Joined by Dr Wil Pansters to discuss how cartels create meaning and legitimacy through belief systems. From the infamous Santa Muerte, to the portrayal of Narcos as moral actors.

Joined by Stefano Ritondale from All Source News to discuss OSINT in the Mexican Drug War, from the information gathered, to the methods used, and even how propaganda is used by the cartels.

Joined by John Gibler, a journalist whose seen firsthand the destruction thrust upon the Mexican people. Some of the biggest horrors seen in the nation and the stories of those affected by them.

Joined by Edgardo Buscaglia, one of the worlds foremost experts on the economic analysis of organised crime, to discuss how the Mexican Drug War is intrinsically linked to state corruption.

In this one, we speak with Ryan McLiverty, former TMI writer and current Computer Security Expert to break down the Guacamaya Leaks. A series of hacks that released military and state secrets across Latin America. We explore what was leaked, by who, about who, and what hacktivism really means.

Joined by Rowan Glass, resident Modern Insurgent editor and filmmaker, to discuss how without an understanding of the context of the Zapatistas and their 1994 uprising, you can never understand Modern Mexico.

We sit down with Deborah Bonello, top level investigative journalist and author of Narcas. We explore the realities of the lives of women in Mexico. From female cartel leaders, to the officers who chase them, to the average woman trying to care for a family. Each one has a story.

In this episode, Joe is joined by one of Mexico's most iconic journalists, Anabel Hernandez. She connects the links between Mexico's state apparatus and some of the most brutal criminals in history. Not an episode to miss!

In this episode, Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and one of the world’s leading experts on organized crime and insurgency joins Joe to dissect the murky intersection where illicit economies, state power, and armed conflict collide.

We explore how criminal networks shape governance, how states negotiate with armed actors, and why conventional security policy often fails in the so called “grey zone” between war and peace.

In this episode, journalist Ioan Grillo, author of El Narco, Gangster Warlords, and Blood Gun Money, joins Joe to unpack two decades of reporting on Mexico's drug cartels and the broader architecture of the global drug war.

A deep dive into the lived reality behind the headlines, from the streets of Sinaloa to the corridors of Washington.