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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates the 20th anniversary of “The Wire,” which premiered on HBO on June 2, 2002. You’ll hear two conversations with “The Wire” creator David Simon, first at the premiere of “Spotlight” in Washington D.C. in 2015, then at the grand reopening of the Parkway Theatre in Baltimore in 2017, followed by memories of “The Wire” from co-producer George Pelecanos in 2021.