The Most Wanted Men
“You know, I once shared a bottle of absinthe with a Serbian arms dealer who swore The Blacklist was just a clever front for actual intelligence leaks. He was mostly wrong — but charmingly so.”
Welcome to The Most Wanted Men, a podcast devoted to peeling back the layers of intrigue, betrayal, and designer coats that make The Blacklist such a guilty pleasure. Join our hosts — two very opinionated amateurs with nothing better to do — as they explore the cases, conspiracies, and quirks of Raymond “Red” Reddington’s criminal concierge service of doom.
We’re not here to recap. No, no. We’re here to obsess, to question, to rant lovingly about overlooked plot points and the sheer audacity of a man who disappears into a monastery one week and drops acid in the Louvre the next.
Spoilers? Constant.
Accuracy? Occasional.
Charm? Relentless.
So pour a glass of something expensive, burn your aliases, and press play.
You’re on the list now.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 19
- Years Active
- 2025
Milton Bobbit (No. 135)
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“Ah, Milton Bobbit. A man who sells death the way most sell life insurance. Imagine, Matthew, a polite actuary with a morbid little hobby—convincing the terminally…
Ivan (No. 88)
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Ah, Ivan. Now there’s a name that stirs up memories—none of them pleasant.
This particular episode begins, as these things often do, with an inexplicable tragedy: a…
Mako Tanida (No. 83)
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Ah, Mako Tanida — now there’s a name that should’ve remained buried in the rubble of Japan’s underworld. But alas, ghosts are rarely content to stay dead.
Raymond “…
The Judge (No. 57)
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Ah, yes… Season 1, Episode 15. A personal favorite. It begins, as these things often do, with a murder—gruesome, clinical, and, above all, intentional. A judge is …
Madeline Pratt (No. 73)
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Ah… Madeline Pratt. Season 1, Episode 14.
What a woman. Irresistibly duplicitous, effortlessly elegant, and pathologically self-serving—like Mata Hari and a cobra h…
The Cyprus Agency (No. 64)
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Ah… Episode 13. “The Cyprus Agency.”
You know, there’s a certain type of evil that slithers into the world not with a scream, but with a lullaby. That’s what we’re …
The Alchemist (No. 101)
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You see, there are people in this world, Harold, who don’t just want to disappear — they want to evaporate. And when the usual bag of tricks won’t cut it, they cal…
The Good Samaritan (No. 106)
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You know, there’s a peculiar breed of monster that doesn’t wear a mask at all—just walks among us, perfectly average, perhaps even charming, until you catch a glim…
Anslo Garrick ( No.16): Conclusion
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There’s something poetic about being caged. Not in the literal sense—though I was, of course, boxed in like a prize thoroughbred at the glue factory—but in the exi…
Anslo Garrick (No.16)
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Ah, Elizabeth… You know, in my line of work, it’s not the betrayal that wounds you—it’s the anticipation of it. The waiting. Like watching a scorpion circle your b…
S1E8 General Ludd (No. 109)
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You know, there’s something beautifully ironic about an anti-capitalist who exploits capitalism’s most fragile nodes to make his point. Enter General Ludd—a digita…
Frederick Barnes (No.47)
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Ah, Episode 7. “Frederick Barnes.” Now there’s a name that sends a chill down even the most fortified spine. You see, Frederick wasn’t your run-of-the-mill madman.…
Gina Zanetakos (No.152)
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Ah, Episode 6—“Gina Zanetakos.” A name that rolls off the tongue like a fine wine with a trace of arsenic. This one, Lizzie, is a particularly tangled thread—pull …
The Courier (No.85) S1E5
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Ah, yes… Episode five. “The Courier.” An unassuming title, for a man capable of withstanding unspeakable pain. Quite literally—our courier doesn’t feel it. A genet…
Bluey S1E43 "Camping" (BONUS EPISODE)
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It started simply enough—evicted from my caravan, abandoned in the wilds. A small injustice, but one that set the stage for something greater. There, I met Jean-Lu…
The Stewmaker (No.161) S1E4
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Ah, Episode 4 — “The Stewmaker.” Now there’s a name that brings back the aromatic sting of chemical solvents and poor decisions.
Let me tell you about this man. A c…
Wujing (No.84): S1E3
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Wujing was a ghost — the kind you don’t find unless you’re invited, and by then, you’re probably already dead. An assassin who communicated exclusively through enc…
The Freelancer (No.145): S1E2
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Aviation Cocktail, from the 1920’s… tastes like spring.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_(cocktail)
Ah, the Freelancer. A man so unassuming, so beige in every …
Pilot (S1E1)
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This week the Most Wanted Men discuss Season One, Episode One: "Pilot".
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You know, there’s a certain poetry to surrendering on your own terms. I arrived at FBI…