The Secret Lives of the Men Who Plotted to Kidnap the Governor of Michigan
In the Fall of 2020, 14 men were arrested for allegedly conspiring to kidnap the governor of Michigan. Americans were shocked to hear the news of the foiled plot but were left to wonder - what really what happened here? Find out on this season of the award-winning podcast, Chamel ...Show more
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Don King | 1. Make Me Big
We track Don King’s path to boxing, from a poverty-stricken childhood, to a crime-laden young adulthood, and finally to the moment he enters the arena by attaching himself to greatest fighter of all time. But when you go from the bottom to the top, or at least pretty close, not e ...Show more
Don King | 2. The Greatest
Don builds his masterpiece, one of the greatest boxing matches in history, his piece de resistance: The Rumble in the Jungle. But when he tries to capitalize on that success to take over control of The Greatest…well that might not turn out as well as he hoped. Power is a Somethin ...Show more
Don King | 3. Never Fall in Love with your Fighter
Don moves on after his first failure and realizes instead of trying to control one fighter, he’s going to control them all. He assembles a whole stable of fighters including Tim Witherspoon. The business side sours fast, and soon Don is getting sued. Even if he walks away unscath ...Show more
Don King | 4. Catch Me if You Can
Don finds himself on the wrong end of the FBI. They set up an undercover operation to take down boxing’s number one promoter, figuring he’ll be able to show them just how deep the mob’s ties go in the boxing world. Who is passing envelopes of cash? Who is rigging things? In this ...Show more
Don King | 5. The Dream
Don King meets his future in Mike Tyson. Tyson is a prodigy, a boxer overflowing with talent and hunger—and he falls early into Don’s orbit. Don gets on board Tyson’s wild ride and they prop each other up, all the way to the top. But when Tyson’s winning streak ends in a way no o ...Show more