MAKE HISTORY WITH US THIS SUMMER: https://demystifysci.com/demysticon-2025 PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci PARADIGM DRIFT https://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/@MaterialAtomics Join 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/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671