why Peggy gets an assignment to write copy for a new female masturbatory aid disguised as an exercise aid. She gets a raise and a new sex toy. Not a bad day at the office for ol’ Peg. Tell us how you would describe vibrating underwear for a 60’s ad in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Raconteur & DB Cooper. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

And Twiiiiins The only thing better than a long weekend spent philandering is listening to this week’s episode of the pod with Desi Jedeikin from the Hollywood Crime Scene Podcast joining Matt & Vince to break down season one episode ten of Mad Men, “Long Weekend.” Don loses the Dr. Scholls account, so Roger, in an attempt to cheer Don up and satiate his own pervy needs, pulls some twins auditioning for an aluminum siding ad into the office for some drinks and horseplay. He can’t convince them to kiss each other, but he does get one of them to nearly bang him to death.  After rushing a heart-attacked Roger to the hospital and administering 50 ccs of slap to the face, Don realizes how fragile life is and how he should cherish and respect his wife. Lol yeah right, he goes to Rachel Mencken’s house to use Roger’s near-death experience as a pick up tactic. You know what they say, when God closes an account, he opens a mistress.  Are you going to be nice to us… or cruel? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Uncle Ben, Danny Boy, & The Night Rimmer. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

She Was a Model, You Know. This week’s guest may not be familiar with Mad Men, but she’s no stranger to podding herself. iHeart Podcasts Executive Producer and returning guest Anna Hossnieh joins Matt & Vince to talk about season one episode nine, “Shoot.”  After bumping into each other at a Broadway show about Fiorello La Guardia (yes that was a real show) an exec from a rival ad agency, Jim Hobart, tries to lure Don away from Sterling Cooper to the “big leagues” by promising Betty a modeling job for Coca-Cola (she was a model, she reminds everyone throughout the episode). Don turns down the offer, causing Jim to pull Betty from the gig, so she shoots her neighbor’s pigeons. The 60’s: it was a wild time, man.  Back at the office, Pete remembers a dog funeral he attended in college, which directly leads to Sterling Cooper buying a bunch of ad space for laxatives to thwart JFK. The 60’s: it was a wild time, man.  Tell us how you would help Nixon win an election in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We’re Going to Get High and Listen to a Podcast You don’t have to spark up a doobie with your beatnik friends to enjoy the latest MYAM, but it probably won’t hurt. Matt and Vince invite the host of Dopey Podcast, David Manheim, to talk about Mad Men season one episode eight, “The Hobo Code.” If you’ve seen Mad Men, you might remember this as the episode where Don gets baked as a kite and remembers the time a hobo who looked like Father Intentola came to visit his family’s dirt farm. Don remembers that his dad is a dishonest man, so he goes home all red-eyed and wakes up his son like, “I’m Don Draper, AMA. I’ll never lie to you.” Stupid little kid doesn’t even think to ask what Don’s real name is. Meanwhile, Peggy thinks for a second she can have it all. She’s hooking up with an ad man, her Belle Jolie campaign is a hit, and she gets to celebrate over a drink with the boys, and dance with her coworkers. Pete has to go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like, “I don’t like you like this.” It’s maybe the only time you’ll see someone slut-shamed for doing The Twist. Tell us what celebrity you saw at the Roosevelt in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Carnegie, Jack, & Remy. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sissy with a Chip-and-Dip Matherton might have the clap, but this week we have co-host and producer of the Blowback Podcast, Brendan James joining Matt & Vince to discuss Mad Men season one episode seven, “Red in the Face.” Fellas, don’t you hate it when your wife sends you to the store to return a chip-and-dip (you got two), and then gets all mad at you for using the store credit to buy a gun? Pete Campbell sure does, but at least he got to wave the gun around a crowded office before Trudy lit him up at home.  Elsewhere, Roger gets lit up enough at Don’s home to make a pass at Betty. Fellas, don’t you hate it when your wife is polite enough to your drunk boss that he has no choice but to sexually harass her? Don sure does, but at least he gets his revenge by getting Roger to puke up a pile of oysters in front of the RNC. Tell us what’s in your treasure box in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for Twinkle Toes, Choral, The Professor, The Blooper, & Flowers. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Shouldn’t You Pod the Promised Land? You may remember when this week’s guest from when she podded herself a gun or podded herself a wire, but today for the first time ever, comedian Katrina Davis joins Matt & Vince to mad herself a man and discuss Mad Men season one episode six, “Babylon.” Sterling Cooper has a new potential client, the Israeli Board of Tourism, so Don spends the entire episode talking about Israel like he thinks he’s Matt Lieb or something.  The other new client, Belle Jolie lipstick, brings a bucket of samples and the gals around the office generate a pile of lipstick-smattered tissues, or as Peggy calls it, a “basket full of kisses.” A turn of phrase so clever it makes Freddy Rumsen wonder if a woman could be capable of having thoughts.  Pitch us a Israel tourism ad in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this week's shoutouts for The Estate, In Bed, The Judge, The Golfer, The Bread Hospital, & Two Ton. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Did it All for the Newkie Writer and Pod Yourself a friend, Laremy Legel joins Matt & Vince to talk about Mad Men season one episode five, “5G.” Don’t worry, the title of the episode is a reference to a hotel room number in the episode, not the secret government plan to make you gay. Don’s half brother, Adam Whitman comes to visit after seeing Don’s photo in Advertising Age after he wins a Newkie Award. At first Don is like, lol I dunno what you’re talking about bro, then he’s like, okay it me, Dick, but I’m glad your mom is dead and I don’t want to be your freakin’ bro, bro. It’s cold, almost as cold as a Vermont morning, which is the setting for a short story Cosgrove gets published in The Atlantic, driving the rest of the ad boys crazy with jealousy.  Tell us what makes you greasy and calm in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this weeks shoutouts for Stacks, Jerry, Franks, Hot Plate, The Gentile, Swish, Grapes, Australopithecus, Zatarans, & Marathon. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kids These Days  On the pod this week, our guest is a copywriter who wears suits, so he’s basically Don Draper. Comedian and podcaster Allen Strickland Williams joins Matt and Vince to talk about Mad Men season one episode four, “New Amsterdam.” You listen to the podcast because it’s good. Because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar. Because you deserve it. You listen to the podcast because it’s what piggies do, but I want you to be very clear about this, you were banned from the Patreon. I wanted you out, Allen wanted you out, and you would be, if it weren’t for Matt and Vince. They thought you deserved another chance. Now, I know your generation went to college instead of serving, so I’ll illuminate you, these men are your commanding officers. You live and die in their shadows. Listen to the episode, meet the perfect little pervert Glen, and the disgusting big pervert from Bethlehem Steel, and don’t let Matt & Vince down.     We’ll give you a lock of Matt’s hair if you leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show, like this weeks shoutouts for The Rocket, The Swede, One-Eighty, Golly, Grainsmith, Jailbird, The Klansman, Bourgeois, Hungry, & Taters.  -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

He’s Not Dick Whitman, He’s a Dickwit, Man You know him, you love his deep voice, Brendan from the Frotcast is on the pod this week to talk to Matt and Vince about Mad Men season one episode three, “The Marriage of Figaro.” Slimy Pete Campbell returns from his honeymoon in Niagara to find that those cads at Sterling Cooper have played a devious prank, putting a Chinese-American family (not the words they use) in his office! Jim Halpert could never. It’s a source of constant amusement for the office. No one does racist quips better than a bunch of 60s copywriters. The Mystery of Don’s second identity unravels a tiny bit more when a Korean war buddy on the train calls him Dick Whitman. If you’ve seen the whole show already, you're like, yeah yeah he’s not Don Draper, he’s Dick Whitman, but if this is your first time watching, you’re like, lol who names their kid Dick Whitman? Tell us your alcohol of choice to get bombed on while building a playhouse for your kids in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Ladies are in the Room and They’re Going Mad, Man Pour yourself a big glass of rye and stop spying on your wife through her psychiatrist because comedian, host of the Oh Hell Yeah podcast, handsome devil, and producer of Mad Yourself a Man, Brent Flyberg joins Matt & Vince to dissect Mad Men season one episode two of Mad Men, “Ladies Room.” As noted on the pod, the second episode is often the worst episode of any tv show. “Ladies Room” is no exception. Don’t get me wrong, it still looks good, and Don says some funny stuff like “Who is this moron flying around in space? He pisses his pants,” but also Paul is saying nonsense like, “that drape is sadder than a map.” Maps are sad? What kind of commie babble is that, Kinsey? It’s kind of a Betty episode – she’s having panic attacks and almost killing her kids in a car accident because she saw a divorced woman. She was out there just walking around like some kind of human being. Can you imagine?  Tell us how you would fix your hysterical wife in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A term coined in the mid 2020’s to describe a Mad Men rewatch podcast hosted by Vince Mancini and Matt Lieb. They coined it.  That’s right. The boys, or in this case, men, are back in podtown to watch another prestige TV show and somehow, some way, find a connection between one of television’s greatest achievements and what it sounds like when you’re eating that butt. Returning to help Matt and Vince kickoff with season one episode one, “The Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” is 1st Team All-Pod-Yourself guest, host of The Distraction and It’s Christmastown podcasts, and Defector.com founder, David J. Roth. Mad Men? More like bad men. These boys do not know how to behave themselves around the freakin’ chicks, man. If you think it’s bad to call them “freakin’ chicks,” you will really not like how the ad men at Sterling & Cooper talk to the new secretary, Peggy. Don’t worry though, Joan is there to teach her how to respond to the constant sexual harassment (learn to like it or go back to Queens).  It’s Don’s show though. He’s handsome, charming, and sort of scrawny-fat-fit. He’s gonna smoke cigarettes (regardless of what his wife reads in those magazines she loves so much) and more importantly, he’s going to come up with some killer taglines to sell you nylons and cigarettes and lead-based paints.  Tell us why you love smoking in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a shout out on the show. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey everyone, here is the final collection of Balmer B Stories from Season 5 of Pod Yourself The Wire! Also, we are so pleased to announce that starting next week for patrons (and the week after for free feed piggies) we will be RETURNING WITH EPISODES OF OUR BRAND NEW SEASON of Pod Yourself where we will be talking about Mad Men. It's called Mad Yourself A Man. Once again we will be doing shoutouts at the end of the pod, but this time you won't just get a street name or a mobster name, you'll be getting something uh advertising themed. Idk Vince will do it, and it'll be great. So join the Patreon at the $8 tier for that shoutout, which should be starting around episode 3. Enjoy! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It’s Frotcast 607, and the three wise guys are back to talk about 'Wise Guy,' the new David Chase documentary, wisely as guys. But first! We check in with our old pal Donny Trump and play the game “What Movie Is Trump Confusing With Real Life?” 100 Frotcast Points to whomever is able to figure that one out.  We then shift to sunnier topics like the Vice Presidential debate, which kicked off with an extremely loaded question about Israel despite the fact that a large chunk of the country they’re debating to be VP of is underwater. What does it mean? Probably nothing bad. The Daily Caller weighs in on the trend sweeping the nation (two random dudes from Twitter), being extremely gay for JD Vance. The conversation about Wise Guy devolves into debunking the Great Man theory of art, which Brendan may or may not have just made up. It’s streaming on Max for your viewing pleasure. Good doc, solid B+. We finish up by discussing a galaxy-brained take that posits- what if Amadeus is actually about the Cold War? A take so bad that Brendan considers joining the Khmer Rouge. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Here is our full interview with Jeremy Saulnier, writer/director of the hit movie Rebel Ridge on Netflix. This interview was in our full frotcast episode which you can listen to by joining the Patreon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Look I’m sorry, but nothing happens to Matt’s car on this episode. We understand if you want to skip this one.  Comedian Anna Valenzuela (whose comedy album Murderpuss is available for pre-order) joins the Frot crew to discuss the new Reagan biopic, which is helpfully called Reagan. But first! We discuss the presidential debate, namely how much we’ll miss shit like a f*****g former leader of the free world yelling THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS into a microphone.   Our conversation also turns to Dave Grohl. If you’re upset about him having sex with a non-his wife-person, maybe just don’t care about what people you’ve never met do with their junk? Just in time for Anna to leave for her therapy appointment, we dive into Reagan, the movie about Reagan (not to be confused with Raygun, the movie that doesn’t yet exist about the s****y breakdancer). Hilarity ensues as we discuss weapons-grade smarm and the chicken aesthetic people that this movie was made for. Truly some baffling choices in this Hallmark card-ass movie. Solid B+. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

PLEASE SIGN UP ON PATREON, EVEN IF IT’S FOR FREE! Posting everything here has become a burden, and if you’re only listening to this feed you probably aren’t getting all of the episodes. Patreon dot com slash frotcast! Sign up at Patreon to listen to this episode. Zack Chapaloni takes time out from his busy improv schedule to join us for a robust “yes-and” of Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry’s new madcap shooting spree comedy The Union. That’s not really a joke; in between witty bon mots, Halle Hal and Marky Mark rack up a body count on par with Legionnaire’s Disease. Brendan forgets JK Simmons’ name and decides to refer to him thenceforth as JK Rowling. Matt watched about half the movie and we come to the conclusion that he really didn’t miss that much. This is an AI-ass movie, y’all. We also discuss the baffling end credits sequence and whether or not this is simply the logical result of stan culture vs. “wanting to see a good movie” (spoiler: it is). Vince wanted to save his takes on ‘Reagan,’ the new biopic about our most AI-ass president, until the rest of us could see it, but he had to take his shirt off and go in anyway. We challenge some fundamental assumptions of the movie such as: since when does he get credit for ending the Cold War, and why should any American particularly give a shit? Plus! A helpful guide to recognizing Gorbachev in the movie if you don’t have a helpful geriatric to loudly whisper THAT’S GORBACHEV in your theater. If you like what you heard from our esteemed guest, find Zack on his website here. Even if you didn’t you probably should, we are all desperate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome to this week’s Frotcast, where we decide to re-evaluate the case of Scott Peterson. Not his guilt (he totally did that shit), but his place in the esteemed pantheon of Extremely Dumb Guys. We welcome back Desi and Rachel from Hollywood Crime Scene to discuss not only his dim wits, but also his poor lying skills, off-putting demeanor, and creepy voice. Form an orderly queue, ladies! We mostly discuss the Netflix doc, but also touch on the Peacock and Hulu series as well, if you’d like to waste several more hours of your life learning about this weirdo.  You’ll be devastated to learn that Matt got a new car, which may well end our multi-episode saga of vehicular assault on Matt’s life. Perhaps an enterprising listener can sabotage his car in order to give us more precious #content. He also describes his own Hollywood Crime Scene involving sexual assault of a Big Mouth Billy Bass. We’d love to see that story get the Scott Pelley treatment. Other topics include large adult Chicagoans, which Gallagher brother goes down on his right fit bird, and Deep Dish Diarrhea. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we had Alice Fraser back on the Frotcast and you can listen to the whole thing on Patreon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on the Frotcast, Matt comes to us live from his very stressful trip to San Francisco where his car broke down in the middle of the freeway on the way to do some comedy. He ended up all sweaty up there. Our guest this week is Ryan Nanni, aka Celebrity Hot Tub, author of Assigned and co-host of the Shut Down Fullcast. Matt tells us all about his trip, we talk about JD Vance stealing Joe Sinclitico's Frotcast bit and having sex with couches, plus we review JD Vance's crowdwork about Diet Mountain Dew. Eventually we get around to talking about 'Love Lies Bleeding,' the lesbian bodybuilding movie starring Kristen Stewart I made everyone watch for some reason. Basically imagine Pain & Gain with lesbian bodybuilders. Or maybe Thelma & Louise with lesbian bodybuilders. It's actually a bunch of things that sound intriguing and yet none of those things at all because it doesn't feel like they finished writing it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Joey and Vince are back talking about season 1 of Top Chef. This week we're talking about season one, episode 3 (103), "Nasty Delights," which really is a fantastic Top Chef episode and quite possibly a big reason we still have this show 21 seasons later. Stephen Asprinio deserves his place in the Top Chef hall of fame. All-time great reality show character. The chefs had to make octopus, and then they had to make monkfish for little kids. Crazy how this episode turned out, because some people who went on to become food TV royalty probably should've gone home this episode. Justice for Brian! (Or, maybe not, maybe he deserved it). For some delicious bourbon and rye, check out our sponsor, blackwooddistillingco.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we had Stefan Heck from Blocked Party on the frotcast, which you can listen to by becoming a patreon subscriber! In this section we talk about how conservative columnist Max Boot (guy with hat) has a wife who has been accused of being a spy of the South Korean government. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey everyone went on a little vacation so here's an unlocked frotcast! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

ANNOUNCEMENT! Pod Yourself will get back in recording studio soon and with a brand new show! Listen to the announcement at the beginning to find out what show! On  today’s Frotcast, we’re guest-free (by choice, not because we couldn’t find anyone, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN ASK THAT??), so you know what that means, wall to wall jokes about eatin dat buhhhh. That’s not entirely true, we discuss the disastrous debate between two guys who are so f*****g old there’s gotta be some kind of gag we’re missing. We establish a baseline of “must be able to assure America that post-birth abortions don’t exist” for being the leader of the free world. After that, Vince finds new types of Guys To Be Mad At; you will assuredly be mad at them too unless you brag on LinkedIn about posting #content on #linkedin to boost #engagement. Please keep this in mind for your Listener Performance Review next quarter. Not to spoil things, but it might get ugly. You all have been terribly disappointing to us.  We round things out by talking about the new Beverly Hills Cop movie. It’s officially called “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” but Frotcast house style dictates we refer to it as “Beverly Hills Cop Promo Code Axel F”. Drink every time someone says “FOLEY!” if you want to die. Brendan was the only one to watch the whole thing, but we manage to squeeze plenty out of our discussion before we all decide we’re tired and we’d better wrap things up.  I’m tired so I’m gonna wrap things up. Bye! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Top Chef Frotcast Post-Show is back, discussing season 1, episode 2 of Top Chef, "Food Of Love." No guest in this one, but we do get to discuss the episode in which the chefs make a fruit plate for Elizabeth Falkner and cater a sex party with "Madame S." Fun fact: this episode is set in a version of San Francisco that no longer exists. Sad! And the judges were very unfair to Miguel. Miguel, if you're listening to this, you should sue. Because I for one think clever personalities are very sexy. Don't forget to check out our sponsor, Blackwood Distilling. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, we were honored to welcome guest Alex Goldman, formerly of ReplyAll, currently of the Western Kabuki podcast and the Cool Dude Zone Substack. We discuss the reason our kids are annoying, bad vibes in the podcast industry, questions Alex would like to ask Elon Musk, and of course, 1992's Dracula. Because why wouldn't we discuss 1992's Dracula? That was actually Brendan's idea, only the bastard wasn't here to see it through because he ended up having to parent. UGH! We discuss Monica Belucci as a sex vampire, Gary Oldman as the original steampunk f*ckboy, Keanu Reeves' accent, and Winona. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Here's a teaser for this week's Frotcast with guest Rachel Fisher. Please join the Patreon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Vince and Joey are back talking the latest episode of Top Chef, part one of the finale in Curacao. This week, part one of Top Chef’s season 21 finale took the chefs to the Caribbean nation of Curacao, where the final four competed in a battle to combine gouda and lionfish, and then in an eight-course fish tasting menu on a Holland America Cruise Line with fresh fish ambassador, Morimoto! As promised last week, host of the Roundball Rock podcast and Top Chef superfan, comedian Joey Devine is helping me, Vince Mancini from The #Content Report/Frotcast, break down the latest Top Chef ‘sode. Enjoy, share, subscribe, and check out our sponsor, Blackwood Distilling. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Here is a taste of this week's episode of the Frotcast which you can listen to by SUBSCRIBING TO THE PATREON. COME ON! DO IT! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Documentarian Lance Oppenheim last hung out with us just a few months ago to talk about Spermworld, his Hulu documentary about unlicensed sperm donors. At the time he teased us with news of his next project, Ren Faire, a documentary series about the eccentric owner of the Texas Renaissance Festival, one of the largest renaissance festivals in the world. Well now that documentary is here. Ren Faire, produced by the Safdie Brothers and Ronald Bronstein (Uncut Gems, Good Time, etc.) follows George Coulam, an eccentric octogenerian ex-Mormon who dresses in a self-designed military-inspired uniform who everyone calls "King George." King George is the capricious ruler of the TRF, who says he wants to retire while his long-suffering employees scramble around trying to please him while plotting against each other and trying to set themselves up to become the heir apparent. Ren Faire's main characters include Jeff Baldwin, the portly theater kid entertainment director who has recently become general manager, Louie Migliaccio, a steampunk energy drink addict who runs the festival's kettle corn empire (but dreams of more), and Darla Smith, an elephant trainer-turned renaissance faire capitalist. Lance opens up about how he shot Ren Faire, what all the Ren Faire characters are doing now -- big scoop on Jeff Baldwin and the rest of the staff in there -- and how many energy drinks Louie Migliaccio consumes in a day. Oh, and about how King George's sugar daddy dates at the Olive Garden actually went down, and whether George asked them any questions beyond whether their breasts are real. Ren Faire is a great docuseries and the ultimate show for anyone who wants to know how unhappy rich people actually are. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Hey everyone, here's some bonus slop that Vince and Roundball Rock's Joey Devine did! Vince does this thing about the show Top Chef where he does "power rankings" or something. People love it and now you will too. Also don't worry, there will be a Frotcast this week and WE WILL SOON PICK A SHOW I SWEAR. DESCRIPTION: For all the Top Chef lovers, Joey Devine from Roundball Rock and I (Vince) decided to do a post-Top Chef recap show. Which chefs do we love? Which do we hate? Whose chances do we like? What changes do we love this season, and which do we not? You know, all that shit. If you watch Top Chef, you'll probably love this. If you don't, well, your mileage may vary. But maybe you get desperate and end up realizing you like it. Maybe you discover feelings that you always had but tried to deny and it'll be a whole sexual awakening kind of a thing. Look I don't know, we were already watching Top Chef so it seemed like an easy lift. Hope you like it. Join the Patreon. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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A recent headline in the trades went 'Richard Dreyfuss Takes Stage At Massachusetts ‘Jaws’ Screening Wearing Dress Before Delivering Rant Described As Transphobic; Venue Apologizes.' That was a banger of a headline, but actual video and audio from the event was pretty spotty . Whenever I see headlines like these, I kind of wonder, "Was it really that bad, or was some humorless person just ignoring context and and inflection to make it sound as provocative as possible?" Luckily when I tweeted about it, someone immediately piped up "hey, I was at that screening!" I naturally figured, well, we might as well ask him about it. Our guest is Wes Rosen, who's a cook from Beverly, Massachusetts. He sent me a picture from the evening to prove that he was there, which probably wouldn't pass muster with the FBI, but I have no reason to believe he's bullshitting me (if it turns out I got "took," in The Wire parlance, I'll be the first to issue a correction). Wes says he doesn't listen to the show, but as a guy who makes fun of NPR and attends Jaws screenings he seems very much our demo. As far as the question, "Was it really that bad, or was some humorless person just ignoring context and and inflection to make it sound as bad as possible," Wes seems to suggest that it was a little bit of both. Richard Dreyfuss's book that he was promoting, by the way, is called "One Thought Scares Me." "Our democratic republic is failing, and it shouldn’t be a surprise. We can’t fly a plane without training; we can’t practice medicine without attending medical school. And yet we expect the American people to wield the full power of their citizenship, the product of the most revolutionary governmental thinking in human history, without any education.We no longer teach our children the Bill of Rights or Constitution. We don’t teach the Enlightenment values that underpin them. We don’t teach the critical thinking skills and mental agility necessary for our own sovereignty. We’ve stopped teaching civics, and now we can’t have a civil political discussion. The American experiment may fail if we don’t act.Richard Dreyfuss is a forceful advocate for civic education. His latest work, One Thought Scares Me…, explains how the lack of civics education in American education for the last fifty years has led to the deterioration of all aspects of the lives of us, the people. And it shows us the path to reclaiming our American ideals."It sounds like Dreyfuss hates Trump, but is also maybe anti-#MeToo and confused by "The LGBT" and trans identities in general. Which is to say, probably pretty close to the Frotcast Listener's Parents Demographic. Talk to your confused Boomer parents about the dangers of Shrimp Jesus today. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

PLEASE SIGN UP ON PATREON, EVEN IF IT’S FOR FREE! Posting everything here has become a burden, and if you’re only listening to this feed you probably aren’t getting all of the episodes. Patreon dot com slash frotcast! To listen to the full version of this podcast and all other premium podcasts sign up at Patreon. Everyone knows it’s ‘Martin May’ on the Frotcast, so this week we’re talking ‘Blue Streak’ (1999) with Alice Fraser from The Gargle. At least, we start talking about Blue Streak around the one hour mark. Before that, Matt’s child pooped in the bath, inspiring some other stories of inopportune poops, Rudy Giuliani pulls a Naked Gun by leaving his court microphone on while peeing, Ben Affleck and J. Lo are consciously uncoupling again, and former offensive lineman Brendan has finally actually seen ‘The Blind Side,’ which he dubs ‘Birth of a Lineman.’ Because it’s a racist-ass movie, you see. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

PLEASE SIGN UP ON PATREON, EVEN IF IT’S FOR FREE! Posting everything here has become a burden, and if you’re only listening to this feed you probably aren’t getting all of the episodes. Patreon dot com slash frotcast! To listen to the full version of this podcast and all other premium podcasts sign up at Patreon. Jerry Seinfeld apologizes for Bee Movie! A Bitcoin guy gives a commencement speech! Bill Burr DESTROYS Bill Maher in a Battle of the Bills! All these topics and more on this week’s Frotcast, with our guest, comedian Matt Braunger. He’s been on Rogan, which I think means we all get 10 extra dollars by association (is that how that works? We’re not good at business). Meanwhile, Martin Madness, aka Martin March, aka Martin May, continues with our discussion of the 2000 classic, Big Momma’s House. Fun fact: this movie stars THREE Oscar nominees. Not to mention Cedric “The Entertainer.” Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week the Frotcast welcomes Eric Peacock, aka Uwe Bollocks, host of the Soundtracker podcast, to discuss Jerry Seinfeld's directorial debut, Unfrosted, a movie about the invention of the Pop Tart. And what a movie it is! We also get caught up on Dwayne The Rock Johnson's alleged history of being late to every set and hiring his dopey brother-in-law/former assistant to run his production company. A company that's currently $250 million in the hole in his latest terrible-sounding movie (which was the brother-in-law's idea, by the way). ALLEGEDLY. Also, Brendan went to an ostrich farm so we talk about which large flightless birds we think we could beat up. You know, if it came to it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Here is last week's Frotcast, you can listen to them all by joining the Patreon. Good evening, cowards (this is a joke explained in the episode). Jerry Seinfeld says he couldn't away with all those edgy Seinfeld episodes nowadays because people are so woke and leftist! I mean WHAT. IS. THE DEAL? We try to figure out what Jerry is angry about or if he's even angry at all in this week's installment of Today's Dumb Story Everyone Is Talking About For Some Reason. Why don't they build the WHOLE PLANE out of wokness. You also won't want to miss the story about what Kirstie Alley's parents were wearing when they died in a car crash. We take some time to meet the man who called his city council leaders "fat, ugly b*tches" and learn all about his tick-removing device and why he's so mad about someone trying to fill the potholes in his Finally, we've got the latest in terrible AI trends, from Will.i.am's robot cohost to a service that will automatically spam links to your product in Reddit threads. It's a brave new world, we're just jizzing in it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week Matt and Vince talked to Rolling Stone chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall about the Wire. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey all, while you wait for the announcement of our next rewatch, please subscribe to the Patreon so you can get your fix. Here's a little something from this week's Frotcast to entice you. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Get the full episode at Patreon.com/Frotcast! Once upon a time, the Sopranos (James Gandolfini and Edie Falco) made a video to try to get Lebron James to come to the New York Knicks. Roundball Rock podcast host Sean Keane alerted us to this fact years ago, but until recently, almost no one outside of Lebron had actually seen the video. Well now it has finally surfaced and we get to listen to it. Other topics include the producer who doesn't think Sydney Sweeney is attractive or talented, the Netflix true crime documentary that used AI to make fake pictures, and the Hollywood people who claim they can't sell Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“It feels like the moment when David Simon’s twitter persona finally gained the upperhand on David Simon the TV writer.” -David J. Roth Well, we did it. We podded ourselves the whole Wire. The closer, Defector.com founder, and natural po-dcaster David J. Roth joins Matt & Vince to talk (at great length!) about The Wire’s finale, season five episode ten “-30-” Was it the best season of The Wire? Universally from guests and hosts alike, no, it was not the best season. Was it a good season? Sort of depends on who you ask. Matt & Vince are noted season five defenders. They love reporting, shoe leather, shoe leather reporting, and corpse penis shots, and this season delivers on all those fronts, so that’s not surprising. David has a higher opinion than episode eight guest Dave from Dopey, but agrees with many past guests that it can’t live up to the heights of seasons three and four.  The finale has some satisfying moments. Scott Templeton’s weaselry is finally called out by Gus and Jimmy, though he is rewarded for his fabrications with what we think is a Pulitzer. Do any of our listeners know what a Pulitzer looks like? Lol of course not. Our listeners are more likely to know what delinquent child support summons looks like than a Pulitzer (no offense).  We also get Jimmy’s funeral. Don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything, he doesn’t die, but Officer McNulty sort of does, and he gets a proper copper funeral scene that, according to Dominic West, the actors were all legitimately drunk to film. So method. Really committed to the craft. Stick around to find out what show we do next (Alf). We haven’t decided yet (it’s going to be Alf or I stg I will b*mb a federal building – just kidding please don’t call the cops), so tell us what show we should do next in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Shay’s Nutz, Titanic, Chevy, The Shock Jock, Gross, Double O, & Old Mall Drink.  -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is a Frotcast! To get all the new Frotcast episodes, sign up at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast! Did you guys know that there's an entire shadow sperm market that exists outside of regular sperm banks, largely connecting donors and recipients on an ad-hoc basis through a series of Facebook groups? This is the world chronicled in Spermworld, Lance Oppenheim's latest documentary, currently out on FX/Hulu. It's a fascinating, sometimes excruciatingly awkward portrait largely centered on three sperm donors: Ari, a Jewish guy with upwards of 130 children and a disapproving mother who views his life like a screwball comedy. Tyree, a mechanic and ex-con who has immersed himself in the sperm-donating game even as he and his partner, Atasha, are themselves having trouble conceiving. And Steve, a fit, 60-year-old divorcee from Tennessee who has struck up an unlikely... friendship? with Rachel, a 27-year-old lung-transplant recipient with cystic fibrosis. One question hovers above all the donors. What's driving them? Lance has a knack for shooting desperate oddballs, as he previously showed in Some Kind of Heaven, a hilarious, sometimes tragic documentary about the Villages retirement community which premiered at Sundance in 2020 and went on to make my own best-of list (in which I only very rarely include docs, even though I love them). That one was produced by Darren Aronofsky. Later this year, Lance has “Ren Faire,” produced by Elara Pictures and HBO, a three-part docuseries about the epic succession battle at America’s largest renaissance festival. That one is produced by the Safdie Brothers and recently debuted at SXSW. Nathan Fielder hosted a recent screening. Of course, Lance is also just a fun hang, and more than game to be grilled about his work. Which also provided Matt ample opportunity to talk about his favorite subject, cum. We all had thick ropes of fun, at least 10 to 15 milliliters worth. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“I never cracked the clock code.” -Brent Flyberg The gang’s all here for the penultimate edition of Pod Yourself The Wire. Comedian, producer of the pod, writer of these descriptions, and world-class-stud, Brent Flyberg joins Matt and Vince to talk about The Wire season five episode nine, “Late Editions.” If you have learned nothing else from this podcast, I trust that you have learned that we like when the guys on the show are friends. Right up to the end, Michael and Snoop are friends. He reassures her that her hair looks good right before he blows her brains out, because the game is the game, but friends are forever. It would have been funny if she had asked “does my hair look good?” and Michael responded with a Snoop-style “yerrrr!” and then shot her in the face, but I guess Pelecanos wasn’t going for a laugh in that scene. This episode also features the famous Marlo “My name is my name” scene, which you might remember hearing sampled all over Pusha T’s Wrath of Caine mixtape. That’s right, I’m a middle-aged white guy who loves rap music. It’s embarrassing to admit because we are this generation’s white guys who love jazz and those guys suck. I’m going to steer into the skid. Any day now you’ll see me in a Kangol hat calling people cats.  Tell us your favorite rap song that samples a clip from The Wire in a five-star review on  Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Detective, Analingus, Breadpie, Gritty, & Delaware. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“10-year-old Kennard would have bullied 25-year-old me.” -Dave  Dave from the Dopey Podcast returns to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season five episode eight, “Clarifications.” Dave hates season five. If you, like Vince, are a season five defender who loves the newsroom stuff, you might find yourself yelling at your phone during this one. He hates Gus. GUS – the last beacon of integrity at the fictionalized Baltimore Sun. He even hates Kennard, the pint-sized, foul-mouthed giant slayer. Regardless of how you feel about season five, you probably love Omar, and this is a tough episode. We say goodbye to one of TV's most memorable characters in unceremonious fashion. He’s gunned down at the corner store picking up a soft pack of Newports by a literal child, and while he was a legend on the streets, his death doesn’t even make the paper. RIP Omar. We’ll pour out some Honey Nut Cheerios in your honor.  Share your favorite Omar memory in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Oz, Pooh, Season, Toto, Allister, Maestro P, Coats, & Rumble. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The first installment of our new miniseries on college football movies takes on Necessary Roughness (1991)! Vince and Brendan are joined by Spencer Hall, from Channel 6/the Shutdown Fullcast. This series was of course the brainchild of Brendan, our resident ex-college football player and former NFL superstar (*practice squad and NFL Europe). We all thought a miniseries on college football movies was a great idea, but it also could just be that Brendan is really big and might have CTE so we didn't want to make him angry. For our first episode, we're discussing 1991's Necessary Roughness, starring Hector Elizondo and Robert Loggia as the coaches of the Texas State Fighting Armadillos, and their 34-year-old freshman quarterback, Paul Blake, played by Scott Bakula. Does it still hold up? Is it basically the same movie as Major League? All your questions answered, and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“This episode should have been called ‘Spite.’” - Brendan Sexton III For the first time in the history of this pod, we have a guest who auditioned for a role on The Wire. In 2007 he nearly played Frog (one of the many people who rip Ziggy off), but this week actor Brendan Sexton III joins Matt and Vince to talk about season five episode seven, “Took.” As our guest points out, this episode, like many, could have been called “Spite.” It’s what’s motivating the actions of our two favorite Baltimore murder poe-lees. Jimmy, out of spite for the bosses, and the whole damn system, is using his fake serial killer to single-handedly ensure funding for any cop who needs it and knows where to find him. In the process, he learns that you either die the cool philandering drunk detective, or live long enough to become one of the bosses.  Bunk, meanwhile, is pounding the pavement, chasing old leads, and generally doing a lot of shoe-leather detective work – likely the best work he’s done in years, just out of spite for Jimmy and his outright fraudulent behavior. The police can not be reformed or re-trained. Instead, to fix America’s policing problem, we need to have a handful of cops who are so off the rails that their peers have no choice but to actually do their jobs out of spite for their own co-workers.  Tell us in your own words what you learned from Prometheus Bound in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: The Weasel, Barbie, Fat Man, & Syrup. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey Matt Lieb here, Sorry about there being no frotcast episode last week and also preemptively sorry about Pod Yourself The Wire being late because we weren't able to record last week. We explain why at the end of the episode, and big ole trigger warning for that. But also, we talk about a lot of funny stuff too. Love you guys! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Buy tickets to see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini headline the Punch Line in Sacramento on Sunday, March 17th at 7pm. “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.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Big House, Vacuum, Garfunkel, Bling, & Long Balls. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Buy tickets to see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini headline the Punch Line in Sacramento on Sunday, March 17th at 7pm. “If you thought dookie was gonna make it…” -Ashley Ray Another week, another returning guest, and another big lie from Scott Templeton. This week on the pod, comedian, and host of the TV, I Say podcast, Ashley Ray talks to Matt & Vince about The Wire season five episode five, “React Quotes.” If you like to see the smirk of a drunk Irish rascal with a naughty little secret, this is the episode for you. Jimmy learns he’s getting help fabricating a serial killer from slimy little newsboy Scott and can barely contain his glee. By the look on his face, you’d think McNutty just found out monogamy is illegal.  Vince shares a fascinating backstory about Omar’s Superman-like flight from a sixth floor balcony – it might seem crazy that he would survive such a fall, but reportedly the character Omar was based on jumped from an even higher height and survived. So the next time you have to clean out the gutters, don’t be a weenie. If you fall you’ll probably be fine. You might have to hobble around with a shotgun as a cane, but you’ll live. Tell us what you think The Joker would find funny in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Lotion, Birth of a Nation, Sly Guy, Lieutenant, Miami, The Belt, & Bread. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Buy tickets to see Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini headline the Punch Line in Sacramento on Sunday, March 17th at 7pm. “Everyone get your prostates checked, and then, look out for Marlo.” -Katrina Davis One-time Pod Yourself A Gunner, and now two-time Pod Yourself The Wirer, fan favorite, and comedian Katrina Davis returns to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season five episode four, “Transitions.” We say goodbye to another character this week, so if you haven’t seen the episode, stop reading this (also, why are you reading this?). A proposition for you: wish that Proposition Joe may rip in peace. His stinky nephew Cheese sold him out in exchange for one Hungry Joe. His own family just for a guy who pees sitting down. Smdh.  The episode of course features detailed intellectual analysis of Cheese’s treachery, Scott’s weaselly-ass-little-bitchness, Jimmy’s invented serial killer, and more, but there is also a spirited debate about peeing standing up vs. peeing sitting down. On this podcast we want you to eat your vegetables, but also you get a little piss as a treat.  Sitting or standing? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Two Times, The System, Special K, Tank Bra, Chickens, Mellow Yellow, & O’Frottery.  -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Alison Stevenson, comedian and Thick Strip impresario (comediENNE and impresARIA??) joins the podcast this week to talk about Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" being suddenly cool again, and we mourn the death of Toby Keith, and along with him the George W Bush era, which was maybe an even crappier era than the current one. Holy crap, I just realized George W. Bush was president when I started blogging, I'm circling the freakin' drain over here. We also discuss Peter Thiel financing the "Enhanced Olympics," an Olympics for steroid users which compares PED users to historically oppressed classes. It's a great show!  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“It feels like watching one of those movies where World War I is over a everyone says, ‘Well let’s not do that again.‘” -Dave Weigel Much like a totalitarian regime, we are rounding up all the journalists. This week, returning guest and politics reporter for Semafor, Dave Weigel, joins Matt & Vince to discuss The Wire season five episode three, “Not For Attribution” Lester is on board with Jimmy’s fake serial killer and pitches a salacious pervert angle to get more attention, as long as he can get resources to take down Marlo. One of the knocks on season five is that after developing into a more honest character, Jimmy is backsliding in a way that doesn’t make sense, but go watch the scene in this episode where He’s having sex on the hood of a car and ask yourself, is that not the Jimmy we know and love? Meanwhile at The Balmer Sun, Alma does the hard work to write a good story, only to see it bumped off the front page, while season five’s other little lying weasel, Scott Templeton collects attaboys for an invented react quote. Let that be a lesson to you. Never work hard. Lie to your bosses. Hump on car hoods. Neither you, nor these characters, will ever face consequences (I assume – haven’t finished the show yet). Help us juke the stats by writing a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Scuba Steve, Suck City, Aussie Rules, Nibbly, A-Team, Mr. Burns. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Come see Matt Lieb and his wife Francesca Fiorentini co-headline the Punch Line Sacramento in Sacramento, CA on March 17th, 7pm. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!! “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stood at the loading dock of my big local journalism outlet at a mid-size post-industrial city” -Daniel Marans Extra! Extra! Read all about it! This week on the pod we have another journalist on the pod! Huffington Post Senior Politics reporter Daniel Marans joins Matt & Vince to talk about The Wire season five, episode two, “Unconfirmed Reports.”  Jimmy and Scott are making stuff up and getting rewarded for it. Maybe we should just lie on the podcast more. Hey, if you sign up for the Patreon, not only will you get a street name, but so far everyone who has signed up for the Patreon also got a text from their crush within the next week. No bs. I know I just said we were going to start lying but that’s true. A recurring theme on this pod is liking when the guys are friends, and this episode it’s Marlo and Avon who are warming heart cackles by bonding over their hatred of East Baltimore’s drug game players. The game is the game, but more importantly, the guys who are from the same place are friends. Are you an Incubus person or a Sublime person? Tell us in a five-star review on  Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Ayn Rand, Pete the Meat, Christie, Ghostbuster, & Nature Boy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Come see Matt Lieb and his wife Francesca Fiorentini co-headline the Punch Line Sacramento in Sacramento, CA on March 17th, 7pm. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!! “We have guns and oil – don’t even trip.” -Mike Isaac Kicking off the final season of Pod Yourself The Wire, Matt & Vince welcome a returning Pod Yourself favorite, tech reporter for the NYT, and author of Super Pumped, Mike Isaac to discuss the premiere of season five of The Wire, “More With Less.” A fitting guest for The Wire’s press-focused season, Mike is here to tell us the news hole is still shrinking, and our new friends at the Baltimore Sun have no idea how good they had it. Buyouts? People were getting paid to stop being reporters? Sounds sick.  As the title of the episode suggests, Baltimore’s paper of record is not the only crumbling vestige of the city’s civil services. The cops are waiting on backpay that may never arrive and literally fighting mad about it. The original Slippin’ Jimmy (McNulty) is back to his boozing, whoring ways and thank god. Sweet Beadie might not deserve all the bullsh*t new old Jimmy is shoveling her way, but as the audience, we’re loving it. Drunk bastard McNulty is the closest this show gets to a face melting guitar solo and Jimmy is already shredding. Can’t wait to see how noodly this guy can get.  Tell us why The Hobbit f*cks in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Shut Up, The Guillotine, Tater Salad, & Vowel. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Future Hall of Famer Brendan is back on the pod with a very very special episode where we get very real. Truly a must listen.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey everyone, here's all the songs from season 4 of Pod Yourself The Wire! Also, come see Matt Lieb and his wife Francesca Fiorentini co-headline the Punch Line Sacramento in Sacramento, CA on March 17th, 7pm. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Daniel Maté is back with his long lost sibling Matt Lieb to talk about zionist comedians and musical theater being used for evil. Visit Daniel's website here and check out his mental chiropractic service! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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This week podcaster Shereen Lani Younes of Ethnically Ambiguous joins Bad Hasbara to talk about Israel and whatnot. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“It is okay to be several types of guy, the problem is when you’re one type of guy.” -Murder Bryan Quinby As another season of Pod Yourself The Wire comes to a close, Matt & Vince welcome the host of the Guys podcast, Murder Bryan Quinby, to talk about The Wire’s season four finale, “Final Grades.” We’ve got some final grades of our own to hand out. Vince’s synopsis of the episode gets a A+ for accuracy and brevity: The cops have all learned to care but the system makes it so it doesn’t matter. Herc and Carver get Fs for f*****g up Randy’s life. Bodie gets an A for being friends with McNulty (we like when they friends) and for standing tall. He also gets two bullets in the head for those very same reasons, which brings us to Michael, who gets a B. His gunmanship is undeniable but points were docked for killing one of the friends (we like when they friends but how can be friend when dead?). Namond gets a B. It stands for bitch. He’s a lil bitch, but he should listen to Vince Staple’s advice and learn to be okay with that. The season gets a B+, and if you have to ask why, are you even listening to the pod? The listeners all get an A-. Why the minus? Not enough five-star reviews on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members:  Bung Checker, O’Dork, Zoltan, Mack Daddy Daddy Mack, Powder, Squirt Squirt, & Curry. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome to the first episode of bad hasbara. Matt is joined his old Jewbook homie social worker and antizionist Jew Ben Ziggy (@evelkneidel), for a conversation about the IRL billboard poster JewBelong. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey everyone, here's the first episode (or like partial episode) of Bad Hasbara, a new podcast about Israel and propaganda. I was trying to only record a small trailer but I got lazy and decided to post the whole thing as is. Most episodes won't just be me talking at you, I promise. You can subscribe wherever you get them podcasts. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we talk to Everett Rummage of the podcast "Age of Napoleon" about the new Napoleon movie. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Solve the murders first, then find all the bodies.” -Kristi Yamagucciamane Coming straight out of Wilmywood, this week’s guest, a co-host of the JortsCenter podcast, and man of many online names, Kristy Yamaguccimane AKA Will, joins Matt and Vince to talk about The Wire season four episode twelve, “That’s Got His Own.” Vince’s synopsis of the episode: Lester freeman is fighting with the brass over whether he can open an almost literal can of worms, Mayor Carcetti is trying to figure out how much of his reform agenda will be doomed by a massive school budget debt, Bunny Colvin tries to save his program, Namond accepts once and for all that he’ll never be a gangster,Bubbles comes up with a great plan to escape a predator, and Omar commits arguably his greatest act of war yet. They talk about the episode, of course, but they also take a moment to appreciate the actor who plays Norman, Reg E. Cathey, who you may not remember from the movie Airheads. He’s the guy who says “Back off man, you’re stepping on my dick!”  Instead of stepping our dicks, why don’t you leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: BYU, Boris, Spiderman, Reach Around, & Donkey Kong. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“If you were the person who put out a movie directed by Fred Durst, you would have put out a movie directed by Fred Durst.” - Charles “Sen. Lemon GoGurt” Star In an effort to find the true reason David Simon blocked Matt on Twitter, Matt and Vince welcome writer and co-host of the City Saint Country Saint podcast, Charles Star, to talk about The Wire season four episode eleven, “New Day.” To quote Vince’s synopsis of the episode: “The school children at Edward Tilghman Middle are all abuzz with news of a snitch, Officer Walker is about to get his, and Omar has just learned about a co-op. Sadly, it is our friend Randy Wagstaff who has been stained with the “snitch” label, because the schools, the police, and especially Herc, failed him at every turn, which you can see or hear in the supercut Matt made of all the various bunglings of Lex murder case.  Michael goes mask off to get revenge on a paint splattered, de-ringed Walker, inspiring this week’s Balta-B story, Omar holds a big gun while saying cool stuff, and sometimes a corner boy (Bodie) and a copper (McNutty) can be friends and it’s nice, dammit. Why can’t all the cool Baltimore guys be friends? That would be a good show too, right? Imagine Bunk and Slim Charles joining a bowling league and developing a friendly rivalry with Valchek and Snoop. We would watch that show.  Tell us your favorite foul-mouthed Kennardism in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members:  Boldface Jackson, Rad Brad, Barn Owl, & Dugout. -Description by Brent Flyberg   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Every parent in this is, in their own way, a predator.” -Jeb Lund On the latest pod, writer and co-host of the It’s Christmastown podcast, Jeb Lund joins Matt and Vince to dissect The Wire season four episode ten, “Misgivings.” Alternate title for this episode: “Misgivings: Bub’s revenge.” Bubbles finally gets Herc back for walking him into a savage beating in the last episode by siccing him like the rabid dog he is on a clergyman who is definitely not a drug mule. It’s a real double whammy for Baltmore’s most industrious junkie, because the priest who gets unnecessarily roughed up by Herc was also sort of a dismissive jerk to Bubs. That’s what you both get for being mean to our little Bubby guy.  Not to be outdone, Chris Partlow gets revenge on someone who likely did some terrible things to him when he was young when he lays a savage beating on Michael’s implied pedo stepdad. This has to be a Dennis Lehane inspired storyline, right? That guy loves to punish fictional child predators. He should start one of those Youtube channels where amateur pedophile hunters lure sickos to a Jack in the Box to humiliate them on camera. Maybe he can work something out of his system.  If you have any advice for how to juke the stats to make us look more popular, tell is in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members:  Amber, The Spider, & The Menace. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Eminem was speaking directly to Roseanne whites.” -Big Wos On this week’s episode, Blue Bloods watcher and writer from The Ringer, Wosny “Big Wos” Lambre joins Matt & Vince to talk about The Wire season four episode nine, “Know Your Place.” The title of the episode could be a reference to a few of the storylines in this episode. It could be about Kima, who knows her place is in the shit with the other degenerate detectives, and not at the dinner party with her ex and a bunch of stiffs who are capable of passing the bar. Or, it could be about the pilot program kids who Bunny takes to Ruth’s Chris, where they immediately feel out of place, don’t want to give up their jackets, then ask for McDonalds on the way home. Or, maybe it’s a nod to Herc’s dumbass. He’s f*****g up multiple lives at once in this episode. Someone should tell him to know that his place is not in a police station His place is in his cousin Vinny Chase’s Entourage. Shout out to Dominic Lombardozzi, who Wos points out is the go-to actor when you need a guy to play a ding dong who is going to f**k up something important in the next scene.  Tell us what you would get if Bunny Colvin took you to Ruth’s Chris in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Dookie, Chopped Liver, Toxic Waste, & The Peach. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“In a bizarro world, I would watch a Chris and Snoop buddy comedy.” -Roy Wood Jr. Shake it and jiggle it and listen to the latest episode with actor and comedian Roy Wood Jr. joining Matt and Vince to discuss The Wire season four episode 8, “Corner Boys.” The shaking and jiggling is a reference to a Young Leek song that factors into a fun little game Chris and Snoop are playing to figure out which corner boys are from New York so they can shoot them in the face. If you’re on the streets in W. Baltimore and you don’t know Mark Clark and the Big Fat Morning Show, a bullet might shake and jiggle your brain as it rattles around inside your skull.  If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if Robert Chew was cast to play Fletch, you get your chance in this episode. He’s on the phone pulling out all his best voicework and silly fake names to track down Herc. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to meet Wendell Pierce, Roy tells us it’s pretty much what you’d expect. He’ll be manning the grill on a rooftop in Atlanta, but instead of talking about lacrosse, he’ll talk about hockey.  Tell us your favorite 92Q DJ in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Spoils, Al Dente, Pony Express, & Jimmy Mac. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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"I wish I could protect Dukie forever.” -David J. Roth This week’s guest has filled a lot of roles on this pod. He’s closed seasons with us, started a season with us, and today, he’s sort of a middle reliever. That might sound like a demotion, but this is a high-leverage episode. The analytics say if we don’t have a good episode this week, we’ll all get demoted to the triple-A of podcasting (one of those Tiktok accounts that just rips full episodes of other people’s podcasts from Youtube and reposts them in 90 second increments). If you don’t understand all the sports talk above, you need to subscribe to Defector.com, a site co-founded by our guest, David J. Roth, who joins Matt & Vince to talk about The Wire season four episode seven. “Unto Others.” Remember when Carcetti leveraged the murder of a State’s witness to dunk on Royce and propel himself to the Mayor’s office? Lol yeah that guy didn’t get murdered at all. Roll that beautiful competence porn footage and see Kima discover he was accidentally shot by some presumably Irish guy using bottles in the alley for target practice with a potato silenced gun. The arc of the Baltimore universe is long, but it bends towards giving powerful white men more power. Obviously there is more conversation about the other storylines (Cutty is sorry he banged your mom, Kenard is a blue-chip swearing prospect, Omar penetrates a guy’s butt in a very not sexy way, the system begins its slow, steady mastication of Randy, etc…), but more importantly, there is a Halloween themed Balta-B story song parody. Which Wire character would you dress up as for Halloween (plz no blackface)? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Nixon, The Pollock, Cleopatra, & The Pope. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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He is like a white Obama, but I don’t mean that as a compliment.” -Whack Nicholson On this week’s episode, Matt and Vince welcome former public school teacher, podcaster and co-host of the Western Kabuki podcast, Whack Nicholson. To talk about season four episode six of The Wire, “Margin of Error.” It’s election day in Baltimore, and you know what that means, right? There’s a sale on heroin! Two for one special on redtops. Stock up while you can. Also Carcetti wins the Democratic primary, which essentially hands him the Mayor's office, and it makes him not want to be a fucky guy when his wife isn’t around. He better figure it out, as Herc saw a few episodes ago, Royce’s hog is a big one to fill.  Listen as Whack first learns that some dweeby teacher named Mr. Prezbo used to be a badass Punisher-ass m**********r who blinded kids and killed cops, then confirms that school administrators are just like cops and only care about their damn clearances.  Tell us your least favorite school admin in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.  Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Kenny Rogers, Cheers, Cowboy, & The Countess. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

As loyal Frotcast listeners may have already known, I interviewed David Grann, author of the best-selling book on which the new Martin Scorsese movie was based, back in 2017. We got deep into what the book meant, the  characters involved, why he wanted to write it, what it means, and how  he reported it. At the very least, it’s a nice little  background/companion piece for the film (which is much different than  the book, even if most of the facts are the same). Here’s how I described the book in my review that I haven't finished writing:  Flower Moon the book is a lot of things,  but mostly it’s the story of a genocide told through the structure of a  true crime tale. Grann delivers a barn burner of a murder mystery about a  greedy landowner, his cat’s-paw nephew, his nephew’s Osage wife, and  the FBI agent who uncovers it all, before zooming out to reveal that it  was all part of a larger-scale plan of dispossession and erasure in  which virtually the entire state of Oklahoma was complicit. Anyway, enjoy the interview, I certainly did.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“He [Norman] doesn’t like Carcetti but he’s still got a job to do, which I love.” -Lyall Behrens You know our guest this week is a true Wire head because his favorite character is Carcett’s deputy campaign manager, Norman. Comedian Lyall Behrens joins Matt & Vince to break down The Wire season four episode five, “Alliances.” This is a great episode for any Herc fans. First, we see him making phone calls for Royce’s campaign, because you know what they say, keep your friends close, and your mayors who you walked in while he was getting a blowie in his office closer because he can probably help your career. Then, Herc gets to provision a camera for police duty, which has always worked out really well for him. This is also a great episode for any cold-blooded murder fans, because we see Chris kill a nice looking delivery woman in an attempt to set up Omar. Wow, men will conspire to commit murder and frame a street rival before they go to therapy. smdh. Tell us how horny you are for the freshly-shaved Mayor Royce in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Cougar, Wheat Beer, Kia, & Peeky Blinders. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Are we to believe… Did Bunk and Freeman kill that guy?” -Kevin Kruse This podcast, in which we splice clips of Wesley Willis’ “Rock and Roll Mcdonalds” into scenes from The Wire, is first and foremost an academic pursuit, so it’s crazy that this is our first time having a professor on the show. Today’s guest is Princeton History professor Kevin Kruse. He takes a break from forcing tomorrow’s future leaders to do gender for long enough to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season four episode four, “Refugees.” Kima and Lester are reunited in the Homicide division of BPD, and like you would expect from police detectives who are serious about solving murders, the veteran investigators prank Kima like the older kids at summer camp had access to dead bodies.  On the other side of the thin blue line, Marlo meets a security guard who wants it to be one way, but it’s the other way. Matt has a lot of fun with this. If you don’t like it, well, that’s because you want it to be one way, but it’s the other way.  What’s your favorite catch phrase? Snoops “Yeerrrrrp,” or Clay Davis’ “Sheeeeiiiiit?” Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Patron, The Bartender, Blueface, & Dr Ye. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“It's a show about people and systems and ice cream and scissors and corner stores.” -Dan From The Internet Bags of drugs are falling from the sky, Matt is all hopped up on DayQuil, and returning to the pod is host of the Audio Face and Power Report Podcasts, Dan From The Internet to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season four episode three, “Home Rooms.” It’s the first day of class for Prezbo (but you can call him Mr. Pryzbylewski) and the teens are rowdy. There’s your garden-variety acting out, telling each other to shut the f**k up and whatnot, but he also has to deal with one of his students slashing another’s face with a damn box cutter. This is post 9/11. Who let this kid bring a box cutter into the classroom? She could have hijacked the class and flown it into a building.  Bunny’s new job is not as satisfying as he’d hoped. He has to kowtow to his hotel manager boss because the mope he wants to cuff “represents a national consortium of convention planners.” Convention planners have been above the law for too damn long. This is why I would vote for Carcetti.  On which part of your body would you get a tattoo of your own face? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Archangel, Super Soaker, Baby Beluga. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Too many characters for my liking.” -Django Gold Throw on your best Mitchell & Ness throwback jersey, it’s time for a new episode of the pod. This week, comedian Django Gold joins Matt and Vince to plug his new stand-up special Bag Of Tricks (available on YouTube now) and break down The Wire season four episode two, “Soft Eyes.” Everybody’s going back to school. Not just our new young characters, even Bubbles and Prezbo are bumping into each other in the hallway and giving eachother a nod that says, “lol damn what are either of us doing here?” Even with school around the corner, Namond’s parents are pressuring him to be a better drug dealer. These kids are millennials right? Do these parents realize Namond has to sell like four times as much drugs as Wee-Bey did to afford like half as many tropical fish? If you’ve seen Lex, tell us where in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Pilgrim, Mangina, Just JKin’, The Oak, & Superstar. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Hey everyone. Here is the first episode of season 4. Releasing it early for all y'all. But next week season 4 episode 2 will be released on Patreon first and you'll have to wait another week to get it on the free feed. So join the Patreon now. “I can’t imagine going through life with an inner monologue in that accent.” -Pete Blackburn The boys are back in town and there’s a new crew of boys in The Wire. Joining Matt and Vince to kick off season four, NFL reporter, Matt Damon lookalike, and decorative chicken owner, Pete Blackburn joins the pod to talk about episode one, “Boys of Summer.” Season four, also known as the season with the kids, introduces us to a ragtag bunch of Baltimore ragamuffins named Dukie, Randy, Namond, & Michael, who like to catch pigeons and throw piss filled balloons at their enemies. They’re young, charismatic and full of potential, but this is The Wire, so enjoy these early season moments when you can still believe things will work out okay for them.  This season will destroy you. It’s focused on Baltimore’s schools, and to give you an idea of just how bleak it is, remember Prezbo? That cop who was kind of an idiot and poked a kid's eye out before killing another cop by accident, and has no teaching credentials? When he shows up to a school, the principal is freakin’ pumped to give him a job teaching math. If you’re watching along, god bless and good luck.  Tell us what man you would have sex if it meant you could have sex with the City Council President in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Eva, Goggins, Supersonic, Brick Layer, Kenny Rogers, Sound of Music, The Tuxedo, Nails, Springtime, Platinum, Swisher, Tunnels, & X. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Matt and Francesca are in Fresno with Vince Mancini and do a quick little in-person Frotcast while baby Carina is asleep. We open this week discussing the pilot who chopped down a parking garage gate because it was pissing him off. He's been charged with criminal mischief and suspended from work, but we will happily donate to his legal defense because we believe this man is all of us, fighting back against automation that doesn't work and taking a few whacks for the human spirit. Meanwhile, we talk about what could've possibly made Britney Spears divorce her CGI husband and read a hilarious old profile about Mr. Spears' two feuding Svengalis. It's a fun time! Listen and share so we can get more piggies!  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“If they had just run Carcetti, we wouldn’t be in this mess, as a country.” - Jack O’Brien For the season finale, Matt and Vince invite host of The Daily Zeitgeist and Miles and Jack Got Mad Boosties podcasts, Jack O’Brien, to talk about season three episode 12 of The Wire, “Mission Accomplished” Jimmy sad. He never got to gloat to Stringer about catching Stringer on THE WIRE. You would think the show called The Wire would prominently feature said wire, but even when the wire finally pays off, it doesn’t matter because some guys with a big gun and a small gun were all like KA-CHOW and BLAT BLAT BLAT. It’s probably some kind of Iraq war metaphor. This show loves that shit. There’s a much more obvious Iraq war metaphor later when Slim Charles insists that Avon has to fight a war with Marlo even if it’s based on a lie because you can’t just stop being at war. Slim Charles is Cheney? Avon is Bush? That would make Stringer… the Twin Towers? Heroin is definitely oil. You know what? You do the metaphor math if you want. The season’s over. It’s basically summer vacation for me. I’m done with math, metaphors, art, Rock & Roll McDonaldses, and Baltimore accents for a while. See you next season, you filthy little sucklings.  Tell us your dream guest for season four in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Eva, Goggins, Supersonic, Brick Layer, Kenny Rogers, Sound of Music, The Tuxedo, Nails, Springtime, Platinum, Swisher, Tunnels, & X. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Long time Frotcast friend Joey Avery is back talking about moving to New York, the Elon Musk v Mark Zuckerberg fight, the Barbie movie, and a terrific new idea for a McDonalds movie that will definitely sell a billion movie tickets. COME SEE MATT LIEB AND FRANCESCA FIORENTINI AT THE PUNCHLINE OCT 17th Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/5xsu5dd4 ALSO: Buy tickets to see Joey Avery while he's on tour https://www.joeyavery.com/live  And watch Joey's stand up ep! https://youtu.be/eahKM_amhnQ  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Live slow and die unfulfilled. That's my motto.” -Dopey Dave For the penultimate episode of the season, Matt & Vince called in a Day of the Jackal m**********r, writer, and host of the Dopey Podcast, Dopey Dave to break down The Wire season three, episode eleven, “Middle Ground.” We say goodbye to West Baltimore’s sexiest drug kingpin and aspiring real estate mogul. Just when Jimmy and the gang think they got Stringer Bell (finally utilizing the titular wire!) it’s actually Brother Mouzzone & Omar, by way of Avon’s betrayal, who remove one B from B&B Enterprises. We’ll miss his hustle grindset, his community college business wisdom, his perfectly manicured goatee, and his (we assume) huge hog most of all. RIP String. Enjoy that grand copy shop in the sky.  Dry your tears, there’s some fun stuff too. Avon and Slim Charles give Cutty 15k for his boxing gym and it’s always nice to see when the hardened criminals are just friends having fun, talking about athletic equipment and glass foreheads. Even more fun, the introduction of another new porno mag. One of Baltimore’s finest can’t put down his issue of Irish Lasses long enough to help Jimmy find something called a triggerfish machine.  Tell us how much you would pay to join our Gold Circle Club in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Sharia Law, Apartheid, The Hyena, Amsterdam, Smell Ya Later, Bad Grains, Cellophane, The Viking, & Scamrock -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“I had a four year obsession with Kevin Spacey.” Francesca Fiorentini  Give the kind an iPad, she’ll be fine. Mommy and daddy are talking about The Wire. Joining Matt & Vince on the pod is writer, comedian, host of the Bitchuation Room Podcast, the owner of [email protected], and *Borat voice* Matt’s Wife, Francesca Fiorentini, to talk about season three, episode 10, “Reformation.” Hey in case you haven’t figured it out, The Wire is about the war in Iraq. Yes it’s about the war on drugs in Baltimore, but it’s also art so the cops are US troops, West Baltimore is Baghdad, Avon is Saddam Hussein, and Stringer is… Uday? Look, it’s not a perfect one to one. The point is, we were lied to, and the WMDs we were promised were not the high-test.  This is the episode where we see Rawls at a gay club. Just chilling. No one in the entire run of The Wire looks happier than Rawls at the club in his sweater holding a glass full of what I assume is mid-shelf scotch. Would be kind of beautiful if he weren’t such a heinous bastard.  Tell us your embarrassing first email address in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: The Mule, Double A, Backdoor, The Bug, Pecker. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“I didn’t like that they shot Omar’s grandma in the butt and pissed on her church crown.” -Allison Mick There are rumors flying around that Gerard and Sapper shot Omar’s grandma in the ass, pissed on her church crown, and waved their weiners at her, but Matt & Vince invited writer & comedian Allison Mick to clear things up while talking about The Wire season three, episode nine, “Slapstick.” Stringer and Avon continue to butt heads over how to handle the Marlo situation, while Jimmy and Lester butt heads over the importance of hobbies. As Lester puts it, “The job will not save you,” and in Prezbo’s case, the job might cause you to kill another cop. Yep this is the episode where somewhat reformed f**k-up Prezbo does one, last, huge f**k-up on his way out the door. He killed Derrick and his career with one shot. Still better accuracy than most cops, probably.  Do you think Jimmy ate that Chinese takeout after they realized Prezbo killed a cop? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: The Ink Blaser & Squirtz. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Like Marlo, I find myself wanting to do the podcasting equivalent of beating up two random drug dealers on the street, just to feel alive again.” -Robert Evans Who is the biggest bastard on The Wire? Matt & Vince welcome writer and host of the Behind The Bastards podcast, Robert Evans to answer this question and more while discussing season three, episode eight, “Moral Midgetry.”  Rawls, Clay Davis, and Marlo are possibly the biggest bastards if we’re talking about the whole season, but Jimmy really goes for the crown this episode. In a misguided attempt to sway favor with a county cop, he “pretends” to be racist, only to meet Mrs. County Cop, a black woman. It’s a good reminder to any listeners who might dabble in podcasting or stand-up: acting racist in an attempt to get something you want is functionally the same thing as being racist.  Remember that Mighty Mighty Bosstones tribute song to George Floyd? The one where they call him “Georgie” like they went to middle school with him or something? Well, Matt & Vince were not aware of it, and Robert gets to be the one to alert them to this incredible artifact.  Tell us your favorite slur for Italians in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: B.B & Zeez Nutz. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“What is a Shrek Slurpee?” -Alice Fraser We found the only person in the world impervious to the Stringer Bell charm. Writer, comedian, host of Tea with Alice and The Gargle podcast, beams in all the way from London to talk to Matt & Vince about season three episode seven of The Wire, “Back Burners.” Right off the bat, Alice reveals that she listened to Pod Yourself A Gun and the Jack Reacher novels while breastfeeding because they are both just engaging enough to distract, but not too stimulating to put down when the baby is full. Finally someone recognizes that this is the Jack Reacher of podcasts. This pod is 6’6,” jacked as hell, and idolized by guys with punisher stickers on their Dodge Chargers.  Tell us how much you would pay for our The Good Doctor rewatch podcast in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Baywatch, Speanut, & The San Diego Chicken. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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This week Matt and Vince welcome master documentarians Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman from Rakontur Productions to the Frot to discuss the latest in Florida F*ckery. Billy and Alfred have become the documentarians laureate of South Florida with their films 537 Votes, Screwball, Dawg Fight, Cocaine Cowboys, The U, and God Forbid (et. al). These days, they're working on From Russia With Lev, a feature doc about shady Trump/Giuliani associate turned turncoat Lev Parnas, and A Sunny Place for Shady People, a series of mini documentaries with Dan Le Batard that will look at scandals around the Miami area. More importantly, they're great talkers, so we pick their brains about Florida scandals, the documentary-industrial complex, and something that in four previous interviews I've always forgotten to ask Billy about, his past as a child actor.  Plus, Vince and Matt discuss The Curious Case Of Natalia Grace, the most messed up, infuriating docuseries ever made. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Eggy Mule, Peacock, Shorty Boy? All unavailable for muscle work right now. -Will Menaker The price of the steel is up, but Matt & Vince have writer, and host of Chapo Traphouse and The Movie Mindset podcasts, Will Menaker on the pod to break down season three episode six of The Wire, “Homecoming.” Cutty’s brief but memorable return to the game ends with surprisingly little conflict, and the boys agree it’s touching to see the boys in the heroin-selling crew dissolve their business relationship amicably. Even dudes hardened by the game of selling rock can still rock. What the potential candidates to replace Cutty’s muscle lack in availability, they make up for in fun names, leading to Vince learning us all about the origin of Eggy Mule, nephew of Baltimore’s first woman arabber. As racist as the term sounds, it’s just a type of street vendor. We think. Don’t look too deep into it.  Will also reminds us that 44th president of the United States Barak Hussein Obama was on record as saying that Entourage was one of his favorite shows of all time. Barack OH YEAH-AHHHHH! Give us your tips for perfecting the Bawlmer accent in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Z Nut, Broccoli Donkey, No Nut, Turtle, & Colin. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Not a lot of money in birds.” -Caleb aka Bird Respecter Hamsterdam is open for business and Matt & Vince invited podcaster and Bird Respecter Caleb from the Western Kabuki Podcast to discuss The Wire season three episode five, “Homecoming.” The titular homecoming is Avon’s. He’s back and so freakin’ horny. Almost as horny as Jimmy is for Stringer Bell, but being horny for Stringer is a major theme on both the show and the pod so who can blame him? During the pod we also learned that the actor who plays officer Colicchio (he’s the one with the white supremacist haircut and the cop face) is a Vassar educated Marine. Some guys really do contain multitudes, but rarely the guys you expect. Leave any notes from your criminal conspiracies in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Lean Cuisine, The Baller, C Squared, Corn Flake, & Straight Line. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Stringer’s so smooth…he could tell me to betray my country, I’d be like okay, when?” -Sofiya Alexandra Comedian and podcaster from the 420 Day Fiance podcast, the blunt and bawdy Sofiya Alexandra joins Matt & Vince to remind us what all media is for, to distract you long enough to keep that gun out of your mouth. Listen as they break down The Wire season three, episode four, “Amsterdam.” Alternate title for the episode, “Gash Hounds,” because it introduces us to the term, and every one of these sickos has their nose to the ground, trying to sniff their way into some pursey. Jimmy and Bunk we expect this from, but Daniels is parked outside Ronnie’s apartment? That dirty dawg. You think Cutty might turn his life around? Not yet anyways. He does one day cutting grass and decides he’d rather be back in the game, having sex in front of his boys at a wild party right after taking a hit of a blunt shotgun-style from Slim Charles. Shotgunning that blunt looked really intimate. Surprising that these two hard asses were cool with basically kissing instead of just passing the blunt, but hey everyone is horny as hell around here this episode. This episode also features one of The Wire’s funniest scenes, in which Colvin rounds up all the corner boys in a gym and tries to maintain order in a big room full of Poot-type guys. Good luck, buddy. Tell us which character you are horniest for in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: The Baby, Suge Knight, Emilio, The Wrestler. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“I’m embarrassed that I ever related to him [McNulty] in any way.” -Brent Flyberg It’s me, I’m the guest. Comedian and producer of this here podcast, Brent Flyberg, joining Matt & Vince to pod ourselves a bro troika and talk about The Wire season three, episode three, “Dead Soldiers.” For an episode that features a shootout resulting in a friendly fire face shot, it also feels like a transitional episode where nothing really happens. Cutty tries to adjust to the outside, Bunny goes Office Space mode, Marlo acts menacing, and Carcetti is charming but hollow. It’s a road map for the season to come, but I want to hit the friggin’ road already. I want Hamsterdam. I want to see Cutty hook up with his boxing students’ moms, but instead we get this forty-degree-day of an episode. Look I can’t explain it, but I do think Frankie Fasion, the actor who plays Burell, based on his speaking voice, sounds like, if he were to sing, he would sound like the Neville Brothers do in the season three theme. If you agree please confirm in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: The Destroyer, Moonshine, Can, The Coyote, & Eminem -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“Bodie is the one my heart goes out to the most.” -Mike Duncan This week’s guest is host and creator of the Revolutions, History of Rome, and the upcoming Duncan & Coe History Show podcasts, Mike Duncan. He joins Matt & Vince to talk about The Wire season three, episode two, “All Due Respect.” The guys get together to remember some guys and some girls. Remember Gus Triandos? The catcher for the Orioles in the 50s & 60s? He’s who Herc would have sex with if it meant he could then have sex with the Olsen twins. Remember the Olsen twins? Remember that brief window when all the creeps like Herc were stoked for them to turn 18, and then they turned 18 and the creeps moved on to the next almost 18-year-old girl? Such a fun time in American culture.  Remember that old smoke hound who put his beer in a paper bag for the first time? Bunny Colvin sure does, and he’s using it as a metaphor for how he’s going to clean up the streets of Baltimore by letting drug dealers and users do their dealing and using in a figurative paper bag, setting the plan for Hamsterdam in motion.  Which MLB player from the 50s would you most want to bang? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Labatt, Too Sexy, Trombone, Puka Shells, Hamsterdam, Special K, Triando, & Rush. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Buy tickets to see me and Jessica Sele at the SF Punchline May 31st at 8pm in San Francisco. But no one was asking, ‘okay but why a drug war?’” -David J. Roth The most 38-year-old people alive are back with another thrilling season of rewatching a very good show that began twenty years ago, when we were voting weird old New England Dracula, John Kerry. Transitioning from closer to starter like a reverse John Smoltz, Vince and Matt’s guest for season three episode one of The Wire, “Time After Time” is writer, podcaster, and Defector capo, David J. Roth. You might notice things are a little different around here. You are, after all, reading this on either a Youtube page or Vince’s substack. After sixteen years, Vince’s former employer told him to kick roxx, but we’re on to bigger and better things. For instance, we weren’t supposed to use swears in our episode descriptions before, but here in the ‘Stack, we can say whatever the hell we want. We’re going to live like damn hell ass kings. Season three starts kinda slow, as The Wire is wont to do, but we get some characters who will be important moving forward, like everyone’s favorite cop, Bunny Colvin, and prom king politician, Tommy Carcetti. Why is the episode called “Time After Time?” Stop asking questions and leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts already, you f****n’ nerd. Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Frosty, Nice Guy, & T-Bone. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hey everyone, the frot is back and once again Vince came to LA to frot (and to take Joey Devine out to a Top Chef dinner event.) In this episode we talk Ben Affleck's Air and Johnny Depp's McDonalds analogy. Watch it or listen, we don't care. Watch it here. Buy tickets to see me and Jessica Sele at the SF Punchline May 31st at 8pm in San Francisco. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“When characters die on this show, the feeling of loss is frightening.” -Max Collins Put season two of The Wire in a blender and listen as this week’s guest Max Collins from Eve6 spins it around into a beautiful oblivion with Matt & Vince as they discuss the twelfth and final episode, “Port in a Storm.” Before saying farewell to the docks, the Sobotkas, and the not-Greek Greeks, Matt, Vince, and Max compare when they first started hearing the kids say “hella.” For Max it was age 13 at skateboarding camp in Visalia, which sounds hella rad. After that, really just tying up loose ends and seeing that, as always, the police work is only about getting your stats and not being the sh*tbird of the day on any given day.  Season two detractors rejoice. Ziggy is gone, and next season we return to the streets. See you on the other side, you sickos.  Guess the Greek’s nationality in five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: The Rascal, Baldy, The Counselor, Josh, Jaws, Frat Boy, & The Pastry. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“Neither of them can do a Baltimore accent.” -Leah Carroll. Writer and pod yourself a favorite, Leah Carroll returns, bearing gifts, to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season two episode eleven, “Bad Dreams.” In an act of preparation that would put the producer of this pod to shame, Leah dug up a clip from a Dominic West and Micheal K. Williams’ audio commentary on episode six of this season, in which you hear, in rapid succession, Dominic West compliment his own looks, then the two of them reverently assess Nicky’s girlfriends “beautiful knockers.” The death of the DVD commentary is the worst thing to happen to media in our lifetime.   This episode of The Wire, if you can even believe it, is a bit of a bummer. Frank is walking directly into his almost certain death to try to help his dumbass son Ziggy out of another mess, Omar is hoodwinked and oopsie shoots the wrong guy, and Daniels realizes Landsmen bungled his Sobotka connection. It’s almost like these guys don’t really care about solving problems and just want to not get yelled at, cash a check, and hang out at a bar with no wives.  Tell us your favorite DVD commentary track in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Snake, The Viking, The Wafer, & The Karate Kid. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a Greek guy with a gun.” -James Fritz On the latest PYTW, comedian and writer from The Frankie Quinones Show, James Fritz, joins Matt & Vince to discuss The Wire season two episode nine, “Storm Warnings.” Well Ziggy’s really done it now hasn’t he? Congratulations to all the Ziggy haters out there, you got what you wanted, two dead greeks. Ziggy and his huge hog burned too damn bright for the Bawlmer ports, and while he lives to tell his own heartless tale to Jay Landsman, there will be no more Zig on The Wire. During the episode, there is a conversation about the actor who plays Lamar (Brother Mouzzone’s valet), and how he, like too many cast members, is no longer with us. The recording took place the day before we also lost the actor who played Daniels, Lance Reddick. RIP to another real one. Here’s an interview he did after the third season and before the show really took off. Tell us your interpretation of Stringer calling Bodie “cottage cheese chest” in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: Ham Sandwich, The Windmill, Josh, & Shooter. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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BUY TICKETS TO MY STAND UP SHOW IN LOS ANGELES!!! March 16th, 2023 at 8pm! https://www.sijcc.net/events/mishegas-3-16-23 “I couldn’t imagine a more perfect show to watch… high on heroin.” -Dave Mannheim  The block is hot and the pod is hotter as Dave Mannheim from the Dopey Podcast joins Matt & Vince to break down The Wire season two episode nine, “Stray Rounds.” This episode has a fun little cold open in which we are introduced to a child who is shortly thereafter killed by a stray bullet from a territory dispute between a Barksdale crew and a Prop Joe crew. It makes sense that Dave & Matt bond over watching the show while on heroin, because opiates might be the only way to maintain a positive attitude while watching this show.  We lose one favorite character, Ziggy’s duck (couldn’t handle his liquor), but gain another notable character in Brother Mouzone, leading to debate about whether he is a cool, interesting, Omar-of-New-York type of character, or a corny ass Fargo on FX quirky villain guy. Either way, his valet Lamar needs to find him a Harper’s Bazaar, ASAP.  Join the new Pod Yourself The Wire and Pod Yourself A Gun subreddits so we can grow them into toxic echo chambers full of willing sycophants to mobilize against our enemies. Or, make a post about how to leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: The Greek aka 5Cent, Crabby, Knight Rider, & Excalibur. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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BUY TICKETS TO MY STAND UP SHOW IN LOS ANGELES!!! March 16th, 2023 at 8pm! https://www.sijcc.net/events/mishegas-3-16-23 “[McNulty]’s got the kind of alcoholism you think you can work with.” —Rachel Fisher Ziggy’s got a duck and we have writer, co-host of the Hollywood Crime Scene Podcast & recent The Wire binger Rachel Fisher returning to the pod to talk to Matt & Vince about season two, episode eight, “Duck and Cover.”  The episode starts with an extended McNulty rock-bottom-hitting scene. Dominic West is proving he is our generation’s finest drunk actor. He’s puffy, red, sweaty, and ready to bone.  Then, the show gets as lolrandom as David Simon is capable of.  Ziggy brings the titular duck to the Polish Dudes Rock bar so he can make it drink booze and finally get some of the respect he wants so badly. And it works! Acting like a silly goose is what these people want from him. If Ziggy had taken some improv classes instead of doing crime, he’d still be alive today (but think of how female improvisers he would have sexually harassed - maybe for the best). Rachel started watching The Wire when she heard we were doing the pod, further proof that we are industry tastemakers, and she and Matt agree that the AA meetings in The Wire are the only realistic depictions of AA meetings on TV. According to these two, there is no cross talking in AA meetings. You’re telling me they’re better organized and more respectful than this podcast? Seems unlikely.  Do you know any good bird dealers? Let us know in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast, like this week’s newest members: C-Train, Mute Button, & Cans. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“If you have any sort of sentimentality in this s****y rotten system, you’re going to lose.” -Nando Villa Writer, host of the new podcast Shoot The Messenger, and returning guest Nando Vila joins Matt & Vince to break down season two episode seven of The Wire, “Backwash.”  Nando raises an interesting point about Herc & Carver. They are yet another in a long line of comedy duos featuring a dumbass and his even dumber sidekick (Harry & Lloyd, Abbot & Costello, Matt & Vince, etc.), but also they are like a pair of Benny Hills. “Yakety Sax” would not sound out of place over scenes of these goobers running around trying to put the proverbial toothpaste back in the tube. In this episode, they go to the spy store, which is definitely a place where the dumbest men max out their credit cards, to buy a listening device to fit into a tennis ball. Hilarity ensues, but it’s The Wire, so the subtext of that hilarity is that the institutions Americans rely on are rotting all the way to their thick-skulled core.  A trip in The Back In The Day Machine reminds us of the time George W. saw some elephants fornicate, and that catcalling is an Ancient Roman tradition. The next time you see a man harassing a woman on the street, ask yourself, is he a pervert or a historian?  What would Jason DiBiaggo’s podcast be like? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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“There is no happy show about Baltimore “ -Trevor Joyner Why do white people love The Wire? This week’s guest, Stand up comedian and writer Trevor Joyner, joins Matt and Vince to ask the important questions while discussing season two episode six of The Wire, “All Prologue.” Before getting into the episode, which could be a pilot for a sitcom called Everybody Loves Omar, they fire up the Back In the Day Machine to remember SARS and smoking in restaurants, then learn about Iranian conjoined twins, and struggle to understand the concept of deflation. It’s like inflation, but backwards? Money would be worth less, and that would be bad? Let’s just assume if it happened now, your uncles would be so pissed at Joe Biden for causing it.  In a milestone for the show, D’angelo makes his last appearance (RIP D), and in a milestone for the podcast, we have our first guest who has a firsthand story about a cast member. Listen to find out who Trevor saw popping and locking at a club.  Is Horseface Pakusa Italian or Polish? Tell us your thoughts in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to Pod Yourself The Wire on Apple Podcasts. Email us at [email protected]; leave us a voicemail at 415-275-0030 Support the Pod: become a patron at patreon.com/Frotcast and get more bonus content than you could ever want. Sign up for the Pod Yourself a Shoutout tier to hear Vince give you a corner nickname on the podcast like this week’s newest members: White Mike the Foster Child, Slizzy Mick, Digs, Hard On, & Tricky Dick. -Description by Brent Flyberg Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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