CrashOut Chronicles

Oct 15 2024 25 ep. 38 mins 151

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Reporting on crime and drugs, cops and gangster politics, guerrillas and psychadelics, and the people who live and die through it all, with journalist Ioan Grillo

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17. UK Drug Journalism with Ex Vice Editor

Oct 15 2024 37 mins

I talk to Max Daly about his decades covering drxgs in the UK and his work as international drugs editor for Vice. Check out more on his work and books at: http://www.maxdaly.com/ Check out of my stuff at: www.crashoutmedia.com Support the show

16. Mexico's New Plan To Fight Cartels

Oct 08 2024 13 mins

I look at the security strategy of new Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum. For more info, check out: www.crashoutmedia.comSupport the show

15. Confessions of a Marijuana Mercanary - Ken Behr

Sep 09 2024 44 mins

Ken Behr was a major smuggler of marijuana and cocaine into South Florida from the 1970s to the 1990s. When he finally got caught, he made a deal and worked undercover for the DEA for two years. He reveals all in his new book, "Confessions of a Marijuana Mercenary," which he talks about in this fascinating interview. For more info, go to: www.crashoutmedia.comSupport the show

14. Rehabs That Lock Addicts Up For Years

Aug 30 2024 35 mins

I talk to anthropologist Angela Garcia about the "anexos" in Mexico City that keep dozens of so-called addicts locked up in a single room for years using harsh methods such as chaining them to the wall. She has written about these for her new book, "The Way That Leads Among The Lost." I also talk to her about addiction in the New Mexico where she is from and any hopes of breaking t

13. China's Client Narco State

Aug 21 2024 54 mins

Sometimes you find a story that just blows you away and makes you wonder how you hadn’t heard it before. Patrick Winn’s new book “Narcotopia” did just that in painting the first detailed portrait of the Wa State, an Asian territory the size of Belgium that is effectively run by a drug cartel. Wa State is officially in Myanmar but is self governed with its own army, supplied

12. How The Taliban Smashed Opium

Aug 07 2024 38 mins

I talk with bad ass journalist Hollie McKay who reported in Afghanistan about how the opium was trafficked massively under the Allied occupation and how the Taliban destroyed it.You can check out Hollie's Subtsack on: https://holliesmckay.substack.com/To read more CrashOut stories and support the Chronicles go to: www.crashoutmedia.com Support the show

11. The True Story of the Arrest of El Mayo?

Jul 30 2024 14 mins

I get into the seismic detention of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. For my full story please go to: https://www.crashoutmedia.com/p/exclu... You can also see more of my pieces and support my work at: www.crashoutmedia.comSupport the show

10. Claudia Sheinbaum Decimates The Opposition

Jun 03 2024 14 mins

Mexico's first female president smashes the election 2024Check out: www.crashutmedia.com Support the show

9. Why Did They Kill The Surfers in Baja?

May 06 2024 12 mins

In another tragic case, three surfers - two Australian and one American - took a trip to Baja California and didn’t make it back; their bodies were found in a well with bullet wounds. Baja California authorities were quick to find them and arrest suspects. But questions remain. How did they get to the alleged perpetrators? If it was a robbery why was the vehicle of the surfers bu

8. Tyree "Colion" Moorehead

Mar 19 2024 43 mins

In Baltimore, Maryland, I interviewed teenage killer turned anti violence activist Tyree "Colion" Moorehead. In 2022, Colion was himself shot dead by a police officer while assaulting a woman and having a knife drawn. For more of my work, check out: www.crashoutmedia.comSupport the show