In this two part episode of Crime & Politics: Colombia, I discuss one of the most famous drug traffickers and organized crime figures of all time: Pablo Escobar Gaviria.

Many facets of Pablo´s life are well known, such as his massive wealth, temper and his war against the Colombian state and people, but what is less known is the war he waged WITH the state, against the Colombian people.

In part one of Crime & Politics; Colombia, I discuss the Bogotazo, La Violencia, the societal conditions that lead to the state working with Pablo, many of which had endured for decades and the players the state found in these places.

In this short episode, I discuss an incident that occured back in 2010, an incident that made me analyze and think differently about myself, people around me and the world we live in.

An incident where I saved a naked dude´s life.

To find out how I saved him, why the man was naked and what came to mind vis a vis us as Americans, in contrast to history´s greatest conquerors, check this new story out now

On August 27th, 20009, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, an influential member of the Saudi Royal family, was greeting citizens at his palace. It was the holy month of Ramadan in the city of Jeddah and one of these citizens at his palace piqued the interest of the Prince more than others.

This citizen´s name was Abdullah Al Asiri and he had a gift for the Prince.

Namely, a PETN explosive device, hidden in his butt. In this episode, we discuss Abdullah, the organization he belonged to and what we as Americans understand about an enemy we declared war on over 2 decades ago.