Cartels, drugs, money, corruption—author and award winning journalist Ioan Grillo has seen it all in his twenty-plus years' of covering Latin America. In this episode, we cover the unprecedented violence that broke out in the city of Culiacán after Mexican authorities recaptured Sinaloa cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán, son of "El Chapo."

Grillo breaks down the inner workings of Mexico's most notorious cartels, their recruitment strategies and growing turf wars. We cover the issues with the US / Mexico border and how fentanyl has revolutionized the drug business while wreaking havoc throughout the country. We'll discuss the question—Should cartels be designated as terrorist organizations? The answer isn't as simple as you might think.

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Ninja is back in the final installment of this two-part series. This episode spans his entire career working for the CIA, covering the differences between CIA staffers and GRS contractors, and how the enemy evolved their IED based warfare into a new kind of weapon: EFP.

Bob gives us a behind the scenes look at the Khost bombing and the triple agent behind it. Learn about an event in Tripoli that saved 150+ lives and lasted a grueling 24 hours - the greatest evacuation you've never heard about. We'll wrap up with his transition into civilian life and a high-speed motorcycle crash that changed everything.

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Bob "Ninja" Poras has us wondering where he got his call sign. He spent most of his career in the shadows. Some days "AWOL", but most of them fighting as the tip of the spear with 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta (1st SFOD-D), and eventually - working for the CIA as a GRS operator.  

He covers lessons in leadership and the perfect grenade toss while operating in Panama during 'Just Cause,' his first brush with the same Delta squadron that would later be his own. We later learn where the famous trope "this is my safety" originated from. We wrap up part one of this two-part series with Pablo Escobar, Bosnia ops with German GSG 9, and more. 

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Solbere is an organic liquid treatment that promotes longer, more efficient growth in plants and trees, combatting CO2 emissions, wildfires and drought. On this episode, creators George Baker & Bill Wheatley explain how Solbere can help create a sustainable, healthy atmosphere for the future.

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During his 20 year military career Eddie Penney served as a United States Marine and Navy SEAL with SEAL Team 6. In Eddie's new book Unafraid, a chapter titled 'Kill Addict' he describes desire to take the fight to the enemy and subsequent addiction to the fog of war. Among the many challenges he experienced while serving at DEVGRU the greatest loss occurred while in Gold Squadron: Extortion 17. Eddie also shares how he grew from being scared of Jesus to surrendering to God and becoming Unafraid.

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Rob Luna is confirmation that the American Dream is alive. He went from growing up hungry and battling the tough streets of Los Angeles, to becoming an Ivy League Alumnus and earning MBA degrees in two countries. His 25 years of experience includes consulting with companies such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook, managing money for some of the world’s wealthiest individuals, and building a multimillion-dollar business that was sold to a publicly-traded company.

Today Rob oversees his group of companies focused on helping people build, grow, protect, and enjoy their wealth.

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Kyle Morgan brings us on his journey from his childhood to the world's most elite and secretive special operations unit known as "Delta Force". On 20 November 2015, Islamist militants took 170 hostages killing 20 of them in a mass shooting at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. Kyle was one of the sole responders and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions that day.

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Mark Turner from the Overwatch Foundation returns to give us an intel brief on the Russia Ukraine War and a brief look at the destruction from hurricane Ian.

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The story of William Harness AKA Struggle Jennings childhood drug dealing gang member to country music rap superstar.

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The adventures of Roger Reaves has you sitting on edge as he tells you his vivid memories of Smuggling Drugs into the U.S. He spanned the globe in his numerous aircraft smuggling tons of marijuana and cocaine for Pablo Escobar and the Medellín Cartel and at one point was shot down by Colombian Military Jets. At the height of his career he had a net worth of $60 Million Dollars. It all came crashing down for Mr. Reaves and in total cost him roughly 30 years of his life locked away from his family.

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