Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-07-11
Books mentioned on #199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel
Roger Reaves is one of the most prolific drug smugglers in history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Noom: https://trynoom.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
-
Smuggler
Discussed“he recently got out of prison where for many years he worked on his memoir called smuggler”
-
The Big White Lie
The Big White Lie by Michael Levine and Laura Kavanau-Levine is an investigative expose detailing alleged government corruption and drug trafficking operations involving federal agencies.
Recommended“If you would like to read the book the the big white lie the cia and the crack cocaine epidemic the cia put according to this uh the book in michael levine i i didn't remember his name last time i talked uh wrote that book”
-
Kings of Cocaine
Discussed“and pablo escobar and some of the other ones on general there in nicaragua you can see them toting it from one plane to the other side in the book called the big nose kings of cocaine”
-
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption is a cinematic drama directed by Frank Darabont that chronicles the decades-long imprisonment and eventual escape of an innocent banker named Andy Dufresne.
Discussed“red morgan freeman's character in the shawshank redemption says the following”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Kings of Cocaine
“and pablo escobar and some of the other ones on general there in nicaragua you can see them toting it from one plane to the other side in the book called the big nose uh kings of cocaine it's got a mention of me too”
“and uh there's a guy bill monroe that wrote the book on it out of the body he tells about it”
Passing The Alchemist
“and who is the guy that writes uh the alchemist those things he has them also just like that”