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How much money do you actually need to own a private jet? Travis Lamance manages 24 private jets and helps clients buy, sell and operate aircraft. In this episode, he breaks down what first-time jet buyers spend, how to choose the right aircraft, what different jets cost to operate, and why private aviation may be more attainable for successful business owners than most people assume.We cover everything from Citation, Hawker, Gulfstream, HondaJet and Cirrus aircraft to chartering your jet to offset expenses, pilot salaries, maintenance reserves, fuel costs, range, renovations and the hidden expenses buyers often overlook. Travis also explains how some owners can offset a significant portion of their operating costs and what you should understand before buying your first private jet.Check out jetcowboy.com/somers to get some special information and discounts for the listeners. Connect with Rich on Instagram: @rich_somers

Episode 395! Derk Boswijk koopt dure lasers in Australië om drones neer te knallen. CDA-stagiairs blunderen met een Star Wars video, bedoeld om hun staatssecretaris (die sprekend op JD Vance lijkt) op te hemelen. Kijk naar deze episode via YouTube: https://youtu.be/RQNM5oyBZhg Guess who's back? Back again. Verloren zoon Philip Dröge terug in de studio na 4 weken treinen door Europa. Italiaans vliegveld vernoemd naar Berlusconi en een hypersonische raket draagt de naam van een beruchte piraat. Er zijn geruchten dat de NASA weer gaat vliegen met de pijlsnelle SR-71 Blackbird. MQ-9B drone bewaakt het luchtruim als een onbemande AWACS. Je kunt nog steeds meedoen met de prijsvraag: hoeveel bezoekers waren er op de Market Garden Dag? Stuur je antwoord naar info@tmhc.nl en maak kans op het KLM-koffertje van Camiel Eurlings, plus een goedkope powerbank. Ga snel luisteren! (00:00) Guess Who's Back Remix - DJ Turbulence (01:00) Philip terug in de studio (02:25) Zwitserland: heli's zijn populair (03:20) James Bond stuwdam (04:03) Leader (04:36) Camiel Eurlings powerbank incident follow-up (05:04) Skippers bij KLM hoeven niet te betalen (07:23) Blunder Derk Boswijk met Star Wars-video (10:16) Dure lasers uit Australië (10:49) Flitsende video van laser-fabrikant EOS (14:16) Verhaal uit de oude doos: lasers bij NLR (15:12) Derk Boswijk: the Dutch JD Vance (15:44) Prijsvraag: win koffertje van Camiel en goedkope powerbank (17:04) Hypersone Blackbeard voor US Navy (20:16) Berlusconi-airport in Italië (23:41) Spectaculaire heli-video van de KLuRu (31:00) Tom Cruise: My Team is Dead! (26:24) Craxi Keso: lekkere kaas uit Gouda (26:48) Philip met de trein door Europa (27:49) Luchthavens zijn vervelend (29:59) Voormalige KLuRU-piloten mogen weer in F-35 (31:10) Russen onderschept: gezamenlijke QRA Zweden en Finland (33:56) Iran mag niet over Turmenistan vliegen (34:34) Istanbul is de luchthaven voor boeven (35:08) NASA wil mogelijk SR-71 uit het vet halen (40:29) Qatar Airways stuurt A330 en piloten naar Air Rwanda (42:10) Gulfstream van de Luchtmacht stond 142 dagen stil in een jaar (45:29) MQ-9B drone als radarvliegtuig (46:38) Afsluit. Muziek: Without Me - Eminem. Tips en commentaar stuur je naar info@tmhc.nl The Mic High Club Luchtvaart podcast wordt geproduceerd door Creative Sandbox van Menno Swart. Opgenomen in Studio Rietlandpark in Amsterdam GUESS WHO'S BACK. BACK AGAIN

She Sold Everything to Sail Around the World; ALISONGIESCHEN; Incredible Journey; Author, ‘Riding the Wave of Reality” LIVE from theSouth Pacific (near Tahiti)#realconversations #SouthPacific #sailing #Ireland#NewJersey #author CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN — WE THESPECIESHosted by Calvin SchwartzMeet ALISON GIESCHEN. “The universe- synchronicity- had ahand in this interview. I always like to invoke it in special circumstances. Ididn't fully process Alison when we connected a few weeks ago. Yes, she'ssailing the sea. I checked where I stood in the interview count. I knew it wasclose to 500 interviews. I looked this morning. Alison's interview is my 500thon six continents in six years. Fitting and Proper that she was on deck near asmall island close to Tahiti, with the azure, blue Pacific right there. Alisonand her husband Dan (Jersey folks like me) have been sailing the world foreight years. Sold everything to do this. There is so much here. Adventure.Perfect storms. Things you could never contemplate. I was mesmerized, and I'vebeen around the block. By the way, there is a movie here for sure. Alison iswise, charming, eloquent, passionate, incredibly real, and down-to-earth (anddown to the sea). And a prolific author. She's chronicling these adventures andyears in ‘Riding the Waves of Reality-Tales of Turmoil and Triumph Blue WaterSailing.'  And Children's books. Now I'dlike to throw in a few words and thoughts to entice. Her dream was to sail. Aswas Dan's. Visiting atolls and very happy people. Theodore Roosevelt. Her favoriteauthored book: Seven. Ireland and COVID. The Azores and crossing the Atlantic.And the 40-foot waves in the Gulfstream. Horrible fishing nets for 60 miles.Horses see inside of people. Manta Rays and gentility. Writing music. Our livesdepend on each other. She told me to take the Queen Mary. Enough said. Justwatch this. AND a bright light bulb. Alison can come back here whenever. Here Isit and wait.” Calvin

More trillions of $$ to the war machine rolling over Earth's limits. Militarism is climate change – CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans joins us. Plus the big shift: Dr. Rene van Westen with surprising news about collapse of the Gulf Stream and AMOC. This  …

The Dutch firm Equinox Ocean Turbines is developing the Mobula, a radical tidal energy system that replaces traditional heavy gearboxes with small generators mounted directly on the blade tips. This unique configuration leverages the high speeds of the outer rotor to produce electricity efficiently, leaving the central hub completely empty of power-generating components. By eliminating central torque, the design allows for cheaper mooring systems instead of permanent seabed foundations, significantly lowering installation costs. Recent open-water testing of a scale model successfully reached a major technical milestone, proving the machine can dive, surface, and generate power in real-world conditions. The company aims to deploy a massive 164-foot concrete version by 2030 to harness slow-moving currents like the Gulf Stream. This innovation could provide a consistent clean energy source that functions independently of weather-dependent solar or wind resources.https://atlantisseacolony.com/#EquinoxOceanTurbines #Mobula #TidalEnergy #OceanEnergy #CleanEnergy #MarineEnergy #RenewableEnergy #CleanTech #HydrokineticEnergy #GreenTech #OceanTechnology #BladeTipGenerator #SubseaTech #SustainableEnergy #GulfStreamEnergy #ZeroEmissions #EnergyInnovation #FutureOfEnergy #BlueEconomy #TidalPower

Guess handicapper Brian W. Spencer joins Jeremy Plonk to discuss the Woodbine Mile Day races as well as stakes from Gulfstream, Churchill Downs & Louisiana Downs for Saturday.

#HorseRacing #GulfstreamPark #Woodbine #ChurchillDownsWelcome to another edition of Bettin N Boozin on the HHH Racing Podcast! This week we head back to my beautiful South Florida where we cover a nice Gulfstream card with MULTIPLE STAKES! Who do we think wins? Find out in this episode!Come for the handicapping, stay for a drink!It's a great day to make some money, we are always Boozin N Not Losin! Stay tuned for GREAT ANALYSIS and see you in the LIVE CHAT!Please Like, Subscribe and comment below the video player your opinions, we would love to hear from you and respond to every one!__________________________________________________________________NORMAL PODCAST SCHEDULE:Wednesday Night @8pm EDT: Bettin N Boozin with Kyle, Andrew, and CharlieWednesday Night @9:30pm EDT: Pacific Horseplayers with Noah and JacksonThursday Night @8pm EDT: Picks and Ponies with Howard, Pete and Paul(MORE COULD BE ADDED AT ANY TIME, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND HIT THE NOTIFICATION BELL TO BE NOTIFIED OF ALL LIVESTREAMS/VIDEOS!)__________________________________________________________________Go to our website: https://www.hhhracingpodcast.com__________________________________________________________________Podcast Twitter/X: @hhhracingpodHost:Kyle Roscoe: X - @APRoscoeKCo-Hosts:Andrew Rdesinski: X - @phillyboy415Charlie Freeman: X - @CFREE316Intermittent Co-Hosts:Noah Meagher: X - @NoahMeagPatrick Kuenzel: X - @PatrickKuenzel_________________________________________________________________Horse Racing Promotions: Subscribe to the excellent, informative, AFFORDABLE and profitable "Power Picks" Tip Sheet! Please go to: www.patreon.com/hhhracingpodcast Fantastic ABC P4 and P5 grids, along with Spot Plays and Price Plays provided that currently has an ROI around $2.15 (national average is $1.60). Picks arrive via email every Sat. morning for that day's races. Purchase your Power Picks NOW and make 2024 your best handicapping year ever! www.patreon.com/hhhracingpodcast__________________________________________________________Bettin N Boozin Logo by Erik Morgan (Instagram @erik_mgn10)__________________________________________________________Intro Music:Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://creatorchords.com/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...___________________________________________________________Horse Racing Intro Background Video graciously provided by @Fastec ImagingLink to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfuI_TiKDYI___________________________________________________________LINK TO SIGN UP TO BETUS -- (USE CODE RACING3H WHEN DEPOSITING MONEY)https://www.betus.com.pa

Fin de la pause d'été :). Nous sommes de retour avec Fanny Anthony, qui a publié son premier roman chez GulfStream éditeur cette année : Monstres capitaines.https://gulfstream.fr/produit/avant-premiere-monstres-capitaines-t1-le-lien-deapsou/Retrouvez Fanny sur instagram, Tik Tok, YouTube et plein d'autres réseaux : https://linktr.ee/fanny.anthony.autriceBonne écoute :)Podcast préparé par Veryimportantbook: https://www.instagram.com/veryimportantbook/ et Déjeuner sous la pluie: https://www.instagram.com/dejeuner_sous_la_pluie/Mon roman "Parmi les étoiles" , un one shot de science-fiction est disponible :https://www.cordesdeluneeditions.fr/index.php/parmi-les-etoiles

Bo Snerdley's Rush Hour is a fast-paced daily talk radio podcast covering the biggest political stories of the day. Designed for listeners on the go, each episode delivers sharp analysis, timely updates, and engaging commentary on the headlines shaping the national conversation.

Bo Snerdley's Rush Hour is a fast-paced daily talk radio podcast covering the biggest political stories of the day. Designed for listeners on the go, each episode delivers sharp analysis, timely updates, and engaging commentary on the headlines shaping the national conversation.

In this episode, hosts Bela Musits and Mike Wasserman dive deep into one of the most iconic offshore challenges in the sailing world: the Marion to Bermuda Race. Joining the conversation is seasoned sailor Ray Cullum, who shares his extensive experience navigating this prestigious 645-mile blue-water event. Whether you are a competitive racer or an aspiring coastal cruiser looking to head offshore, Ray's insights into preparation, Gulf Stream strategy, and the unique spirit of this race are invaluable.The Marion to Bermuda Race is renowned for its focus on celestial navigation and its "family and friends" atmosphere, setting it apart from other offshore competitions. Ray breaks down what it takes to prepare both the vessel and the crew for the unpredictable conditions of the North Atlantic. From heavy weather tactics to the mental endurance required for multi-day offshore passages, this episode covers the essential elements of successful blue-water sailing.Bela, Mike, and Ray also discuss the intricacies of crossing the Gulf Stream—a pivotal and often daunting segment of the journey to Bermuda. Ray shares his approach to analyzing weather routing and current data to find the most efficient path through the "river in the ocean." We also explore the gear and safety protocols that are non-negotiable for an offshore voyage of this magnitude.Beyond the technical aspects, this episode captures the allure of the destination itself. Arriving in Bermuda after days at sea is a milestone for any sailor, and Ray describes the sense of accomplishment and the camaraderie that awaits at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club. If you've ever dreamed of leaving the coast behind and heading for the deep blue, this conversation will provide the inspiration and practical knowledge you need to start planning your own Marion to Bermuda adventure.About the Guest: Ray Cullum is a veteran sailor with a wealth of experience in offshore racing and coastal cruising. His passion for the sea and commitment to the sailing community make him a sought-after voice for anyone looking to improve their seamanship and navigation skills.Key Topics Discussed:Preparation and safety requirements for the Marion to Bermuda Race.Strategies for navigating the Gulf Stream and interpreting weather data.The importance of crew dynamics and watch rotations during offshore passages.Celestial navigation vs. modern electronics in traditional racing.The rewards of finishing a major offshore race in Bermuda.SEO Search Terms: Marion to Bermuda Race, offshore sailing, blue water cruising, Gulf Stream navigation, sailboat racing, sailing podcast, Bela Musits, Mike Wasserman, Ray Cullum, yacht racing preparation, North Atlantic sailing, coastal cruising USA, heavy weather sailing tactics.

This week the WOB crew welcome back Mike the Mariner after an extended boating adventure in the Keys. Plus using the Gulf Stream to your advantage when cruising up the Florida coast. The post World of Boating 8-15-26 appeared first on World of Boating Radio Show.

Could one of the world's most powerful ocean currents become a source of renewable energy?Katherine O'Fallon of the Marine Research Hub of South Florida is joined by Dr. James VanZwieten, Director of Florida Atlantic University's Southeast Marine Energy Center (SMEC), to explore the science, engineering and real-world testing behind efforts to harness energy from the Gulf Stream.The conversation looks at decades of research into ocean currents off the Florida coast, the challenges of designing and testing marine energy technology in deep, fast-moving water, and the enormous amount of data required before turbines can move from experimental systems toward commercial applications.James also explains what it takes to conduct offshore testing, why environmental monitoring is fundamental to the research, how scientists measure and understand the Gulf Stream itself, and the role of the U.S. Department of Energy in advancing marine energy technology.It is a practical look at an extraordinary renewable resource and the engineering required to determine what role ocean current energy could realistically play in the future.GUESTDr. James VanZwietenDirector, Southeast Marine Energy Center (SMEC)Florida Atlantic UniversityHOSTKatherine O'FallonMarine Research Hub of South FloridaRELEVANT LINKSFlorida Atlantic University – Southeast Marine Energy Center (SMEC)https://www.fau.edu/engineering/research/snmrec/Meet the SMEC teamhttps://www.fau.edu/engineering/research/snmrec/people/Marine Research Hub of South Floridahttps://marineresearchhub.org/U.S. Department of Energy – Marine Energy Programhttps://www.energy.gov/cmei/water/marine-energy-program

Georgia is the second-largest data center market in the country, and its grid is straining under load growth no one predicted five years ago. Michael Chanin, CEO of Cherry Street Energy, joins Tim to break down how behind-the-meter solar and storage are stepping in, why utilities need private capital to keep rates in check, and what a multi-gigawatt data center outside Savannah means for the region. Tim sits down with Michael Chanin, CEO of Cherry Street Energy, a vertically integrated power company based in Georgia that develops, owns, and operates behind-the-meter solar and storage for commercial and industrial customers across the Southeast.Georgia repealed its ban on third-party solar ownership in 2015, opening the door for "Solar Energy Procurement Agreements" (Georgia's version of a PPA). Since then, Cherry Street has built a customer base that includes Delta Air Lines, Porsche Cars North America, Gulfstream, and the City of Atlanta, offering no-cost, no-upfront-investment solar that cuts customers' energy bills and carbon footprint.Chanin and Tim dig into what is driving unprecedented load growth in Georgia: the state is now the second-largest data center market in the US after Virginia, and OpenAI recently announced its "Project Camellia" data center campus near Savannah in Effingham County, a $20 billion, 3.2-gigawatt (3,200 MW) project built in partnership with Georgia Power. On the recording, Chanin describes the project as a joint Anthropic/OpenAI announcement and cites 4,000 megawatts of capacity; public reporting on this specific project ties it to OpenAI at roughly 3,200 MW, so that detail is worth a quick check with Chanin or Cherry Street before publishing. Other topics covered:How Cherry Street's economics pencil out: average customer electricity cost of 10-12 cents/kWh, build costs under $1.50/watt, and how real-time pricing has made solar competitive even against historically cheap fossil generationCherry Street's solar-plus-storage pilot with Georgia Power and the emerging value stack for behind-the-meter batteries (capacity payments, energy payments, demand management)Georgia's Public Service Commission, including Chair Jason Shaw and newly elected Democratic commissioners Alicia Johnson and Peter HubbardCherry Street's vertically integrated delivery model: in-house engineers, general contractors, and site supervisors that take a project from signed contract to energized system in under 100 daysCherry Street Energy shows what happens when a state removes one legal barrier and lets the market do the rest. Georgia's 2015 shift on third-party ownership opened the door. Rising load growth from data centers and electrification is now forcing utilities, regulators, and private developers to work together on a scale nobody planned for a few years ago. Chanin's take is clear: solar and storage are not a side story in Georgia's power future. They are becoming part of how the state keeps the lights on and the bills manageable. Listen to the full conversation for the details on Cherry Street's build process, its storage pilot with Georgia Power, and what EPCs and developers should know before entering the Southeast market. Connect with Michael Chanin, Cherry Street Energy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelchanin/Website: https://www.cherrystreet.com/ Support the showConnect with Tim  Clean Power Hour  Clean Power Hour on YouTubeTim on TwitterTim on LinkedIn Email tim@cleanpowerhour.com Review Clean Power Hour on Apple PodcastsThe Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Contact us by email:  CleanPowerHour@gmail.comCorporate sponsors who share our mission to speed the energy transition are invited to check out https://www.cleanpowerhour.com/support/The Clean Power Hour is brought to you by CPS America, maker of North America's number one 3-phase string inverter, with over 6GW shipped in the US. With a focus on commercial and utility-scale solar and energy storage, the company partners with customers to provide unparalleled performance and service. The CPS America product lineup includes 3-phase string inverters from 25kW to 275kW, exceptional data communication and controls, and energy storage solutions designed for seamless integration with CPS America systems.  Learn more at www.chintpowersystems.com

It's another Gulfstream Monday and In The Money Media has you covered! Join Peter Thomas Fornatale (PTF) as he's joined by handicapper and ITM intern Chance Rains to look at horse racing action over at Gulfstream Park for Monday (Aug. 3).Mondays at Gulfstream are the new Fridays as the race week shifts toward a Saturday-Monday schedule with a revamped betting menu featuring a $1 Players Place Pick 8, $5 Players Late Double, $3 Players Late Pick 3 - all with a takeout of just 15%! Gulfstream also introduces the Summer Sweep Pick 5 at a $1 minimum and with a 15% takeout. It's a retail-only bet that will carryover 100% of the pool if no winning tickets instead of paying out consolations.

It's another Gulfstream Monday and In The Money Media has you covered! Join Peter Thomas Fornatale (PTF) as he's joined by handicapper and ITM intern Chance Rains to look at horse racing action over at Gulfstream Park for Monday (Aug. 3).Mondays at Gulfstream are the new Fridays as the race week shifts toward a Saturday-Monday schedule with a revamped betting menu featuring a $1 Players Place Pick 8, $5 Players Late Double, $3 Players Late Pick 3 - all with a takeout of just 15%! Gulfstream also introduces the Summer Sweep Pick 5 at a $1 minimum and with a 15% takeout. It's a retail-only bet that will carryover 100% of the pool if no winning tickets instead of paying out consolations.

Brendan and Channel Moore live aboard and sail a Norseman 447. They recently sailed from Florida to The Bahamas and on to Panama.  We talk about sailing across the Gulf Stream to The Bahamas, a leaking hatch, clearing in to The Bahamas in Great Cay - Berry Islands, other islands in The Berrys, fishing, the new fishing permit in The Bahamas, sharks, the San Blas islands, barracudas, trouble with the starter, a fierce squall while at anchor, trouble at Highbourne Cay, anchoring and scope, setting 2 anchors, sailing from Great Inagua to Panama in June, losing the autopilot, trees and fishing gear in the water, big seas in the Caribbean Sea, scary moments, a whisker-pole incident, dream boats, selecting a boat, dream upgrades, and more. photos and links are on the podcast website support the show through patreon shop or sell a sailboat at https://sailboatsforsale.com/ get electrical help at https://www.meridian-marine-electrical.com/ sail New England and Canada with Sailing Resolution sail California/Hawaii with Shearwater Sailing to sail on Galiana with Tapio Lehtinen email Paul Trammell at paulwtrammell@hotmail.com and put "sailing" in the subject line

It's another Gulfstream Monday and In The Money Media has you covered! Join Peter Thomas Fornatale (PTF) and Jonathon Kinchen (JK) as they look at horse racing action over at Gulfstream Park for Monday (July 27).Mondays at Gulfstream are the new Fridays as the race week shifts toward a Saturday-Monday schedule with a revamped betting menu featuring a $1 Players Place Pick 8, $5 Players Late Double, $3 Players Late Pick 3 - all with a takeout of just 15%! Gulfstream also introduces the Summer Sweep Pick 5 at a $1 minimum and with a 15% takeout. It's a retail-only bet that will carryover 100% of the pool if no winning tickets instead of paying out consolations.

It's another Gulfstream Monday and In The Money Media has you covered! Join Peter Thomas Fornatale (PTF) and Jonathon Kinchen (JK) as they look at horse racing action over at Gulfstream Park for Monday (July 27).Mondays at Gulfstream are the new Fridays as the race week shifts toward a Saturday-Monday schedule with a revamped betting menu featuring a $1 Players Place Pick 8, $5 Players Late Double, $3 Players Late Pick 3 - all with a takeout of just 15%! Gulfstream also introduces the Summer Sweep Pick 5 at a $1 minimum and with a 15% takeout. It's a retail-only bet that will carryover 100% of the pool if no winning tickets instead of paying out consolations.

It's another Gulfstream Monday and In The Money Media has you covered! Join Peter Thomas Fornatale (PTF) and Jonathon Kinchen (JK) as they look at horse racing action over at Gulfstream Park for Monday (July 20).Mondays at Gulfstream are the new Fridays as the race week shifts toward a Saturday-Monday schedule with a revamped betting menu featuring a $1 Players Place Pick 8, $5 Players Late Double, $3 Players Late Pick 3 - all with a takeout of just 15%! Gulfstream also introduces the Summer Sweep Pick 5 at a $1 minimum and with a 15% takeout. It's a retail-only bet that will carryover 100% of the pool if no winning tickets instead of paying out consolations.

Brian Hathaway was in Marina del Rey, California, where he left from in February 2022 at the beginning of his circumnavigation, during this intervierw, after completing a circumnavigation on his Hunter 44 DS. We talk about how a circumnavigation changes you, what it's like to complete one, readjusting to life in civilization, staying at a marina in California vs Mexico, haul-out facilities, an incident with a crazy doc worker at a marina, choosing a Hunter to circumnavigate and all the doubters, the pros and cons of a production boat, running warps, drogues, weather routing, weather forecasting, squalls, lightning, sailing in the Gulf Stream, crossing the Panama Canal, the Las Perlas islands, Golfito Costa Rica, insurance, the peril of disregarding the laws in foreign countries, we debate about tethers, EPIRB's and PLB's, other safety gear, a problem with the rubrail, the importance of officially finishing the circumnavigation, finding happiness, meditation, anxiety, love of sailing, and more. links and photos are on the podcast website support the show through Patreon sail New England and Canada with Sailing Resolution shop tankless dive systems at BLU3 browse or list sailboats for sail at sailboatsforsale.com

It's another Gulfstream Monday and In The Money Media has you covered! Join Peter Thomas Fornatale (PTF) and Jonathon Kinchen (JK) as they look at horse racing action over at Gulfstream Park for Monday (July 20).Mondays at Gulfstream are the new Fridays as the race week shifts toward a Saturday-Monday schedule with a revamped betting menu featuring a $1 Players Place Pick 8, $5 Players Late Double, $3 Players Late Pick 3 - all with a takeout of just 15%! Gulfstream also introduces the Summer Sweep Pick 5 at a $1 minimum and with a 15% takeout. It's a retail-only bet that will carryover 100% of the pool if no winning tickets instead of paying out consolations.

Twenty years ago, on July 16, 2006, the Lean Blog Podcast began with a conversation with Norman Bodek. Episode page Norman was Mark Graban's friend and mentor—and the person who suggested starting the podcast. To mark the show's 20th anniversary, Mark revisits highlights from that first episode. Norman explains the difference between kaizen and kaizen events, why employees should be trusted to implement small improvements, and how one idea at Gulfstream produced thousands of hours in savings when it was copied across the plant. He also reflects candidly on his own leadership mistakes, including his tendency as a company owner to tell employees what to do rather than ask for their ideas. Other topics include: • Quick and Easy Kaizen • Kaizen versus kaikaku • Employee suggestion systems • Respect for people • Trust and employee autonomy • Asking instead of telling • The risks of poorly designed incentives • How supervisors can encourage—or shut down—employee participation • Why organizations overlook the knowledge of their own employees Norman passed away in 2020, but his influence continues through the people he taught, the books he wrote and published, and the ideas he helped introduce to a much wider audience. Listen to the complete original episode at leanblog.org/1.

Send us Fan MailWe talk with Jet Card founder Sean Doyle about building a business aviation companion app that gives every flight a reason, from AI-generated charter backstories to a full operator ecosystem. We also get honest about integrations, developer expectations, pricing pressure, and what it takes to keep immersion fun without turning it into a second job.• Sean's flight sim background from early Microsoft Flight Simulator to VATSIM• The problem Jet Card solves for business jet flying in MSFS and X-Plane 12• Procedurally generated charter demand paired with AI narratives and deadlines• Company ownership, pilot hiring, and running a virtual operator economy• Real-world business aviation flavor through FBO calls, fueling, and coordination• Contrail Falcon 50 integration and why in-sim triggers are a big deal• Launch growth, server scaling, and filtering community feedback into priorities• Pricing, value, and why “roadmap expectations” can distort add-on development• The Operators update with brand-forward pages and specialty missions like med flights• Jet Card Live plans for AI voice interactions plus optional subscription costs• Rapid-fire favorites, underrated airports, and the Gulfstream licensing realityWebsite: www.closedtrafficpodcast.comFacebook: @ClosedtrafficpodcastFollow us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/closedtraffic

Israel keeps bombing tent cities full of already-displaced Lebanese civilians with nowhere left to run and flight logs for aircraft N102DZ — the Gulfstream previously owned by Charlie Kirk and now controlled by Erika Kirk — have been completely erased from Flight Radar. I sat down with Jeff Berwick and shared how the Tesla machine instantly wiped out my decades-old shoulder injury at Anarchapulco, giving me my life and energy back in one session. Hear the unbelievable healing stories of cancer vanishing, Bell's palsy gone, and chronic pain destroyed — get yours at TZLA.club.

On this exciting episode of Fishing the DMV, we are joined by Taylor from Always Bent Fishing for a full Ocean City, Maryland summer fishing report!The spring run in Ocean City was one of the best in recent memory, with big striped bass showing up heavy in the surf, around the Route 50 Bridge, in the bay, and along the beach for anglers soaking bait. Now that water temperatures are climbing, the bite has officially shifted into summer mode, and Taylor breaks down everything anglers need to know before heading to the coast.We talk about the current flounder bite in the bay, around the inlet, near the Route 50 Bridge, and on nearshore wrecks, plus the arrival of bluefish, red drum, sheepshead, cobia, and other summer species. Taylor also explains why water temperature is one of the biggest factors he watches when predicting the transition from the spring striped bass run into the summer bite.In this episode, we also cover the best places for visiting anglers to fish from shore, including the Ocean City Inlet, North Jetty, Oceanic Fishing Pier, Third Street Pier, and Route 50 Bridge. Taylor gives practical tips on baits, tackle, tides, structure, and how freshwater anglers can get started fishing saltwater without feeling overwhelmed.We also dive into the tougher-than-usual back bay fishing, the better action closer to the inlet, the speckled trout situation on the Chesapeake side, the early arrival of sheepshead and cobia, and the funky start to the offshore tuna and marlin season. Taylor shares his thoughts on how Gulf Stream movement, water temperature, and changing patterns may be affecting Ocean City's inshore and offshore fishing.Plus, we preview the Fish and Paddle Saltwater Slam kayak tournament, the growing Ocean City kayak fishing scene, and the buildup to the White Marlin Open, one of the biggest offshore fishing events in the world and one of the busiest weeks of the year in Ocean City.Whether you fish from the surf, bridge, pier, kayak, bay boat, or offshore boat, this episode is packed with Ocean City fishing information to help you catch more fish this summer.If you are planning a trip to Ocean City, Maryland, this is the episode you need to hear before you go!Please support Fishing the DMV on Patreon: https://patreon.com/FishingtheDMVPodcast If you are interested in being on the show or a sponsorship opportunity, please reach out to me at fishingtheDMV@gmail.comAlways bent.com https://www.alwaysbent.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@alwaysbentfishing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbentfishingoc?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Facebook: http://facebook.com/AlwaysBentFishingOC  Slack Tide Kayak Fishing: https://www.slacktidekayakfishing.com/ Fish Assateague LLC: https://fishassateague.com/ Fish N Paddle Saltwater Slam: https://fishnpaddle.com/ LMD Enterprises: http://lmdoil.com/ Jake's bait & Tackle Website: http://www.jakesbaitandtackle.com/  Link to Tactical Fishing Company: https://tacticalfishingco.com/  Fishing Pro Tech: https://www.facebook.com/FishingProTech  Phone Number: (757) 566-1278 Email: lin@fishingprotech.us Fishing Pro Tech Address: 7812-A Richmond Road, Toano, VA, United States, 23168    Max4 Fishing: https://bit.ly/4unuiOs Flint Financial Planning: https://bit.ly/43t8h5NSupport the show

Business aviation is often misunderstood because the aircraft are the most visible part of the story. The brands, the cabins, the speed, the ramp presence, and the culture around private aircraft tend to dominate the public imagination. But the industry was not built around image. It was built around utility. From the early aircraft companies in Wichita to the postwar expansion of aviation infrastructure, from Gulfstream's focus on reliability and customer support to Learjet's cultural impact, from Cessna's utilitarian approach to the Falcon 20's role in the early FedEx story, business aviation evolved around one central promise: giving people and companies control over time. In this episode, I talk with Kevin Michaels and Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory about their book, Time Machines: Business Aviation's Dynamic Journey. Kevin and Richard trace the forces that shaped the business aviation market across decades. The deeper story is not simply how business jets became faster, more capable, or more recognizable. It is how business aviation became an operating system for access, connecting companies, communities, executives, pilots, manufacturers, service networks, and airports in a way the scheduled airline system never could. You'll also learn; How Wichita became one of the most important centers in aviation history Why World War II accelerated the business aviation ecosystem by creating pilots, mechanics, infrastructure, air traffic control, and mission familiarity. How early business aviation moved from converted aircraft and surplus DC-3s into purpose-built turbine-powered aircraft. Why Gulfstream's early success was rooted in understanding the customer's mission: short-field access, reliability, dispatch performance, and customer support. How Learjet became the cultural shorthand for business jets through design, performance, Hollywood visibility, and Bill Lear's marketing instincts. Why Cessna's slower, more utilitarian Citation strategy became a winning formula for customers who valued functionality and reliability over pure speed. How Dassault's Falcon 20 gained early momentum through Pan Am, Charles Lindbergh, Federal Express, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Why engine technology repeatedly expanded what business aviation could become. How fractional ownership changed business aviation by opening access beyond traditional whole-aircraft ownership and flight departments. Why general aviation, airport infrastructure, advocacy, and regulation remain foundational to the health of the business aviation industry.   About the Guests Richard Aboulafia is a Managing Director at AeroDynamic Advisory, a boutique aerospace and defense management consultancy based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is also a Special Advisor on Aerospace & Defense at Eurasia Group and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Since 1988, Richard has tracked aircraft programs, markets, and companies as an analyst and consultant, advising aerospace manufacturers, defense contractors, and financial institutions on commercial aviation, military aviation, and broader aerospace and defense market trends. Before joining AeroDynamic Advisory in 2022, he was Vice President of Analysis at Teal Group. Richard is also a widely published aviation and defense writer, with regular columns in Aviation Week & Space Technology and work appearing in outlets including Foreign Policy, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Professional Pilot, and others. He is the co-author, with Kevin Michaels, of Time Machines: Business Aviation's Dynamic Journey, a comprehensive look at the people, aircraft, technologies, business models, and market forces that shaped business aviation into the industry it is today. Connect with Richard on LinkedIn. Kevin Michaels is a Managing Director at AeroDynamic Advisory and a globally recognized expert in aerospace manufacturing, MRO, strategy, customer satisfaction, M&A advisory, technology assessment, and market analysis. Across his career, Kevin has advised leading aerospace OEMs, airlines, MRO providers, suppliers, and investors on the strategic and operational forces shaping the aerospace industry. Before AeroDynamic Advisory, he was Vice President in ICF International's Aerospace & MRO consulting practice and co-founder of AeroStrategy, which was acquired by ICF. He also held roles with Rockwell Collins Government Systems, The Canaan Group, and aero-engine supplier Williams International. Kevin is a columnist for Aviation Week & Space Technology's Up Front feature, a contributing columnist to Inside MRO and Forbes, and chairs the Industry Advisory Board for the University of Michigan's Aerospace Engineering Department. He is also the author of AeroDynamic: Inside the High-Stakes Global Jetliner Ecosystem, winner of the 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award. Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn. Buy the book Time Machines: Business Aviation's Dynamic Journey on Amazon.   About Your Host Craig Picken is an Executive Recruiter, writer, speaker, and ICF Trained Executive Coach. He is focused on recruiting senior-level leadership, sales, and operations executives in the aviation and aerospace industry. His clients include premier OEMs, aircraft operators, leasing/financial organizations, and Maintenance/Repair/Overhaul (MRO) providers, and since 2008, he has personally concluded more than 400 executive-level searches in a variety of disciplines. Craig is the ONLY industry executive recruiter who has professionally flown airplanes, sold airplanes, and successfully run a P&L in the aviation industry. His professional career started with a passion for airplanes. After eight years' experience as a decorated Naval Flight Officer – with more than 100 combat missions, 2,000 hours of flight time, and 325 aircraft carrier landings – Craig sought challenges in business aviation, where he spent more than 7 years in sales with both Gulfstream Aircraft and Bombardier Business Aircraft. Craig is also a sought-after industry speaker who has presented at Corporate Jet Investor, International Aviation Women's Association, and SOCAL Aviation Association.   Resources For more aerospace industry news & commentary: https://craigpicken.com/insights/. To learn more about Craig Picken, visit https://craigpicken.com/.

#flyodmayweather #jonarechnitz #lawsuit Youtube link: https://youtu.be/ZJ3K9Xo1k2UPodcast link:https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/TouM4dS3b4b Episode Description: The $175 Million Betrayal—How "Money" Mayweather Got Played By His Smallhat Buddy. "Generating money is a completely different skill set from retaining money. "Floyd "Money" Mayweather built an entire empire around an undefeated 50-and-0 record and a net worth that seemed completely untouchable. He's the billionaire athlete who beat the system, bypassed traditional corporate contracts, and always kept his hands firmly on the bag. But a massive $175 million civil lawsuit filed in Manhattan pulled back the curtain on a financial nightmare.Floyd didn't lose his fortune at a high-stakes blackjack table or through a bad business venture—he fell victim to a rogue investment insider. In this episode, we break down the jaw-dropping details of the lawsuit against his former de facto investment manager, Jona Rechnitz. We examine the exact mechanics of the alleged hustle, including: The Phantom Wires: Millions of dollars in unauthorized transfers that completely vanished into thin air. The Blank Jet Title: How a 1996 Gulfstream private jet was signed away with a completely blank purchaser line. The $100 Million Jewelry Pawn: The shocking allegation that Mayweather's legendary diamond collection was pawned off for a fraction of its value without his consent. We also look at the bigger picture: Why are ultra-wealthy icons the ultimate marks for financial predators? Plus, we break down the broader "Celebrity Financial Hall of Shame," detailing how legends like Mike Tyson, Rihanna, Nicolas Cage, and Billy Joel were taken to the cleaners by the exact same brand of bad management. No matter how sharp you are in the ring or on the stage, if you don't have ironclad checks and balances in your front office, the sharks will extract. Hashtags: #FloydMayweather #MoneyMayweather #BusinessIntel #FinancialLiteracy #AssetProtection #CelebrityScams #JonaRechnitz #MikeTyson #Rihanna #ConsciousnessForum #PodcastEpisode #WealthManagement

This week's Mining the Media explored several stories connected by a common theme: leadership. G.K. opened the program by examining Vice President J.D. Vance's growing role in communicating U.S. policy toward Iran, concerns surrounding modern political polling, and why CNN's Harry Enten continues to earn respect by following the data wherever it leads. The discussion also covered Tulsi Gabbard's release of documents raising new questions about Anthony Fauci, Major League Baseball's treatment of Christian players, and an interesting look at a unique cool-water region associated with the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean. Those stories led naturally into this week's Crusty's Corner: "Biblical Leadership vs. Professional Leadership: Where They Agree, Where They Differ, and Why It Matters." Too often biblical leadership and professional leadership are portrayed as competing philosophies. In reality, they share significant common ground. Both value results, character, excellence, accountability, authority, and influence. The greatest differences are often found not in leadership techniques, but in purpose, motivation, and ultimate accountability. In this episode, Dave Jeffers explores where these two leadership models intersect, where they differ, and why understanding both can help leaders become more effective, trustworthy, and faithful in their responsibilities. Whether you're leading a business, a ministry, a military unit, a civic organization, or simply your own family, this discussion offers practical insights into the kind of leadership our culture desperately needs. Join us as we continue Mining the Media and searching for the truth beneath the headlines.

Jeremy Plonk and Scott Shapiro handicap Ohio Derby Day as well as stakes from Churchill Downs, Gulfstream, Laurel and Emerald Downs.

As the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament winds down this week, That Don't Sound Right dives into one of the biggest stories in tournament history with special guest Glenn, who brings firsthand knowledge and behind-the-scenes insight from the docks, the boats, and the Gulf Stream. That Don't Sound Right is a podcast about talking—the way we did before the internet, when you couldn't instantly fact-check everything and all the expertise lived in the people around the conversation. In this timely episode, Peter and Cecil sit down with Glenn to discuss the legendary 919-pound blue marlin that shattered tournament records and made headlines throughout the fishing world. The story gets even wilder when they discuss what was found inside the fish—a sailfish that added another layer to an already unbelievable catch. The conversation explores what it's really like to compete in the Big Rock, from running high-performance sportfishing boats 40-plus miles offshore to the Gulf Stream, to the strategy, teamwork, pressure, and excitement that come with chasing trophy billfish and life-changing prize money. Whether you're following this year's tournament, planning a trip to the Crystal Coast, or simply curious about one of North Carolina's most iconic sporting events, Glenn shares stories that bring listeners aboard for the action. From tournament rules and weigh-ins to crew dynamics and the realities of battling a giant marlin, this episode captures the thrill that makes Big Rock a summer tradition. As boats head offshore this week in search of the next record catch, join Peter, Cecil, and Glenn for a conversation about the fish, the fishermen, and the stories that keep everyone coming back year after year. Because when someone tells you a 919-pound marlin swallowed a sailfish and still got caught... that don't sound right. Hashtags: #tdsrpodcast #ThatDontSoundRight #BigRock2026 #BigRockTournament #BigRockBlueMarlinTournament #BlueMarlin #MarlinFishing #SportFishing #OffshoreFishing #GulfStream #NorthCarolinaCoast #CrystalCoast #FishingPodcast #SaltwaterFishing #TournamentFishing #FishingStories #MoreheadCity #Billfish #BigRockWeek Connect with us:

THE NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE OF 1938 — THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWeather With Enthusiasm | Episode 7On September 21, 1938, a Category 3 hurricane moving at nearly 50 miles per hour slammed into Long Island and tore through New England — leaving at least 682 people dead and destroying tens of thousands of homes. No hurricane warning was ever issued. The United States Weather Bureau had downgraded the storm to a tropical storm just hours before it made landfall.This episode tells the full story: how the storm formed, why forecasters failed to see it coming, the catastrophic storm surges that submerged downtown Providence, and the young junior forecaster named Charles Pierce who predicted the disaster — and was overruled.New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.─────────────────────────────────────────────KEY FACTS─────────────────────────────────────────────DATE OF LANDFALL: September 21, 1938FIRST LANDFALL: Near Bellport, Long Island, NY — approximately 2:10–2:40 PM ESTSECOND LANDFALL: Between Bridgeport and New Haven, CT — approximately 4:00 PM ESTSTORM CATEGORY: Category 3 at landfallCENTRAL PRESSURE: 27.94 in (946.2 mb) at Bellport, NYFORWARD SPEED: ~47–50 mph (more than twice normal hurricane forward speed)ORIGIN: Tropical disturbance near Cape Verde Islands, early September 1938DEATH TOLL: 682–800 (direct fatalities) - Rhode Island/Connecticut/Long Island combined: ~600 - Massachusetts: 99 - New Hampshire: 13 - Vermont: 5 - Long Island: ~60 - Westhampton Beach, NY: 29INJURIES: At least 1,700HOMELESS: Approximately 63,000WIND SPEEDS: - Blue Hill Observatory (Milton, MA): sustained 121 mph; peak gust 186 mph - Providence, RI: sustained 100 mph; gust to 125 mph - Block Island, RI: sustained 91 mph; gust to 121 mph - Long Island landfall sustained: 120 mphSTORM SURGE: - Connecticut coast: 14–18 feet above normal - New London, CT to Cape Cod (including all of Rhode Island): 18–25 feet - Narragansett Bay / Providence: 15.8 feet above normal spring tides; over 13 feet of water in downtown Providence streets - Sandy Point, Prudence Island: 17 feet 5 inchesDAMAGE: - Homes/buildings destroyed: ~8,900 - Homes/buildings damaged: >15,000 - Trees destroyed: approximately 2 billion - Boats destroyed: ~3,300 - Cost: $620 million (1938 dollars); estimated ~$41 billion in 2010 dollarsMETEOROLOGICAL NOTES: - Storm tracked up the Gulf Stream, maintaining intensity due to extreme forward speed - Struck at autumnal equinox — astronomically high tides amplified the storm surge - Junior forecaster Charles Pierce correctly predicted New England landfall and was overruled - Weather Bureau had downgraded storm to "tropical storm" at 10 AM on the day of landfall - No hurricane warning was ever issued for Long Island or New England - Radio broadcaster E.B. Rideout (WEEI) independently warned listeners a hurricane was comingSPECIFIC TRAGEDIES: - Seven children killed when their school bus was blown into Mackerel Cove, Jamestown, RI - Whale Rock Lighthouse swept off its base; keeper Walter Eberle killed - Napatree Point (Westerly, RI) completely obliterated by surge - Actress Katharine Hepburn barely escaped her Old Saybrook, CT beach home; 95% of belongings lost - Brown University's original 1764 charter washed clean in a flooded Providence bank vaultLEGACY: - The Weather Bureau's forecast failure catalyzed major reforms in hurricane tracking and communication - Aircraft reconnaissance of Atlantic storms was developed in subsequent years - Providence's Fox Point Hurricane Barrier completed 1966, prompted by 1938 flooding (and Hurricane Carol 1954) - Remains the deadliest and most powerful hurricane ever to strike New York State and New England─────────────────────────────────────────────SOURCES─────────────────────────────────────────────- NOAA / National Weather Service Boston: https://www.weather.gov/box/1938hurricane- NOAA / National Weather Service New York: https://www.weather.gov/okx/1938hurricanehome- Wikipedia — 1938 New England hurricane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_New_England_hurricane- PBS American Experience — The Hurricane of 1938: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/hurricane-path/- NY Sea Grant / Dr. Louis Uccellini interview: https://seagrant.sunysb.edu/articles/12902/nysg-coastal-processes-hazards-news-a-forecasting-fulcrum-insights-from-dr-louis-w-uccellini-on-the-1938-hurricane-nov-18- Lourdes B. Avilés, Taken by Storm 1938 (AMS Books, 2013)─────────────────────────────────────────────HASHTAGS─────────────────────────────────────────────#WeatherWithEnthusiasm #Hurricane1938 #NewEnglandHurricane #LongIslandExpress #WeatherHistory #ExtremeWeather #Hurricane #NewEngland #1938 #WeatherPodcast #KolSimchaProductions #HistoricalWeather #Providence #StormSurge─────────────────────────────────────────────Weather With Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions. New episodes drop daily — morning forecasts at 7 AM every day on Spreaker, plus a historical weather deep-dive every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM CDT. Most podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music) typically receive new episodes within 1–3 hours of release. Contact: kolsimchaproductions@outlook.com. Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $5/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: kolsimchaproductions@outlook.comHistorical content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email kolsimchaproductions@outlook.com so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. Presented for educational and entertainment purposes — with meaning.Support the show — exclusive bonus episodes available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha

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Priscille Béguin, experte en risques climatiques et ceci est un moment, c'est à dire un extrait d'un épisode plus long dont je vous mets le lien un peu plus bas.Dans ce "moment", je parle avec Priscille de quelque chose qui me préoccupe vraiment depuis que j'ai choisi de m'installer au Portugal : est-ce qu'on prend encore les bonnes décisions quand on choisit où vivre? Parce qu'on raisonne encore avec les données météo d'aujourd'hui, voire d'hier, alors que le sol se dérobe sous nos pieds. Nice à 40 degrés vingt jours par an dans dix ans. Paris avec les températures de Montréal si le Gulf Stream s'arrête. Ce ne sont pas des scénarios de science-fiction, ce sont des modèles sérieux. Et pourtant, les gens continuent d'acheter en bord de Méditerranée comme si rien n'allait changer.J'ai questionné Priscille sur les mécanismes concrets qui expliquent ces bouleversements, sur ce qu'on sait vraiment du Gulf Stream et ce qu'on ne sait pas encore, et sur les outils pratiques pour prendre des décisions immobilières un peu moins aveugles. Elle m'a parlé du portail GeoRisques, un site gouvernemental que presque personne ne consulte avant d'acheter, et de ce que la température extérieure fait concrètement à la qualité de vie et de sommeil.C'est un moment qui donne envie de relire le contrat d'achat de sa maison.Citations marquantes"Dans 10 ans, à Nice, il fera 40 degrés 20 jours par an. Donc on va vivre enfermé deux, trois mois dans l'année.""Paris est à la même latitude que Montréal. Donc s'il n'y a pas cet effet de tirage de l'eau chaude des Caraïbes, on se retrouve avec exactement la même température qu'à Montréal.""On sait pas déterminer réellement la limite qui fait que ça bascule et que ça s'arrête.""C'est pas juste dans 25 ans. Même ne serait-ce que demain, dans 5 ans, dans 10 ans, ce sera déjà pas comme aujourd'hui.""S'il fait 42 degrés 10 jours par an, ces 10 jours par an seront extrêmement pénibles, surtout si la nuit il fait 35."Idées principales1. Le choix de vie est un choix climatique (00:20 à 01:47) On choisit où l'on vit pour le travail, la famille, les amis, la météo. Mais ces critères sont désormais instables : ce qui rendait Nice agréable en 2024 peut en faire un endroit difficile à vivre en 2035. L'idée que le cadre de vie est fixe est une illusion. Anticiper, même à 5 ou 10 ans, devient une nécessité.2. Le Gulf Stream : une bascule possible, pas encore datée (02:24 à 06:46) Le Gulf Stream, ce courant qui pompe l'eau chaude des Caraïbes vers l'Europe de l'Ouest, ralentit sous l'effet de la fonte des glaces. Une interruption brutale est possible, car ça s'est déjà produit dans l'histoire de la Terre. Résultat potentiel pour la France : les températures de Montréal. On ne sait ni si ça arrivera ni quand, mais les conditions se solidifient.3. Chaleur globale + refroidissement local : les deux à la fois (06:20 à 07:44) Le paradoxe : la Terre se réchauffe, mais certaines régions d'Europe pourraient se refroidir drastiquement si le Gulf Stream s'arrête. Ce n'est pas contradictoire, c'est la nature d'un climat multifactoriel. On peut avoir des hivers canadiens et des étés à 40 degrés dans la même décennie.4. L'immobilier est aveugle aux risques climatiques (07:49 à 10:01) Les gens qui "descendent dans le sud" font un pari risqué. Le portail GeoRisques (georisques.gouv.fr) permet de voir les risques à chaque adresse, mais ses données sont partiellement anciennes et ne projettent pas encore le futur climatique. C'est une première lecture, conservatrice, mais déjà révélatrice.5. La température comme facteur de santé, pas juste de confort (10:42 à 11:28) La chaleur n'est pas qu'une question d'agrément. Elle affecte la qualité du sommeil, la santé, et l'habitabilité des grandes villes du sud qui souffrent d'îlots de chaleur. C'est un critère de qualité de vie primordial, sous-estimé dans les décisions résidentielles.Sujets abordésEn quoi le changement climatique remet-il en question les endroits où on a choisi de vivre?Le Gulf Stream : c'est une théorie ou une réalité scientifique établie?Comment fonctionne concrètement ce courant marin et pourquoi est-il menacé?Peut-on vraiment savoir quand ou si le Gulf Stream va s'arrêter?Si le Gulf Stream s'arrête, qu'est-ce que ça change concrètement pour la France?Est-ce qu'on pourrait avoir à la fois des étés très chauds et des hivers très froids en France?En tant qu'investisseur immobilier, quels critères climatiques faut-il regarder aujourd'hui?C'est quoi le portail GeoRisques et comment on l'utilise concrètement?Les données du portail GeoRisques reflètent-elles le futur climatique ou seulement le passé?La chaleur en ville, c'est vraiment un problème de santé, pas juste de confort?Références citéesPortails / outilsGeoRisques (georisques.gouv.fr) : portail gouvernemental listant tous les risques environnementaux par adresse (inondation, tremblement de terre, risques chimiques, sites Seveso...). Cité à 08:42. Limites : données partiellement anciennes, pas encore intégration des projections climatiques futures.Phénomènes scientifiques évoquésLe Gulf Stream (courant AMOC) : système de circulation thermohaline reliant les Caraïbes à l'Europe du Nord-Ouest. Expliqué à 02:24. Aucun auteur ni étude précise cités, mais Priscille parle de "plusieurs modèles" et de "données".Îlots de chaleur urbains : phénomène cité à 11:28, pas de source spécifique mentionnée.Timestamps clés 00:00 Introduction Présentation de l'extrait comme "un moment" marquant d'un épisode plus long.00:20 Nice dans 10 ans : 40 degrés 20 jours par an Priscille ouvre sur un exemple concret : les critères qui guident nos choix résidentiels sont basés sur un climat qui n'existera plus. Nice, symbole du doux, deviendra difficile à habiter. Les crues violentes vont se multiplier. Acheter là-bas, est-ce encore un bon plan?00:54 On choisit où vivre avec les mauvaises données Les humains choisissent leur lieu de vie en fonction de leur entourage, de leur travail, et de la météo. Mais la météo change. Gregory vit au Portugal pour la météo. Ce qui était une bonne raison hier peut être invalidé demain. Le changement climatique rend ces choix précaires, même à 5 ou 10 ans.01:37 Des risques qui peuvent tuer des gens Priscille nomme clairement ce dont on parle : pas juste de l'inconfort, mais des risques mortels. La capacité à faire des choix éclairés est une question de survie, pas de confort.02:24 Le Gulf Stream expliqué simplement Description complète du mécanisme : eau froide arctique, réchauffement dans les Caraïbes, remontée vers l'Europe. C'est ce courant qui donne à l'Europe de l'Ouest son climat clément. Sans lui, Paris = Montréal.03:28 La fonte des glaces enraye la pompe La fonte déverse des quantités massives d'eau douce et froide qui perturbent la salinité nécessaire au fonctionnement du Gulf Stream. Ce mécanisme s'est déjà arrêté dans l'histoire de la Terre. Il peut le refaire, et vite.04:26 Paris à la même latitude que Montréal Le chiffre qui fait réfléchir : sans le Gulf Stream, la France connaîtrait les températures de Montréal. Priscille l'énonce avec une pointe d'humour : "J'ai très hâte de voir ça dans les rues, ça va être très drôle."05:03 On ne sait pas quand, mais les conditions se solidifient Honnêteté scientifique de Priscille : les données sont contradictoires, on ne peut pas dater la bascule. Mais plus on avance, plus les conditions pour un arrêt total semblent réunies.07:49 Marseille et l'investissement immobilier Gregory pose la question pratique : tous ces gens qui "descendent dans le sud", est-ce vraiment un bon investissement? Méditerranée en surchauffe, risques d'inondation, accès à l'eau. On revient sur les critères concrets.08:42 GeoRisques : le portail que tout acheteur devrait consulter Priscille présente georisques.gouv.fr comme premier réflexe avant tout achat immobilier. Adresse par adresse, tous les risques disponibles. Accessible à tous, pas réservé aux experts. Limite : données conservatrices, pas projetées sur le futur climatique.10:42 La température, facteur numéro un de qualité de vie Au-delà de l'immobilier : c'est quoi vivre dans un endroit trop chaud? La chaleur impacte le sommeil, la santé, l'habitabilité. Les grandes villes du sud, avec leurs îlots de chaleur, cumulent les désavantages. Suggestion d'autres épisodes à écouter : #367 Où fera t'il bon vivre en France dans 10 ans? (partie 1) Avec Priscille Beguin (https://audmns.com/RiVPxjK) #367 Où fera-t-il bon vivre en France dans 10 ans ? Partie 2) avec Priscille Beguin (https://audmns.com/yrvNtyK)Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Are you enjoying this? Are you not? Tell us what to do more of, and what you'd like to hear less of. The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin journalist Aðalsteinn Kjartansson, and Grapevine friend and contributor Sindri Eldon to roundup the stories making headlines in recent weeks. On the docket this week are: Iceland's Municipality ElectionsElections were held in Iceland's municipalities on Saturday. These elections take place every four years and unlike parliamentary elections have a wider voting base, since people who don't have an Icelandic citizenship can vote in them. In Reykjavík, the ruling coalition in the city lost its majority. While no single party gained a pure majority, the Independence Party was the winner of the election landing 9 municipality seats, out of the 23 available with 32,9% of the vote. We discuss the election, and what it may mean for the current government and the upcoming referendum on continuing negotiations with the EU.Summer VibesToday's forecast expects up to 14 degrees celsius, meaning that today, Monday, may feel like summer in Iceland has begun, finally.AMOC Doomsday Prophecies May Effect Government PolicyHalldór Þorgeirsson, the chairman of Loftslagsráð, or “The Climate Council” which is a council set up by Icelandic law to provide advice to Iceland's government on the climate, has sent the government a memo, warning that the likelihood of the collapse of the so called AMOC in the North Atlantic, calls for immediate action by the Icelandic government. he AMOC is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation — a system of ocean currents in the Atlantic that moves warm, salty water northward near the surface and cold, denser water southward at depth. The Gulf Stream is part of it. According to reporting on the AMOC the mean temperature in Iceland may drop by 9 degrees Celsius if the AMOC collapses, and that the odds of that happening by the end of this century are now so high, that something needs to be done — globally — if Iceland is not to become uninhabitable. The Council recommends that Iceland adopt the official position that the potential collapse of the AMOC is a national security issue, and start applying pressure internationally to reduce carbon emissions.Support the show------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SHOW SUPPORTSupport the Grapevine's reporting by becoming a member of our High Five Club: https://grapevine.is/high-five-club/Or donate to the Grapevine here:https://support.grapevine.isYou can also support the Grapevine by shopping in our online store:https://shop.grapevine.is------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is a Reykjavík Grapevine podcast.The Reykjavík Grapevine is a free alternative magazine in English published 18 times per year, biweekly during the spring and summer, and monthly during the autumn and winter. The magazine covers everything Iceland-related, with a special focus culture, music, food and travel. The Reykjavík Grapevine's goal is to serve as a trustworthy and reliable source of information for those living in Iceland, visiting Iceland or interested in Iceland. Thanks to our dedicated readership and excellent distribution network, the Reykjavík Grapevine is Iceland's most read English-language publication.You may not agree with what we write or publish, but at least it's not sponsored content.www.grapevine.is

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 59 *Black hole flare explodes in the heart of our galaxy Astronomers have observed a dramatic mid-infrared flare erupting from Sagittarius A*- the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. *A new explanation for Snowball Earth Scientists have developed a new explanation for one of our planet's great climate puzzles: how a snowball Earth event known as the Sturtian glaciation could have lasted so long. *The legacy of Australia's Sky Mapper – so far The fourth and most recent data release by the Sky Mapper southern survey has covered more than half the sky, generating some four hundred thousand images, showing 700 million objects and achieving 15 billion detections. *The Science Report Obesity trends growing faster in low- and middle-income countries compared to high-income nations. The Gulf Stream continuing to weaken, threatening global climates. Palaeontologists discover a new type of plant-eating dinosaur in Southeast Asia. Skeptics guide to pseudo-archaeology. Our Guests This Week: Siding Spring Observatory director Dr. Christian Wolf Alex Mumford local Isle of Rum resident who organized the Dark Skies application   And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics  

If you're studying for the WSET Diploma D3 exam, or you simply want to deepen your understanding of one of the world's most iconic wine regions, this episode is your essential listen. Janina takes you on a deep dive into Bordeaux, delivering everything you need to know in an engaging, audio flashcard format. She asks the questions, you pause and think (or just absorb it all), and by the end you'll have a solid command of everything from the rivers that shape the region to the soils beneath the vines. By the end of this episode, you'll be able to confidently name Bordeaux's key grape varieties and explain what each brings to a blend, describe the major appellations on both the Left Bank and Right Bank, understand how climate, vintage variation, and soil type influence wine style, and walk through the winemaking decisions -from vineyard to bottle - that define great Bordeaux. Whether you're revising for an exam or just want to sound impressively knowledgeable at your next dinner party, this one's for you.  

Jason Magnavice is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL with over 26 years in Naval Special Warfare. He spent eight years at SEAL Team 2 before being selected to serve within Joint Special Operations Command, operating in some of the most elite elements of the community for over a decade. He deployed four times to Operation Enduring Freedom and four times to Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving as a sniper, tactical communicator, lead jumper, and team leader during the height of the war on terror. During his time in special operations, he transitioned into a specialized aviation role, earning his Airline Transport Pilot certificate and later serving as a senior enlisted leader within that element. He finished his career coordinating recruiting for Naval Special Warfare. Today, he flies a Gulfstream privately and holds a 767 type rating with a major freight carrier. He's a father, a grandfather, and has chosen to live a quiet life with no social media, no book, and no brand. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: Find your forever cookware and get 10% off at https://hexclad.com/SRS! #hexcladpartner Post jobs for free at https://ziprecruiter.com/srs Try ShipStation free for 60 days with full access and no credit card needed at https://shipstation.com using code srs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US Middle East tensions are worsening as China mobilizes its navy to block South China Sea shipping lanes carrying 30% of global trade. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is pushing full-scale war for Israel, expanding FISA surveillance, and covering up the Epstein files. Trump supporters, including Christians, now compare him to Jesus and his critics to Pharisees, led by Lindsey Graham and Pete Hegseth. The author's father has cut ties with him and his grandchildren over blind loyalty to Trump, whom he calls a war-criminal pedophile.   Stew drops bombs on the Charlie Kirk assassination as a high-level military hit out of Fort Huachuca to silence a man who broke from the Zionist war machine and the pedophile protection racket. From Pete Hegseth's Gulfstream making SAM flights into the base the exact days Erica Kirk and Cabot Phillips were spotted there, to the same plane circling the exploding AES facility while the 10th Mountain Division was quietly purged, the cover-up runs straight to the top of the Trump administration and the Zionist-occupied government. This April only: $3 off your first month on Locals ✝️ A reminder of the 3rd day and the power of resurrection. Join here:

We have light winds in the forecast for this next passage from Florida to Cape Fear. It's 400 miles and we have the Gulf Stream but we also have a big wind shift that we will be racing against to make for port. Should be a fun challenge to see if we can keep old Sparrow from needing her engine.  Thanks for listening! Help Support this podcast with the following links, Thanks for listening! Support this Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sailingintooblivionpodcast Help fund my next adventure here: https://gofund.me/6df0fb45 One Time Donations Via PayPal and Venmo: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JeromeRand https://account.venmo.com/u/sailingintooblivion Amazon WishList: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33F36RF315G8V?ref_=wl_share Children's Book: https://a.co/d/1q2Xkev Sailing Into Oblivion Children's Audio Book: Audible.com Sailing Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/sailing-into-oblivion/ Books: https://a.co/d/eYaP10M Reach out to the Show: https://www.sailingintooblivion.com/podcasts Total Boat 5% discount code: https://www.totalboat.com/?sca_ref=9803393.xY85BaEnxZ Rustbelt 950: https://glexpeditionaryclub.org/rust-belt-950 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence detective Gary Jenkins sits down with former drug trafficker Carlos Perez for a direct, unfiltered discussion about the evolution of the drug trade in America. Carlos has a new book out titled Pedro Pan: The Product of a Revolution Gone Bad The conversation opens with recent controversy surrounding the reported death of  the Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader El Mencho, and what that development signals for the balance of power among modern Mexican cartels. From there, Gary and Carlos trace the arc of the drug trade from the Caribbean smuggling routes of the 1970s and 1980s to the dominance of today's cartel-controlled corridors. Carlos reflects on the era of Ronald Reagan and the early “War on Drugs,” describing a time when enforcement was uneven and smugglers routinely exploited weak regulatory environments in places like the Bahamas. He explains how traffickers adapted faster than policymakers, using maritime routes, small aircraft, and coordinated pickup operations to move multi-ton quantities of narcotics. Gary and Carlos contrast those earlier days with modern interdiction efforts—advanced Coast Guard surveillance, satellite tracking, military-grade radar, and cross-border intelligence sharing. What was once opportunistic smuggling has evolved into highly structured cartel logistics supported by corrupt officials and narco-state dynamics. Carlos provides a candid account of his own rise in the trade. Starting as a construction laborer, he moved into pickup crews retrieving floating bales of drugs in open water. Over time, he became involved in larger-scale operations involving aircraft and organized distribution networks. He details the operational mechanics, the risks, and the constant calculation between profit and prison—or worse. The discussion also explores the blurred lines between political authority and cartel influence. Carlos explains how governments in certain regions became intertwined with trafficking operations, illustrating how power, money, and violence intersect across borders. In the second half of the episode, Carlos shifts to a personal reckoning. He discusses the moral compromises required in the drug trade and the toll it takes on family and identity. Ultimately, he chose to step away, prioritizing stability and long-term survival over fast money. Now living a legitimate life, Carlos has documented his journey in his book Pedro Pan: The Product of a Revolution Gone Bad, offering readers a firsthand account of smuggling culture, Cuban heritage, revolution-era influences, and the psychological weight of that world. His story reflects both personal accountability and a broader commentary on the human side of organized crime. This episode blends law enforcement perspective with insider testimony, giving listeners a rare dual lens: the cop who chased traffickers and the man who once outran them. Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” Subscribe to the website for weekly notifications about updates and other Mob information. To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here To rent ‘Brothers against Brothers’ or ‘Gangland Wire,’ the documentaries click here.  To purchase one of my books, click here. Transcript [0:00] Hey, all you wiretappers, Gary Jenkins, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence [0:03] Unit detective. It’s great to be back here in the studio. It’s a cold day in Kansas City, Missouri, but we’re going to talk to a warm state and with a man that lives in that warm state, Carlos Perez. Welcome, Carlos. How are you doing, Gary? Doing good? Yeah, I’m doing good. A little cold, and I know it’s much warmer down there. We talked about that. Carlos was involved in the drug business, which is quite topical right now, especially today. Now, this won’t come out today, but as of over the weekend, the Mexican government arrested the El Mencho, the head of that, I can’t remember the name of that cartel. It was a Western Mexico, the state of Jalisco cartel. And somehow he got killed on the way to Mexico City as they’re transporting him. And his guys, the cartel members, are going crazy. Carlos, let’s talk about that a little bit, about this new war on drugs. When I was in Ronnie Reagan’s war on drugs, it was different than it is now. Now we have this new war on drugs with blowing drug boats out of the water. And this guy dies on the way to the bigger jail. Well, let’s talk about that a little bit. Carlos, how would you, as a former drug trafficker, how do you react to that? [1:18] The laws change. And the more that the smugglers change, the more that the system to catch them changes also. In fact, when you’re talking about Ronald Reagan’s war on drugs, there was quite a few things that allowed the smugglers to succeed. One was, most of it, and I’m talking Caribbean now, most of it was going through the Bahamas. The Bahamas had laws at that time where anything governmental was not allowed to land nor dock a boat anywhere in the Bahamas without the permission of the Bahamian government. Which, by the time they got to wherever, if they reacted, if they were advised of some drugs coming in, it would take them a long time to react. I think they had two boats for all the islands that had to travel back and forth. You never, you couldn’t, they couldn’t, the DEA, the Coast Guard, they couldn’t catch you. [2:12] And when you fly a plane in, you just land anywhere and say hello to the DEA as they’re flying by because they can’t land. And therefore, you score the load that you have. Nowadays, Jesus God Almighty, now you’ve got the Coast Guard out there. You’ve got the Coast Guard citation constantly flying, plus Navy. But you couldn’t get it done. And back in those days, that’s the way it was done. It was the Bahamas played a huge part. The prime minister of the Bahamas was so heavily, even though he never. [2:42] Did any time or anything he was heavily involved he took payoffs to left left and right the whole the situation is completely different now you got AWACS flying overhead that can hear you when you’re in the bathroom anybody here’s my opinion on that I want to know who in the hell was in charge of sending those boats out of Venezuela that after the first one got blown up who was telling them to keep sending boats over now if maduro this is my theory if maduro was smart he would have stopped that if he was really the one in charge he would have gone god you got to make me look better you can’t keep doing it that tells me he was not in charge of the shit okay so there’s someone behind that kept going send them we got to see if we can score keep the score, i don’t know how he kept doing that that was to me that was such a stupid move especially when you You see that you’ve got half of America’s Navy sitting on your doorstep, and you keep trying to send drugs. What are you, nuts? The Pacific, they should have gone over to the Pacific, where there’s less surveillance, and maybe run it up the Pacific coast by land. [3:53] Okay. Try to get it into Mexico by land. Because back in the day, Mexico was not really involved at all in that. It was the Caribbean. And then when the Colombian cartel, which was Medellin cartel, when they stopped losing so many loads, they started to go to Mexico. And through Mexico, they just flew small planes, landed in the woods somewhere in Mexico, and then they moved it up. That was not – you weren’t doing that in the Caribbean by that time. And talking about Reagan’s war on drugs, I had two – this is the sideline. I had two little boats coming in from the Bahamas that had marijuana on them. [4:35] I still got to laugh at this freaking idiot. One of them, they were coming in from – Bimney’s only 47 miles away. You can almost do it on the fumes of a gas tank. This guy forgot to gas up. Coming over, he gets stopped by the Marine Patrol, right? As they’re searching him, the other boat had gone through but was wondering where his partner was, and he goes back to see where the guy is. [5:01] How’s that for – anyway, they get them both. It was a total of about 1,200 pounds. That had come from Jamaica, that’s about –, And the vice president, who was Bush, was at the Coast Guard dock when they were unloading the boats. And I was sitting there watching, going, damn, they look like my boats. And when I investigated, it was a—but that was one little incident that had happened. But the difference between yesterday, yesteryear, and now is chronologically things change. They trump the other everybody that was a president or that that had something to do with stopping the trade with drugs never really stuck their foot in deep to stop it it makes me feel like yeah you’re not really you’re talking a lot but you’re not really doing much because if i was a cop my god i usually i’d have had all kinds of medals from stopping these people because it’s an easy thing but no one really had the interest who was involved economically up the top god and only In the Bahamas, I knew who it was. It was the prime minister. Knew his people real well. In the States, everything changes every couple of years. And you don’t know what they’re thinking, what their process of thought is to try to stop this. You know what it was? None. They didn’t try. Okay, they did not try. [6:22] There used to be, oh God, probably about two or three DC-3s a night landing in Bimini, 47 miles away. Okay? Each one of them had 10,000 pounds on it. The boats were running up the river, the Miami River. Once you get inside on a river, inside land, you pretty much already scored. That changed. Then it went to freighters, fast boats going out, picking up, coming in. Then when the United States stopped that, when they declared, we’re going to be able to stop any boat anywhere in international waters. You couldn’t do it back then. [7:02] When that ended then you began with the airplanes the airplanes would take it this is still back when you when the US or any governmental agency could not, set foot in the Bahamian territory, Bahamian waters, without the prime minister’s knowledge. The prime minister’s involved. You’re not going to get it. It’s not going to happen. So that change, and it went to small airplanes. Fly it in anywhere you want in the Bahamas, and then get your boats, and from there on in, try to see what you’re thinking, your process of thought is going to be to get it from the Bahamas, some of the shorter points to the States and to Miami at that point. One of them for me was easy. And that was because I had information on the Miami tower and where in the hell everything was at any point in time. So I would sit and wait for my messenger to get back to me, to tell me where the smoker was, which was the big Coast Guard boat and where the citation was. Once I knew that, I knew I could come across. And the only thing I was going to run into was fishermen. [8:10] So things changed. And then they allowed things change after that. And obviously they were allowed to go into the Bahamas and do whatever they wanted. But that was when Pinland was finally out. I don’t know who the prime minister became after that, but it changed. And now it became, this is why I think that the cartels were stupid. They, instead of doing as much as you could without getting noticed, they started bringing in loads of 10,000 and 20,000 kilos. I was like, God, what the hell do they get all that? I know where they get it, but since I know how the situation goes, I want to know how they amass it and get it onto one boat or one container or whatever and not have it noticed. That’s just way too much to not notice at one point or another. People get edgy around shit like that. In other words, I could take two people and put them in front of a container and separate them and tell one of them, that’s full of drugs, and then tell the other one, no, that’s full of furniture. And then stand both of them there and see who gets nervous. [9:16] It’s human nature. It’s human nature. If you know something bad is going on, to feel it and to react. Why they did that, I don’t know. I was one of the ones, if not the only one, that was sent to Mexico to teach them how to put airstrips in the middle of the jungle, how to protect them, what to do with them, where to put potholes with certain rocks, get them out when they play in the stomach, put them back in when he’s done so if anyone else tries to land, they’re gone. But how it got so deep, I’ll never understand that. And I was pretty much in the beginning of smuggling as to notice chronologically how everything’s seen because I stayed for quite a while. Yeah. Now, Carlos, you’ve written a book about this. What’s the name of that book? The book is called Heisting the Beard. I just need the beard. The beard with a D, meaning Fidel Castro. Ah, interesting. Yeah, he’s just in Cubans when they go like this to their chin or they mention him and they mention him as the beard. He was heavily involved in the decision-making of Cuba running drones. [10:27] That book is about, oh, I ran into a guy. This is how this happens, which is really fun. I ran into a guy who I used to call him by the name of Banco. And he came and told me that he knew where there was a big load of drugs, jewels that they had pilfered from the ocean where they knew that shipwrecks have gone down. Because no one can dive around Cuba. And Cuba is a country that held all the gold before it went to Spain. Everything stopped there and went on. So he told me he knew where there was a warehouse that was holding that plus a lot of coke. And I had ways to get in. I have a friend who’s Bahamian, who was actually one of my partners, who’s from Ragged Island in the Bahamas. Ragged Island is maybe… [11:17] 20 miles off the Cuban coast, down on the eastern end of Cuba. So it was easy for me to sneak in. Everyone thinks of Cuba as this military power, Russia’s buddy. They didn’t have shit. They couldn’t put a plane in the air. They didn’t have patrol boats. They had patrol boats, but I swear I could out-swim them. It was ridiculous to see at what point they were developed as far as a country. And it was like, everything is going downhill as today, and it keeps going downhill. So I would sneak in on a Zodiac. [11:53] And I’d hit the coast, middle of the night. No one would see me. I speak perfect Spanish. I speak a Cuban dialect. So I wasn’t going to get caught by it because I looked like a black bean in a pot of white rice. It wasn’t going to be like that. So we figured out where everything was, and we went in and took a little look. And got awake after a lot of headaches, but we were able to do that. There’s other instances where there’s an airport right next to Havana called the Varadero Airport, and it’s a military airport. And I know that they were holding a lot of cocaine that was going in there. The reason I know that is because hearsay in the streets in Miami, you go drink a little Cuban coffee somewhere, you hear assholes talking garbage, and they would say that they were getting boats ready to go to Cuba to bring in whatever they had. So it’s not really why they make it a mystery as to why they were involved. If you think logically, let’s say you leave Colombia and you’re doing business with Cuba. Wouldn’t it be safe to just, oh, you’re chasing me, let me land in Cuba and I got no problem, not because they don’t want you here, but they want me here. That’s logically speaking. So why that… [13:11] That mystery among people that they weren’t involved. What are you, crazy? Not only that, recently, you might have seen it, they’ve had a Carlos Leder Riva. Okay. [13:27] Carlos, can you say that over again? It just zeroed out to say that over again. After you said Carlos Leder. Leder Rivas. Yeah. Now, whatever you said after that, say that over again. [13:45] Carlos Lerder Rivas recently has done some interviews on the drug trade. He did a lot of time in the States over the Norman’s Key transporting point where all the coke would go there. And then, like I told you before, they fly it into the Bahamas and then over into the States. He recently has been on saying how he was personally involved with Raul Castro. I have no doubt about that. I knew him personally. i flew a couple times into that island where it was transported out so i know what he was told the reason i also know that is everybody has this pablo escobar myth in their head he was neither the boss and he was neither the money man the money people were the ochoas the military his might and his force did not come from him and his mouth that he could do this and that it comes from rodriguez gacha who had a 2 000 man private army and he was one of the members of the cartel and they never tell you who started it all and it was carlos letter rivas he was the one that started the cartel he’s the one that wanted to be on in the colombian parliament and was looking for votes escobar is he was a he was a late comer into all that stuff the only reason they put him out there that I can understand is because they just wanted to figure out that they could knock the hell out of later on. [15:09] Okay? Because when he started fighting against Los Pepes, which was that organization that got together to try to kill Pablo, Pablo reversed it on those guys. He got rid of almost all of them, but it wasn’t him. It was Rodriguez. [15:24] Rodriguez gotcha. He’s the one. And he was involved in the Emerald business before he got into the coke business. He was the guy, let me tell you what, when Pablo was around, and I only saw that once, when Pablo was around Gacha, okay, this was down in La Guajira, in the high desert in Colombia. When he was around Gacha, you could tell that he was subordinate. He was scared. He was like, damn, if I mess up with this guy, he’ll take my head off. [15:53] So people really have the whole story, Pablo, Pablo, my, you know what, Pablo, my ass. There’s a lot of people who you had to have money to do those things yeah and in those days they were strong enough because of the ochoas well they could gather big loads a thousand two thousand keys and put it all together but as time went on chronologically that shit changed okay i can remember once getting a load where it had it damn you they labeled it they labeled everyone One had one name, one had the other So what they were doing at that time Was it got so tough on them Because of Pablo’s big mouth And because of his, I’m going to take over Blowing up a plane Doing a few other attacking parliament All those things You couldn’t put those loads together To me there’s no cartels anymore To me they’re government Narco systems You. [16:55] The Mexican government is definitely involved with the cartels. And as you saw, we went after a cartel in Venezuela, but the head of the cartel was the Venezuelan government. So what they are is narco states now. And you know how hard it is to attack or to deal with a narco state? Now you’re dealing with a government entity that has a lot of power. It’s a completely different ballgame. And Venezuela themselves, including Cuba, had a diplomatic immunity flying into different countries with the drugs. And they could put a load of cocaine on and fly into Spain, and they had no problem with it. And they were doing those kind of things, I would say, recently, like within the last 10 or 15 years. Maybe even since Maduro has been there, which is about 20 years, that they’ve been doing that. Really, the United States can get information on anything they want. They had this information but couldn’t do anything about it. [17:57] So chronologically, everything changes. Back in the beginning, let me tell you, the first time I made a little money was hauling some marijuana with old Touch Brown from the Everglades. And I worked like a Hebrew slave for four days in the swamp hauling bails from marijuana and into the into the everglades and then over into miami and it was completely different game and you know what they didn’t cheat me for one penny they didn’t cheat me for one penny and how much came in 40 tons on one of the boats yeah it was 80 000 pounds on a freighter and we worked like little like slaves and they paid me like two weeks later, they paid me $2. I’ll tell you that story in a minute. You asked me a while ago how I got started. Should I answer that, or you got another question you want for me? No, go ahead. How’d you get started in that? You started out as a grunt, as we say in the military. You started out as a low-end worker, a guy that transports bales. What did you do? You started saving your money up, and you knew where the connections were, and finally you You bought your own load and just kept getting bigger and bigger. [19:11] In a sense, yeah, it wasn’t drastic. When I came in, here’s the story. I’m in Texas. My mom calls me up and tells me I have an uncle who’s in Texas. He wants to see me. I get together with him, and he’s driving a brand-new Cadillac. This is a guy who, two and two to him is 22. I know he’s my uncle, but he’s a dumb son of a bitch. [19:35] He’s telling me that he’s got a, you know what a roach coach is? Yeah. with those construction things with food. He tells me he has a red smoke in Miami and that he bought a house, got a house, he’s doing really good. And I looked at him and I said, bro, you’re the one that’s crushed. You’re the wetback. I came on a plane a long time ago. He’s telling me stories. What’s going on here? So anyway, he tells me and I say to him, get me a job. I was working as a carpenter in Houston. Straight out of college, I’m banging nails. I said, God damn, I’m banging nails. but I got an education here. What’s going on? So anyway, I loaded up in Houston. I head and I end up in Coconut Grove working for one of the bosses. My job was $500 a week and I had to go and sleep on his yacht about 7 p.m. And by 6 in the morning when the workers started coming in, just go. That went on for about four or five months and I finally said, let me make some real money because I saw he was still moving and doing things economically economically moving forward, and I was sleeping on a boat. So he finally gets me an interview with two of the bosses. And this is a building in Miami that was called the DuPont Plaza building. [20:52] And so we go to the meeting, and I’m talking to the two guys. One of them, they called him El Coronel, and the other one, El Colorado. The Colonel and Red. They were the ones that were handling it. And this was, by the way, this was marijuana, coming from Colombia at that time. So we go in there, and he tells me, no problem. I’ll pay you $2 a pound. Now, understand that at that time, at that point in time, my mind is in Jersey and New York. And if you’re moving 20 pounds from one place to the other, it’s a lot. You’re not dealing with loads at that time. We’re talking, what, 1977 in New York? And I looked at him, I said, you’re fucking crazy. You think I’m going to risk my ass for $2 a pound? Even if it’s 300 pounds, that’s $600. Are you fucking nuts? [21:45] My uncle grabbed me by the shirt, stood me up and said, excuse me. Walked me outside and said, listen, there’s 40 tons coming in. You want the job or not? I went back in. I apologized to you guys. I said, no problem. I will go to work. From that point on, there wasn’t, that’s just, was right about at the end of the big freighters. And so now my uncle invites me to go to Bimini because he had a friend there and they were going to do some job. I don’t know. When we go, I end up running into a younger guy, Bahamian, and I became partners with him. We call him Dreamer. And I said, look, if you can set things up over here and gather up whatever materials you can gather up, I’ll come and get it and we’ll be partners. At that time, a lot of freighters and a lot of boats were being chased by the Coast Guard and what they would do is they would drop, they would dump it overboard. Oh yeah. Ergo the, what they call it, the square grouper. [22:44] Yeah, I’ve heard that before. Bales were floating everywhere. You could go out. So what he would do is he would go on a boat, find bales that were floating. He would call me up, and he would tell me, hey, I salvaged a 300-horsepower engine. Come and get it. I knew what the weight was, so I knew what kind of boat I had to take. So I bought an 18-foot formula. I dug out the hole in the bottom. I made a secret hole. What the what cubans call a clavo a clavo which is you’re hiding it underboard he called me up one day tells me there’s three he can get 300 pounds i left at eight in the morning was back in miami by 11 30 left at about 12 30 went back and picked up another load so in that first job we ended up making a couple hundred thousand dollars from there we bought a bigger boat, Now he started patrolling, All the area where the boats were coming in Because everything flows from the Gulf Down in this area, flows north The Gulf Stream goes north So everything’s going to float this way somehow. [23:54] We did that for probably a year Until one time, I was over there. We were going fishing, and we ran into a duffel bag. The duffel bag had 65 kilos in it that was just floating. At that time, it cost probably around $40,000 a kilo in Miami, let alone New York. We didn’t bother to take it up north. Sold it all in Miami. I used to say to myself, where in the hell does all this cash come from? Because they would pay. We made a lot of money that time. And then we had seen… Carlos, let me interject here. No, no. [24:38] You were making hundreds of thousands of dollars just by picking up cocaine and marijuana that had been thrown off other boats. So you didn’t even have to go buy it, really. You guys were just picking it up, the square groupers, and then putting it together and then bringing it to money. That’s crazy. You are an entrepreneur. You’re a guy that sees an opportunity and seizes it. Tell you what. And that’s exactly how it went, Gary. When we made that big chunk of money, we had seen how things were going because we knew that planes were coming in and landing. And they had whatever it is that they were hauling, either coke or marijuana. So with that amount of money, we bought a plane and I decided to become a pilot. I said, hell, we’re going to cut this down. I’ll fly. We’ll save money that way. And now we can talk to the people down in Jamaica or Columbia and say, hey, we’re coming together. We’re taking a responsibility. We’re not going to middle it. We’re not going to find it. We’re going to do the job. And it took off from there. [25:43] Took off real good from there. Eventually, I see that you are going to build in to have a legitimate life, become a horse breeder and a ranch owner and rub elbows with all the kind of the muckety mucks, if you will, down there in Florida. So tell us about that transition and how did your life change during that time? [26:04] I had a family. I had four kids by then. And I knew that I was in a business where the chances were threefold. I either score or I die or I go to jail. And I didn’t like any of those odds at that time. I was like, you know what? I’ve made enough money. I got a small little ranch out here. I don’t need to do anything. And I decided that was it. I don’t need to be doing this anymore. I’m set. And I’m the kind of person, I’m set with what I mathematically calculate. I’m not like I need almost $20 million. I calculated it to where I knew I could be comfortable. And talking about the mucks and the big famous guys, I had lunch with Sam Walton one time. How did you do that? [26:59] I was at his, his daughter, Nancy Walton, Laurie was heavily into the horse. And by that time I was into horses also. So we used to, I used to show them all over the country and we were in, in Illinois at a horse show. And the setup that his daughter used to put out there was unbelievable. It was like, whew, she really put out a spread. And he happened to be there one time. And it wasn’t like I went and had lunch with him, but a few people sat around, ate a couple of grilled burgers. And that’s my story of Sam Wolfe, the richest man in the world at that time. And look who he’s having lunch with. how really i’ve noticed going to horse races that a lot of the support staff are all hispanic i think because hispanic people know how to deal with horses have an affinity affinity for horses, you’re absolutely right the barn work even me and who as far as the horses went i was a nobody i just had my own little stretch even my workers were mexican they just are good at it they’re very good at that. Interesting. They understand country life, too. Yeah. [28:10] So, what happened? You’re like, you’re going straight. You haven’t really done any time. Surely DEA, I know enough about them that they keep files, and they may not do anything about you now, but they know a lot about you, and they don’t forget. So, what happened here? You can’t feed the government. It’s an entity, not an individual. You know, one guy prosecutes you and he retires. That doesn’t mean your case is over. He hands it over to somebody else and it goes on and on. They didn’t get, I didn’t get caught doing anything. I had too many ways to outmaneuver them and not because I was smarter than anybody else. It’s because I had contact. I had a contact, like I told you, at the Miami Tower where I would call him and say, hey, I need to know where this was. He would call me back and let me know exactly when I could cross. [29:06] So it was a matter of, in my case, I didn’t play Russian roulette. I tried to put things on more of the positive end of it on my side but i’m so they arrested me for money because they thought i had too much first the irs came in and they started checking out the next thing i know is i’m being visited by by the fbi but it was alphabet soup when they showed up at their hotel yeah not the farm i was like what the hell are these guys doing here anyway they grabbed me took me in and i’ll give you a funny story and you used to be a policeman yes all They pick me up, and I say to the guy, the old James Cagney state, I’ll be home before you tonight. Yeah, I’ll be home. You’ll be still writing your report when I’m back home. You’ll still be filling out the paperwork, but I’ll be sitting at home. [29:58] So I played that act. And actually, I did get home pretty quick. I was able to call my lawyer. He actually called up the mayor of Fort Myers. His name was Wilbur Smith. And he was a lawyer also. And Wilbur is the one that got me. It happened to have been on a Friday, which meant if they didn’t work something out, I was going to sit my ass in the jail until Monday. When the judge comes up. But Wilbur got me out of it. Wait a minute. Wait till the dogs get, okay. Can you start that with Wilbur? Wilbur got me out of that when the dogs quit. Let’s see. [30:38] Anyway, Wilbur gets me out of it. I’m walking down the hall with Wilbur to go see the judge real quick. And he says to me, he goes, do you do drugs? Do you have any drugs on you? And I’m like, oh, Jesus. I don’t know. I smoke weed, but I don’t touch anything else. I never have. And he goes, so, okay, we’re okay with that. And in my pocket. I had a joint in my pocket. I pull it out and I go, here. Oh, Jesus Christ, put that back. Oh, Wilbur. Oh, Wilbur’s shit when he saw that. But anyway, I was home. I was home that night. Now, here’s another funny story. I had a, along with this story, I had a maid at the house at the farm. And she was Brazilian. And she was not a resident or anything. That girl took, when they came, went to pick me up. And they took me into, it was a U.S. Marshall. She took off running into the woods. and I’m talking deep Florida woods and when I got back home about an hour later she ends up showing up and I said what are you doing why did you take off like that I was scared they were going to deport me, if you were scared what do you think I was. [31:46] And when they showed up that one time when they showed up you could have sworn that they were picking up Pablo Escobar it was alphabet soup long guns long freaking guns not just People holding their little long guns. Yeah. And I’m like, all this for me? Really? And you know what it is? It’s not long before that happened. They had called me in to do a polygraph. [32:14] The FBI did. I had no problem because they were trying to associate me with the head of the Indian cartel in America, the guy that handled everything, including the money. You might have, did you see Cocaine Cowboys Kings of Miami? Yeah, I did. Okay. The one guy, George Valdez, that was pretty much testifying against the other guys that he said he helped. Like how can you you’re snitching right in front of everybody bro anyway he i had a farm next to his, and the next thing i know because i guess they tried to associate me with him i had nothing to do with him next thing i know the fbi is calling me out they do a polygraph even my lawyer said don’t do the polygraph it’s not mandatory said i got nothing to hide now they told me they were going to ask me about horses they ended up asking me everything except horses until i finally yeah took those things off my fingers i pulled them off and i said this is done and i left not long after that is when they swatted in i was like jesus god who do they think they’re picking up here i’m just a in in uh in sense i’m still even if they know everything i’m still a grunt, I’m working for you. It’s not like I’m Mr. Put-it-together shit. You call me up, hey, we got a job. You want it? Yes or no? But it was unbelievable. [33:41] I went to jail. I did some time in jail. When I got out, I never once again really, even though I got 100 phone calls about you want to go to work, you want to listen to that, I never really thought about it again. My kids were growing up. The youngest one was six or seven by then. And they had suffered because I was gone. Yeah. And I didn’t like that. That made me feel like shit. [34:10] It just, it got to the point where when I was working, I looked at everything economically. Hey, this is what I’ll be able to have. Once you have what you want, economics is bullshit if that’s what you’re working for, because you already have it. Yeah. And when I got out, my thoughts were completely different. My thoughts were that the money is not going to solve any issues I may have. Physically, maybe. Mentally, no. mentally, I’ve got to learn how to deal with a little bit of reality here and figure out who is affected by my actions. And the people that were affected by my actions were people that were close to me. And I didn’t enjoy that. I didn’t enjoy that at all. It made me double take. It made me go inside and do a lot of things. [35:04] So from that point on, I really didn’t know what to do. And so I have a friend who is a big-time producer in Hollywood. We grew up together in Jersey, who told me, wow, you’ve got a lot of stories. You should start writing. I never thought about writing. So I started putting down ideas. I wrote a book. I wrote a bunch of political essays on what was going on in Cuba. See, I grew up in a revolutionary family. My father was in intelligence, and my uncle trained the troops that were going to go to the Bay of Pigs, among other incursions into Cuba. So I came over, I’m six years old. I’m a Peter Pan kid. I don’t know if you know what that is. Now, what is that? You’ve mentioned that before. What is that? Tell the guys. Peter Pan is, it’s not a good translation because it has nothing to do with Peter Pan. In Spanish, it’s Pedro Pan and had to do with a little kid eating some bread or whatever. But in 1960, the Catholic Church got together and decided to send the children out of Cuba so they wouldn’t suffer the wraths of the revolution. In essence, 14,000 kids were put on planes and sent into the States. I was one of them. Wow. I ended up in Miami. [36:27] I was one of them, and I was actually one of the lucky ones because I had family in Miami at that time, so I was able to stay with them. My parents were still back in Cuba applying to leave. Back then, they called the freedom flights. So a lot of those kids though they were sent some of them were sent to alaska montana wyoming really they were dispersed all over through families that were willing to help and and keep them until their parents came so i was one of them that grew up because of my father and my uncle the conversation most of the time if not all the time was around cuba and his freedom so the revolution at that time is going really strong in New Jersey. There’s a family in New Jersey by the name, the last name is Cook. [37:17] And they owned a big factory called Cook, Color, and Chemical. They were very wealthy people, but evidently they lost a lot of land or investments in Cuba. So they were willing to help the revolution and the revolutionaries. They had a big farm in this small little town called Hope. And that little town, you had all the Cuban revolutionaries up there getting ready. I’m talking about going into the woods with every kind of equipment you could think of. And they were training to go to Cuba. Now, here I am, six, seven years old. And I’m running around the woods with these maniacs. They would dress me in camouflage and tell me I was the next generation of Cuban revolutionaries. And I’m like, what the fuck is this guy talking? I didn’t. I was having a good time with all these guys. [38:06] And it ended up being that the new york times caught wind that there were these crazy cubans. [38:12] In the woods in jersey and they had to move their operations down to florida but about what happened in jersey in jersey the mafia at that time they were all involved with the kennedy and the prior to the assassination and everything that was going on they thought that the cubans did it they thought to the mafia. They didn’t know who did it. But there was a get-together one time. I was probably about seven or eight years old, and it was a dove shoot where they had a thousand doves, and they would all line them up and let some of them go, and then they would do a big dove fricassee. But that meeting, I just remember the names because I was being introduced, the son of, and this is Mr. Spud. The names never left me. One of them was Santos Traficante, who was the head of the mafia in in in tampa the other one was fat tony salerno who was the head of the mafia in new york there was my mom’s cousin who was an fbi uh agent and a bunch of other guys that looked exactly like him they dressed exactly like him well i could pick you out of a barrel boy and a lot of these other i grew up in the jersey new york area so i know what tough guys act especially of the Italian guys. So there was a bunch of them walking around like they could take on the world. And this is part of my life. I’m a young person doing it. I really don’t know what’s going on, but I’m picking up on all this stuff. [39:40] They moved to Florida. I’m away from all that stuff for a while. But my parents regularly go to Florida for a visit, for vacation. So every year, I’m running into my uncle and the things that he’s doing, what’s going on. [39:57] And so the life never mentally never leaves me. I’m always, I’m always hearing next year in Havana, we’re going to get them, all this nonsense. So the years go on and on and the situation, you wonder how the smuggling game got started. The smuggling games basically, and I saw a report on this not long ago, some lady reporting on it. You had a lot of educated men that were involved in the revolution that wanted to get their country done. The U.S. government, Secret Service at the ICIA, whoever they may be, cut off the funds when all the bullshit with Cuba was done. You’re not allowed to leave from U.S. soil if we cut you with any arms headed down. And they caught a lot of these Cubans trying to go to Cuba on little boats with all kinds of armament. They didn’t do shit to them. Okay, they just slapped them on the head and don’t do that. But it got to the point where the government was not funding that part of the Cuban Revolution anymore. What do a bunch of college-educated, university-educated men do? [41:06] They’re going to go work at the Fountain Blue? My father worked at the Fountain Blue when he first got to Miami. And there was water fountains that said whites, blacks, and Cubans. He was still trying to drink. It’s like my mother used to tell me. I didn’t know I was white until I got to this country. And now all of a sudden we have white Spanish, white this, white this. It’s ridiculous. So these men were not going to go to work with a little bacon with a little Cuban coffee. They have all these contacts all through Central and South America because of the revolution. So who becomes the primary smugglers? [41:44] Yes, the Cuban revolutionaries. And that’s how smuggling was started in the Caribbean. I’m involved with all these people because of my father and my uncle. My legacy is I can get right in. I don’t have to prove anything to anybody. And that’s how I got to my uncle and him giving me the job with the guy. No, that nonsense. So it’s like the grateful dad said, what a long, strange trip it’s been. It’s been. [42:13] So where are you at now with your life? [42:17] Right now, we’re putting together hopefully a TV show on basically my life, but my life in a novel way, not in a very direct memoir way. And I continue to write. I am married to a wonderful woman who actually led me down this path. I was sitting on my farm doing quite well. My wife at that time had passed away from pancreatic cancer. That’s a death sentence. Yeah, I’ve heard that. [42:52] I didn’t have a will, and everything was in her name because I wanted to protect the family. Yeah. So when she dies, everything’s gone. I’m not knowing which way to turn here. I was 50, 70 years old. I thought I was going to be relaxing and fishing every day, and it didn’t work out that way. I was going downhill like a sled in a snowstorm, boy. I was going to hit eventually. I don’t know what bottom would have been, but I knew there wouldn’t be good. And I ran into a wonderful woman who led me down the road of, we’ve got to write, we’ve got to do this. And she is my manager, and we eventually got married. And sometimes things are tough, but they’re a whole lot better than getting that bottom. Yeah, really. Better than you’re out of jail. You’re not in jail. Not there anymore. What a long, strange trip it’s been for Carlos J.C. Perez. [43:57] I want to know how strange it gets to the point where the DEA comes to me to get information. And I’m like, you guys got to be kidding me. I always knew that when you’re in law enforcement, you depend on information. You go wherever you think the source is, that’s for sure. You think you can get something out of them. Exactly. They ended up being great, by the way. Great guys. Super nice guys. Okay? And if I said any different, I’d be lying. [44:28] But it doesn’t sound like you ever particularly worked for them. You didn’t go back in undercover for them either. No, no, I didn’t do that. Luckily, when I was doing the stuff that I was doing, it wasn’t out. It wasn’t a guns and roses type deal. I don’t ever remember collecting any money or doing anything where I had to have a gun on it. I’ll give you a little tidbit of something that just happened recently. I had to go into a government and reinstate my license or something like that. The lady’s going through it. She comes up with a ticket that I got in 19—now, I’m talking in the year 2000 and probably 14. She comes up with a ticket that I got in 82. It was a ticket. Yeah. The ticket was for $52. Two different tickets, 26 each. Okay. Yeah. You know what that ticket was for? I had come in from the Bahamas in the hull of the boat. I had 800 pounds. The Marine Patrol pulls me over and says, let me see what you got. They go through the whole thing. He finds two lobsters that I had in the live $26 per lobster. I got the ticket. The guy never checked the boat, never did anything. And I got in with 800 pounds, which at that time was like a quarter million bucks. [45:50] Oh my God. Life is funny, man. Life is funny. Life is funny. That’s for sure. All right. Carlos Perez. Now the name of the book and guys, I will, I will have a link in the show notes to it. Remind me of the name of the book, Carlos. Pedro Pan. Pedro Pan, as in Peter Pan. And Ron is bred in Spanish. So there’s something to think about the little magical character, Peter Pan. Not a thing. Not a thing. And it’s a product of a revolution gone bad, which basically is me. I’m an unfortunate product of that. Revolution. You’re back around now. You’re contributing to society. That’s the only thing that’s important in the end. Hey, I have a quick question. Did you ever hear of a book called The Corporation written by a guy named T.J. English? Oh, hell yeah. Read it from cover to cover. As a matter of fact, I know the guy. [46:46] What’s his name? Batista? Was it Jorge Batista? No, Battle. Battle, yeah. As a matter of fact, I know the guys that own the manuscript. Okay tj what’s his name what’s his last name tj english english the only thing he did was write the book off of the notes that they had gotten from a guy that i know his name is tony gonzalez tony gonzalez has another partner by the last name of freitas and what they did was they investigated battle over the years and years and and then somehow ran into english because he had written a couple of books on Cuba. And then T.J. English ended up writing that. And by the way, Battle took the New York mafia and put it on its knees. Yeah, I did a story on the book. And that’s true. He had to get permission. Actually, he had to get permission from back in the 60s from Fat Tony Salerno, and they couldn’t get an approval until Traficante stepped in and said, work with him. And what the hell were they doing then? They were killing each other. They were blowing up their little bolita houses and all that. Oh, that was crazy. But you know what? He was never any kind of a Cuban mafia boss. [48:05] He liked to fight chickens and play the numbers. The Cubans don’t really have a mafia per se. They’re too splintered. And in the mafia, you’ve got to go ask permission to do this and that. These crazy guys, they don’t ask anybody permission for anything. [48:19] Interesting that’s a that’s an interesting world that’s a whole different world that cuban, You’ve got the revolution on one side, the Castro revolution, and then you’ve got the anti-revolution against Castro that’s been going on all these years. And in the middle of it, you’ve got some of these people that were kicked out of Cuba that can’t get jobs and they only want you to work as a waiter or something. And so you go into business and the best business going with your connections is the drug business. And so it’s just a really interesting millage, if you will, or mix of people and situations down in the southwest part or southeast part of the United States. Oh, yeah, you’re right. It is a millage of like, how does this work? [49:04] There’s no sense to it sometimes. No, that’s for sure. I guess I’m glad they weren’t blowing boats out of the water. They might have got you back then. I can’t tell you what. They wouldn’t have dared because I would have said, I said, why don’t you do that? Oh, you get somebody else to do it. Yeah, probably what would have saved my ass anyway is that I have never, ever been money hungry. My family in Cuba, my great-grandfather was a sugar baron. And I’ve heard all the stories about all the money, but I’ve yet to see a penny. [49:36] I don’t work that way. I grew up with a bunch of humble people. And it wasn’t, damn sure, it wasn’t about money. And when I’m young, I’m not thinking like that. But now at my age, I go, wow, man, if I knew then, what do I know now? Yeah, really. All right, Carlos. Thanks a lot for coming on the show. I really appreciate it. No, no problem, Gary. Thanks for having me on. Okay.

Unless you're listening to this while flying in your own Gulfstream, federal estate taxes probably aren't something you need to worry about. In 2026, they only apply to estates over $15 million, or $30 million for married couples, so they impact a very small percentage of people. But state-level estate and inheritance taxes are a different story. In this episode, we break down how these lesser-known taxes work, which states still impose them, and why they can catch even well-prepared retirees off guard. While many states have eliminated these taxes to keep retirees from leaving, 12 states plus Washington, D.C. still have estate taxes, and five have inheritance taxes. Maryland is the only state that has both. If your goal is to pass on wealth efficiently, where you live could matter more than you think. Although this show does not provide specific tax, legal, or financial advice, you can engage Devin or John through their individual firms. 

Today, we head to the Eastport Yacht Club, where I sit down with Bert Bossar to talk about the 2026 Mustang Survival Annapolis to Bermuda Ocean Race. As chair of the race, Bossar breaks down what makes this 753-mile offshore challenge such a big deal for sailors and why Annapolis remains at the heart of one of the East Coast's signature ocean races. The conversation covers what it takes to get from Annapolis to Bermuda, how crews prepare for days offshore, what makes the Chesapeake Bay and Gulf Stream such important parts of the race, and how fans can follow along from shore. It is a fun, accessible look at a serious sailing event, even for listeners who may not know port from starboard. Bossar also shares how the race welcomes emerging offshore sailors, supports safety and training, and helps tell the story of Annapolis as a true sailing town. If you have ever been curious about what it takes to sail from Annapolis to Bermuda, this is a good place to start. Have a listen! LINKS: 2026 Mustang Survival Annapolis to Bermuda Ocean Race (Website) 2026 Mustang Survival Annapolis to Bermuda Ocean Race (Facebook) 2026 Mustang Survival Annapolis to Bermuda Ocean Race (Instagram) 2026 Mustang Survival Annapolis to Bermuda Ocean Race (YouTube)

Live from Gulfstream park with Hoch and Crowder & Appel joins the show live from loanDepot Park for opening day! Marlins radio voice Jack McMullen makes his debut on the show. We preview Ultra. Plus, Solana will end up being right about Tiger and The Masters.

Here are David Aragona and Gino Buccola with a look at this Saturday's Pick 5 strategy at Gulfstream Park, featuring 5 stakes including the Grade 1 Florida Derby.

This week we dive headfirst into the wildest ideas out there, from soul and body swapping conspiracies surrounding Selena Gomez and Jim Carrey, to whether the slowing Gulf Stream could throw us into a new ice age. Plus we unpack the deep history and mystery behind the conflict in Iran and how it shapes the world today. This one is wild! Get $10 Off at BRUNT with code NINJAS at ⁠⁠https://www.bruntworkwear.com/NINJAS⁠⁠  #Bruntpod #ad Get MORE Exclusive Ninjas Are Butterflies Content by joining our Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/NinjasAreButterflies NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY @ 6AM EST! Ninja Merch: https://www.sundaycoolswag.com/ Start Your Custom Apparel Order Here: https://bit.ly/NinjasYT-SundayCool Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason opens the show with some betting discussions before welcoming in Kellie Reilly for International Radar. Then he looks ahead to racing from Colonial and Gulfstream this weekend. 

Nick - in London - is joined by Rishi Persad in Dubai as the conflict in the Gulf continues. They are joined to reflect on a surreal Super Saturday by treble winning trainer Ed Crisford. Also today, plenty of Cheltenham chat, with trainers Eddie Harty and Noel Kelly joining the conversation, while Jason Richardson joins Nick to reflect on an extraordinary weekend of top level performers strutting their stuff in the East, from Autumn Glow at Randwick to Romantic Warrior - again - at Sha Tin. Meanwhile, Wathnan's US Rep Case Clay analyses the winning effort of Commandment in the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream as he progresses along the road to the Kentucky Derby, plus news of the operation's Dubai World Cup hopefuls Tumbarumba and Hit Show.

Washington Post personal finance columnist, Michelle Singletary, tells the moving story of how a visit to her grade school by the Reverend Jesse Jackson inspired her life and career as described in her column, “How the Rev. Jesse Jackson Taught Me to Keep Hope Alive." Then Ralph welcomes Professor Eric S. Fish from U.C Davis School of Law to explain how grand juries are no longer rubber-stamping frivolous cases brought to them by the Trump Administration. Plus, Ralph gives us his take on Trump's marathon State of the Union speech and the Democratic response.Michelle Singletary writes the nationally-syndicated personal finance column “The Color of Money,” which appears in the Washington Post on Wednesdays and Sundays. In 2021, she won the Gerald Loeb award for commentary. She has written four personal finance books, including, What to Do With Your Money When Crisis Hits: A Survival Guide and The 21-Day Financial Fast: Your Path to Financial Peace and Freedom.The Trump administration's destruction of diversity, equity, and inclusion—they misunderstand what that means. It doesn't mean that you're giving jobs to people who are unqualified. It means that you recognize that the playing field wasn't even, and let's even this playing field. I liken it to a football team. You can't have a football team of all quarterbacks and win. You have to have a quarterback, a running back, a linebacker, you have to have a good kicker. It's the same thing—your team has to encompass people that represent all kinds of abilities to have a winning team. So DEI isn't a giveaway. It isn't charity. It recognizes that when you have people from different backgrounds and different perspectives and different skill levels, you have a winning team.Michelle SingletaryEric S Fish is professor of law at the UC Davis School of Law. Professor Fish's primary research is in criminal law, with particular focus on the ethical duties of participants in the criminal process, the structure of immigration crimes, and the system's emphasis on administrative efficiency. He has also served as a public defender, first with the San Francisco Public Defender's Office, and later as a Federal Defender in San Diego.This has been a really remarkable series of rejections of the Trump administration's prosecutions by ordinary people serving on grand juries, and one that is largely unprecedented in modern American history. I can't think of another example of grand juries rejecting such high-profile cases (and so many of them). Nothing really comes to mind. So in a certain sense, one might say this is the grand jury's original purpose…Initially they were a democratic institution of governance. They were a local check on the colonial oppression of the British (at least in the early colonial period). They refused to indict prosecutions under the Stamp Act, under the revenue laws. They were a tool of anti-colonial resistance to British oppression, and this seems at least broadly analogous to that—local grand juries in places like Minnesota, Chicago, Washington, D.C. are rejecting the Trump administration's attempts to prosecute its political enemies and bring trumped-up charges against protesters.Eric S. FishAll in all, [the State of the Union address] was fodder for political scientists for years to come. A dictatorial serial law violator, self-enriching chronic liar, cruel, vicious to vulnerable people and people without power (which is a majority of the people) elected dictator. This speech—which went for one hour and 48 minutes, the longest State of the Union speech ever—will be analyzed for a long time with the question at the center of the analysis being: How could so many tens of millions of voters be taken in by Trump's mouth, his lies, his false statements, his fantasies, his fake promises, his lack of any kind of record, whether as a businessman where he used bankruptcies as a strategy…and his record as a politician in his first term? That's the question we have to ask ourselves. And it's too easy to say that the Trump voters couldn't stand the Democrats who abandoned them. That's not enough. They could have not voted for Trump. They could have written in a vote. They could have voted for the Green, Libertarian, or other minor parties. They can't use the Democrats as a 100% excuse for voting for Trump. And a lot of them didn't. They just liked Trump. They liked his prejudices. They liked his lies. They liked his fantasies. They liked his fake promises.Ralph NaderNews 2/27/26* Our top stories this week come to us from our southern neighbor, Mexico. First, on February 22nd, Mexican authorities announced they had successfully conducted an operation resulting in the death of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho,” who headed the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). In retaliation, the cartels launched a wave of violence throughout the country. Bafflingly, given the obvious enmity between the cartels and the government of Claudia Sheinbaum, Elon Musk implied that Sheinbaum is in the pocket of the very drug cartels with whom she is practically at war. Reuters reports Musk “responded to a 2025 video of Sheinbaum discussing cartel violence and alleged that she was ‘saying what her cartel bosses tell her to say.” Reuters notes that Musk did not provide further evidence. In fact, much of the strength of the Mexican cartels would actually be more accurately attributed to the United States. As USA Today writes, Mexican officials recovered a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, 10 long arm [rifles], handguns, and grenades, from El Mencho's weapons stockpile. Mexican Defense Minister, Ricardo Trevilla Trejo estimated that about 80% of the recovered weapons were purchased in the United States and smuggled into Mexico. This represents just the tip of the iceberg of the so-called “iron river” of firearms flooding Mexico's black market from the U.S. As opposed to the lax gun laws in the states, gun ownership in Mexico is “tightly restricted…[and] There is only one military-run gun store in the country.”* Meanwhile, President Sheinbaum is bucking American pressure by continuing to send humanitarian aid to the tiny, embattled island nation of Cuba. AP reports that last week, “Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba…two weeks after…President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on countries that sell oil to the island.” These ships carried 800 tons worth of bundles of “Made in Mexico” goods, including rice, beans, amaranth and crackers — complemented by a bottle of oil, large cans of sardines and canned peaches. Another 1,500 tons of powdered milk and beans are expected to be sent to Cuba in the coming days. The U.S. has taken a more bellicose line with Cuba than it has in quite some time, even taking naval action in the waters surrounding the island, making Mexico's support that much more critical.* In another Cuba story, a diplomatic incident is unfolding this week regarding a Florida-registered speedboat. According to the island's government, the boat, carrying 10 passengers, entered Cuban territorial waters and opened fire on Cuban soldiers. The Cubans responded in kind, killing four people aboard the craft and wounding six others. According to the Cuban authorities, most of the passengers “have a known history of criminal and violent activity.” These include Amijail Sánchez González and Leordan Enrique Cruz Gómez, both wanted by Cuban authorities based on their involvement in “the promotion, planning, organization, financing, support or commission of…acts of terrorism.” The Cubans also claim to have arrested one Duniel Hernández Santos, who was supposedly “sent from the United States to guarantee the reception of the armed infiltration.” They claim Hernández Santos has confessed. American authorities have so far evinced confusion more than anything else, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying “We're going to figure out exactly what happened.” This from AP.* Whatever cloak and dagger games the administration may be playing in the Caribbean, they have been pointedly unsubtle about their saber rattling regarding Iran – and the reaction from Congress has been meager. While anti-war members in the House and Senate are pushing war powers resolutions, namely Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie along with Senator Tim Kaine, not even the nominal opposition party is supporting these efforts. According to Capital & Empire, Democrats are seeking to “dampen momentum” and even “prevent the Iran war powers vote from advancing.” Democrats Josh Gottheimer and Jared Moskowitz, both arch Iran hawks, have publicly stated they will not back the war powers resolution, and many others have sought to split the difference, saying Trump should only move on Iran after consulting with Congress. As the Hill notes, the Senate did pass a war powers resolution restricting the president's use of military force against Iran without congressional approval during Trump's first term, with eight Senate Republicans backing the Democrats in support of the bill. It is hard to imagine such a bipartisan show of force this time around.* In more disappointing congressional news, on Tuesday the House voted down the bipartisan ROTOR Act, which would have beefed up aviation safety standards, NPR reports. This bill was drafted in the wake of the deadly midair collision over Washington D.C. last year. This bill, principally authored by Senator Ted Cruz, who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee which oversees transportation, would have required wider use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast – safety technology designed to transmit an aircraft's location to other aircraft. The Senate unanimously passed the bill in December, with the support of the Defense Department – now styling itself the Department of War – but the Pentagon yanked its support just before the House vote, citing “unresolved budgetary burdens and operational security risks.” The final House vote was 264 in favor and 133 opposed, 132 Republicans and Democrat Lizzie Fletcher of Texas. Despite the lopsided majority in favor, the bill needed a two-thirds vote to pass and was therefore defeated by the minority.* In another aviation related story, FBI Director Kash Patel is embroiled in a new scandal based on his alleged misuse of the FBI's Gulfstream jets for personal travel. CNN reports Patel's frequent jetsetting has even caused delays or issues in high-profile investigations, such as the assassination of rightwing commentator Charlie Kirk and the Brown University shooting last December. According to a letter authored by Senator Dick Durbin, Patel's incessant misuse of the official FBI planes for personal travel “has even frustrated White House and DOJ senior staff.” This story hits particularly hard at the present moment, with images of Patel chugging beer in the locker room celebration of the Olympic men's hockey team going viral. The FBI then had to spend days running cover for Patel, claiming the director was in Italy for “long-planned official business,” which just happened to coincide with the occasion.* Our next two stories concern AI. First, a new Public Citizen report documents how the AI industry is deploying a veritable army of lobbyists on Capitol Hill, absolutely dwarfing not only their opposition, but practically every other industry as well. According to this report, more than one quarter of all federal lobbyists are now lobbying on AI issues, representing a rise in lobbyist activity on AI issues of more than 265 percent over the past three years. This report finds the Chamber of Commerce hired the most AI lobbyists in 2025 at 91, followed by Microsoft at 63, Meta at 55, Intuit at 51, and Amazon at 48. This meteoric rise in AI lobbying activity is sure to give the industry massive firepower in the halls of Congress, ensuring a favorable regulatory environment for years to come. This will be particularly critical for data centers, which have faced a rash of local opposition. Per this report, that particular subset of the AI lobbying industry has expanded by a staggering 500 percent since 2023.* For all its newfound political clout however, the AI business seems to have found itself a formidable new opponent – Pope Leo XIV. This week, Pope Leo addressed priests from the Diocese of Rome and implored them to resist “the temptation to prepare homilies with Artificial Intelligence.” The pontiff argued “Like all the muscles in the body, if we do not use them, if we do not move them, they die. The brain needs to be used, so our intelligence must also be exercised a little so as not to lose this capacity.” He added that “to give a true homily is to share faith,” and that AI “will never be able to share faith.” This from Vatican News.* Turning to media news, this week, Paramount submitted a new offer to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Paramount's new bid amounted to $31 per share and, following a period of consultation with the Warner board of directors, this offer was deemed “superior” to the proposed deal with rival bidder Netflix. This triggered a clause in the Netflix merger agreement giving the streamer four days to submit a new, superior offer. However, that same day Netflix issued a statement officially declining to submit a new, higher offer, with representatives writing “the price required to match Paramount Skydance's latest offer,” means “the deal is no longer financially attractive.” With Netflix out of the way, Paramount, led by Trump-aligned billionaire scion David Ellison, will now proceed with their acquisition of Warner Bros., including their prodigious intellectual property back catalogue and the cable news titan, CNN. A friendly relationship with the Trump administration means regulators are unlikely to hold up this deal. The Ellisons have already acquired CBS News, installing Bari Weiss as “editor-in-chief.” It seems likely they will follow a similar playbook regarding CNN.* Our final stories this week concern the continuing fallout of the Epstein scandal. This week saw the arrest of former British-U.S. ambassador Peter Mandelson, joining Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew) in the collection of high profile British individuals arrested in connection with the Epstein scandal. Meanwhile, at Harvard, former University President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments, including his University Professorship, at the Ivy League school following the conclusion of this academic year. Until then, he will remain on leave, per the Crimson. Summers regularly exchanged messages with Jeffrey Epstein about topics ranging from women, to politics, to Harvard-related matters as late as July 2019, the day before Epstein's final arrest. But the most noteworthy Epstein-related news this week came from Chappaqua, New York. On Thursday and Friday, Bill and Hillary Clinton testified about their relationships with the late financier and sexual predator. After much wrangling, these potential blockbuster hearings were held behind closed doors on the Clintons' home turf. What exactly was said remains shrouded in mystery. According to the BBC, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said he hopes to make videos of both Hillary and Bill Clinton's depositions publicly available soon. Robert Garcia, the Democratic Ranking Member on the committee, said a “new precedent” had been set by calling a former president to testify and demanded that Trump be called to testify before the committee next. We shall watch this space.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Monday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan covers the U.S.-backed operation that killed El Mencho, leader of Mexico's most violent cartel, triggering nationwide retaliation and raising serious security concerns for Americans both abroad and at home. Bryan then reports major shifts across the Americas as Venezuela expels Cuban security forces under U.S. pressure, Canada caves to tariff threats over Gulfstream jet certifications, and the Supreme Court limits presidential tariff authority, forcing the White House to pivot fast. He also details the CIA's quiet removal of politicized intelligence reports, Susan Rice's warning of political retribution against Trump-aligned corporations, a major asylum work permit crackdown, English-only commercial driver testing, and new action against "chameleon" trucking companies. The episode closes with hopeful research out of Sweden showing that popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs may dramatically reduce alcohol cravings and relapse risk, adding to growing evidence that both medicine and faith play powerful roles in recovery.   "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32     Keywords: February 23 2026 Wright Report, El Mencho killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel, US Mexico Special Forces operation, cartel retaliation Puerto Vallarta Guadalajara shelter in place, Trump Sheinbaum cooperation, Venezuela expels Cuban guards Delcy Rodriguez, Canada Gulfstream tariff pressure Georgia Wisconsin jobs, Supreme Court tariff ruling 15 percent global rate, CIA politicized intelligence reports removed, Susan Rice corporate retaliation threat Netflix board, asylum work permit freeze 14 years backlog, CDL English only rule trucking crackdown, chameleon carriers residential registrations, GLP-1 alcohol cravings semaglutide Ozempic Wegovy Mounjaro Sweden study