Guests: Andre Royo Andre Royo Guests: Wendell Pierce Wendell Pierce





Jesse is joined by Wendell Pierce ("Bunk," above) and Andre Royo ("Bubbles") from HBO's brilliant crime drama The Wire. The Wire isn't just another cop show -- it's an investigation of contemporary urban America that uses the drug trade as a lens to get at even larger issues. Royo and Pierce discuss what its like to authentically portray urban life, and whether a white writer can capture the largely black experience of inner-city urban life in Baltimore.



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External Links:

Andre Royo's "Property of Bubbles" T-Shirts

The New York Times: Who Gets To Tell A Black Story?

The Believer: Nick Hornby talks with Wire creator David Simon