1. Miami, 1985

In 2013, journalist Suzanne Rico gets the call. Her mother, Gabriele, is dying. As time ticks down, Gabriele reveals she has written an incomplete memoir about her traumatic childhood in World War II Germany - and makes a daunting last request: "Finish what I started." When Suzan ...  Show more

The Kerry Hearings releases their findings, the Cold War ends, and we find out why all this is still important. Lawyers, Guns, and Money is available early and ad-free at lawyersgunsandmoney.supercast.com 

A series of FBI raids send more than a dozen Macheteros back to Connecticut to stand trial in the Wells Fargo robbery case. Plus, an attorney for the group unpacks the government’s “sloppy” legal strategy, Juan’s former lover testifies in court, and a key player jumps bail and re ...  Show more

A series of FBI raids send more than a dozen Macheteros back to Connecticut to stand trial in the Wells Fargo robbery case. Plus, an attorney for the group unpacks the government’s “sloppy” legal strategy, Juan’s former lover testifies in court, and a key player jumps bail and re ...  Show more

Everyone assumed Matta Ballesteros was just a low-level pusher. But it turns out he’s the shady mastermind funnelling eye-watering quantities of cocaine into the United States. After a long and gruelling pursuit across multiple borders, US agents hatch a plan to snatch Matta off ...  Show more

If you enjoy the true stories told in Dictators, check out this episode from our series Kingpins: He was the Panamanian politician who ran one of the most successful drug and gun trafficking rings in the world in the 1970s and 80s—until an American coup brought him down. Learn mo ...  Show more