A President, The Mafia, and a Lost Future (PART 1/2) - Louis Ferrante, Ex-Mafia #319

MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER:https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci PARADIGM DRIFThttps://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show What’s still hidden inside the JFK files Trump has promised to release? Since the 1960s historians have been trying to assemble an accurate story that weaves together the shadowy trinity of cuban revolutionaries, secretive three letter agencies, and powerful organized crime families with the fate of JFK. With us for the discussion of what those files will reveal is Louis Ferrante, former member of the Gambino crime family. Check out his books on the history of the Mafia and their involvement with the Kennedy family below. PART 2 of this interview: https://youtu.be/qvyoZCj3_AY PATREON get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/all AMAZON Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 SUBSTACK https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci(00:00) Go! (00:05:02) Life of Lou Ferrante(00:08:15) The Business of Crime(00:13:21) Life in Prison and Reflection(00:21:24) The Rise of John Gotti(00:23:13) Challenges of Finding Direction in Youth(00:25:06) First Experiences in Crime(00:31:11) Education and Redemption(00:35:25) Reform and Helping Others(00:41:13) Forgiveness and Prison Experiences(00:47:02) Writing from Experience(00:52:20) Revealing Mob Histories(00:56:22) Mob and Government Interactions(00:59:46) Historical Mob Influence(01:01:41) Political Corruption and Mob Infiltration(01:05:11) Hoover vs. The Mob(01:09:28) Bobby Kennedy's Campaign Against the Mob(01:15:55) Frank Sinatra’s Failed Mediation(01:22:15) Hoover's Intelligence and Blackmail Strategy(01:25:58) Murder Plots and Political Tensions(01:27:41) The Bay of Pigs and Three-Front War(01:34:01) The Mob, CIA, and Castro's Survival(01:43:48) CIA's Historical Covert Operations(01:53:04) The CIA and the Kennedy Administration(02:02:12) The Cuban Missile Crisis and Political Pressure(02:07:02) The Complexity of Kennedy's Choices#mafia, #MobHistory, #JFKAssassination, #historylovers, #OrganizedCrime, #TrueCrime, #HistoricalAnalysis, #Mobster, #MobTies, #Underworld, #CrimeHistory, #MafiaStories, #philosophypodcast, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomicsJoin our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss- Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD- Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySciMUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671