The mid 1980s begins the downfall of the first generation of drug lords. U.S. agencies and the Colombia government battle the Medellin Cartel. The federal task force uses well-placed informants to target Jon Robert and Mickey Munday. The DEA uses hitman Rivi Ayala to build a case against The Godmother, Griselda Blanco. And the Miami task force, CENTAC 26, uses an insider to bring down the Cocaine Cops.

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While Jon Roberts and other prominent figures in the Miami cocaine business deal with the fallout from Griselda Blanco’s situation and government informants, a new group takes center stage in the drug wars: the Cocaine Cops. Young officers on the Miami police force give into the temptation of making fast money and they organize an escalating series of crimes until, in the summer of 1985, they go too far.

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A woman named Becki is lounging by the pool at the Fontainebleau Hotel when she decides to proposition a strapping pool attendant. Go on a date with her...and her husband. What begins as an unconventional proposition will soon throw them all into the international spotlight. And that’s because the couple is none other than Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki, two of the most powerful figures in Evangelical America.

Wondery presents In God We Lust, hosted by Brooke Siffrin and Aricia Skidmore-Williams of Even the Rich. A story of an alluring sex scandal, power, money and a very public fall from grace. When word of their affair fell into the wrong hands it led to political extortion and a public outing that brought Jerry Falwell Jr.’s empire crashing down.

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The Cocaine Wars burn hot and fast in the early 1980s. Miami police detectives form a task force called CENTAC 26 to combat drug violence, but their effort is short lived. The U.S. government creates a larger task force to hunt the bigger players in the business. The federal task force makes two big arrests related to Jon Roberts’ operation, but Jon and Mickey Munday adapt and continue their smuggling business. And Griselda Blanco’s years of warfare, drug use, and paranoia take their toll. She makes a major change, but her time is running out.

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Griselda Blanco escalates her wars against her rival drug lords in Miami, primarily through the use of her top hitman, Rivi Ayala. Rivi helps carry out a daylight attack at Miami International Airport that brings more national attention to the growing drug problem in Miami. Meanwhile, Jon Roberts and Mickey Munday revolutionize the cocaine smuggling industry through audacious plans and new techniques.

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Nina Gilden Seavey was twelve on May 5, 1970, the day an Air Force building in St. Louis burned to the ground. Her dad represented a young man accused of the crime: Howard Mechanic. Facing serious federal time, Howard went on the run and became one of the longest-running fugitives in U.S. history. As an adult, Nina picked up the trail. What ever happened to Howard Mechanic?This eight-part series is the tangled story of her search for answers. Hundreds of Freedom of Information requests. Hundreds of thousands of pages of documents. FBI surveillance and confidential informants. Cold War spies, conspiracy theories and the murder of a civil rights icon. And the sacrifices America makes in the name of national security.

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Jon Roberts is born into the New York mafia. But when he runs afoul of the mob, he moves to Miami and transforms himself into a successful cocaine smuggler. Hotshot mechanic Mickey Munday becomes a key component of Jon’s operation. While they build their business, Griselda Blanco ushers in the Miami Drug Wars with brazen plans that earn national news headlines.

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Griselda Blanco grows up in painful and traumatic conditions on the streets of Medellin, Colombia. She becomes hardened and violent at a young age. Her second husband brings her into the cocaine business and they build a strong operation in New York City. But it’s dangerous to be the husband of Griselda Blanco. As she consolidates power, she sets her sights on a new city in which to build an empire: Miami.

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The movements of the Barrow Gang become predictable as it evades law enforcement throughout the south. But Texas Ranger Frank Hamer has identified a pattern and he develops a plan to bring down the outlaws. He and his posse made a secret deal with an informant that leads to the bloody conclusion of the story of Bonnie and Clyde.

Original song “The Story of Bonnie and Clyde” by Brian Ray and Orianthi Panagaris. Lyrics by Brian Ray, adapted from “The End of the Line,” a poem by Bonnie Parker.

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After the Barrow Gang commits a series of robberies, the gang fractures and Bonnie and Clyde sense that their time is coming to an end. Then they commit their most brutal and notorious act of violence, and it escalates the speed of their downfall. They’ve become pop culture icons, but public opinion turns against them as their final confrontation with the law looms on the horizon.

Original song “The Story of Bonnie and Clyde” by Brian Ray and Orianthi Panagaris. Lyrics by Brian Ray, adapted from “The End of the Line,” a poem by Bonnie Parker.

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